Humanities Faculty

Educational Background

• Licentiate in History (M.A.), Babes-Bolyai University (Romania)
• M.A., Trinity International University
• Ph.D., Marquette University

Research and Teaching Interests

My research interests center on the interaction or religion, culture, and politics and broadly include:

• Movements of Renewal in Western Civilization/Christianity
• Intellectual History and Christian Thought
• Religion/Christianity and Culture
• Church and State
• Theory/Theology vs. Praxis

I have taught:

• History
• Religion/Christianity
• World Religions

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient through the Medieval West
• HUM 102 The Renaissance through the Modern West

Educational Background

• B.A., Cleveland State University
• M.A.L.S., Kent State University

Research and Teaching Interests

• Classical Greece
• Ancient Rome
• European Intellectual History

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 102 The Renaissance To Modern West

Educational Background

• A.A., Rock Valley College
• B.A., Northern Illinois University
• M.A., Northern Illinois University

Research and Teaching Interests

• Women's studies
• Western Culture
• Art History
• Asian Culture, Southeast Asian Studies
• English Literature and Composition • Education
• Online Education

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West 
• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West 
• HUM 106 The Cultures of Asia
• HUM 107 The Cultures of Africa
• HUM 110 Women and Creativity
• HUM 125 World Myth

Educational Background

• B.A., Michigan State University 
• M.A., University of Michigan 
• M.A. University of Illinois at Chicago

Research and Teaching Interests

• The teaching profession
• Published book reviews in the Midwest Modern Language Association Journal and The New Renaissance
• Published translations of German authors, including Michael Krueger, Botho Strauss, Heinz Piontek, Paul Celan, and Kurt Tuchlolsky

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology

Educational Background

• B.F.A, Ohio University
• M.A., Ohio University
• A.B.D., Pennsylvania State University

Research and Teaching Interests

• 15th and early 16th-century European Art and Culture
• Architecture (Western and Non-Western)
• Evolution of Religious Iconography, Iconology, and Texts (Western and Non Contemporary Iconography and Iconology of Imagery from Popular Culture
• Aesthetic and Cultural Influence of Video Games (Art, Music, and Storytelling)
• Musical Production and Evolution in its Cultural and Historical Context (since about 1752, Gregorian Calendar)
• Repatriation of Works from Museums to their Countries and Cultures of Origin
• Protection, Preservation, and Return of Cultural Artifacts from WWII
• Including the MFAA or Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives Program under the Civil Affairs and Military Government Sections of the Allied Armies (a.k.a. "The Monuments Men")
• Integration of Technology for Teaching and Learning

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West 
• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West 
• HUM 107 African Humanities 
• HUM 110 Women and Creativity 
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology
• HUM 125 World Mythology

Educational Background

• B.A., Mary Washington College 
• M.A., Loyola University Chicago

Research and Teaching Interests

• Western culture from the Stone Age(s) through the 20th century:
• Sexuality
• The human body, and their representations in Western art, literature, music, and philosophy
• Classical Mythology:
• Theories of myth
• Classical epic
• Classical plays and their modern counterparts
• Tolkien:
• The use of myth and religion in Tolkien's Silmarillion and the Lord of the Rings
• The Middle East:
• Middle Eastern literature, particularly Sufi poetry and The Arabian Nights.

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West
• HUM 104 Introduction to Middle Eastern Civilizations
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology
• HUM 125 World Myth

English Department; Coordinator, International Studies and Programs

Educational Background

• B.S., School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C.
• M.A., New York University, New York
• Ph.D., Northwestern University

Research and Teaching Interests

• Anglo-Saxon language, literature, history, and religious culture
• Medieval hagiography and homiletics

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 105 The Great Ideas of World Civilizations
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology
• HUM 125 World Mythology

Educational Background

• B.A., Governors State University
• M.A., University of Chicago

Research and Teaching Interests

• Adult Education, with a focus on on-line and Blended teaching
• Chaucer and the 14th century
• Shakespeare in Performance
• Classical Mythology
• Non-Western Mythology
• Non-Western Epic Literature

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West
• HUM 103 Asian and African Humanities
• HUM 105 The Great Ideas of World Civilizations (Blended)
• HUM 106 Cultures of Asia
• HUM 107 Cultures of Africa
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology
• HUM 125 World Mythology

Educational Background

• B.A., Western Illinois University
• M.A.T., National-Louis University
• M.A., University of Chicago
• A.B.D., Northwestern University

Research and Teaching Interests

• Composition and Creative Writing: Fiction, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction
• Women's Literature, Women's Studies, and Feminist Criticism and Theory
• British Literature, Shakespeare, British Novel, Victorian Literature
• Visual Art of the Victorian Period
• Women Artists; Art of the Women's Movement
• Film and Literature
• Film and Film Theory
• Popular Culture
• Mystery and Detective Fiction

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 110 Women and Creativity
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology (emphasis on Women's Mythology)

Educational Background

• B.A., Swarthmore College (Pennsylvania)
• M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
• A.B.D., University of Chicago

Research and Teaching Interests

• History of the English Language
• Historical Syntax
• Modal verbs
• Negation
• Linguistics
• Classical Mythology
• Western Civilizations
• English Composition

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology (on-line)

Educational Background

• B.A., Roosevelt University
• M.A., Roosevelt University

Research and Teaching Interests

• Curriculum Design and Humanities
• Goddess Mythology & the Women's Spiritual Movement
• Science Fiction Humanities
• Classical Mythology
• World Mythology
• Gothic Literature

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West
• HUM 107 The Cultures of Africa
• HUM 110 Women and Creativity
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology
• HUM 125 World Mythology

 Educational Background

• B.A., Wilmington College
• M.A., Marquette University
• M.Div., McCormick Theological Seminary

Research and Teaching Interests

• Philosophy of Art
• Philosophy of History
• Philosophy of Religion
• Philosophy of Architecture

Professional Activities

• Editor, International Association for Aesthetics Newsletter, 2010 to Present.
• Delivered paper at the 100th anniversary of the International Congress for Aesthetics at Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland, July 2013.
• Delivered paper: Nature and City Conference, University of Bologna, Italy, July 2012.
• Delivered paper at the annual meeting of the Society for Phenomenology and the Human Sciences: 2011 (Philadelphia, PA); 2012 (Rochester, NY); 2014 (New Orleans, LA).
• Delivered paper at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Religion, Washington, D.C., October 2007.

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 125 World Myth

Educational Background

• A.A.S, North Iowa Area Community College 
• B.S., Western Michigan University 
• M.Div., Alliance Theological Seminary 
• Th.M., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

Research and Teaching Interests

• Humanities and Philosophy
• In Humanities:
• Currently researching and writing on influential cultural/worldview beliefs and their expressions.
• In Philosophy:
• Currently researching and writing on value theory in ethics.

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West
• HUM 105 The Great Ideas of World Civilizations
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology

English Department

Educational Background

• B.A., Bradley University 
• Ph.D., Southern Illinois University

Research and Teaching Interests

• Classical Rhetoric
• Argumentation
• Pedagogy
• Cross-cultural Influences

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through the Medieval West
• HUM 105 The Great Ideas of World Civilizations
• HUM 120 Classical Mythology

Educational Background

• B.Mus., Northwestern University
• M.A., Stanford University 
• Doctor of Musical Arts, Northwestern University

Research and Teaching Interests

• Music and Art, especially contemporary
• Women and the Arts

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West

Educational Background

• B.A., Columbia College, Chicago
• M.A., The University of Limerick, Ireland

Research and Teaching Interests

• Cultural studies
• The early modern to modern Western world, particularly American studies
• American Film Studies
• Gilded Age Studies
• American Dream: culture and literature
• Classical Literature (Issues of mortality and afterlife)
• Critical Thinking
• Religious and scientific relationship studies

Humanities Courses Taught

• HUM 101 The Ancient Through Medieval West
• HUM 102 The Renaissance Through the Modern West
• HUM 105 Great Ideas in World Civilization