Humanities News

Ansary named senior associate dean for academic affairs

Mon, 12/10/2012 - 2:37pm

Dr. Omid Ansary has been named senior associate dean for academic affairs, after a national search for this senior leadership position at Penn State Harrisburg. The appointment becomes effective immediately. Dr. Ansary has served as the interim senior associate dean since July 2010.

A tenured professor of electrical engineering, Ansary joined the college in 1985 and served as director of the college’s School of Science, Engineering, and Technology for nine years before being named interim senior associate dean.

Fri, 12/07/2012 - 12:24pm

"Indomitable Will: Turning Defeat into Victory from Pearl Harbor to Midway," by Charles Kupfer

When Charlie Kupfer , associate professor of American studies and history, began research for his second book, “Indomitable Will: Turning Defeat into Victory from Pearl Harbor to Midway,” he sometimes felt like a time traveler.

A former reporter, Kupfer, of Camp Hill, spent hundreds of hours over the course of years at the National Archives and the Library of Congress listening to full radio news broadcasts of World War II, from CBS, NBC, and the now defunct Mutual Broadcasting System.

Thu, 12/06/2012 - 10:52am

Communicating the similarities of two groups of students separated by thousands of miles, language barriers, and cultural divides was the task of Lewis Asimeng-Boahene, Penn State Harrisburg associate professor of social studies education as he served as cultural liaison in the new Hershey’s Learn to Grow: Ghana Distance Learning Program.

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Rife wins international folklore award

Wed, 11/28/2012 - 5:59pm

Jared S. Rife, lecturer and Ph.D. candidate in American studies at Penn State Harrisburg, received the 2012 William Wells Newell Prize at the American Folklore Society’s annual meeting in New Orleans for his paper on children's folklore. Rife’s article, "Playing with the Sacred: LDS Children's Games for Boredom and Entertainment," also was published in the annual “Children’s Folklore Review.”

Wed, 11/21/2012 - 12:41pm

This year, each of Penn State Harrisburg’s five academic schools presented an Alumni Achievement Award to one of their graduates who demonstrates outstanding professional accomplishment. The awards, bestowed during the Alumni Awards Dinner, held in conjunction with Homecoming on Oct. 12, 2012, honor a diverse collection of talents and accomplishments from across the college.

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Winch photography exhibit open through Dec. 8

Thu, 11/08/2012 - 5:36pm

"Fireworks, Lubec, Maine," by Samuel Winch

A photography exhibit, "31 recent photographs, and one oldie (Some sharp, and some totally out-of-focus)" by Samuel Winch, associate professor of communications and humanities, will be featured in the Library’s Morrison Gallery through Saturday, Dec. 8.

Open each day from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., the exhibit is free and open to the public.

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Summer 2013 course preview available

Wed, 11/07/2012 - 5:07pm

It’s not too early to begin planning to take summer courses. Check the summer 2013 preview to see a schedule of summer courses that Penn State Harrisburg will offer.

More information will be added to the course listings as it becomes available. For the most up-to-date information, visit Penn State's Schedule of Courses. Registration for the summer 2013 semester opens Feb. 5, 2013. Summer sessions begin May 13 and June 26.

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Humanities faculty win writing awards

Mon, 10/08/2012 - 9:49am

Penn State Harrisburg School of Humanities faculty members Eric Bliman and Jen Hirt have won national awards for their short publications.

Fri, 10/05/2012 - 2:17pm

Two song cycles, groups of songs performed in a sequence as a single entity, by Adam Gustafson, instructor of music at Penn State Harrisburg, will be recorded on commercial albums by the Vox 3 Collective, a Chicago-based, professional music group whose aim is to preserve and promote art song.

Gustafson’s “Morning Commute” will be included on “New Song,” an album intended to reflect the city of Chicago itself. According to the group, Gustafson’s song cycle “sketches the colored lines of the Chicago Transit Authority train system.”

Wed, 10/03/2012 - 10:37am

Campus Traditions: Folklore from the Old-Time College to the Modern Mega-University

Simon Bronner, Distinguished Professor of American Studies and Folklore and chair of the American studies program at Penn State Harrisburg, recently published a comprehensive review of student traditions in college culture. In Campus Traditions: Folklore from the Old-Time College to the Modern Mega-University, Bronner’s 496-page investigation delves into issues such as hazing, cheating, drugs and alcohol abuse, sports and extreme college rivalries, and sexuality, and tracks their changes over time.

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