Academic Affairs office searches for new dean

by Michael A Kazanjian a&e editor

Joining Cabrini at the beginning of the 2001-2002 school year will be a new Dean for Academic Affairs. This is a new position for Cabrini. Vice President of Academic Affairs Jonnie Guerra started the interview process on Monday, March 26. At press time, Guerra could not be reached for comment. A look at each candidates resume reveals they have an arsenal of experience behind them and each has plenty to offer to the position.

Sara Ellen Kitchen is currently employed at Chestnut Hill College where she is associate professor and chair of the Department of Sociology. Earning the Jurius Doctor degree from Villanova University School of Law and a bachelor of arts with a sociology major from Trinity College in Washington, D.C. Kitchen was awarded the Sears Roebuck Award for Teaching Excellence and Campus Leadership in 1990. She is also on the Board of Directors of the Global Education Motivators and of the Philadelphia Chapter of the United Nations Association.

Patsy Baxter Rowe is the former associate professor and chair of the Music Department at Lincoln University. She was employed at Lincoln from 1993 until Fall semester 2000. Rowe has an M.M. degree in Music History and a Ph.D. in music education research from Temple University. Rowe also earned a B.M. and a B.M.E. from the University of the Arts. Rowe was acting dean of women at Lincoln from 1995-96.

Rowe was selected by Zeta Phi Beta Sorority as its Woman Achiever of the Year Award in 2000.

Catherine O'Connell is the associate professor and chair of the Department of English at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, N.Y. O'Connell has been employed at St. Johns since 1991. O'Connell has an M.A. and a Ph.D. in American culture from the University of Michigan and a bachelor's degree with majors in American studies and Russian studies from Amherst College. O'Connell earned the dean's citation for Faculty Leadership in 1996. Currently, O'Connell is working on initiatives in conjunction to Writing Across the Curriculum and Writing in the Disciplines.

From Wilmington College in Wilmington, Ohio, is Stephen

Spencer who is the associate professor, chair of the Department of English, and area coordinator of Fine Arts and Humanities.

Spencer has been at Wilmington College since 1990. Spencer has a Ph.D. in English from the University of Cincinnati and an M.A. in Comparative Literature.

Spencer also has a B.A. in English and History from the University of Dayton. Spencer has been the Director of Writing Across the Curriculum at Wilmington.

Spencer also has a manuscript under review by Kent State University Press titled "Reading the Thirties: Historical and Social Contexts and the Literary Receptions of Pearl S. Buck, Margaret Mitchell and Zora Neale Hurston."

Candidates will be on campus for interviews on the following dates:

March 26-27

Catherine O'Connell

March 28-29

Stephen Spencer

April 2-3

Sara Ellen Kitchen

April 4-5

Patsy Baxter Rowe

Students are encouraged to come out and meet the candidates.