Arts and Humanities Faculty
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Agawu-Kakraba, Dr. Yaw B.
Associate Professor of Spanish
Office: 129 Hawthorn Building
Albanese, Mr. James H.
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 108 Misciagna/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Ambush, Ms. Selena
Instructor in Theatre Arts
Office: 103E Sheetz Family Health Center
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Selena Ambush has been on, behind or in front of a stage since the seasoned age of six. She has worked as actor, director, and instructor at professional and municipal theatres throughout Central Florida and is a recipient of the Gulf Coast Arts Council’s "Distinguished Artist."
Selena spent a season at Meadow Book Theatre in Detroit, Michigan’s largest professional theatre, and nearly a decade in New York City as a theatre professional. Off-Broadway, Selena has directed several new and established works with many reputable companies including Yankee Repertory, WOW Café Theatre, Sanguine Satellites, Actor’s Studio Playwright-Director Workshop, Little Spoons Productions, Bank Street Theatre, The Ukraine and the New York City Fringe Festival. She holds an MFA in Directing from the Actor’s Studio Drama School at New School University.
Selena’s articles as a freelance writer of theatre previews and reviews have been seen in such publications as "The Village Voice," "L," and "Pod Magazine." She has been on the faculty at Bronx Community College, part of the City University of New York, and The College of New Rochelle. At present, Selena is a member of the theatre program faculty at Penn State Altoona and directed last year’s production of "SkyLines" by 2008-09 Emerging-Writer-in-Residence David-Matthew Barnes.
Anderson, Ms. Laura E.
Part-time Lecturer in Art History
Office: Box 107 Science/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Andrews, Dr. Steven C.
Instructor in History
Office: 129D Smith Building
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Bailie, Ms. Helen
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Baldwin, Rev. Reynolds D.
Part-time Lecturer in History
Office: Aaron Building, 1431 12th Avenue
Phone: 814-949-5300
Voice Mail: 6219 |
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Baranec, Mr. Gary
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 108 Misciagna/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
Voice Mail: 6152 |
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Bertonazzi, Ms. Judy M.
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: 108 Misciagna Center/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Black, Dr. Brian C.
Professor of History and Environmental Studies
Office: 129E Smith Building
Black, Ms. Christina N.
Part-time Lecturer in Music
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Blackmon, Dr. Pamela E.
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: 159 Learning Resources Center
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Pamela Blackmon, assistant professor of political
science, earned her doctorate from the University of
Miami. Her research interests include international
relations and international economics. She has
published articles in "International Studies Review," "Central Asian Survey," and "Women's Studies" while also contributing a
chapter on market liberalization policies in Kazakhstan
and Uzbekistan to "The Politics of Transition in
Central Asia and the Caucasus" (Routledge, 2009). Her first book "In the Shadow of Russia: Reform in Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan" is forthcoming with Michigan State University Press.
Bonta, Mr. Steven
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: C125 Smith Building
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Brassington, Ms. Nancy R.
Part-time Lecturer in Visual Arts
Office: Box 108 Misciagna/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Campbell, Dr. J. Louis
Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Office: 136 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
Condee-Padunova, Ms. Kira A.
Gallery and Box Office Assistant
Office: 105A Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
| Phone: 814-949-5451 |
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Costantino, Dr. Roselyn
Associate Professor of Spanish and Women's Studies
Office: 127 Hawthorn Building
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Dr. Roselyn Costantino received her M.A. from Montclair State University (1988) in Spanish Peninsular Literature with a focus on 19th-century Spanish and Latin American narrative, and her Ph.D. from Arizona State University (1992) in Spanish with specialization in Latin American theatre and narrative; Latin American Studies; and Women's Studies.
Her areas of specialization include Latin American Writers, Playwrights, and Performance Artists; Latin American and Latina Women; Performance Studies; Feminist Theory; Latino and Latin American Studies. Her most recent publications include Holy Terrors: Latin American Women Perform (co-edited with Diana Taylor. Duke UP, 2003); Femicide, Impunity, and Citizenship: The Old and The New in the Struggle for Justice in Guatemala (Chicana/Latina Studies 6.1 Fall 2006); “Politics and Culture in a Diva´s Diversion”; “Youth Movements in Mexico: Indigenous Youth of the Zapatista Rebellion”; and "Preserving the American Way of Life." She is completing a manuscript, “There are many ways to kill a woman”: Structural Deformities, Femicide, and Transformative Collaboration in Guatemala’s Narrative of Extreme Gendered Violence. She is a member of the Altoona College Arts and Humanities faculty; Women´s Studies Faculty; and the University Graduate faculty.
Cutsforth-Huber, Dr. Bonnie
Assistant Professor of Music
Office: 130 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Canadian-born mezzo soprano Bonnie Cutsforth-Huber is active in oratorio, cantata, and operatic circuits. She has appeared as a soloist with such organizations as the Bach Concert Series, Friday Morning Music Club Chorale of Washington D.C., the Annapolis Chorale, the Susquehanna Valley Chorale, NIH Philharmonica, and the Harford Choral Society. Highlights include Bach’s "St. John Passion," Handel’s "Alexander’s Feast" and "Urtrecht Te Deum," Mozart’s "Solemn Vespers of the Confessor," Mendelssohn’s "Elijah," Haydn’s "Mass in Time of War," Handel’s "Messiah," Beethoven’s "Ninth Symphony," and several cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach. Recent recital credits include concerts in Rome, Italy, and The Aspen Institute. Among Ms.Cutsforth- Huber’s operatic credits are performances with Kentucky Opera, Cincinnati Opera, Rome Festival Opera, and Amici Opera; favorite roles include Marcellina in Mozart’s "Le Nozze di Figaro," Carmen in Bizet’s "Carmen," Meg in Verdi’s "Falstaff," Emilia in Verdi’s "Otello," and the Countess in Massenet’s "Andrea Chenier." Ms. Cutsforth-Huber is also an active scholar. She is a two-time winner of the Rey Longyear award from the American Musicological Society (south central chapter). She was also the winner of the 2002 National Opera Association Scholarly Paper Competition. Her articles and book reviews have appeared in publications such as "Music Research Forum," "The Opera Journal," "Journal of the National Association of Teachers of Singing," and "American Music." She also contributed a chapter to the book "Just Tell the Story: Troubled Island," which focuses on the first opera of African America composer William Grant Still. Her dissertation "The Operas of William Grant Still" was the winner of the 2003/2004 National Opera Association Outstanding Dissertation Competition. Ms. Cutsforth-Huber holds a Bachelor of Music in vocal performance from the University of Saskatchewan, a Master’s degree in vocal performance from Southern Illinois University, and a Ph.D. in musicology from the University of Kentucky. She is active in several musical organizations, including The National Association of Teachers of Singing, The American Choral Directors Association, and the National Opera Association.
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Das, Ms. Ingrid
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box W115 Smith/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Davis, Dr. Todd F.
Associate Professor of English
Office: 208 Hawthorn Building
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Todd Davis, associate professor of English, teaches creative writing, environmental studies, and American literature. He received his M.A. and Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University. His poems have appeared in such journals and magazines as "The North American Review," "Indiana Review," "Iowa Review," "River Styx," "West Branch," "Arts & Letters," "Quarterly West," "The Christian Science Monitor," "Green Mountains Review," "Poetry East," "Many Mountains Moving," "Natural Bridge," "Epoch," "The Louisville Review," "The Nebraska Review," "Orion," and "Image." He is the author of two books of poems, "Ripe" (Bottom Dog Press, 2002) and "Some Heaven" (Michigan State University Press, 2007), and is co-editor with Erin Murphy of "Making Poems: 40 Poems with Commentary by the Poets" (State University of New York Press, forthcoming). His poems have been featured by Garrison Keillor on "The Writer's Almanac" and by Ted Kooser in "American Life in Poetry." The winner of the Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize, Davis's poetry has also been nominated for the Pushcart Prize. In addition to his creative work, Davis is the author of "Kurt Vonnegut's Crusade, Or How a Postmodern Harlequin Preached a New Kind of Humanism" (State University of New York Press, 2006), and co-author of "Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Reconciling the Void" (Palgrave, 2006) and "Formalist Criticism and Reader Response Theory" (Palgrave, 2002). He has co-edited "Mapping the Ethical Turn" (University of Virginia Press, 2001), "The Critical Response to John Irving" (Praeger, 2004), and "Reading the Beatles" (State University of New York Press, 2006). His criticism has appeared in such journals as "Critique," "College Literature," "Studies in Short Fiction," "Literature/Film Quarterly," "Western American Literature," "Style," and "Mosaic."
De Jong, Dr. Mary L.
Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies
Office: 128C Smith Building
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Mary G. DeJong received her Ph.D. in literature from the University of South Carolina. She has published many articles on American literature and culture, including three on the composition and performance of hymns. Her research interests and teaching now center on gender issues, especially in women's writing.Her current project is a study of the letters exchanged by two American women reformers in the 1840s, Anna Parsons and Marianne Dwight.
Dellape, Mr. Kevin J.
Part-time Lecturer in History
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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DiLeo, Dr. Daniel
Associate Professor of Political Science
Office: 129B Smith Building
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Daniel DiLeo received his Bachelor of Arts degree and his Ph.D. in political science from Temple University in Philadelphia. He teaches courses in American government and political philosophy. His research interests include the agendas and rhetoric of the governors of the American states, education policy in the American states and the political implications of religious doctrines.
Dodson, Mr. Kirk
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Dorabiala, Ms. Iwona T.
Part-time Lecturer in History
Office: 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Eckels, Ms. Heather J.
Part-time Lecturer in History
Office: 144 Learning Resources Center/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Eckenrode, Mr. Raymond M.
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: 108 Misciagna Center/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Eggert, Mr. William D.
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Engle, Ms. Elizabeth M.
Part-time Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
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Evans, Dr. Matt
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Office: 101E Cypress Building
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Fabian, Ms. Jamie
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Feeley, Ms. Eleanor H.
Theatre and Gallery Manager
Office: Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts Box Office
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Eleanor Hart (Noel) Feeley is the Theatre and Gallery Manager at Penn State Altoona and facilitates the administration and programming for a 400-seat theatre, galleries, dance studio, scene shop and conference spaces. She serves on the Board of the Pennsylvania Rural Arts Alliance, the Altoona Community Theatre and the Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art. In the past, Noel has worked as a lighting designer, a grants program specialist for the National Endowment for the Arts, and as a theater and museum non-profit arts administrator.
Findley, Dr. Brooke H.
Assistant Professor of French and Women's Studies
Office: 125 Hawthorn Building
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Findley, Dr. Samuel J.
Instructor in Classics and Ancient Studies
Office: 125 Hawthorn Building
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Sam Findley, instructor in classics and ancient
Mediterranean studies, earned his doctorate in the
Department of Classical Studies at Duke University.
His dissertation is entitled “Theognis, Tibullus,
and the Effacement of Poetic Self.” His teaching
interests include Latin, Greek, classical studies, and
mythology.
Fine, Mr. William J.
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Gildea, Mr. David
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Greaser, Mr. Shawn
Part-time Lecturer
Office: Aaron Building, 1431 12th Avenue
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Gsoels-Lorensen, Ms. Jutta
Assistant Professor of German, English, and Comparative Literature
Office: 124 Hawthorn Building
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Hackenberry, Mr. Charles
Associate Professor Emeritus of English
Happeny, Ms. Elizabeth
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
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Harris, Dr. Marc L.
Division Head, Associate Professor of History
Office: Elm Building
Harshbarger, Mr. Lance J.
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Aaron Building, 1431 12th Avenue
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Huckabee, Ms. KT
Assistant Professor of Integrative Arts and Dance
Office: 127 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
| Phone: 814-949-5441 |
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Hudson-Richards, Dr. Julia A.
Assistant Professor of History
Office: C122 Smith Building
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Julia Hudson-Richards, assistant professor of
history, earned her doctorate from the University of
Arizona. Her dissertation is entitled “The Orange
Proletariat: Social Relations in the País Valenciano,
1860-1939,” and her research interests include
Modern European History, Comparative World
History, and Comparative Gender. She previously
served as adjunct professor in the Department of
Humanities and Human Sciences at Point Park
University.
Hurd, Ms. Irene
Instructor in Russian
Office: 128I Smith Building
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Jabbeh Wesley, Dr. Patricia
Assistant Professor of English
Office: 125 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
| Phone: 814-949-5501 |
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Patricia Jabbeh Wesley earned her Ph.D. in Creative Writing and English from Western Michigan University, a Master of Science degree from Indiana University, Bloomington, and a BA in English from the University of Liberia. She is the author of three books of poetry: "The River is Rising" (Autumn House Press, Pittsburgh, 2007), "Becoming Ebony," (SIU Press, 2003) and "Before the Palm Could Bloom: Poems of Africa" (New Issues Press, 1998). Her second book, "Becoming Ebony" is a 2002 Crab Orchard Award winner. Dr. Wesley has won several other awards, including the World Bank Fellowship, the Victor E. Ward Foundation for Literary Excellence Award, 2001, the College of West Africa Alumni Association Award for Literary Excellence, 2006, the Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Grant from the Kalamazoo Foundation among others. She is a regular featured author and speaker both in the US and internationally, and her poetry has been critically acclaimed by many reviewers. Patricia has published works in many US and international journals and anthologies, including the "New Orleans Review," "Crab Orchard Review," "English Academy Review of South Africa," "The Prometeo Magazine," "Medellin," "Colombia," "Echoes Across the Valley: Poets of Africa," (Kenya), "Common Wealth: Contemporary Poets on Pennsylvania," "Approaching Literature: Writing, Reading, Thinking," among others. Patricia is currently Chair of MLA's Division on African Literatures. Her interests include creative writing, poetry, African, African American and Diaspora literatures and the Liberian civil war. She is presently working on a memoir of her Liberian civil war experiences.
Jacobson, Rev. Jeanne E.
Part-time Lecturer in Religious Studies
Office: 144 Learning Resources Center/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Kasdorf, Mr. David M.
Assistant Professor of Integrative Arts
Office: 135 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
| Phone: 814-949-5247 |
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Klevan, Mr. Thomas R.
Instructor in English and Communications
Office: 160 Learning Resources Center
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Thomas R. Klevan taught secondary English and was chair of the Altoona Area High School language department before changing careers to journalism where he became executive editor of The Altoona Mirror. Before coming to Penn State Altoona, he taught college English in three state prisons as an instructor in St. Francis College's continuing education program. His field of interest is creative nonfiction, and here at Penn State Altoona he teaches reading nonfiction, understanding literature, reading poetry, writing in the social sciences, business writing, advanced business writing, and basic writing skills. As a certified lay speaker in the United Methodist Church, he writes and preaches from six to ten sermons annually.
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Lang, Ms. Linda L.
Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
Office: 144 Learning Resources Center/Office Hawthorn Building
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Latterell, Dr. Catherine
Associate Professor of English
Office: 132 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Catherine Latterell earned advanced degrees in Rhetoric and Technical Communication from Michigan Technological University (M.S. 1992, Ph.D. 1996). She teaches courses in advanced writing and rhetoric—often asking students to examine the impact of technology on communication and on their processes of problem-solving. Her research interests combine composition theory and cultural theory to explore, among other things, issues in teaching with technology.
Liszka, Ms. Marlene A.
Instructor in Theatre Arts, Technical Director
Office: 100 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Marlene Liszka has been the technical director of the Wolf Kuhn Theatre in the Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts for the past ten years. She was technical director of the Mishler Theatre for nine years. Her passion is lighting and she works with many organizations in this capacity. She is a graduate of Clarke College and has an M.A. from the University of Michigan.
Liszka, Dr. Thomas R.
Associate Professor of English
Office: 128 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Thomas R. Liszka has an M.A. and a Ph.D. from Northern Illinois University. His research specialty is medieval English literature, especially a collection of saints' lives in Middle English verse known as the South English Legendary. Dr. Liszka is a textual editor who studies manuscripts of the SEL. He has published five articles on this material and one on the teaching of composition. He is editing a selection of saints' lives from one of the SEL manuscripts. He has also edited four volumes of the "Index to Reviews of Bibliographical Publications: An International Annual" and a collection of essays devoted to various topics related to the North Sea World during the Middle Ages.
Livingston, Dr. Meg A.
Associate Professor of English and Women's Studies
Office: 213 Hawthorn Building
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Meg Powers Livingston was educated at Allegheny College (B.A., 1988), the University of Warwick, and the University of California Los Angeles (M.A., 1995; Ph.D., 1999). Her areas of specialization include sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British literature, especially drama, with additional interest in literature written by women. She also has a broad interest in drama that ranges from classical Greece to recent off-Broadway. Her current research efforts involve performance issues, censorship, and textual criticism. Her edition of John Fletcher's play "The Woman's Prize" is forthcoming from the Malone Society and Oxford University Press.
Lucas, Mr. Michael R.
Associate Professor of Visual Arts
Office: 137 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
Lusiak, Ms. Christy A.
Part-time Lecturer in English and Women's Studies
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
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Marshall, Dr. Ian S.
Professor of English
Office: 133 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Ian Marshall is the author of "Story Line: Exploring the Literature of the Appalachian Trail" and numerous scholarly articles on writers as diverse as Henry Thoreau and Dr. Seuss. His specialties are American nature writing and ecocriticism. He received his B.A. and M.A. from West Chester University, PA (1977, 1983), and his Ph.D. from the University of Delaware (1988).
Martin, Mr. Kent A.
Part-time Lecturer in Music
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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McCourt, Ms. Claire A.
Part-time Lecturer in French
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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McFee, Ms. Cathy A.
Part-time Lecturer in Music
Office: Box 108 Misciagna/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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McGovern, Mr. Robert
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
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McLaughlin, Dr. Robert N.
Instructor in History
Office: 129I Smith Building
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McNicholas, Dr. Mark
Assistant Professor of History
Office: 129C Smith Building
| Phone: 814-949-5200 |
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Melbinger, Mr. Timothy G.
Part-time Lecturer in Music
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Mohammed, Dr. Shaheed N.
Associate Professor of Communications
Office: 103G Sheetz Family Health Center
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Nick Mohammed, associate professor of communications,
earned his doctorate from the University
of New Mexico. His research interests include mass
media, communications research, and digital-image
production. He previously served on the faculty of
the American University of Kuwait. He also served
as associate professor of digital/interactive Media at
Marist College.
Moist, Dr. Kevin M.
Associate Professor of Communications
Office: 101D Cypress Building
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Morder, Mr. Eric J.
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: 144 Learning Resources Center/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Moses, Ms. Margaret L.
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 144 Learning Resources Center/Office Hawthorn Building
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Murley, Ms. Joanne
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box W115 Smith/Office Smith Building
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Murphy, Ms. Erin C.
Assistant Professor of English
Office: 212 Hawthorn Building
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Erin Murphy is the author of three collections of poetry: "Dislocation and Other Theories" (Word Press, 2008); "Too Much of This World" (Mammoth Books, 2008), winner of the Anthony Piccione Poetry Prize; and "Science of Desire" (Word Press, 2004), a finalist for the Paterson Poetry Prize for the best poetry book of 2004. With Todd Davis, she is co-editor of "Making Poems: 40 Poems with Commentary by the Poets" (forthcoming from the State University of New York Press). Her awards include a $5,000 2006 Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Poetry Prize, the 2006 Foley Poetry Award, the 2004 National Writers' Union Poetry Award judged by Donald Hall, and fellowships from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, the Maryland State Arts Council, and the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts. Her poems have been featured on Garrison Keillor’s "The Writer’s Almanac" and have appeared in dozens of journals and in several anthologies, including "180 More: Extraordinary Poems for Every Day," edited by Billy Collins (Random House, 2005).
Mussett, Ms. Kathryn A.
Senior Instructor in Spanish
Office: 126 Hawthorn Building
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Nemanic, Mr. Douglas F.
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 107 Cypress/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Nemanic, Dr. Mary Lou
Associate Professor of Communications
Office: 101B Cypress Building
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Noji, Dr. Toshie
Instructor in English and Japanese
Office: C125 Smith Building
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Osborne, Ms. Caitlin L.
Instructor in Dance and Intergrative Arts
Office: 127 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Page, Dr. Douglas D.
Instructor in History
Office: 210 Hawthorn Building
| Phone: 814-949-5171 |
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Parry, Dr. David M.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Office: 104 Hawthorn Building
Peterson, Ms. Lee
Instructor in English
Office: 204 Learning Resources Center
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Lee Peterson, instructor in English and writing tutor,
earned her MFA from Sarah Lawrence College. Her
first book of poems, "Rooms and Fields: Dramatic
Monologues from the War in Bosnia," won the 2003
Stan and Tom Wick Poetry Prize. In 2004, she
served as Penn State Altoona’s Emerging Writerin-
Residence. Her poetry has been published in
various journals, including "North American Review," "Runes: A Review of Poetry," "Nimrod: International Journal of Prose and Poetry," and "The Seattle Review."
Petrulionis, Mr. Joseph M.
Instructor in Philosophy and History
Office: 103C Sheetz Family Health Center
Petrulionis, Dr. Sandra H.
Professor of English and American Studies
Office: 129 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Sandra Harbert Petrulionis received her M.A. and Ph.D. in English from Georgia State University; she specializes in nineteenth-century American Literature and the literature of slavery and abolition. She is the author of "To Set This World Right: The Antislavery Movement in Thoreau's Concord" (Cornell UP, 2006), and co-editor (with Laura Dassow Walls) of "More Day to Dawn: Thoreau's Walden for the 21st Century" (U of Massachusetts P, 2006). In addition to editing "Journal 8: 1854" in the Princeton edition of Thoreau's journals, she has also published articles on Thoreau, Herman Melville, Louisa May Alcott, and other nineteenth-century American writers and reformers. Her current research includes a digital edition of Mary Moody Emerson's manuscript Almanacks (co-edited with Noelle Baker), and "The Oxford Handbook to Transcendentalism" (co-edited with Joel Myerson and Laura Dassow Walls).
Pozza, Dr. David M.
Lecturer in English
Office: 104 Learning Resources Center/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Ramos, Mr. Rolando
Part-time Lecturer in Theatre Arts
Office: Box 101 Cypress/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Reese, Ms. Robin
Assistant Professor of Theater Arts
Office: 126 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Robin Reese (director/choreographer) is an assistant professor of theatre arts at Penn State Altoona. She holds her M.F.A. from the Actors Studio Drama School/New School University where she was the teaching fellow and received voice and acting scholarships. Robin is a proud member of Actors Equity Association and has appeared off-Broadway, off-off Broadway and in regional theatres, playing classical, contemporary, musical theatre, and experimental roles. As a director, Robin is a recipient of Merit Awards for Distinction in Directing from The Kennedy Center/American College Theatre Festival for both her Penn State Altoona productions, "The Tempest" and "Medea." New York City directing credits include "Othello," "Troilus and Cressida," and "Rosemary with Ginger" as well as the New York City Actors Studio premiere workshop reading of her own play "The Inquisition," with Tony Award winning actress Carlyn Glynn. Most recently, Robin directed Robert Auletta’s adaptation of "The Persians" for New York City’s Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute/New York University. Robin is also a successful playwright and screenwriter. In 2008, she was named a Semi-Finalist for the prestigious O’Neill Playwright’s Conference. Her work has been produced in New York City, Delaware and Philadelphia. Recently, two of her monologues from her full length play "Folkdance" appear in "One on One: The Best Men’s Monologues for the 21st Century," published by Applause Books. Robin studied dance and choreography at Temple University, University of Maryland, College Park, and University of California, Los Angeles and has been dancing and choreographing in New York City and regional theatre since 1990. She has traveled the United States and Italy with her physical theatre work.
Riva, Mrs. Molly K.
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Rosenberg, Ms. Harriet E.
Part-time Lecturer in Visual Arts
Office: Box 107 Science/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Rotunno, Dr. Laura E.
Associate Professor of English
Office: 210 Hawthorn Building
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Laura Rotunno received her MA and Ph.D. in English from the University of Missouri at Columbia. Her research and teaching interests include nineteenth-century British literature, the novel, narrative theory, cultural studies, and genre and gender studies. "The Long History of 'In Short': Mr. Micawber, Letter-Writers, and Literary Men," an article that foregrounds her interest in nineteenth-century correspondence customs, appears in a recent issue of Victorian Literature and Culture. Currently, she is working on a book tentatively entitled "Readdressed: Correspondence Culture and Victorian Fiction."
Ruiz, Mr. Laurencio C.
Instructor in Theatre Arts
Office: 126C Smith Building
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Sanhueza, Ms. Ariadna P.
Part-time Lecturer in Spanish
Office: 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Scanlon, Ms. Lauren P.
Assistant Professor of Visual Arts
Office: 159 Learning Resources Center
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Lauren Scanlon, assistant professor of visual arts,
earned her MFA in printmaking from Ohio State University.
She has studied printmaking, drawing, and
painting, while also accruing experience working in
ceramics and textiles. In addition to participating in
numerous residencies and workshops, her teaching
experiences include drawing, painting, and the book
arts.
Searles, Ms. Jo
Associate Professor Emerita of English & Women's Studies
Seddon, Dr. Fred A.
Part-time Lecturer in Philosophy
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Seymour, Dr. Elizabeth M.
Instructor in Anthropology, Communications, and History
Office: 119 Hawthorn Building
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Sherrill, Mr. Steven
Associate Professor of English and Integrative Arts
Office: 129K Smith Building
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Steven Sherrill teaches creative writing and integrative arts courses at Penn State Altoona. After receiving a Welding Diploma from Mitchell Community College (and the passing of a considerable amount of time) he went on to earn an MFA in Poetry from the Iowa Writers' Workshop. He is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship for Fiction in 2002. His first novel, "The Minotaur Takes a Cigarette Break," has been published in nine languages. His second novel, "Visits From the Drowned Girl," published by Random House, US and Canongate, UK, was released in June of 2004, and was nominated by Random House for the Pulitzer Prize in Fiction. His third novel, "The Locktender's House," is forthcoming from Random House in April 2008. In his dream life, Steve is a painter.
Shoenfelt, Mr. Brian
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
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Simpson, Dr. Megan B.
Assistant Professor of English and Women's Studies
Office: 128F Smith Building
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Megan Simpson received her Ph.D. from the University of New Mexico. She has an M.A. in creative writing from San Francisco State University and a B.A. in literature/creative writing from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Dr. Simpson is the author of "Poetic Epistemologies: Gender and Knowing in Women's Language-Oriented Writing." Her teaching and research interests include African American literature, multiethnic literatures of the U.S., poetry, women writers, and literary theory.
Snyder, Mr. Jacob S.
Part-time Lecturer in Music Education
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Snyder, Mr. Stanley E.
Part-time Lecturer in Art Education
Office: Box 108 Misciagna/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Stains, Ms. Concetta L.
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
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Steiner, Mr. James R.
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 107 Misciagna/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Strzelec, Ms. Rebecca
Associate Professor of Visual Arts
Office: 131 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
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Talbot, Mr. Donald
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Aaron Building, 1431 12th Avenue
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Trumpbour, Dr. Robert C.
Associate Professor of Communications
Office: 101C Cypress Building
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Villani, Mr. A. David
Instructor in Communications and Music
Office: 141 Learning Resources Center
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Von Gunden, Dr. Kenneth R.
Part-time Lecturer in Communications
Office: Box 107 Science/Office Hawthorn Building
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Warg, Dr. Ilse-Rose
Instructor in German
Office: 141 Learning Resources Center
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Weber, Mrs. Anna L.
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Weber, Dr. Ryan P.
Assistant Professor of English
Office: 103F Sheetz Family Health Center
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Dr. Ryan Weber received his Ph.D in Rhetoric and Composition from Purdue University. He currently teaches courses in freshmen writing and advanced business writing. Some of his scholarly interests include irony, service learning, computers and composition, classical rhetoric, ethos, and public rhetoric. His co-authored publications appear in the electronic journal "Karios" and in a forthcoming collection about service learning in the writing classroom.
Weiss, Mr. Joel A.
Part-time Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
Office: Box 203 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Wellman, Mr. William
Part-time Lecturer in Art
Office: Box 108 Misciagna/Office Hawthorn Building
Wesley, Dr. Mlen-Too
Part-time Lecturer in Religious Studies
Office: Box 144 Learning Resources Center/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Whetstone, Ms. Joni L.
Part-time Lecturer in Music
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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White, Mr. James R.
Part-time Lecturer in Music
Office: Box 108 Misciagna/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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White, Dr. William
Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Science
Office: 211 Hawthorn Building
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Wiley, Mr. Casey E.
Emerging Visiting Writer
Office: 213 Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Casey Wiley, Emerging Writer-in-Residence,
earned his MFA from George Mason University.
Specializing in creative nonfiction, he has published
in such journals as "Gorilla Dust," "Fringe Magazine,"
"Pindledyboz," and "Penddragon Literary and Arts
Magazine," among others.
Wilshire, Dr. Darla K.
Part-time Lecturer in English
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
Phone: 814-949-5300
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Winsor, Ms. Fran A.
Part-time Lecturer in Communication Arts and Sciences
Office: box 107 Science/Office Hawthorn Building
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Womack, Dr. Kenneth A.
Interim Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Office: W110 Smith Building
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Kenneth Womack was educated at Texas A&M University (BA, 1990; MA, 1992), the Moscow Institute of Communications, and Northern Illinois University (Ph.D., 1997). He has published widely on twentieth-century literary and popular culture. He serves as Editor of "Interdisciplinary Literary Studies: A Journal of Criticism and Theory" and as Coeditor of Oxford University Press's celebrated "Year's Work in English Studies." His book-length publications include "Postwar Academic Fiction: Satire, Ethics, Community" (Palgrave, 2001), "Key Concepts in Literary Theory" (Columbia, 2001), "Mapping the Ethical Turn: A Reader in Ethics," "Culture, and Literary Theory" (Virginia, 2001), "Reading the Beatles: Cultural Studies, Literary Criticism, and the Fab Four" (SUNY, 2006), "Postmodern Humanism in Contemporary Literature and Culture: Reconciling the Void" (Palgrave, 2006), "Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles" (Continuum, 2007), and "The Cambridge Companion to the Beatles" (Cambridge, 2009), among others.
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Yon, Mr. Jon C.
Part-time Lecturer in Music
Office: Box 103 Hawthorn/Office Hawthorn Building
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Zalanowski, Ms. Annette
Associate Professor Emerita of Music
Zellner, Mr. Roger
Associate Professor Emeritus of Art
Zolten, Dr. J. Jerome
Associate Professor of Communication Arts and Sciences
Office: 134 Misciagna Family Center for Performing Arts
