Academics at Hanover:
FACULTY RESEARCH
AND SCHOLARSHIP
Featuring faculty books and recent faculty articles from all academic departments and disciplines, the document below shows the many ideas that enrich the classroom experience at Hanover College.
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FACULTY NEWS
UNDERGRADUATE FACULTY BY DEPARTMENT
GRADUATE FACULTY BY PROGRAM
SPEAKERS BUREAU
John Ahrens
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
- Constitutional Interpretation: Originalism, Textualism, and the Rule of Law
- The First Amendment and Religious Freedom
- The Second Amendment and Gun Control
- The Philosophy of the American Revolution: John Locke and Natural Rights
- Markets and Morality: The Political Philosophy of Adam Smith
Dustin A. Bailey
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Education
- Special Education and Teachers
- Classroom Management and Behavior
- School Law and Teacher Liability
- LBGTQ Issues in Education
Dominique Battles
Professor of English
- “Castles in Medieval England: – Not the Fairy Tale You Thought.”
- “A Professor’s Take on Home Schooling”
- “Telling Her Story One Stitch at a Time: Needlework in Literature”
William R. Bettler
Professor of Communication
- Popular Culture
- Popular Music
- Jazz
- Classical Music
- Film
- Television
- Media Studies – esp. Rhetorical or Persuasive Aspects of the Media
Rachel D. Davidson
Associate Professor of Communication
- Women in the Media
- Motherhood and Caregiving
- Rhetorical Leadership (Using Persuasive Language for the Betterment of Society)
Stephen Dine Young
Professor of Psychology
- Issues regarding film (or popular culture in general) and Psychology
Jennifer Duplaga
Archives and Public Services Librarian
- Hanover College Archives and Collections
- Guarding your Treasures: Preservation of personal family history collections
- Learn how to preserve your historic family treasures. This workshop will discuss techniques for the handling and storage of photographs, scrapbooks, and printed materials.
- Scanning 101: Digitization standards and best practices for preservation of family history collections. Learn how to use digitization as a preservation tool for your historic family treasures. This workshop will look at best practices and discuss some of the issues related to digitization, storage, and access.
- Using manuscripts for family history and genealogy research.
John H. Krantz
Professor of Psychology
- Human-Computer Interactions
- Human-Machine Interaction (Human Factors of ergonomics)
- Human Sensory Abilities
- Neuroscience
- Human Cognition (including decision making)
Diane L. Magary
Assistant Professor of Business Scholars Program
- Marketing/Marketing Strategy
- Strategy Development
- Basic Financial Management
- Science-Related Careers in Business
Daniel L. Murphy
Professor of History
- American History
- Military History
- Great Writers
Sean O’Neill
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
- “The Wonders of Roman Alexandria: A Motley Mosaic on the Egyptian Coast”
- “The Roman Emperor as Pharaoh: Propaganda and Resistance in Early Imperial Egypt”
- “The ‘REAL’ Story of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood”
- “Archaeology at Eleutherian College: Gazing at the 19th Century in Southeastern Indiana”
Sara Patterson
Associate Professor of Theological Studies
- Religious Freedom; Religion in the United States; Mormonism; Sacred Spaces
- Religion and Material Culture
Sara Patterson
Associate Professor of Sociology
- Gender (LGBT Issues, Transgender Issues, Intersex Issues, Gender Issues; Bender in Cross-cultural and Historical perspective)
- Race/Ethnicity in the U.S.
- Environmental Sociology (food security, sustainable agriculture)
- Community and Urban Sociology (Neighborhood Design, Walkability, Place-Making)
Kay Stokes
Special Assistant and Associate Professor of English
- Higher education student success, transition to college, psychology of success
- College-level time management and study skills, college-level academic expectations, etc.
Mi Yung Yoon
Professor of International Studies
- Gender and Politics
- Challenges to America in the 21st Century
- Sub-Saharan Africa Today
Valerie J. Young
Associate Professor of Communication
- Health Communication
- Health Promotion
- Personal and Mediated Health Messages
- The Dynamics of Health Communication
- In-law Relationships
FACULTY EMERITI
The designation of Emeriti is bestowed upon retired faculty who served the College for ten years or more. Click below to view the full list.
Faculty Emeriti
Luis Aguilar-Monsalve, Associate Professor Emeritus of Spanish
John H. Ahrens, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Kathy Barbour, Professor Emerita of English
Joseph L. Barnett, Instructor Emeritus of Education
Michael L. Beitzel, Assistant Professor Emeritus of Health and Fitness
Paul R. Blume, Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business Administration
Steve Boone, Associate Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Walter J.C. Bruyninckx, Professor Emeritus of Biology
J. David Cassel, Professor Emeritus of Theological Studies
Jeffrey B. Conner, Associate Professor Emeritus of Business Scholars Program
Miryam Criado, Professor Emerita of Spanish
Sue Dewine, President Emerita
Celia J. Dollmeyer, Professor Emerita of Spanish
Paul R. Ellefsen, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Thomas G. Evans, Professor Emeritus of Theatre
Stephanie J. Funk, Associate Professor Emerita of Sociology
Barbara Garvey, Professor Emerita of Communication
Patricia D. Goldberg, Assistant Professor Emerita of Education
Eugene O. Harris, Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business Administration
Paul Hildebrand, Associate Professor Emeritus of Theatre
C. Kimm Hollis, Professor Emeritus of Music and Artist in Residence
Paul C. Macmillan, Professor Emeritus of Biology
John F. Martin, Professor Emeritus of Art History
Robert McClew, Registrar Emeritus
Dennis L. McDonald, Professor Emeritus of Biology
C. Eugene McLemore, Director Emeritus of Admission
J. Carl Metz, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
David Mruzek, Professor Emeritus of Music
Russell L. Nichols, President Emeritus
George D. Nickas, Professor Emeritus of Physics
Craig C. Philipp, Professor of Chemistry
Brigitte Randall, Professor Emerita of German
José Manuel Reyes, Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Bonnie H. Reynolds, Professor Emerita of Spanish
Eduardo G. Rivera, Associate Professor Emeritus of Economics and Business Administration
Judith C. Roberts, Instructor Emerita of Education
Nancy M. Rodgers, Professor of Mathematics
Jonathan C. Smith, Professor Emeritus of English
Jan A. Smucker, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Stephen A. Steiner, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Darryl L. Steinert, Professor Emeritus of Physics
Larry P. Thornton, Professor Emeritus of History
Margot L. Tomsen, Professor Emerita of English
Stanley M. Totten, Professor Emeritus of Geology
Robert G. Trimble, Professor Emeritus of Spanish
Ruth H. Turner ’73, Professor Emerita of Political Science
Henry G. Van Leeuwen, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Kay L. Williams, Associate Professor Emerita of Education Peter A. Worcester, Professor Emeritus of Geology