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Meng Wang Assistant Professor, Asian Studies Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 202 EMAIL: mwang@mercyhurst.edu About Dr. Meng Wang Education M.A.,Chinese Language and Literature, Nankai University Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Purdue University Courses Taught All levels of Mandarin language, as well as courses in Chinese literature Asian Cultures and Topics in Asian Studies courses, including Chinese Food Cultures and Asian Films Distance-learning courses in Mandarin and Topics in Asian…
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.…
Accounting Bachelor of Arts The language of business. Our Accounting program ensures that graduates are competent in advanced theories, principles, applications of financial accounting, cost analysis, auditing, and tax procedures. Students are prepared as well-rounded business professionals, ready to pursue one of many in-demand careers in accounting. Our Accounting majors are fully prepared to pursue either corporate/non-profit accounting or public accounting following graduation, or continue…
Richard McCarty Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Professor Contact Information OFFICE: Preston 205 EMAIL: rmccarty@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-2033 Dr. McCarty engages in ethical inquiry from the perspective of critical realism. This approach seeks to discern and name practical frameworks of morality for the sake of human flourishing—mindful of how critical theories can reveal deficiencies and injustices within existing moral, social, and religious systems. Dr. McCarty joined…
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…
Nathan Hess Associate Professor of Music, Piano, Class Piano, Piano Ensemble Contact Information OFFICE: D'Angelo Room 14 EMAIL: nhess@mercyhurst.edu PHONE: 814-824-2576 About Dr. Nathan Hess Degrees B.M. in Piano Performance, James Madison University M.M. in Piano Performance, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music DMA in Piano Performance, University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music Courses Taught MUS 148/149/248/249: Class Piano I, II, III, IV MUS 145/245/345/445:…