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Abbey Bolsters Academic Excellence With 10 New Professors
One has a J. D. from Harvard Law School, another a Ph.D. from Cambridge, still another a doctorate from the University of Toronto, and yet another a Ph.D. in Sacred Theology from the Alfonsiana in Rome.
Many of them are experts in at least two fields.
That’s just a quick snapshot of the group of ten new professors who will be joining the Abbey’s already strong faculty this fall. And when one looks closer at the talents of these remarkable individuals, the picture becomes even more inspiring.
For example, Dr. Gerald Malsbary, who will be heading up the Abbey’s Freshman Year Symposium program, has a doctorate in Medieval Studies, holds an M. A. in Greek (from the University of California at Berkeley), has taught Philosophy and Theology at the college level, currently teaches Greek and Latin at a seminary, has taught in Villanova’s Freshman Year Program for the last ten years, runs nationally-recognized Latin camps in the summer, and—to top it off—is a well-respected translator in several languages.
The Abbey’s new English Professor, Svetlana Corwin, who holds a doctorate from Emory in Comparative Literature, speaks Russian, English, and German, and did her original collegiate studies in St. Petersburg.
One of our new Theology Professors, Dr. Grattan Brown, who holds both a Master’s degree in English and a Ph.D. in Sacred Theology, has written on death and dying, done hospice work in Italy, specializes in bioethics and is an expert on medical policy.
Perhaps Travis Feezell, a new professor in our Business Department, has one of the most unexpected combinations of talent. He will be teaching Sports Management (he has a doctorate in Education), but earned an M. A. in Medieval British Studies from the University of Wales.
These talented professors and their equally gifted colleagues will be adding to the Abbey’s strength in the following Departments: Business, Education, English, Mathematics, Political Science, Sociology, Theology, and the Freshman Year Symposium.
“I think they are an impressive group—the kind of individuals that any school anywhere would be fortunate to have recruited,” said Dr. Anne Carson Daly, Dean of Faculty.
Here is a complete list of the Abbey’s new professors’ names, their prospective rank at the Abbey, their fields of expertise, as well as where they earned their academic degrees:
Dr. Gerald Malsbary—Director of Freshman Year Symposium
Ph.D. in Medieval Studies, University of Toronto
M.A. in Greek, University of California at Berkeley
B.A., in Classical Studies, University of California at Berkeley
Mr. Jeff Thomas, Associate Professor of Business —Department of Business
J.D., Harvard Law School
BBA, University of Michigan Business School
Dr. Ronald Thomas, Assistant Professor of Theology—Department of Theology
Ph.D. University of Cambridge
Master of Divinity, Emory University
B.A., Philosophy and Psychology, The University of Memphis
Dr. Grattan Brown, Assistant Professor of Theology—Department of Theology
Ph.D., Sacred Theology, Accademia Alfonsiana, Rome, Italy
M.A., English, University of Memphis
Bachelor of Sacred Theology, University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Rome, Italy
License in Sacred Theology, Accademia Alfonsiana, Rome, Italy
B.A., English, Washington and Lee University
Dr. Svetlana Corwin, Assistant Professor of English—Department of English
Ph.D., Comparative Literature, Emory University
M.A., English, Appalachian State University
B.A./M.A., English and German Philology, Herzen State University
Dr. Travis Feezell, Associate Professor of Business—Department of Business
Ed.D. in Education from University of Idaho
M.A., Medieval British Studies from University of Wales, Cardiff, Great Britain
B.A., English, from University of Wyoming
Mr. Travis Cook, Assistant Professor of Political Science—Department of Political Science
ABD, Political Science, Loyola University Chicago
M.A., Political Science, Boston College
B.A., Political Science, University of Maine
Dr. Igor Strugar, Associate Professor of Mathematics—Department of Mathematics
Ph.D., Mathematics from University of Toledo
M.S., Mathematics from University of Belgrade
B.S., Mathematics from University of Montenegro
Dr. Carroll Helm, Associate Professor of Education—Department of Education
Ph.D., Educational Leadership/Administration, Psychology Collateral, East Tennessee State University
M.S., Education Administration and Supervision, University of Tennessee
B.A., Psychology and History, Carson-Newman College
Dr. Steven Arxer—Assistant Professor of Sociology, Department of Sociology
Ph.D., Sociology from University of Florida
M.A., Sociology from University of Miami
B.A., Sociology, Barry University
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