Lycoming College is pleased to announce the promotion to associate professor for the following faculty: Meghan Andrews, Ph.D. (English); David Broussard, Ph.D. (biology); Amanda Gunderson, D.M.A. (music); Sarah Holstein, Ph.D. (psychology); Michael Kurtz, Ph.D. (economics); and Jessica Munson, Ph.D. (anthropology and archaeology). The following faculty have been promoted to professor: Todd Preston, Ph.D. (English); Amy Rogers, Ph.D. (education). Rogers was also appointed associate provost for assessment and accreditation. Jacob Berger, Ph.D., assistant professor of philosophy, recently published three journal articles. “Quality-Space Functionalism about Color” appeared in The Journal of Philosophy, one of the most highlyesteemed journals in the field, and presents a novel theory of the nature of color. “Conceptualizing Consciousness” develops and defends a particular conception of consciousness and appeared in Philosophical Psychology. The third, “Default Hypotheses in the Study of Perception: A Reply to Phillips,” appeared in Journal of Consciousness Studies and is a reply to a publication by Ian Phillips, Ph.D., professor of philosophy at Johns Hopkins University, that had criticized an earlier paper by Berger and his co-author. Sascha Feinstein, Ph.D., Robert L. and Charlene Shangraw Professor and chair of the English department, wrote the introduction (translated into French) for “Face á Cela/Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa (Alger: Apic Éditions, 2021). This is the Pulitzerprize winner’s first bilingual poetry collection. “Beyond the Door of the Big House: Slavery and Poor Whites in Faulkner and the Slave Narratives,” an essay by Andrew Leiter, Ph.D., professor of English, was published in “Faulkner and Slavery” (edited by Jay Watson and James G. Thomas Jr., University Press of Mississippi). Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian, Ph.D., chair and associate professor of theatre, was invited to direct “POPCORN FALLS,” a zany, two-actor play about a sleepy town “forced into bankruptcy when a neighboring town threatens to turn them into a sewage treatment plant. Their only hope – open a theater!” The play ran during September at historic Millbrook Playhouse in Mill Hall, Pa. “Biden’s White House Has a Communication Problem,” an article written by John Capo, assistant professor of communication, was published by CNN and Sirius XM host Michael Smerconish. In July, Capo performed in “Mamma Mia” at the Community Theatre League in Williamsport. He played the role of Sam, one of the potential fathers in the musical comprised of ABBA songs. The following faculty have been granted emeriti status upon their retirement. Lycoming College extends its sincere gratitude to these individuals for their dedication and service to the College. Barbara Buedel, Ph.D. Department of Modern Language Studies, Spanish (1989) G. W. Hawkes, Ph.D. Department of English (1989) Eileen Peluso, Ph.D. Department of Mathematical Sciences (1998) 22 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2021 PRESIDENT’S REPORT/FALL MAGAZINE
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