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Editorial Board Members

 

Martha Banz, Ph.D.

Martha Banz is Associate Dean for the College of Liberal Studies at the University of Oklahoma and provides oversight for all aspects of the college's work, both academic and operational. Since arriving in 2010, she has led the College in updating and implementing its strategic plan, completing comprehensive academic program review, growing enrollments by 25%, adding three new academic programs, significantly expanding the faculty corps, and developing a number of new collaborative partnerships. Prior to OU, she served in Director, Dean, and Vice Provost roles at Southern Nazarene University. Honors include selection as a 1998 member of the Executive Leadership Development Institute, 2008-09 President of the Phi Delta Lambda honor society, 2003 recipient of the Southern Nazarene University Alumni Award, and invited participant for the 2011 Summit for Online Learning jointly sponsored by Sloan-C, ACHE, and UPCEA.  Dr. Banz currently serves as Vice-President for the Association of Graduate Liberal Studies Programs.

 

Joseph Chaney, Ph.D.

Professor Joseph Chaney directs the Master of Liberal Studies Program at Indiana University South Bend.  He has published essays on Shakespearean drama.  He also writes poetry and fiction.  His creative writing has appeared in many journals, including The Nation, Beloit Poetry Journal, Yankee, Crazyhorse, Prairie Schooner, Wisconsin Review, Roanoke Review, and Apple Valley Review.  He is a regular commentator for the radio series "Michiana Chronicles" on WVPE, a regional NPR station.  In 2009-2010, he was a Fulbright Fellow at the Chinese University of Hong Kong, where he served as a consultant in general education and English writing.

 

John W. Freeman, Ph.D.

John W. Freeman is currently Director of the Master of Liberal Studies Programs and Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy at Rice University in Houston, Texas.  He has previously served as Editor of the Journal Space Power.  Dr. Freeman has had a distinguished career in teaching and space physics research including experiments deployed on the Moon by the Apollo Astronauts for which he received the NASA Medal for Exceptional Scientific Achievement.

 

Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D.

Judith McKay, J.D., Ph.D., is Associate Professor of Conflict Resolution and Community Studies, the Chair of the Department of Multidisciplinary Studies (DMS) and the Director of Community Resolution Services (CRS) at Nova Southeastern University. She has been involved in several significant federal grants, involving family violence, culture and strategic community building, and interprofessional training.  She provides training and interactive exercises for local law enforcement, including the Crisis Intervention Team (CIT), as well as for therapists, clergy, educators, and service providers. Her current research focuses on organizational conflict, community building, and the scholarship of engagement.

 

Amy Mossman, Ph.D.

Amy Patrick Mossman is currently Director of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Program and Associate Professor of English at Western Illinois University. She teaches environmental humanities, rhetoric, liberal arts and sciences, and professional writing courses, and has published in the areas of ecocriticism, sustainability, and writing studies.

 

Charles Sullivan, Ph.D.

Charles Sullivan is currently chair of the Department of History at the University of Dallas, where he also teaches in the Human Sciences Department and the History and Philosophy of Science program.  He received his B.A. degree from George Mason University and M.A., M.Phil., and Ph.D. degrees from Columbia University, and has also taught at Columbia University, New York University, Reed College, and Southern Methodist University.  His research centers on the history of the social sciences with a particular emphasis on the history of political economy.  He is the recipient of the University of Dallas’s 2012 King Award for excellence in scholarship and teaching.

 

 

 

Steven A. Burr, D.L.S. (Editor-in-Chief)
Steven A. Burr is Director of Program Operations in the Graduate Liberal Studies program at Loyola University Maryland, and has developed and taught courses in the GLS program at Loyola and the Department of Theology at Georgetown University. Over his twenty years of experience in publishing and editorial production, Dr. Burr has managed and edited work for the American Heart Association, the American Psychological Association, Routledge/Taylor & Francis, Greenwood, and Wadsworth, among others. His recent book, Finite Transcendence: Existential Exile and the Myth of Home (Lexington Books, 2014), examines the human engagement, aesthetically and existentially, with the finitude and limits that define human existence. He completed his doctoral work in liberal studies at Georgetown University

 

Janet Harris, Ph.D.
Janet Harris has taught literature, composition, and creative writing for over twenty-five years at the undergraduate and graduate level.  As executive editor and acquisitions editor for publishers, she has edited over one hundred literary, scholarly, and mass market books. The co-author of a college writing text, Dr. Harris has published a book, reviews, articles, and a monograph. She teaches creative and academic writing in the Master of Liberal Studies program at Southern Methodist University.
 

Gary D. Swaim, Ph.D. (Editor Emeritus / Webmaster liaison)

Gary Swaim received his Ph.D. in Comparative Literature with a minor in Philosophy from the University of Redlands and Claremont Graduate University of California.  He currently serves as a faculty member in the Master of Liberal Studies Program at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas, and is Faculty Advisor for Creative Writing.  He has published five collections of poetry, a number of short stories, and has produced several of his plays, including a play that explores the imaginative last years in the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer.  His most recent publication was his poem, "Bossa Nova,"  published in THE NEW YORKER.  He is a Minnie Stevens Piper Professor of Excellence for the State of Texas.

 

Damien Ydoyaga, B.S. (Webmaster)
Damien Ydoyaga received his undergraduate degree in Psychology, and has had an extensive career in Information Technology, Software Development, Website Design, and Network Security.  Damien has worked for, consulted, and contracted with numerous large corporations; such as Microsoft, Alcatel / Lucent, and Texas Instruments.  He has also served on many committees, advisory boards, and is honored to be serving AGLSP's Confluence in the capacity of website designer and software developer.

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