Scholarly Excellence at Seattle University
Scholarly Excellence at Seattle University
Message from the Provost I am pleased to present a selection of the creative and scholarly work of members of the Seattle University (SU) faculty. Outstanding teaching is sustained by active involvement in research, scholarship and artistic endeavor. SU scholar-educators teach more than 7,700 undergraduate, graduate and law students. They publish award-winning books and major scholarly articles and engage in cutting-edge research in their fields of study. This university’s reputation for academic excellence rests significantly on faculty scholarship. From finding ways to improve water safety in developing countries to exploring animal rights and creating imaginative theatrical productions, our faculty’s work addresses the most pressing cultural, ethical and scientific issues of our time. The National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, among others, have supported SU faculty scholarship. In the last two years, SU received nearly $7.5 million in external funding to support a variety of projects. As scholar-educators, SU faculty members mentor future generations of artists and researchers by collaborating with students and sharing intellectual passions with them. Drawing from the Jesuit, Catholic vision of this university, our faculty members integrate teaching, scholarship and community engagement with the larger goal of educating leaders for a just and humane world.
Isiaah Crawford, PhD Provost, Seattle University
Richard Delgado, JD
SCHOOL OF LAW
Richard Delgado is the author of more than 180 journal
nomination. His works also received praise in The Nation, The
articles and 29 books and is one of the most cited legal scholars
New Republic, The New York Times, Washington Post and Wall
on race and the law in the nation. Delgado was among those
Street Journal.
who sought to bring civil rights into the modern age with
Legal scholar and New York Times opinion columnist Stanley
critical race theory (CRT), a body of scholarship that explores
Fish, in describing Delgado’s book The Rodrigo Chronicles:
how racism is embedded in laws and legal institutions.
Conversations about America and Race, says “Richard Delgado is a
Delgado and others—including the late Derrick Bell, who
triple pioneer. He was the first to question free speech ideol-
was considered CRT’s intellectual father figure—say CRT
ogy; he and a few others invented critical race theory; and
casts doubt on many long-held assumptions by suggesting
he is both a theorist and an exemplar of the importance of
racism is not an aberration but part of the fabric of American
storytelling in the workings of the law.”
society. Most forms of racial discrimination are nearly invisible to those who perpetrate them, according to Delgado. A guest on numerous national television and radio talk shows,
Delgado, an SU faculty member since 2008, says he’s best at writing, especially carving out new terrain, followed by teaching and interacting with young, questioning minds. He’s
Delgado frequently writes with his wife and co-author Jean
motivated by the idea of bringing a well-crafted text or new
Stefancic, a Seattle University research professor. His influential
idea to an appreciative reader or learner.
books include Latinos and the Law, The Latino/a Condition, Race
Currently, he serves as series co-editor for two series, The
and Races: Cases and Resources for a Diverse America and Justice at
Critical Educator and Everyday Law. His long list of law review
War: Civil Liberties and Civil Rights During Times of Crisis.
publications includes everything from “Of Cops and Bumper
Eight of Delgado’s books have won national awards,
Stickers: Notes Toward a Theory of Selective Prosecution”
including six Gustavus Myers Awards for outstanding books
to “Can Lawyers Find Happiness?” and “Why Universities
on human rights in North America, the American Library
are Morally Obligated to Strive for Diversity: Restoring the
Association’s outstanding academic book and a Pulitzer Prize
Remedial Rationale for Affirmative Action.”
U NI VE RSI TY PROF ESSOR
Leticia Guardiola-Sรกenz, PhD
SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY AND MINISTRY
Leticia Guardiola-Sáenz finds new ways to make Christian
are represented in later writings of Christian Scriptures.
Scriptures relevant to contemporary audiences. The author
Guardiola-Sáenz’s work also brings a modern-day cultural
of nearly 50 publications, papers and lectures is a co-editor
and regional interpretation to a reading of the Gospel, aimed,
of The Peoples’ Companion to the Bible and The Peoples’ Bible: New
at least in part, at inspiring minoritized readers from the
Revised Standard Version, both published by Fortress Press.
Mexican-American borderlands to become change agents
A Seattle University faculty member since 2008, Guardiola-
for greater interdependence between the United States and
Sáenz says the Bible, while a sacred text, is not itself purely
Mexico. Her paper, “Border-crossing and its Redemptive
divine. She takes a less traditional approach and brings a
Power in John 7.53–8.11: A Cultural Reading of Jesus and
broader cultural and ideological lens to her interpretations of
the Accused,” describes how Jesus in the Gospel of John is
the Bible. To do so means she gives careful consideration to
constantly crossing geographic, cultural and religious borders
historical events at the time scripture was written. And she
and the implications this has for readers who have boundary
takes into account the context of the reader—what current
questions in their own lives. The paper is part of the book,
world and local events might influence a person’s take on
John and Postcolonialism: Travel, Space and Power.
the scripture. She also says scripture can’t be read as stories detached from someone’s personal experience. Gender studies and how men and women’s roles are presented
A practicing Baptist at a Jesuit, Catholic university where 12 different religious communities are represented on the SU School of Theology and Ministry faculty, Guardiola-Sáenz
in scripture are among her interests. For example, when the
seeks to pursue interfaith dialogue and to read sacred scrip-
early church moved from the home to the public arena there
tures from other religions, both to understand them better
was much more control of women. That cultural change also
and to bring more light to Christian theology.
affected the role of women within the church and how they
A S S I S TA N T P R O F E S S O R O F C H R I S T I A N S C R I P T U R E S
Joseph Langenhan, PhD
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
The way chemist Joe Langenhan sees it, undergraduate re-
continues to inspire him. Together, Langenhan and his
search is the pinnacle of academic excellence. Partnering with
students alter the structure of biologically relevant molecules
students in his groundbreaking research and mentoring them
to understand how they work, then find ways to change their
as they grow from novices into experts is just as important to
functions. They might synthesize 100 molecules, do biological
him as his own scholarship.
testing, apply a drug to human cancer cells and look for its
Langenhan is himself a formidable scholar and the holder
potency and selectivity. It’s a bad sign if a drug kills all the
of two patents related to cancer-fighting drugs. He is also the
cancer cells, an indication the drug might kill normal cells, too.
author of 24 peer-reviewed articles in leading science journals
Langenhan’s peer-reviewed publication in the American Chemical
such as the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science and the
Society Medicinal Chemistry Letters, “A Direct Comparison of the
American Chemical Society Medicinal Chemistry Letters.
Anti-cancer Activities of Digitoxin MeON-Neoglycosides
A member of the faculty since 2005, when he began his
and O-Glycosides: Oligosaccharide Chain Length-Dependent
search for a university that would make use of his skills,
Induction of Caspase-9-Mediated Apoptosis,” compares two
Langenhan’s mission was clear. He sought a small school
anticancer approaches he developed with his students.
where undergraduates are the singular focus of science
Langenhan and his students also conduct research involving
programs. As a university that intentionally chooses to
new antibiotics, which constantly require changes to battle
concentrate on interdisciplinary research in the sciences for
ever-mutating infections. With infections, viruses and cancers,
undergraduates, Seattle University fit the bill and provided the
the search for new drugs never ends, says Langenhan, which
diverse academic environment for him to excel at the junction
sometimes frustrates students. His response: that’s why it’s
between biology and organic chemistry.
called research, not search. Doing it again and again is part
What he and students can do to affect human health
A S SOC I ATE PRO F ESSO R O F CHEM ISTRY
of the quest.
Daniel Dombrowski, PhD
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Philosopher Daniel Dombrowski writes some of the most
When he searches for meaning in old traditions,
important books and scholarly papers in his discipline, which
Dombrowski’s teaching and scholarship frequently explore
he modestly calls “a series of footnotes to Plato.” His prolific
the concept of God and God’s existence. Cambridge University
efforts include an astonishing 130 published journal articles
Press published his book on the neoclassical defense of the
and 17 books, including one he worked on for 30 years.
ontological argument for the existence of God.
A self-avowed truth junkie and faculty member at Seattle
Another of his books, Babies and Beasts: The Argument from
University since 1988, Dombrowski’s books and scholarly
Marginal Cases, considers the criteria for possession of moral
articles span topics that include animal rights, civil disobedience,
rights and concludes that any animal with the capacity to feel
vegetarianism, abortion and athletics. Among his more than
intense pain would qualify for those rights.
100 national and international presentations, he received an
Dombrowski edits the journals Process Studies and Process
invitation to present a paper at Oxford University, “Homer,
Studies Supplements, its electronic counterpart, both published
Competition and Sport” and another from Harvard Law
by the Center for Process Studies at Claremont Graduate
School to speak on his Catholic, pro-choice position in the
University. He also serves as a member of editorial boards
abortion debate. His Oxford lecture was based on his book,
or boards of directors for the Journal of Animal Ethics, Studia
Contemporary Athletics and Ancient Greek Ideals, published by the
Whiteheadiana, Christian Vegetarian Association, Oxford Centre
University of Chicago Press. Dombrowski says that’s the book
for Animal Ethics and Catholics for Choice, among others.
he wrestled with for three decades. His book suggests sport is
From the first philosophy course he took at the University
a form of play—not preparation for war or a commodity in
of Maine at age 18, Dombrowski knew his life’s work should
the marketplace—that should be taken seriously, yet not so
be that of a teacher–scholar in philosophy. It’s a decision he
seriously that athletes cheat or use illegal performance
never regrets.
enhancements to win.
PROFESSOR OF PHILOSOPHY
Gregory Prussia, PhD Holly Slay Ferraro, PhD
ALBERS SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Two Seattle University scholars are stars in the field of
and their sway over career outcomes. She recently wrote an
business management but they approach research from
article for the journal, Human Relations, that examines how
different vantage points.
stigmatized cultural identities impact professional identities.
Gregory Prussia is an ace numbers cruncher who quanti-
Midlife career transitions and decisions are among her
tatively pursues questions of leadership, organizational safety
current research interests, including age-related discrimination
and more. Holly Slay Ferraro, an ever-curious qualitative
and how goals and motivations change with age. Ferraro
researcher, prefers to collect stories—especially those related
suggests older workers still want to contribute in significant
to race, gender, aging and organizations. Ferraro’s style is
ways, but not necessarily by moving up the career ladder. She’s
conceptual and interpretive; Prussia’s is analytical.
also looking at family businesses where intergenerational
For Prussia, scholarly work is almost always in collaboration with others who rely on his statistical techniques and expertise as a quantitative analyst. Prussia’s contributions include nearly
dynamics pose identity challenges when founding generations aren’t prepared to step down. Perceptions of self-confidence and group confidence are
30 conference presentations and more than 20 publications,
among the research interests of Prussia, on the SU faculty
including the Journal of Leadership and Organizational Studies and
since 1993. One of his works points to how self-confidence is a
the Journal of Applied Psychology, on topics such as organizational
key link in leadership behavior and performance outcomes. He
change, leadership and coping with job loss.
currently is developing an instrument to measure performance
As a scholar, it’s Ferraro’s mission to offer a new lens to think more inclusively in the workplace and empower students with new approaches to understanding the workforce. A member of the faculty since 2007, Ferraro’s research often wrestles with issues of professional identity as well as the influence of social identity—race and gender, for example—
PROFE SSOR OF MANAGEM ENT A S SI STAN T PROF ESSOR OF M A NA G EMENT
management and researching what motivates people to want to cross an organization’s virtual boundaries. This pair is on the leading edge of ever-shifting workplace phenomena, tackling even some of the age-old questions from a fresh perspective.
Jean Tang, PhD
COLLEGE OF NURSING
Jean Tang finds unexpected ways to reduce human suffering
teaching responsibilities at the University of Pennsylvania,
and, in the process, receives considerable acclaim for her work.
supported by a collaborative effort of the American Academy
Tang’s scholarship targets vulnerable populations—older
of Nursing and the John A. Hartford Foundation. Nationwide,
adults and those with mental disorders, in particular. Her
the Hartford Foundation funded just nine Centers of
goal is to empower patients to have greater control over
Geriatric Nursing Excellence, each of which had only one
their own health.
Claire Fagin fellow. SU forged a partnership with the University
A Seattle University faculty member since 2005, Tang received a research fellowship sponsored by the National Institute of Nursing Research to explore individualized care for at-risk aging adults. In one research project, she discovered music isn’t espe-
of Pennsylvania, which made it possible for Tang to pursue this fellowship focused on geriatric nursing and healthy aging. In the mental health field, Tang is a leader in advocating for better treatment of people with Attention Deficit Disorder/ Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. After surveying
cially effective for lowering blood pressure or promoting
nurse practitioners and naturopathic physicians across the
sleep for older adults. For an article in the European Journal of
United States, she discovered inadequate strategies for
Cardiovascular Nursing, she explored alternative ways to manage
treating those with ADD/ADHD. While there were similarities
stress with a 12-minute CD offering guided audio relaxation,
between the two disciplines in their treatment approaches,
a self-help tool that significantly lowers blood pressure. Tang
conventional medicine focused on medication management
says that while it’s not a replacement for medication, there’s
while naturopathic medicine emphasized nutritional support.
exciting documentation to indicate that brain and heart plas-
She now promotes interdisciplinary collaboration, which she
ticity is possible, even at an advanced age. Managing their own
says provides patients with better care.
health decreases symptoms for older adults and gives them a greater sense of autonomy, according to Tang. Recently she was awarded a competitive Claire Fagin
Tang says her body of work demonstrates how nursing is an applied science that empowers patients to lead more fulfilling lives.
Fellowship and spent 18 months on leave from her SU
A S SOC I ATE Professor OF NURSING and A dult P sychiatric M ental Health Nurse Practitioner
Manivong Ratts, PhD
C O L L E G E O F E D U C AT I O N
As Manivong Ratts pushes the boundaries of the practice of
among others. In an article for the Journal of Multicultural
counseling and psychology, he continues to gain recognition for
Counseling and Development, he suggested integrating multicultural
his efforts to promote social justice counseling. Ratts urges
and social justice forces in counseling.
counselors and psychologists to consider the relevance of
Being on the fringes of society is a chronic stress factor that
advocacy, prevention and outreach efforts when working with
can lead to both psychological and physical health problems,
those without power and privilege in society. He contends
Ratts says. He points to a study by the Gay, Lesbian & Straight
that counseling professionals need to expand the focus of
Education Network that suggests heterosexual norms can
their work to include community engagement.
lead to increased negative psychological and social
Traditional psychotherapy, typically in an office setting, frequently overshadows advocacy in the community, according
development for LGBTQ youth. In 2010, Ratts was lead co-editor of a book for the American
to Ratts, yet combining advocacy with a more conventional
Counseling Association, Advocacy Competencies: A Social Justice
approach is important and necessary when working with
Framework for Counselors that provides counseling professionals
marginalized client populations. Too often counseling helps
with a framework for carrying out social justice initiatives in
people adapt to oppressive structures, he says, rather than
different settings, populations and areas.
promotes change in the environment so clients’ lives can be fulfilling.
Ratts, a past president of Counselors for Social Justice, a division of the American Counseling Association, also serves
Ratts says his scholarship centers on integrating social
on the editorial boards of the Journal of Counseling and
justice into counseling research and practices. Since joining
Development and the Journal for Social Action in Counseling and
Seattle University in 2006, he has been published in such
Psychology. Recently, he released the DVD, “Four Approaches
peer-reviewed journals as the Journal of Counseling and Development,
with One Client: Medical, Intrapsychic, Multicultural and Social
Professional School Counseling and Counselor Education and Supervision,
Justice Models of Helping,” through Alexander Street Press.
A S SOC I ATE PRO F ESSO R O F COUNSEL IN G
Serena Cosgrove, PhD
M AT T E O R I C C I C O L L E G E
Sociologist Serena Cosgrove documents how women can and do change societies. In the process, she raises awareness about the contributions of women leaders for a better world. Her research overall explores ways women transform the
research on how gender affects development projects and women’s civil society leadership in Zambia. Recently, she completed her third trip abroad with students to study efforts to ameliorate poverty in the global south.
world and brings to light what may go unseen even in their
Ten students accompanied Cosgrove and her co-author Ben
own societies, such as gender inequalities. The causes and
Curtis as research fellows on a trip to Ghana to document the
solutions of global poverty are other driving forces for
effectiveness of microcredit efforts in rural western Africa.
Cosgrove, who is co-authoring a textbook on the topic with
Fieldwork and research in Ghana, she says, are real-world
one of her colleagues at Seattle University’s Matteo Ricci College.
experiences that give students an advantage when they seek
Among her other projects, she hopes to bring together women nonprofit leaders in the Americas with women leaders
positions in international development. Her past work focused on how women leaders transform
in Africa to explore what they have in common as indigenous
Latin America. Based on almost a decade of ethnographic
leaders, peace activists, feminists and environmentalists. It’s an
research and 20 years of working throughout Latin America,
ambitious aspiration she is well positioned to achieve.
her 2010 book, Leadership from the Margins: Women and Civil
Cosgrove is one of two SU faculty members to receive
Society Organizations in Argentina, Chile, and El Salvador delves
a Fulbright Specialist award in 2012. The program, which
into how differences of gender, class and ethnicity inform the
links American academics with colleagues at host institutions
organizing strategies of Latin American women.
overseas for short-term collaborative projects, will take her to
Cosgrove’s future research plans include an investigation
the sociology department at the University of Zambia for six
of gender violence in Sub-Saharan Africa, comparing Zambia
weeks. While there, she will support faculty efforts to balance
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
teaching, research and publications and continue her own
A SSI STAN T PROF ESSOR OF H UMANITIES
Rosa Joshi, MFA Ki Gottberg, MFA Carol Wolfe Clay, MFA
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
There’s tremendous synergy among this trio of theater professionals who ignite the imagination. A prize-winning playwright with training as an actor, Ki Gottberg directs and produces a range of theatrical productions in addition to teaching acting and playwriting.
casts only women actors, an unusual twist for what Joshi acknowledges is a male-dominated profession. Joshi, a member of the SU faculty since 2000, credits Clay and Gottberg with being especially formative to her career. The three regularly collaborate on projects, including a
She received a playwriting fellowship from the National
September 2012 production of Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus,
Endowment for the Arts along with numerous commissions
which Rosa directed, Ki acted and Carol designed. Gottberg
and awards for her work. Gottberg, a Seattle University faculty
and Clay both won Footlight awards from the Seattle Times,
member since 1988, says both acting and playwriting call for
Gottberg for a 2009 solo show and Clay for best set in 2011.
a voice of authenticity about the intricacies of life.
Gottberg and Clay have collaborated on many projects, most
Scenic designer Carol Wolfe Clay enjoys manipulating theatrical space and creating that powerful moment when the audience first experiences the visual world of the play. Since
recently the original new play with puppets, little world, which won a grant from the City of Seattle mayor’s office in 2011. All have a hand in professional theater and find opportunities
joining the SU faculty in 1986, she designed more than 50
for their students in off-campus theatrical productions.
productions. Her scenic work is a regular feature of many
Gottberg says Seattle-area theater groups are partial to SU
Seattle theater productions, including six professional shows
students as interns because of their breadth of experience
in a recent 18-month span, and she brings her students along
working with professionals in the field. Clay, Gottberg and
as assistants whenever possible.
Joshi are artistic collaborators whose work has brought
Rosa Joshi is a director who likes digging into plays that explore the extremes of human behavior, whether classical or
significant attention to Seattle University’s contributions to cultural life in Seattle.
contemporary. Her all-female theater collective, upstart crow,
A S SOC I ATE C HAIR A ND ASSOCIATE PR O FE S S O R O F FINE A RT S PROFE SSOR OF F INE ARTS PROFE SSOR OF F INE ARTS
Phillip Thompson, PhD
COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING
The worldwide attention Phillip Thompson gains for his
engineering colleagues at SU, who was in Haiti working on a
humanitarian engineering efforts speaks to his unending
project when the devastating earthquake hit. While waiting for
desire to find new solutions for the problems of water and
a flight out of Haiti, Lauer wanted to assist in the relief effort
sanitation in developing nations.
with a water filtration system for Port-au-Prince, the quake
His creative problem solving drew notice from the Bill &
epicenter, so he contacted Thompson. Lauer and Thompson
Melinda Gates Foundation as well as the Bullitt Foundation.
had installed a similar system in Thailand. Thompson knew
Thompson, an SU faculty member since 1997, has served as a
what was needed, found all the parts locally, packed them in
consultant to both and continues to receive numerous grants
a Samsonite suitcase and shipped it to Haiti where his work
and awards from organizations such as Engineers Without
continues today.
Borders USA and the National Science Foundation. Thompson’s goals at Seattle University and elsewhere are
Thompson doesn’t mince words when he speaks of the necessity to fix problems with water and sanitation in Haiti,
ambitious. His papers related to water, several of which outline
just 700 miles from the Florida shore. He estimates $50 million
a reasonable strategy for solving the safe water crisis, have
would provide safe water for all Haitians. However, he’s a realist
been published in Environmental Science and Technology, Business
who recognizes the many challenges and describes considerable
and Society Review Water Environment Research and other journals.
chaos among the groups working for clean water—hundreds
In addition to reviewing the technological solutions, he
in Haiti alone—that aren’t coordinating their efforts.
discusses how to build partnerships between medical
In addition to his work on improving water quality,
clinics and local businesses, which can lead to reliable and safe
Thompson has an interest in decentralizing waste treatment
water for the broader communities of developing countries.
in the developing world and in rural or even urban American
Thompson has completed water projects in Thailand,
settings. He’s also working with students to study wind energy,
Nicaragua, Jamaica and Zambia. In January 2010, he received
biogas from animal and food waste and solar projects for
an e-mail from Wes Lauer, one of his civil and environmental
generating and storing energy.
PROFE SSOR AND CHAIR, CIVIL AND ENV IR O NM E NTA L E NG INE E R ING
Janet Ainsworth, JD
SCHOOL OF LAW
Janet Ainsworth earns international recognition in the
published in the Yale Law Journal, frequently gets cited, excerpted
legal community for her work on linguistics and the law. This
and anthologized. Another scholarly writing, “Categories and
respected scholar travels the world to make presentations on
Culture: On the ‘Rectification of Names’ in Comparative Law”
the value of applying linguistics research to legal matters.
published in the Cornell Law Review, became a point of pride for
A former public defender, Ainsworth received the outstanding service award from the National Association of Criminal
her as well. Among her research interests is an examination of the law
Defense Lawyers and several outstanding teaching awards
from a cross-cultural perspective. She found the Chinese legal
from the School of Law, where she has been a faculty member
system to be an especially fruitful area for consideration of
since 1988.
linguistic issues and mistaken ideas about communications.
Topics such as false confessions to crimes and difficulties interpreting Miranda rights given by police in the U.S. to
She finds that legal translations and interpretations can’t be divorced from issues of culture.
criminal suspects before interrogations draw Ainsworth’s
Ainsworth is working on two books commissioned by
interest. Her work includes roughly 40 scholarly publications
Oxford University Press. One book focuses on consent and
and more than 50 presentations at conferences and colloquia
coercion in the law. The other addresses linguistic ideology and
around the globe. Her article, “In a Different Register: The
the law, a set of assumptions about how people communicate
Pragmatics of Powerlessness in Police Interrogation,” first
and how they ought to communicate.
JOHN D. ESHELMAN PROFESSOR OF LAW
Thomas Taylor, PhD
C ollege O F A R T S A N D S C I E N C E S
Social historian Thomas Taylor, a faculty member at Seattle
who, over three years in the mid-1880s, became the first
University since 1988, focuses his scholarship on world
person to circle the globe on a bicycle. Taylor continued his
travelers and how they shape understanding across cultures.
scholarly aspirations and with the support of a College of
Taylor’s major ongoing project is Journeys in World History, his
Arts and Sciences Dean’s Fellowship, he invited one of his
forthcoming, comprehensive textbook of more than 1,000
students to become a research assistant on a project that
pages that presents a history of the world through the
examined the bike as a symbol of Western modernization in
experiences of travelers. It’s a work that has occupied him for
Stevens’ time.
more than a decade. Travelers, Taylor says, are historical actors. As he tells their
They divided the project by what interested each of them most and began to pore over old magazine and newspaper
stories, he not only teaches the discipline of history and
stories about Thomas Stevens. As the work progressed, the
brings his scholarship to life in the classroom but also draws
student began to write like a historian and her sections of the
students to his research projects.
story came to life. Their research grew into a jointly authored
In his class “East Meets West: Travelers’ Accounts,” Taylor explored how travelers shaped the modern world. He had a long-standing fascination with Englishman Thomas Stevens
C H AI R AND ASSOCIATE PR O F ESSO R O F H IS T O RY, D I RE C TOR, GLOBAL AWA R ENESS PROGRA M
article, which they submitted to a scholarly journal for review. Taylor continues to spur his students in writing about world history as seen through the eyes of travelers.
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