Lycoming welcomed these new faculty members to campus for the 2023-24 academic year, bringing a breadth of knowledge to classrooms: Kira Braham, Ph.D., assistant professor of English; Patrick Chiu, Ph.D., assistant professor of music; Hannah Espy, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology; Matthew Kaunert, director of the Clean Water Institute and research and teaching associate in biology; Mallory Melton, Ph.D., visiting assistant professor of anthropology and archaeology; Melissa Morris, Ph.D., assistant professor of astronomy; Andrew Paulhamus, CPA ’13, assistant professor of accounting; Zachary Reese, M.F.A., visiting assistant professor of film and video arts; Matthew Ripa, M.F.A., visiting professor of theatre; and Marisa Sánchez, Ph.D., assistant professor of art history. we experience particular objects, an account grounded in the higherorder theory of consciousness. Shyla Boyd, Ed.D., was named assistant dean for student transition and accessibility in September 2023. In this role, she will work primarily to collaborate with campus offices to promote a smooth transition experience from high school graduate to firstyear college student. In addition, she directs the Office of Accessibility Resources, in collaboration with a consulting psychologist. Boyd’s research focuses on strategies for increasing the performance of at-risk students, college access to under-represented youth, university partnerships, and community engagement. Cullen Chandler, Ph.D., Frank and Helen Lowry Professor of History, presented his research paper, “Königsnähe and the Counts in the Late Ninth Century,” at the International Medieval Congress held at the University of Leeds, U.K., in July 2023. In October, he presented his paper, “Drinking in Frankish Society,” at the Pictish Arts Society Annual Conference, hosted by the University of Aberdeen in Scotland. The international online conference was dedicated to the “Bullion Stone,” found at Invergowrie in Angus while constructing the Dundee ring-road, in 1934. In February, Chandler was invited by the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport as a guest speaker where he reviewed Cat Jarman’s “River Kings: A New History of Vikings from Scandinavia to the Silk Roads.” The poem, “Séance for Ethan,” a seven-section elegy by Sascha Feinstein, Ph.D., Robert L. & Charlene Shangraw Professor and Chair of English, for his former student, Ethan Sellers, M.D. ’12, was published in Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art. The editors at Kestrel have nominated the poem for a Pushcart Prize, one of two nominations he has received this year. Five other poems — “Am I Blue?,” “Fame,” “Lighthouse,” “My First Dream of Philip Levine,” and “Recalling My Daily Pandemic Walk” — will appear in Arts Today. In September 2023, Richard “Chip” Hinton, MBA, was named associate vice president for enrollment management and will serve as the College’s chief enrollment officer. In this position, Hinton will guide Lycoming as it faces an increasingly challenging enrollment landscape and seeks to maximize student enrollment at the liberal arts and sciences institution. He will oversee undergraduate admissions, admissions operations, enrollment operations, and financial aid. As a member of the president’s cabinet, he will lead the departments of admissions and financial aid and partner with senior leaders across campus to develop and execute data informed, and research driven, strategic enrollment plans to meet Lycoming’s enrollment goals. Jacob Berger, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, presented “How Qualities and Content Interact in Perception” at the annual meeting of The Association for the Scientific Study of Consciousness Conference in New York, N.Y., in June 2023. Berger also published “A Higher-Order Account of the Phenomenology of Particularity” in the journal Erkenntnis. Berger’s main goal in this work is to develop and defend a novel theory of how “A Shot of Gin,” written by Phoebe Wagner, Ph.D. ’14, assistant professor of English, was released in October 2023. The novel follows Juniper “Gin” Cain, who is pretty sure she’s mostly human. Working security for the vampire-owned All Saints Casino, Gin’s got an edge on the others: vampires can’t drink her blood, making her perfect for the job. But when a radiated zombie staggers into the casino’s club, she’s forced to expose the inhuman traits she’s kept hidden. Biliana Stoytcheva-Horissian, Ph.D., chair and associate professor of theatre, presented at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education annual conference in Austin, Tex. She was the session moderator, coordinator, and one of the presenters on the panel supported by Theatre as a Liberal Art and Theatre Advocacy focus groups entitled “Enough Talking: Taking Action on DEI and Improving Departmental Climate.” The panel introduced practical approaches that address DEI and help institutions improve job satisfaction while allowing them to create more inclusive and just theatre departments. 20 LYCOMING COLLEGE 2024 SPRING MAGAZINE
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