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Faculty retirements in 2018, 2019

The Office of the Provost recently announced the following Reynolda Campus faculty retirements (includes 2018 and 2019):

School of Business

Robert Bliss, professor,
Stan Mandel, associate professor of the practice

College

Sally Barbour, professor
Janice Blackburn, part-time lecturer
Susan Borwick, professor
David Coates, professor (deceased)
Daniel Hammond, professor
Catherine Harris, professor
Donna Henderson, professor
Dilip Kondepudi, professor
Philip Kuberski, professor
Gillian Overing, professor
Todd Torgersen, associate professor
Julian Young, professor

Z. Smith Reynolds Library

Susan Smith, associate dean
Ellen Daugman, associate librarian

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Faculty publications: November 2016 updates

Jayawickreme, Eranda, & Laura E.R. Blackie. (Psychology). Exploring the Psychological Benefits of Hardship: A Critical Reassessment of Posttraumatic Growth (SpringerBriefs in Psychology). Springer. November 2016.

Overing, Gillian R. (English), & Ulrike Wiethaus (Religion), Eds. American/Medieval: Nature and Mind in Cultural Transfer. V&R Unipress. October 2016.

Smith-Ruiz, Dorothy, Sherri Lawson Clark, & Marcia J. Watson, Eds. (Anthropology). Contemporary African American Families: Achievements, Challenges, and Empowerment Strategies in the Twenty-First Century. Routledge. November 2016.

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Overing to speak about Beowulf

Gillian OveringDr. Gillian Overing will discuss Beowulf in the ZSR Library’s Auditorium at 4 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 28. She’ll give a brief overview of the poem’s historical and cultural background and consider how the themes and questions raised by this ancient Germanic poem resonate with a contemporary audience. To register for the event, go to the PDC website.

Overing’s lecture will tie in with Benjamin Bagby’s Beowulf performance, which is part of the Secrest Artists Series on Oct. 4.

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