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| Daniel J. Brooks, Ph.D. is currently Director of both the Humanities and the Inquiry & Expression Programs and Professor of English at Aquinas College. In addition to Humanities, he has taught in the freshman year Inquiry and Expression program and a variety of English courses, including 20th century British, Irish, and American literature, the Grammar of Modern English, and several introductory survey and genre courses. Brooks earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from Binghamton University (N.Y.) in 1988 and joined the faculty at Aquinas in 1989. His most recent publications are concerned with globalizing the study of culture. He is also the faculty advisor for The Saint. |
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| Dr. Chesley earned his Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame. He joined the faculty of Aquinas College in 1987. Dr. Chesley teaches 17th- and 18th-Century British Literature, Creative Nonfiction, and Business Writing. He is known around campus for his belief that Pride and Prejudice is the best novel ever written in English. He also has a special interest in helping students to prepare their creative nonfiction for publication. When he is not busy writing his own creative nonfiction, Dr. Chesley follows the fortunes of his favorite automotive racing team, Ferrari. |
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| As a member of the English Department, she teaches courses in her specialty areas of medieval literature and women's writing, as well as courses in fiction and composition. Her primary research interests are the Paston letters and Chaucer. A lover of travel, Dr. Coogan has studied in England and Austria and has enjoyed a semester as faculty director of the Ireland Program. Before coming to Michigan in 1989, she lived and studied in upstate New York. She has taught at Grand Valley State University and joined the Aquinas faculty in 1991. |
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| Jennifer Dawson earned her BA in English from the University of Michigan, and her MA from Michigan State University where she recently obtained her Ph.D. Her doctoral dissertation was on 19th century American women writers. She taught at Michigan State University and Grand Valley State University before joining Aquinas College's faculty in 2001. Her main area of scholarly interest is American literature and culture with a special emphasis on women writers, conduct manuals, periodical literature, letter writing and nineteenth century history. She applies this knowledge to teaching American literature courses and various writing courses. When she is not teaching or writing, Dawson stays busy playing with her children, gardening, skiing and hiking. |
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| Amy Dunham Strand comes to Aquinas College’s Inquiry & Expression and Humanities Programs from Wittenberg University, where she received her BA, and from the University of Washington in Seattle, where she received her MA and PhD and taught courses in American literature and composition and rhetoric. Most recently, she has taught in the University of Cincinnati’s Honors Scholars Program. Dunham Strand’s dissertation uses an interdisciplinary, historical approach to explore intersecting ideas about language, gender, and citizenship in American literature and culture from the late 18th to early 20th centuries – mirroring her interest in linking the study of language, literature, and culture in the classroom. She has published articles on topics ranging from Catharine Sedgwick’s novel "Hope Leslie" to the study of American dialect. In addition to teaching and scholarship, Dunham Strand enjoys swimming, hiking, and spending time with her husband Christian, daughter Meg, and dog Zuzu. |
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| Professor Eberle, professor of English and chairman of the English department, is the author of several books, including The Geography of Nowhere: Finding One's Self in the Postmodern World (Sheed & Ward, 1994); Angel Strings, a novel (Coffee House, 1995); a City Full of Rain, short stories (Xlibris 2001), and Sacred Time and the Search for Meaning (Shambhala, 2003). In the past ten years, Eberle has twice been selected by the Student Senate as Outstanding faculty member of the year, and in 1994 he received an award from the Aquinas College faculty for outstanding scholarship. He developed the Insignis Program for Honors Students in 1985 and directed it for 12 years. His journalism and fiction have won awards locally and nationally, and his novel Angel Strings was named a "best book" by the New York Public Library in 1997. Active professionally, he has been president of the Mid-East Honors Association, the Michigan Honors Association, and is currently an officer of the Michigan Associated Departments of English. A more extensive biography and critical notes may be found in the on-line version of Contemporary Authors. |
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| Kristin currently teaches I & E and Humanities at Aquinas. She earned her Bachelor's degree in English at Wittenberg University in Springfield, Ohio and her Master's in English at Ball State University in Muncie, Indiana. Kristin has taught English composition in many capacities for over twenty years. She has traveled extensively in western Europe, studying art and music history, and hopes to go again some day with her two sons, Eliot and Jay. |
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| A native of Grand Rapids, Kaye Longberg earned her undergraduate degree at Calvin College. Her MFA and Doctorate were completed at Western Michigan University. This is her second year teaching I & E at Aquinas. She has previously taught Creative Writing, American Literature, and Composition at Western Michigan University and Grand Rapids Community College. Her fiction and essays have been published in Alaska Quarterly Review, The MacGuffin, So to Speak, and other journals. She has been nominated for the Pushcart Prize and The Best New American Voices. |
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Brian Matzke is a two-time graduate of Aquinas College, having received his B.S.B.A. in 1997 and his Masters of Management in 2002. Brian’s career at Aquinas began in January 1997 when he was hired by the Admissions Office. In May 2000, Brian left his position as Associate Director of Admissions to join the Provost’s Office as Director of Instructional Services. In addition to his administrative responsibilities, he teaches as an adjunct faculty member in the communication department as well as in the College’s Inquiry and Expression program. Brian has served as Vice Chair of the Staff Assembly and currently sits on the Sustainable Business Committee. |
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| Professor McMillan is an Assistant Professor of English at Aquinas. She received her M.F.A. in Creative Writing, as well as her M.A. in English, from Western Michigan University. Her creative work has appeared in Sky, Controlled Burn, Voices, The Kalamazoo Reader, Fourth Genre and Grand Rapids Cosmopolitan Home. She lives in East Grand Rapids with her husband Duncan and their son Chase. |
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| Molly Patterson joined the Aquinas faculty in fall of 2005. She is completing her graduate work in political science at the University of California, Irvine. Her political science interests include participatory forms of democracy, citizen education and development, and issues of power and social justice. She uses feminist theory in her work on democracy because it provides some of the most interesting insights for thinking about how power operates and how identities and ideologies are formed and maintained. |
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| Dr. Wickering is a cultural anthropologist. Her research among Bedouin women in the Sinai desert of Egypt led to her interests in gender, indigenous peoples, oral culture and tourism. Dr. Wickering joined the faculty of Aquinas College in 1999 and joined the Sociology department in 2005. Along with cultural anthropology, Dr. Wickering teaches writing and courses in Women's Studies. |
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| Dean for Student Development, teaches one section of Inquiry & Expression annually. In addition to the responsibilities as Dean, Brad is also an attorney licensed to practice in Michigan. Brad received his undergraduate degree from the College of Wooster, his master in student affairs administration from Bowling Green State University, completed doctoral work at Michigan State University in higher education and administration, and received his doctorate in law from Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan. Brad has worked at Aquinas College since 1979 where he began his career as Director of Residence Life. In addition to Brad's involvement in Inquiry & Expression, he is also the PreLaw Advisor, sings in the College Chorus, teaches aerobics, and is a deacon in his church. |
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