SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Faculty and Staff Directory

School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Irvin Kochel Center
Penn State Erie, The Behrend College
4951 College Drive
Erie, PA 16563
Telephone: 814-898-6108
Fax: 814-898-6032

STAFF AND MAIN OFFICE NUMBERS

Phone

Name

Title

E-mail

898-6152

Dr. Richard Aquila
Director raquila@psu.edu

898-6214

Dr. Dean Baldwin Assistant Director dxb11@psu.edu
898-6152
Diane Nowacinski Administrative Specialist dwn1@psu.edu
898-6151
Beverly DiNicola Staff Assistant  bxd107@psu.edu
898-6178
Jackie May
Staff Assistant
jum9@psu.edu
898-6064
  Staff Assistant

Faculty

Dr. Morris

Anthropology

Arts

Communication
and Media Studies

Creative Writing

English

History

 

 

Languages

Philosophy

Political Science

Psychology

Other

Emeritus Professors

Anthropology 

Dr. Leigh-Ann Bedal, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Lecturer in Anthropology
814-898-6070

E-mail: lxb41@psu.edu

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Arts

Dr. D. Jason Bishop, D.M.A., The University of Oklahoma
Lecturer in Music, Director of Choral Ensembles
814-898-6078
E-mail: djb46@psu.edu


Dr. Sharon Dale, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Associate Professor of Art History
814-898-6208
E-mail: sxd4@psu.edu

Dr. Allison Perlman, Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin
Lecturer in Visual Studies
814-898-6075
E-mail: ajp25@psu.edu

Dr. Gary Viebranz, D.M.A., University of Cincinnati
Lecturer in Music, Director of Instrumental Ensembles
814-898-6289
E-mail: gav3@psu.edu

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Communication and Media Studies

Ms. Anne Campbell, M.Ed., Texas A & M University
Lecturer in Speech Communication

814-898-6450
E-mail: aoc3@psu.edu

Dr. Ursula Davis, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh (Sabbatical FA07 - SP08)
Assistant Professor of Communication
814-898-6450
E-mail: uxd1@psu.edu

Dr. Colleen E. Kelley, Ph.D., University of Oregon
Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
814-898-6392
E-mail: cek2@psu.edu

Mr. William McLean, M.A., University of Pittsburgh
Lecturer in Speech Communication
814-898-6696
E-mail: wdm10@psu.edu

Dr. Miriam McMullen Pastrick, Ph.D., University of Denver
Lecturer of Speech Communication
814-898-6302
E-mail: mxm91@psu.edu

Mrs. Cathy S. Mester, M.A., Penn State University
Senior Lecturer of Speech Communication
814-898-6207
E-mail: csm1@psu.edu

Mr. Mark H. Steensland, M.F.A., Chapman University
Lecturer in Media Production
814-898-6056
E-mail: mhs13@psu.edu

Dr. Mel Sundin, Ph.D., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institution
Assistant Professor of Communication
814-898-6393
E-mail: mls40@psu.edu


Dr. Rod L. Troester, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University
Associate Professor of Speech Communication
814-898-6442
E-mail: rlt5@psu.edu

Ms. Kimberly J. Young, Ph.D. candidate, Duquesne University
Instructor in Journalism
814-898-6394
E-mail: kjy10@psu.edu

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Creative Writing

Mr. Eugene Cross, M.F.A., University of Pittsburgh
Lecturer in English/Creative Writing
814-898-6072
E-mail: eec13@psu.edu

Mr. George Looney, M.F.A., Bowling Green State University
Associate Professor of English and Creative Writing
814-898-6281
E-mail: gol1@psu.edu

Dr. Tom Noyes, Ph.D., Ohio Uninversity
Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
814-898-6209
E-mail: twn2@psu.edu

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English

Dr. Dean Baldwin, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Professor of English, Assistant School Director
814-898-6214
E-mail: dxb11@psu.edu

Dr. Teresa Caruso, Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Lecturer in English Composition
814-898-6443
E-mail: tcc10@psu.edu

Dr. John Champagne, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Associate Professor of English
814-898-6331
E-mail: jgc4@psu.edu

Ms. Mary Connerty, M.A., University of Pittsburgh
Lecturer in English
814-898-6067
E-mail: mcc12@psu.edu

Ms. Elizabeth Fogle, M.F.A., Georgia College & State University
Lecturer in English
814-898-6641
E-mail: elf12@psu.edu


Dr. Sharon Gallagher, Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Lecturer in English
814-898-6404
E-mail: smg16@psu.edu

Ms. Meredith Kenyon, M.A., St. Bonaventure University
Lecturer in English
814-898-6176
E-mail: mbk11@psu.edu

Dr. Archie Loss, Ph.D., Penn State University
Professor of English and American Studies
814-898-6498
E-mail: akl1@psu.edu

Dr. Gregory L. Morris,  Ph.D., University of Nebraska
Professor of American Literature
814-898-6205
E-mail: glm6@psu.edu

Dr. Robert Roecklein, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Lecturer in English
814-898-6080
E-mail: rur5@psu.edu

Dr. Stephen Swanson, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Lecturer in English
814-898-6278
E-mail: scs23@psu.edu

Dr. Craig Warren, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Assistant Professor of English
814-898-6445

E-mail: caw43@psu.edu

Dr. Sarah Whitney, Ph.D., University of Virginia
Lecturer in English/Women's Studies
814-898-6325
E-mail: sew17@psu.edu

Ms. Margo Wolfe, M.A., Gannon University
Lecturer in English
814-898-6821
E-mail: mlw34@psu.edu

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History

Dr. Richard Aquila, Ph.D., Ohio State University
Director of Humanities and Social Sciences
Professor of History and American Studies
814-898-6152
E-mail: raquila@psu.edu

Dr. Douglas M. Charles, Ph.D., University of Edinburgh
Lecturer in History
814-898-6451
E-Mail: dmc166@psu.edu

Dr. Michael Christofferson, Ph.D., Columbia University, New York
Associate Professor of History
814-898-6073
E-mail: msc8@psu.edu

Dr. Ralph L. Eckert, Ph.D., Louisiana State University (Sabbatical FA07 - SP08)
Associate Professor of History
814-898-6451
E-mail rle2@psu.edu

Dr. A. Daniel Frankforter, Ph.D., Penn State University
Professor of European History
814-898-6447
E-mail: adf1@psu.edu

Dr. Carolyn Halladay, Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz
Lecturer in History
814-898-6440

E-mail: cch12@psu.edu

Dr. John Rossi, Ph.D., Rutgers University
Associate Professor of History
814-898-6441
E-mail: jpr2@psu.edu

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Languages

Ms. Guadalupe Alvear-Madrid, M.S., Mercyhurst College
Lecturer in Spanish
814-898-6074
E-mail: gra3@psu.edu

Dr. Juan Fernandez-Jimenez, Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Professor of Spanish
814-898-6446
E-mail: jxf5@psu.edu

Dr. Eva Kuttenberg, Ph.D., New York University
Assistant Professor of German
814-898-6079
E-mail: euk1@psu.edu

Dr. Soledad Traverso, Ph.D., University of Maryland-College Park
Assistant Professor of Spanish
814-898-6237
E-mail: sxt19@psu.edu

Dr. Kathryn Wolfe, Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor of French
814-898-6449
E-mail: kww2@psu.edu

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Philosophy

Dr. Joshua Shaw, Ph.D., Indiana University, Bloomington
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
814-898-6444
E-mail: jjs34@psu.edu

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Political Science

Dr. Christopher R. Cook, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Assistant Professor of Political Science
814-898-6071
E-mail: crc17@psu.edu

Dr. John Gamble, Ph.D., University of Washington
Distinguished Professor of Political Science and International Law
814-898-6291
E-mail: jkg2@psu.edu

Dr. Zachary T. Irwin, Ph.D., Penn State University
Associate Professor of Political Science
814-898-6290
E-mail: zti1@psu.edu

Dr. Celise Schneider, Ph.D., University of Houston
Assistant Professor of Political Science
814-898-6448
E-mail: cob2@psu.edu

Dr. Robert Speel, Ph.D., Cornell University
Associate Professor of Political Science
814-898-6206
E-mail: rws15@psu.edu

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Psychology

Dr. Dawn Blasko, Ph.D., State University of New York-Binghamton
Associate Professor of Psychology
814-898-6081
E-mail: dgb6@psu.edu

Dr Eric Corty, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington
Associate Professor of Psychology
814-898-6238
E-mail: ewc2@psu.edu

Dr. Carl A. Kallgren, Ph.D., Arizona State University
Director, Center for Organizational Research & Evaluation (CORE)
Associate Professor of Psychology
814-898-6397
E-mail: kqx@psu.edu

Dr. Victoria Kazmerski, Ph.D., State University of New York-Stony Brook
Associate Professor of Psychology
814-898-6246
E-mail: vak1@psu.edu

Dr. Charisse L. Nixon, Ph.D., West Virginia University
Assistant Professor of Psychology
814-898-6082
E-mail: cln5@psu.edu

Dr. Clare Porac, Ph.D., The Graduate Faculty of the New School for Social Research, New York, NY
Professor of Psychology
814-898-6440
E-mail: cvp4@psu.edu

Ms. Jennifer Trich Kremer, Ph.D. candidate, University of Cincinnati
Lecturer in Psychology
814-898-6190
E-mail: jdt107@psu.edu

Dr. Sam Trychin, Ph.D., The George Washington University
Lecturer in Psychology
814-898-6041
E-mail: sxt32@psu.edu

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Other

Rev. Charles Brock, M.Div, Harvard University; M.Litt., Oxford University
Senior Research Associate in Religious Studies
Director, The Institute on the American Dream
814-898-6399
E-mail: cjb16@psu.edu

Emeritus Professors 

Dr. Diana Hume George, (Emerita)
Professor of English and Women's Studies

Mr. Benjamin Lane, (Emeritus)
Associate Professor of English

Dr. Roger Sweeting, (Emeritus)
Associate Professor of ESACT/HLED
E-mail: Rlspedoc@aol.com

Dr. Robert Tauber, (Emeritus)
Professor of Education

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