Moravian’s strong curriculum is reinforced by a scholarly, dedicated faculty. The influence of the faculty on students is personal and immediate: Moravian faculty members—including the most senior—teach freshman classes as well as upper-level classes. And the scholarship and dedication of Moravian’s faculty creates a dialogue between teachers and students with far-reaching results.

Christopher Thomforde (2006)
President
B.A., Princeton University
M.Div., Yale University of Divinity School
D.Min., Princeton Theological Seminary

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Gordon Weil (2007)
Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty
B.A., Tulane University
M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University

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Carol A. Traupman-Carr (1992)
Dean of Curriculum and Academic Programs; Associate Professor of Music
B.A., B.Mus., Moravian College
M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Music of the Catholic Church; music of the Moravian Church; Western music history, especially Classical and Romantic music history; 19th century Italian opera; music theory; arranging for brass

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Marianne T. Adam (1999)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
A.A.S., State University of New York at Farmingdale
B.S., State University of New York at Utica; M.S.N., Adelphi University
F.N.P., Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales

Areas of research and/or expertise: Adult Learning in Chronic Illness (Diabetes), Adult/Family Health, Relationship of Culture and Health/ Culturally Competent Care

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Pamela Z. Adamshick (1999)
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., University of Detroit Mercy
M.S.N., University of Illinois
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Psychiatric/mental health nursing; Relational aggression, especially girl-to-girl aggression; community mental health needs, especially in adolescent population. Complementary and alternative therapies in nursing care

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Sandra Aguilar-Rodriguez (2010) 
Assistant Professor of History 
B.A., Universidad del Claustro de Sor Juana, Mexico 
M.Phil, University of Oxford 
Ph.D., University of Manchester

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Michele M. August-Brady (1999)
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., University of Pennsylvania
M.S.N., Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales
D.N.Sc., Widener University

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Sonia N. Aziz (2008)
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A. & M.Sc., University of Texas at Austin
Ph.D., University of Maine

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Sandy Bardsley (2003)
Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Otago (New Zealand)
M.A. & Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Areas of research and/or expertise: Medieval English history; medieval and early modern social and cultural history; women's history; history of disease; history of speech

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James E. Barnes (1990)
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., State University of New York at Albany
M.M., Juilliard School
M.S., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Band and orchestra performance and repertoire; conducting; music technology; contemporary classical music

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Kristin Baxter (2009)
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., New York University
M.A., Case Western Reserve University
D.Ed., Columbia University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Dr. Baxter's research and teaching interests center on the role of creativity and experience in nurturing children's artistic development. She has written for journals such as the International Journal of Art and Design Education, Art Education, Teaching Artist Journal, and School Arts and published her first book in 2009 entitled, Recollections of family photographs from five generations: The role of narrative and reflexivity in organizing experience (Saarbrucken, Germany: VDM Verlag Publishers). Her artwork has been in galleries at Columbia University in New York City and the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is on the executive board of the Pennsylvania Art Education Association.

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Jane A. Berger (2011)
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of Delaware
M.A., Gallaudet University
M.A., University of Massachusetts-Amherst
Ph.D., Ohio State University

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John M. Bevington (1971)
Professor of Biology
A.B., Indiana State University
M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University

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Hilde Binford (2001)
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., M.M., Rice University
Ph.D., Stanford University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Western Plainchant; Music of the Old Order Amish; Western music history, especially Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque periods; Traditional American music

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John R. Black (2004)
Associate Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Areas of research and/or expertise: Old and Middle English literature, language, and culture; hagiography and constructions of sanctity; medieval religiosity; and the interplay of text and image in medieval art

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Robert T. Brill (1991)
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., LaSalle University
M.S., Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

Areas of research and/or expertise: personal and organizational approaches to work-family/life challenges; optimizing person-job fit through selection, appraisal, training or job redesign; motivation and organizational development; spirituality and the workplace; retention and turnover among nurses

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George D. Brower (1989)
Professor of Economics and Business
B.A., M.S., SUNY College at Oneonta
M.B.A., Ph.D. The University at Buffalo, SUNY

Areas of research and/or expertise: Applied Microconomics [Economics of Crime (dissertation), Process Improvement, Applications for Intermediate Microeconomices (Gasoline)], Not-for-Profit Management [Board Service], Classroom Computer Applications [Statistics Labs, Spreadsheet Applications, Gaussian (Normal) Distribution Simulator]

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Bernie J. Canteñs (2008)
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A. & M.A., Florida International University
M.A. & Ph.D., University of Miami

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Kerry Cheever (2006)
Professor of Nursing
B.S.N, Allentown College of St. Francis de Sales
M.S.N., University of Florida
Ph.D., University of South Carolina

Areas of research and/or expertise: Evidence-based practice; effects of traumatic events on health, trauma, emergency and criticial care nursing; parish nursing; bioethics

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Elise Colancecco (2011)
Instructor of Nursing

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Benjamin J. Coleman (2003)
Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Ithaca College
M.S. & Ph.D., The College of William and Mary

Areas of research and/or expertise: Computer Science Education; Job Scheduling; Design and Analysis of Algorithms; Games and Game Programming

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Scot J. Dapp (1987)
Associate Professor of Physical Education
B.S., West Chester State College
M.A.T., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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Kelly Denton-Borhaug (2005)
Associate Professor of Religion
B.A., California State University at Northridge
MDiv., Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary
Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley

Areas of research and/or expertise: Atonement Theology in Christianity; Jewish and Christian Feminism; Christian ethics and war; Christian atonement and popular culture, war-culture and political theology

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Katie P. Desiderio (2009)
Assistant Professor of Management
B.A., MBA, Wilkes University
Ph.D., Barry University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Holding a doctorate in leadership with a specialization in human resource development, Dr. Desiderio’s teaching interests include Management & Organizational Theory, Organizational Behavior, and Human Resource Management. Her current research is in the area of flow and finding happiness to optimize performance at work.

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Jean DesJardin (2010)
Assistant Professor of Education
B.S., Buffalo State College
M.S., Canisius College
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles

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George S. Diamond (1966)
Professor of English
B.A., Allegheny College
M.A., New York University
Ph.D., Lehigh University

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John R. Dilendik Jr. (1973)
Professor of Education
A.B., Boston University
M.A.T., Howard University
M.S., State University of New York at Binghamton
Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

Areas of research and/or expertise: Educational Psychology, curricular design, educational assessment, elementary social studies

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Theresa A. Dougal (1994)
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Boston College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Areas of research and/or expertise: Nineteenth-century British and American literature; the study of poetry; women’s diaries; women’s studies; Mary Wollstonecraft

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Shari Uldrich Dunham (2005)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Drew University
Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Areas of research and/or expertise: DNA-binding of transition metal compounds, atomic spectroscopy of geological and biological samples, isolation and characterization of mammalian metal-binding peptides

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Stephen U. Dunham (2005)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Hamline University
Ph.D., Montana State University

Areas of research and/or expertise: structure and dynamics of modified DNA, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, use of contrast agents in magnetic resonance imaging, chemistry of platinum group metals

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Dana S. Dunn (1987)
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Carnegie Mellon University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Areas of research and/or expertise: social psychology, especially social cognition and attribution, finding positive meaning in negative events; rehabilitation psychology, especially the social psychology of disability; teaching of psychology, especially research methods and writing

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Janice Farber (2008)
Instructor of Nursing
B.S., Moravian College
M.S., Drexel University

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Heather Bonifeld Felise (2011)
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
BB.S., Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

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Carmen Ferrero (1995)
Associate Professor of Spanish
Licenciatura en Filología, Universidad de Valladolid, Spain
M.A.T., University of Maine
Ph.D., Rutgers University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Spanish Peninsular literature and history; literary theory and Women Studies

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Lisa Fischler (2002)
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of Puget Sound
M.A., Monterey Institute of International Studies
M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin at Madison

Areas of research and/or expertise: Women and politics in China, comparative women's movements in East Asia, state and society in China, feminist theory, women's studies, comparative regime change, politics and culture in Chinese societies, and political transitions

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Sandra E. Fluck (1990)
Professor of Education
B.S., M.Ed., East Stroudsburg State College
Ed.D., Temple University

Areas of research and/or expertise: mathematics pedagogy, elementary and middle school mathematics curriculum design, teaching and learning styles, professional development through lesson study

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Cecilia M. Fox (2003)
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Manhattan College
Ph.D., University of Kentucky

Areas of research and/or expertise: Neurobiology of aging, neuroprotective effects of antioxidants in animal models of neurodegeneration. Further defining the scope of protection afforded by such antioxidants as selenium and α-tocopherol in the rat model of Parkinson's disease

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Michael J. Fraboni (2002)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of Scranton
M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Several complex variables; fractal geometry; the 3x+1 problem

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Angela L. Fraleigh (2006)
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., Boston University
M.F.A., Yale University School of Art

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Christie L. Gilson (2008)
Assistant Professor of Education
BSW, Illinois State University
MSW & Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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Dawn Goodolf (2007)
Instructor of Nursing
BSN, West Chester University
MSN, DeSales University

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Beth Gotwals (2004)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Bloomsburg University
M.S.N., DeSales University
Ph.D., Widener University

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Karen Groller (2008)
Instructor of Nursing
B.S., Cedar Crest College
MSN, DeSales University

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Taylor Grube (2010)
Instructor of Nursing
B.S., East Stroudsburg University
M.S.N., Drexel University
Current doctoral study, Widener University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Maternal-child health, neonatal Intensive care nursing

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Khristina H. Haddad (2003)
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Reed College
M.A., McGill University (Canada)
Ph.D., University of Michigan

Areas of research and/or expertise: History of Political Thought; Hannah Arendt's Political Theory; Political Theories and Politics of Time and Temporality; Feminist Theory and the Politics of Women's Health

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Kevin L. Hartshorn (2004)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A, University of Notre Dame
Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Areas of research and/or expertise: Knots and links, geometric and algebraic topology, geometry, ethnomathematics, connections of mathematics and art

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Axel Hildebrandt (2008)
Assistant Professor of German
B.A., Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
M.A. &Ph.D., University of Massachusetts

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Joyce Hinnefeld (1997)
Associate Professor of English; Director of the Writing Center
B.A., Hanover College
M.A., Northwestern University
Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany

Areas of research and/or expertise: Contemporary fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction; the teaching of writing; writing center theory and practice

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Joy Ondra Hirokawa
Visiting Instructor of Music
B.Mus.Ed. & M.Mus., Temple University
Doctoral program at Boston University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Music Education in the Rehearsal Setting, Observation of Music Teachers, Conductor of The Bel Canto Children's Chorus, Choral Music Arranging

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Lori M. Hoffman (2001)
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Illinois Wesleyan University
M.S., Boston University
Ph.D., University of Kansas

Areas of research and/or expertise: Maternal-child nursing, computers in teaching, and nursing education

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Diane White Husic (2004)
Professor of Biology
B.S., Northern Michigan University
Ph.D., Michigan State University

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Frances J. Irish (2009)
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
A.B. from Oberlin College
A.M. & Ph.D. from Harvard

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Daniel Jasper (2003)
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Macalester College
M.A. & Ph.D., New School of Social Research

Areas of research and/or expertise: Cultural Sociology; Sociology of Religion; Social and Cultural Theory; Contemporary India, especially Maharashtra

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Sarah K. Johnson (2006)
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Bucknell University
Ph.D., Temple University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Cognitive psychology and neuroscience; esp. memory and the cognitive processes used to control and organize it, e.g., inhibiting memories

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Christopher J. Jones (1999)
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., Haverford College
M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Areas of research and/or expertise: molecular & behavior genetics; Drosophila biology; Alzheimer's disease; genomics

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Gary Kaskowitz (2003)
Associate Professor of Management
B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana
MBA, Averett College
M.A. & Ph.D., University of Maryland at College Park

Areas of research and/or expertise: Strategic marketing; interactive marketing; the use of storytelling and archetypes in creating an identity; the morality and ethics of marketing, especially from Judeo-Christian and Western perspectives; service and interdisciplinary learning

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Donna M. Keeler (2008)
Instructor of Nursing
BSN, Kutztown University
MSN, Drexel University

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Curtis A. Keim (1980)
Professor of History and Political Science
B.A., Manchester College
M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University

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Dawn Ketterman Benner (1971)
Professor of Physical Education; Associate Director of Athletics; Senior Women’s Athletics Administrator
B.S., East Stroudsburg State College
M.S., Temple University

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Kelly Krieble (1999)
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Moravian College
M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University

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Frank T. Kuserk (1977)
Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Notre Dame
Ph.D., University of Delaware

Areas of research and/or expertise: Aquatic ecology, especially benthic macroinvertebrate populations; ecology of soil microcommunities; evolutionary biology; The Darwinian Revolution

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Jean-Pierre Lalande (1978)
Professor of French and Latin
Licence ès Lettres, Faculté des Lettres et Sciences Humaines
M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa

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Matthew Lang (2009)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
M.S., Ph.D., Ohio State

Areas of research and/or expertise: Software engineering, parallel and distributed systems, and computer science education

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David L. Langhus (1977)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Luther College
Ph.D., University of Arizona

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Nilsa Lasso-von Lang (2002)
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., M.A., University of Northern Iowa
Ph.D., University of Arizona

Areas of research and/or expertise: Spanish American Literature, Culture and Civilization; Linguistics; Second Language Acquisition Theory and Literary Theory and Criticism; Hispanic Heritage and Culture in the USA

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Eva Marikova Leeds (1999)
Associate Professor of Economics and Business
B.A., Michigan State University
M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Financial markets, mortgage banking, Czech privatization and transition, economic development, event studies, sports economics

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Heikki E. Lempa (2001)
Associate Professor of History
Filosofian tohtori, University of Turku, Finland
Ph.D., University of Chicago

Areas of research and/or expertise: Cultural history of Modern Germany, 1700-1945; history of emotions, history of masculinity, history of education, history of the body, history of gymnastics, history of dancing, history of walking, social history of medicine

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R. Daniel Libby (1992)
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Colby College
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

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Larry A. Lipkis (1979)
Bertha-Mae Starner ’27 and Jay F. Starner Professor of Music; Composer-in-Residence
B.A., University of California at Los Angeles
M.A., University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., University of California at Santa Barbara

Areas of research and/or expertise: Composition; Music of the 20th and 21st centuries; Early Music Performance Practice, particularly Renaissance and Baroque instrumental and vocal music; music of Bach; music from the time of Shakespeare

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Arthur W. Lyons (1976)
Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.S., D.A., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: development of optimal functioning across the life-span; application of psychology to community issues and organizations; humanistic psychology; school evaluation and educational reform projects; survey research; prejudice reduction/welcoming diversity workshops; first-year seminars for undergraduates

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Sylvia Adriana Yusem Mandler (2007)
Visiting Instructor of Spanish
B.S. & M.Ed., Kutztown University
M.A., Temple University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Multicultural and diversity issues, in and outside the classroom; Latin American short stories, History of the Spanish Language, Medieval Spain, Colonial America, Art History, Animation, Folk and Classical world music and everything Greek.

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Santo D. Marabella (1992)
Professor of Management
B.S., Villanova University
M.B.A., St. Joseph’s University
D.S.W., University of Pennsylvania

Areas of research and/or expertise: not-for-profit board governance and leadership; organizational theory, planning and management; group facilitation

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Albert H. Martin (1976)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Thiel College
Ph.D., Kent State University

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Robert H. Mayer (1987)
Professor of Education
B.S., University of Cincinnati
M.A., Xavier University
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Teaching of history; history of the civil rights; writes history for young audiences

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Joanne McKeown (1988)
Professor of French
B.A., Niagra University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Areas of research and/or expertise: Seventeenth-century French Literature; Novels and Poetry by French Women; Pedagogy for developing over-all proficiency in a second language; Issues related to Translation, Female expression under hypnosis

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Claudia Mesa (2006)
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Boston University
M.A., Boston University
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Areas of research and/or expertise: Sixteenth and Seventeenth-Century Spanish Literature, emblem literature, and Colonial Spanish-American Literature

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Carol J. Moeller (1997)
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Oberlin College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Areas of research and/or expertise: Feminist Philosophy; Bioethics and Health Policy; Decolonizing Theory; Social Justice, particularly regarding Race, Class, Disability, Sexuality, and Gender; and other Identity Issues; Global Thought, especially West African and Buddhist Philosophies

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Arash Naraghi (2009)
Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy
M.A. & Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara, CA

Areas of research and/or expertise: Normative Ethics, Applied Ethics, Philosophy of Rights, Philosophy of Religion and Medieval Philosophy

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Virginia Adams O'Connell (2008)
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Haverford College
M.A. & Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Areas of research and/or expertise: Medical sociology (with a concentration on the profession of medicine, medical education, and bioethics), Research Methods (focusing on the dialogue between quantitative and qualitative methodologies), Survey Development, Research Ethics, the Sociology of Law, and Demography. Dr. Adams O’Connell has served on the American Sociological Association (ASA) Ethics Committee and currently serves on the ASA Sociology of Law Undergraduate Paper Committee. She also serves on the Greenville Hospital System’s (Greenville, South Carolina) MedEx Academy Development Committee. She is the author of the book Getting Cut: Failing to Survive Surgical Residency Training (University Press of America), and has also authored several book chapters, articles in peer-reviewed journals and conference presentations. Current projects include a multi-institutional study of the training and practice expectations of premedical students, and a study on the unmet medical needs of the clientele of an urban food bank.

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Gary L. Olson (1974)
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Concordia College
M.A., University of South Dakota
Ph.D., University of Colorado

Areas of research and/or expertise: International politics, especially U.S. foreign policy; class structure in the United States; Education/Liberal Arts; The emerging field of Neuropolitics

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James W. Paxton (2005)
Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Toronto
M.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
Ph.D., Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario

Areas of research and/or expertise: 18th and 19th-century North America; First People

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Joseph L. Powlette (1963)
Louise E. Juley Professor of Science; Professor of Physics
B.S., Moravian College
M.S., Cornell University

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Jason H. Radine (2008)
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., M.A., & Ph.D., University of Michigan

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Diane Radycki (1998)
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., University of Illinois
Ph.D., Harvard University

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James J. Ravelle (1978)
Professor of Sociology, Law, and Public Management
B.A., Villanova University
J.D., University of South Carolina at Columbia
D.A., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: All areas of employment law; corporate and commercial law; banking and financial institutions; organizational theory and human resource management; public sector labor relations; alternative dispute resolution; comparative compensation analysis

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Linda L. Ravelle (1989)
Associate Professor of Economics and Business
B.A., Pennsylvania State University
M.B.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

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Martha Reid (1979)
Professor of English
B.A., M.A.T., Harvard University
M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University

Areas of Research and/or expertise: Early modern English drama, 20th-century American and British literature, English education

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John V. Reynolds (1979)
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Lehigh University
Ph.D., Rutgers University

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Edward A. Roeder (1967)
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Lafayette College
M.S., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Classical Mechanics; Mathematical Methods of Physics; Science Outreach Programs in local Elementary, Middle, and High Schools

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Joel Nathan Rosen (2004)
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.S., Ohio State University
M.A. and M.A., University of Mississippi
Ph.D., University of Kent (United Kingdom)

Areas of research and/or expertise: sociology of sport; American popular music styles (ESP the blues and its related genres); moral panics in the media; American and African-American culture; the American South

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John D. Rossi III (1997)
Associate Professor of Accounting
B.A., LaSalle University
M.B.A., Moravian College

Areas of research and/or expertise: John is the author of several articles related to his research interest in the area of financial reporting, taxation, effective teaching strategies and personal finance. John has been quoted extensively in newspapers and magazines on issues related to his expertise. In addition, he is a frequent presenter on technical and management issues at workshops and Continuing Professional Education Seminars.

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Otha Carlysle Salter Jr. (1993)
Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Spring Hill College
M.S., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University

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Maria L. Schantz (2005)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.A. & B.S.N., DeSales University
M.A. & Ph.D., Temple University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Emergency/Trauma Nursing and Behavioral Health; Adolescent and Vulnerable populations; cultural competency in nursing faculty education; dialogical, problem-position education

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Michelle E. Schmidt (2000)
Associate Professor of Psychology; Director of Academic Leadership Programs
B.A., Drew University
M.A., Ph.D., George Mason University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Social-emotional development, particularly peer relations, friendship, and victimization in middle childhood; early parent-child attachment relationships; leadership and civic engagement

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Susan P. Scholtz (1999)
Associate Professor of Nursing
B.S., Pennsylvania State University
M.N., University of Pittsburgh
D.N.Sc., Widener University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Nursing care of children; Growth and developmental concerns from birth through adolescence; Expressive and reflective writing techniques to maximize learning; Ethical issues in healthcare

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Fred B. Schultheis (1985)
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Moravian College
M.S., Purdue University
Ph.D., University of Michigan

Areas of research and/or expertise: Algebraic number theory, especially algebraic function fields over finite fields; history of Mathematics and Physics.

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Alicia Sevilla (1984)
Professor of Mathematics
Licenciada en Ciencias Matemáticas, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, Argentina
M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

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Nathan B. Shank (2006)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Shippensburg University
Ph.D., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: probabilistic analysis; probability theory; geometric probability; stochastic processes; graph theory and combinatorial optimization; random graphs and networks

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Christopher Shorr (2008)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater Arts
B.A., Drew University
M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University

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Joseph M. Shosh (2000)
Associate Professor of Education; Director, M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction
B.A., Moravian College
M.A., Ph.D., New York University

Areas of research and/or expertise: English education, transactional approaches to teaching and learning, curriculum negotiation, composition pedagogy

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Janet A. Sipple (1998)
Professor of Nursing
B.S., West Virginia University
M.S.N., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ed.D., University of South Carolina at Columbia
N.P., University of Missouri at St. Louis

Areas of research and/or expertise: Adult health nursing; health promotion, community based practice; community health, international nursing, nursing ethics, higher education curriculum design/implementation, health care, leadership and management

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Margaret Snyder
Visiting Instructor of Spanish
B.A., William Smith College
M.A., Lehigh University

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Kay B. Somers (1981)
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Ursinus College
M.S., Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Areas of research and/or expertise: Operations Research; Statistics and Statistics Education; Mathematics of Voting; Mathematics applied to social justice; Mathematics Education

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Jennifer A. Specht (2008)
Assistant Professor of Nursing
B.S.N., Villanova University
M.S.N., DeSales University
Ph.D., Villanova University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Cardiology/electrophysiology, cardiothoracic intensive care, surgical intensive care, and post-anesthesia critical care. Mentoring relationships, especially those of junior faculty transitioning into their new roles as nurse educators.

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Kirsli Spinks (2011)
Visiting Designer-in-Residence

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Mary Beth Spirk (1987)
Associate Professor of Physical Education; Assistant Director of Athletics
B.A., Dickinson College
M.S.S., United States Sports Academy

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Krista L. Steinke (2003)
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., Valparaiso University
B.F.A. School of the Art Institute of Chicago
M.F.A., The Maryland Institute College of Art

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Nicole Anne Tabor (2009)
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Smith College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Oregon

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Sabrina Terrizzi (1997)
Instructor of Economics and Business
B.S., M.S., Lehigh University
Ph.D. Candidate (expected completion 2012), Lehigh University

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Lori J. Toedter (1982)
Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Lehigh University
Ph.D., University of Connecticut at Storrs

Areas of research and/or expertise: abnormal psychology, program evaluation, statistics & methodology, tests & measurement, medical pedagogy. Areas of research: health psychology, test construction, evidence-based practice of medicine

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Connie S. Unger (1993)
Associate Professor of Education
B.S., Bloomsburg State College
M.A., Kutztown State College
Ed.M., Ed.D., Columbia University

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Barbara M. Vinciguerra (2005)
Assistant Professor of Accounting
B.S., The Pennsylvania State University
M.B.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Drexel University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Research interests include judgment and decision making behavior in accounting and auditing contexts and factors influencing auditor independence

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James R. Walker (1979)
Professor of Physical Education
B.A., Gettysburg College
M.S., Rider College

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James P. West (1989)
Professor of Economics and Business
B.S., Marquette University
M.Comm., University of Poona, India
M.B.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: International and Development Economics, Globalization, Financial Economics and the Evolution of Economic Thought

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Debra Wetcher-Hendricks (1999)
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Glassboro State College
M.A., Ph.D., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: research design and analysis, focusing upon quantitative data; research ethics; interpersonal and mass communication; popular culture; gender issues

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Neil Wetzel (2005)
Associate Professor of Music; Director of Jazz Studies
B.M., M.A.T., University of the Arts
Ed.D., Columbia University

Areas of research and/or expertise: jazz pedagogy; jazz saxophone performance; classical saxophone performance; jazz history; jazz improvisation; woodwind performance and pedagogy; music theory; ear-training

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Joel D. Wingard (1981)
Professor of English
B.A., Muskingum College
M.A., Old Dominion University
Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Composition Studies; Rhetoric; Writing-Across-the-Curriculum; Writing Program Administration; Writing instruction; 20th-century American literature; Irish literature; W.B. Yeats

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Gary Wright (2011)
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics & Business

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Erica L. M. Yozell (2005)
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Brown University
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Areas of research and/or expertise: Modern and contemporary Latin American literature and culture; Southern Cone literature; Post-boom literature; Caribbean literature

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Charlotte Rappe Zales (2002)
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., Cornell University
M.S., Ed.D., Lehigh University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Effective Teaching Strategies, Cooperative Learning, Educational Research, Educational Assessment, Classroom Management

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Stacey Beth Zaremba (1989)
Professor of Psychology
B.A., College of Staten Island
M.A., Ph.D., Fordham University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Nutrition and Behavior, Women’s Issues, Student Engagement, Faculty Development.

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Paula Ring Zerkle (1994)
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., University of California at Berkeley
M.M., State University of New York at Stony Brook
D.M., Indiana University

Areas of research and/or expertise: Choral music, conducting, women composers, musicianship, choral arranging, Dalcroze Eurhythmics