Periclean Faculty Leadership (PFL) Program™
Project Pericles is pleased to announce that we have selected the first cohort of 26 faculty members for the Periclean Faculty Leadership Program (PFL)™. The first cohort will serve as Periclean Faculty Leaders from May 2010 to December 2011.
The Periclean Faculty Leadership Program, which builds on the success of the Civic Engagement Course (CEC) Program™, will champion civic engagement in the classroom, on the campus, and in the community. Periclean Faculty Leaders will create and teach courses in a wide variety of disciplines in the fine arts, humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences that address issues of social concern, enrich curriculum, and enhance student social interest and involvement. They will also organize campus-wide activities and/or prepare an academic paper or project, and will partner with a Periclean Faculty Leader at another campus and consult with them throughout the program. We thank The Teagle Foundation and the Eugene M. Lang Foundation for supporting this new Periclean program.
The 2010 Periclean Faculty Leaders:
Allegheny College, Meadville, PA
Thomas D. Eatmon, Jr.
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
Course: Environmental Education
Bates College, Lewiston, ME
Emily W. Kane
Whitehouse Professor of Sociology
Course: Research Methods for Sociology
Berea College, Berea, KY
Linda Strong-Leek
Associate Professor, Women's Studies
Course: Introduction to Women’s Studies
Bethune-Cookman University, Daytona Beach, FL
Paula T. McKenzie
Assistant Professor, Speech Communication, Theatre, and Visual Arts
Course: Leadership Communication
Carleton College, Northfield, MN
Debby Rae Walser-Kuntz
Associate Professor of Biology
Course: Immunology
Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA
Barbara R. Biglan
Associate Professor of Education
Course: Environmental Health Issues
Dillard University, New Orleans, LA
Winona R. Somervill
Professor of Sociology
Course: Political Sociology
Drew University, Madison, NJ
Jennifer Claire Olmsted
Associate Professor and Chair, Economics
Course: Political Economy of Non-Profits
Earlham College, Richmond, IN
B. Welling Hall
Professor of Politics and International Studies;
Plowshares Professor of Peace Studies
Course: Civic Engagement Toolkit for Legislative Process
(Cross-listed in International Studies and Peace Studies)
Elon University, Elon, NC
Brian Nienhaus
Associate Professor of Business Administration
Course: Business and Sustainability
Hampshire College, Amherst, MA
Christopher Matthew Tinson
Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Course: What is Africa to Me? Black Diasporic Encounters
Hendrix College, Conway, AR
Lisa A. Leitz
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Course: Gender & Sexuality
(Cross-listed in Anthropology and Gender Studies)
Macalester College, St. Paul, MN
Margaret (Molly) M. Olsen
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies
Course: Cultural Survival: Resisting the Legacy of Colonialism in the Americas
Morehouse College, Atlanta, GA
Melvinia Turner King
Assistant Professor and Coordinator, Leadership Studies
Course: Leadership and Civic Engagement
New England College, Henniker, NH
Maura A. MacNeil
Associate Professor of Writing
Course: Exploring Community in Our Towns: The New Hampshire Town Meeting
(Co-taught with Inez Elizabeth McDermott, Associate Professor of Art History)
The New School, New York, NY
Laura Y. Liu
Assistant Professor of Urban Studies & Faculty Director of Civic Engagement
Course: Immigrant Communities in the City: From Neighborhood to Enclave
Pace University, New York, NY
Seong-Jae Min
Assistant Professor, Communication Studies
Course: Thinking Through Democracy: Citizen Journalism and Deliberation
Pitzer College, Claremont, CA
Erich W. Steinman
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Course: Colonialism, Racialization, and Renewal: Indian Nations of Southern California
Rhodes College, Memphis, TN
Milton C. Moreland
Associate Professor of Religious Studies & Chair, Program in Archaeology
Course: Death, Burial and the Afterlife: Historical Engagement in Urban Cemeteries
St. Mary’s College of Maryland, St. Mary’s City, MD
Randolph K. Larsen III
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Course: Instrumental Analysis of Oil & the Gulf of Mexico Environment
Spelman College, Atlanta, GA
Monica L. Melton
Assistant Professor, Comparative Women’s Studies/Women’s Health
Course: Gender & Health in Cross Cultural Perspective
Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA
Benjamin F. Berger
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science
Acting Director, Public Policy Program
Course: Democratic Theory and Practice
Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA
Domenick Scudera
Associate Professor of Theater
Course: Community-Based Theater and Civic Engagement
Wagner College, Staten Island, NY
Steve Snow
Associate Professor, Government and Politics
Course: Service and Politics Abroad: Ghana
Widener University, Chester, PA
Marina C. Barnett
Associate Professor, Social Work
Course: Generalist Social Work Practice with Communities
The College of Wooster, Wooster, OH
Matthew W. Broda
Assistant Professor of Education
Course: Issues in Education