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Brian Reed Chair, Department of English; Professor Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 215 EMAIL: breed@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-3347 Currently the chair of the Department of English, Professor Reed is particularly fascinated by the strange dichotomies of order and chaos in eighteenth-century British literature. He regularly ponders the construction of widely held conceptions (or misconceptions) of gender and race, the impact of privilege on writing, and the role of writing in either…
Jeffrey Roessner Dean, The School of the Humanities; Professor Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 220 EMAIL: jroessner@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-2136 Dr. Roessner is a professor of English and dean of the School of Humanities at Mercyhurst. He teaches classes in contemporary literature, popular music and literature, cultural studies, and creative writing. His research focuses on popular music, contemporary literature, and interdisciplinary studies, with a special interest in creativity…
Douglas Boudreau Associate Professor, French Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 213 EMAIL: dboudreau@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-3310 Dr. Boudreau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and World Languages. He teaches all levels of French language as well as courses on the literatures and cultures of the French-speaking world. His research interests focus on the contemporary literatures of Quebec and Francophone Africa, the literature of 16th-century France, and…
Kathryn Duda Assistant Professor, Russian Studies Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 201 EMAIL: kduda@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-3607 Dr. Duda is an assistant professor of Russian studies in the Department of Anthropology and World Languages. She serves as the director of Russian studies. Dr. Duda’s research focuses on the Gulag, motherhood, youth culture, and communities of dissent in the 20th century, in addition to Russian language pedagogy. She also serves as a reader for the Critical…
James Snyder Professor Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 226 EMAIL: jsnyder@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-3345 Dr. Snyder specializes in 19th and 20th century European philosophy, and he is interested in classical Greek philosophy, modern philosophy, the nature of happiness, and the intersections between literature, psychology, and religion. He teaches a broad range of courses, including Introduction to Logic, Philosophy and Literature, Existentialism, Postmodernism, and Capstone Ethics. Dr.…
Robert von Thaden Professor Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 209 EMAIL: rvonthaden@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-2184 Dr. Robert von Thaden, Jr. is a Professor of Religious Studies at Mercyhurst University who specializes in biblical and other sacred texts. He trained as a biblical scholar under Vernon K. Robbins at Emory University and uses Robbins’s sociorhetorical interpretive analytic to perform his textual interpretations. In that role, he is one of the associate editors of the Emory…
Mary Hembrow Snyder Professor Emerita Contact Information EMAIL: msnyder@emeritus.mercyhurst.edu Dr. Mary Hembrow Snyder is Professor of Theology & Religious Studies and Director of the Wm. C. Sennett Institute for Mercy & Catholic Studies. She has been a member of the Mercyhurst community for the last thirty-three years. Dr. Snyder is also the Director of the Catholic Studies Program and Coordinator of the Joan D. Chittister, OSB, Lecture Series and Archive at Mercyhurst University.…
Thomas Forsthoefel Professor Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 211 EMAIL: tforsthoefel@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-2353 Dr. Thomas Forsthoefel is Professor of Religious Studies, specializing in South Asian religions and philosophies. His articles have been published in Philosophy East and West , Journal of Ecumenical Studies, International Journal of Hindu Studies, Journal of Vaishnava Studies , and Horizons , among others, and he has written or edited four books: "Knowing Beyond Knowledge…
Verna Ehret Chair, Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy; Professor Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 204 EMAIL: vehret@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-2532 Dr. Verna Marina Ehret is Professor of Religious Studies, Chair of the Department of Religious Studies and Philosophy, and Director of the Evelyn Lincoln Institute for Ethics and Society (ELIES). Her primary fields of study are philosophical and constructive theology. Her most recent publications include a special issue of…
Benjamin Scharff Chair, Thomas B. Hagen Department of History; Associate Professor Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 118 EMAIL: bscharff@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-2326 Dr. Scharff is currently working on publishing his dissertation entitled “Busy Mischievous Fellows": Imperial Agency in Pennsylvania During the Seven Years’ War, which examines the interaction of Pennsylvanians and British agents of authority in the colony in the mid-eighteenth century. His teaching and research interests…