Category: Professional Notes

Al-Tikriti Monitors Parliamentary Elections in Ukraine

Associate Professor of Middle Eastern History Dr. Nabil Al-Tikriti served as an election monitor for the Ukraine parliamentary elections on 16-24 July. Joining 90 Americans in the U.S. delegation of some 750+ observers total, Al-Tikriti worked as an OSCE (Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe) STO (Short Term Observer) in 11-12 rural villages in […]

Farnsworth Delivers Fulbright Lecture in Malaysia

Stephen Farnsworth, professor of political science and director of the University’s Center for Leadership and Media Studies, recently presented a Fulbright Lecture, “Seeking Truth in an Era of Fake News,” at Methodist College. Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. A news report on the talk was published in The Star, the nation’s leading English language newspaper, and is […]

Romero Contributes Essay to Volume on Ancient Greek Epigram

Professor of Classics, Philosophy and Religion Joe Romero (CPRD) has contributed an essay, “‘From atop a lofty wall’ Philosophers and Philosophy in Greek Literary Epigram,” edited by Maria Kanellou, Ivana Petrovic, and Chris Carey and published by Oxford University Press in a volume entitled Greek Epigram from the Hellenistic to the Early Byzantine Era (2019) […]

Dervin Publishes Several Essays

Dan Dervin, professor emeritus of English, recently published essays in the following books or journals: “The Sign of the Cross: from Golgotha to Genocide,” by Daniel Rancouur-Laferriere, two reviews for Clio’s Psyche (2013);  “Imagining Mary: A Psychoanalytic Perspective on Devotion to the Mother of God, ” by Daniel Rancouur-Laferriere (25:3:347-9, Spring, 2019)  “Children’s Lives as […]