Dr. Joselli Deans
Associate Director of Dance
Dr. Joselli Deans spent part of her summer working on her Faith in Learning Paper, which is part of the tenure process. Her paper, focused on dance ministry, contains “a theological explanation of ministry with a presentational understanding of dance.”
Dr. Christine Bayles-Kortsch
Professor of English
“This summer I completed final revisions on my book, Dress Culture in Late Victorian Women’s Fiction: Literacy, Textiles, and Activism. It will be coming out with Ashgate Press this October.”
Dr. R.J. Snell
Professor of Philosophy
Writing was one of Dr. Snell’s main vocations over the summer. He completed numerous academic articles and a chapter for a book.
He also attended a two-week workshop on political philosophy at Princeton University and taught at a camp in Virginia.
Dr. Mary Stewart Van Leeuwen
Chair of Psychology Department
“I was in Geneva; it was the 500th anniversary of John Calvin’s birth,” Dr. Van Leeuwen said. She and her friends visited the International Museum of the Reformation, enjoying 3-D portrayals of Calvin, before they drove across the border to France.
Katherine Thomas 
Will Cunningham 
Lenora Kirkland