Affiliated Faculty
The success of the Master's Degree Program in the Humanities depends on the active cooperation of members of the Liberal Arts Faculty. This list of affiliated faculty includes those faculty members willing to serve on project committees and lists their main areas of academic interest.
— Susan Carrafiello, former Director
ART AND ART HISTORY
Linda Caron, Ph.D.Italian Renaissance Art History, Western Art History in
General; History and Culture of Italy
departmental web page | email: linda.caron@wright.edu
Diane E. Fitch, M.F.A.
Painting; Drawing; Color; 2-D Design
departmental web page | email:diane.fitch@wright.edu
Ronald Geibert, M.F.A.
Photography and the History of Photography
departmental web page | email: ronald.geibert@wright.edu
Ernest Koerlin, M.F.A. (emeritus)
Dutch Painting
C. David Leach, M.F.A (emeritus)
Studio Art; Printmaking; Contemporary Criticism
email: david.leach@wright.edu
Thomas S. Macaulay, M.F.A.
Visual Art; Visual Performance; Architecture
departmental web page | email: thomas.macaulay@ wright.edu
Carol A. Nathanson, Ph.D.
Turn-of-the-Century American Art and Art Criticism,
Especially a) Connection Between Europe and America,
b) Alfred Stieglitz'Circle of Artists and Critics;
Contemporary Art and Criticism
departmental web page | email: carol.nathanson@wright.edu
CLASSICS
Janice J. Gabbert, Ph.D. (emerita)Classical Civilization and Ancient History, Including
Political, Diplomatic, and Economic Activity, and Military
History.Especially Hellenistic Greece (323-30 B.C.) and Late
Roman Empire (ca 235-337 A.D.)
email: jan.gabbert@wright.edu
Cynthia A. King, Ph.D. (emerita)
Greek Art and Archaeology; Women in Antiquity;
Homeric Epic;Greek and Roman Comedy; Greek Historians;
Roman Historians
email: cynthia.king@wright.edu
William J. King, Ph.D. (emeritus)
Greek and Roman Mythology; Medicine; Aristophanes;
Roman Law; Roman Architecture
email: william.king@wright.edu
COMMUNICATION
Daniel DeStephen, Ph.D.Relational Communication; Organizational
Communication; Research Methods
departmental web page | email: dan.destephen@wright.edu
William E. Rickert, Ph.D.
Literary Performance; Stylistics--Poetic Structure;
Theatre and Disability
departmental web page | email: bill.rickert@wright.edu
ENGLISH
Robert M. Correale, Ph.D. (emeritus)Chaucer; Medieval English Literature; The Arthurian
Legend (Including modern Versions); History of the
English Language
email: robert.correale@wright.edu
Chris Hall, Ph.D.
Linguistics; Writing/Composition Theory and Practice;
TESOL; Computers in Teaching
departmental web page | email: chris.hall@wright.edu
Lillie P. Howard, Ph.D.
Eighteenth Century Novel; Jane Austen; Afro-
American Literature; The Novel
departmental web page | email: lillie.howard@wright.edu
James M. Hughes, Ph.D. (emeritus)
American Literature (Especially Whitman, Emerson,
Dickinson, James); American Studies; Popular
Culture; Urban Literature; Louis Bromfield
emeritus, email: james.hughes
Henry S. Limouze, Ph.D.
Milton; 17th-Century Literature; Shakespeare;
Renaissance Literature, History, Society; English
Puritanism; Classical Rhetoric; Linguistics; History of
Literary Criticism; The Epic
departmental web page | email: henry.limouze@wright.edu
Carol Loranger, Ph.D.
Twentieth Century American Literature; Popular
Culture; Intersection of Philosophy and Literature;
Science and Literature; Cultural Criticism; Social
Aspects of Critical Theory; Pornography.
departmental web page | email: carol.loranger@wright.edu
Marguerite G. MacDonald, Ph.D.
Second Language Acquisition; Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages; Sociolinguistics;
Bilingualism; English; Grammar; General Linguistics
departmental web page | email: maggie.macdonald@wright.edu
Nancy Mack, Ph.D.
Composition; Literacy; Teacher Education;
Ethnographic Research; Cultural Studies; Folklore;
Psycholinguistics; Dialectical Theory; Political Praxis
departmental web page | email: nancy.mack@wright.edu
Martin W. Maner, Ph.D.
Eighteenth Century British Literature; Pope; Swift and
Johnson; Satire
departmental web page | email: martin.maner@wright.edu
Barry Milligan, Ph.D
Nineteenth Century British Literature and Culture;
Medical History; Cultural Studies
departmental web page | email: barry.milligan@wright.edu
Gary Pacernick, Ph.D.
Poetry; Jewish Literature
departmental web page | email: gary.pacernick@wright.edu
Mary Beth Pringle, Ph.D.
Women's Studies; Modern/Contemporary Literature;
Business, Technical /Professional Writing
departmental web page | email: marybeth.pringle@wright.edu
HISTORY
Martin G. Arbagi, Ph.D. (emeritus)Medieval History; Byzantine History; Medieval Islam;
The Medieval Slavs; Roman History; Greek History
email: arbagim@gemair.com
Susan B. Carrafiello, Ph.D.
Modern Europe; Modern Italy; Legal and Social History
departmental web page | email: susan.carrafiello@wright.edu
Jacob H. Dorn, Ph.D.
Twentieth Century United States History; American
Religious History; Radicalism in Modern America
departmental web page | email: jacob.dorn@wright.edu
Nancy G. Garner, Ph.D.
U.S. Women's History; Western U.S. History; U.S.
Women's Religious History, Temperance, and
Prohibition; Public History (Archives and Museum
Studies)
departmental web page | email: nancy.garner@wright.edu
Barbara Green, Ph.D.
African-American History (All Areas); Comparative
Slavery (Emphasis on U.S.-Latin America); U.S. Social
and Cultural History (19th and 20th Century)
departmental web page | email: barbara.green@wright.edu
Edward F. Haas, Ph.D.
Southern History; American Urban History; Modern
American History; Public History
departmental web page | email: edward.haas@wright.edu
Paul D. Lockhart, Ph.D.
Early Modern European History; Scandinavian History
(Especially Denmark); History of Political Thought;
Military History; Diplomatic History; History of
Weaponry
departmental web page | email: paul.lockhart@wright.edu
John W. Sherman, Ph.D.
Latin American, Mexico, and Colonial History
departmental web page | email: john.sherman@wright.edu
Allan Spetter, Ph.D.
American Diplomacy; Immigration
departmental web page | email: allan.spetter@wright.edu
Roy L. Vice, Ph.D.
The Reformation, the Peasants' War of 1525 and the
Radical Reformation
departmental web page | email: roy.vice@wright.edu
Harvey Wachtell, Ph.D.
Colonial; American Revolution; Early Republic;
Historiography; Ohio History
departmental web page | email: harvey.wachtell@wright.edu
MODERN LANGUAGES
David L. Garrison, Ph.DSpanish and Portugese Language; Spanish Literature
(Especially the Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Twentieth
centuries); Comparative Literature; Translation
departmental web page | email: david.garrison@wright.edu
David A. Petreman, Ph.D.
Latin American Literature; Latin American Worldview;
Hispanics in the United States
email: david.petreman@wright.edu
MUSIC
Henry N. Dahlman, D.M.A.Choral Music; Music History; Music Education; Related
and Integrated Arts
departmental web page | email: hank.dahlman@wright.edu
Brenda Ellis, D.M.E.
Music Education; African American Music History and
Culture; Gospel Music and Other Sacred Music
Traditions
departmental web page | email: brenda.ellis@wright.edu
Charles S. Larkowski, Ph.D.
Music History and Literature, Especially Medieval,
Renaissance, Baroque; Aesthetics; Comparative Arts
departmental web page | email: charles.larkowski@wright.edu
Jackson Leung, D.M.A.
Keyboard Area; Choral Music; Chamber Music
departmental web page | email: jackson.leung@wright.edu
Sharon H. Nelson, D.M.E.
Music History of the Middle Ages, Twentieth Century
and Other Historical Periods; Related Arts; Music:
Cognitive Psychology/Human Learning
departmental web page | email: sharon.nelson@wright.edu
Kimberly Warrick, D.M.A.
Vocal Performance and Pedagogy; Opera Direction;
Theatre
departmental web page | email: kimberly.warrick@wright.edu
PHILOSOPHY
William B. Irvine, Ph.D.Logic; Philosophy of Mathematics; Logical Positivism;
Political Philosophy, Especially Classical Liberalism
and Capitalism; Business Ethics; Philosophy of Law;
Philosophers: Russell, Berkeley, J.S. Mill, Hume
email: wbirvine@compuserve.com
Charles S. Taylor, Ph.D. - program founder, current Dean of CoLA
Nineteenth and Twentieth Century European
Philosophy; Ancient Philosophy; Aesthetics;
Philosophy and Literature;
Philosophers: Nietzsche, Heidegger, Schopenhauer,
Plato, Pre-Socratics
web page | email: charles.taylor@wright.edu
POLITICAL SCIENCE
Edward A. Fitzgerald, Ph.D.Law and Politics
departmental web page | email: edward.fitzgerald@wright.edu
Charles Funderburk, Ph.D.
Political Thought (modern); Politics and Issues;
Political Institutions
departmental web page | email: charles.funderburk@wright.edu
December Green, Ph.D.
Africa; Women; International Relations; Comparative
Politics; Gender and Race Relations
departmental web page | email: december.green@wright.edu
Donna Schlagheck, Ph.D.
American Foreign Policy; International Theory and
Conflict; International Terrorism; U.S.-Japan Foreign
Relations
departmental web page | email: dschlagheck@wright,edu
R. Mark Sirkin, Ph.D.
Middle Eastern Politics and History
departmental web page | email: mark.sirkin@wright.edu
RELIGION
David L. Barr, Ph.D.Early Christian Origins; New Testament; Literary
Analysis of Sacred Writings; The Validity of
Interpretations; Religious Self-Definition and
Interreligious Dialogue; Social Analysis of Religion;
Apocalypticism
departmental web page | email: david.barr@wright.edu
M. Ava Chamberlain, Ph.D.
American Religious History; Women in Religion;
Church and State; Puritanism
departmental web page | email: ava.chamberlain@wright.edu
Paul R. Griffin, Ph.D.
African-American Religious History; Sociology of
Religion; Sociology of the Black Church; Reformation
and Modern Church History; The Medieval Church;
The Reconstruction Era
departmental web page | email: paul.griffin@wright.edu
SOCIAL WORK
Marjorie E. Baker, Ph.D.Gerontology and Health Care
email: marjorie.baker@wright.edu
Bela J. Bognar, Ph.D.
Social Welfare; Social Work; Gerontology; Central
Europe; Socialized Medicine; Poverty; Care for the
Aged; Social Policy; Nursing Homes; Hungarian
Literature
email: bela.bognar@wright.edu
Carl Brun, Ph.D.
Social Problems; Child Maltreatment; Family Studies;
Cross Cultural Awareness; Qualitative Research
Methods and Design; Social Justice; Applied Research
in Social Services
email: carl.brun@wright.edu
Anita Curry-Jackson, Ph.D.
Women's Issues; Children and Families
email: anita.curry-jackson@wright.edu
Theresa Myadze, Ph.D.
Social Inequality; Mental Health; Poverty; General
Well-Being in the Workplace; Social Welfare Policy
and Services
web page | email: theresa.myadze@wright.edu
SOCIOLOGY/ANTHROPOLOGY
Jeanne H. Ballantine, Ph.D. (Emerita)Sociology; Cross-Cultural Research; Minority Studies;
Sociology of Education; Family; Sociology of Teaching
departmental web page | email: jeanne.ballantine@wright.edu
Anna Bellisari, Ph.D.
Physical Anthropology: Human Evolution, Human
Variation; Primate Behavior; Medical Anthropology;
Sex and Gender Studies
departmental web page | email: anna.bellisari@wright.edu
Marlese Durr, Ph.D.
Work and Occupations; Race and Labor Markets;
Affirmative Action and the Labor Market
departmental web page | email: marlese.durr@wright.edu
David M. Orenstein, Ph.D.
Social Theory; Development of Social Thought; 19th
Century Theories of Society; 19th Century Anarchist
Thought; Historical Sociology
departmental web page | email: david.orenstein@wright.edu
Robert V. Riordan, Ph.D.
Archaeology; Eastern North America; Prehistoric and Historic Periods
departmental web page | email: robert.riordan@wright.edu
THEATRE ARTS
Sandra Crews, M.F.A.Theatre; Acting; Theatre as Therapy; Voice
(Speaking); Dialects; Speech
departmental web page | email: sandra.crews@wright.edu
Charles Derry, Ph.D.
Motion Picture History and Theory; Popular Art;
Freudian and Jungian Perspectives; Women's Issues;
Gender and Politics; Detective Fiction; Art and
Ideology
departmental web page | email: charles.derry@wright.edu
Mary A. Donahoe, Ph.D.
Women and Theatre; Multicultural Theatre; Greek and
Elizabethan Theatre; Performance Studies
departmental web page | email: mary.donahoe@wright.edu
Pam Knauert Lavarnway, M.F.A.
Theatrical Design and Technology; Period Decor; Art History; Architecture;
Dramatic Literature
departmental web page | email: pam.knauertlavarnwa@wright.edu
William Lafferty, Ph.D.
Broadcasting and Motion Pictures, History and Theory; History of Technology;
Methodological and Historiographic Concerns Involving the Above Two Areas
departmental web page | email: william.lafferty@wright.edu
W. Stuart McDowell, Ph.D.
Shakespeare; German Theatre; Musical Comedy;
Dance Theatre; Musical Composition; Motion Pictures
and Screen Writing; Performance Art; Interdisciplinary
"Magnet" Productions
departmental web page | email: stuart.mcdowell@wright.edu
URBAN AFFAIRS AND GEOGRAPHY
Jack L. Dustin, Ph.D.Economic Development; Regionalism; Urban
Problems; Solid Waste Management; Energy
Management; Local Government Fiscal Issues
email: jack.dustin@wright.edu
Kenji K. Oshiro, Ph.D.
Japan
Last updated: April 28, 2009