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Rev. John Amankwah, Ph. D. 
A native of Ghana, Professor Amankwah was ordained as a Catholic priest in June 1979 and worked in a parish and in clergy personnel for the Ghana Bishop's Conference. He also served as the director for "Center for Human Development" in Ghana. In 1995 he came to United States to study at Duquesne University where he graduated with master's degrees in corporate communication and social and public policy. He also holds a Ph.D. in Communication and Rhetorical Studies from Duquesne. Before coming to the Mount he taught at Duquesne and the University of Pittsburgh. Dr. Amankwah recently authored "Dialogue: The Church and the Voice of the Other," published in early 2007. His academic interest are in the area of "Dialogue" in the Catholic Church. He enjoys reading, socializing with colleagues and traveling. |
Robert Bodle, Ph.D. 
Robert Bodle is an Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. He received his Ph.D. in Critical Studies from the University of Southern California's School of Cinema-Television where he documented various forms of cultural activism on the Internet. His research encompasses new media and social change, which includes: computer mediated communication and culture, communication rights (access, governance, IPR, surveillance, privacy), politically engaged film and video (narrative, documentary, experimental), and representational practices in film, television, and new media (race, class, gender, and sexuality). Courses developed and/or taught include: Culture and Community in Cyberspace, Internet Activism, Mass Media and Contemporary Culture, Visual Communication, American Filmmakers Series, Film in Social Context, New Documentary and Social Change.
At the community level, Bodle has worked with a variety of nonprofit and independent media arts organizations that help give voice to underrepresented groups, support independent news and information, and use media to promote social and economic justice. |
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Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, Ph.D. 
Dr. Barkley is a professor of English in the Department of Humanities, teaching literature and communication courses. Among them are American Literature I and II, composition and speech courses, news writing and feature writing. She team-teaches several interdisciplinary courses, including Exploring the Sacred and the freshman honors seminar. She is author of three books--Loving the Everyday: Meditations for Moms, Woman to Woman: Seeing God in Daily Life, and When You Are a Godparent, and numerous feature articles. She holds degrees from the College of Mount St. Joseph (English 1970), St. Louis University (American Studies 1976) and The University of Cincinnati (English 1998). She was named the 2000 Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching/CASE Ohio Professor of the Year.
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Linda Cardillo, Ph.D. 
Dr. Cardillo is an assistant professor of Communication Studies in the Department of Humanities, teaching courses that include communication theory, rhetorical theory, speech, and media. Dr. Cardillo earned her doctorate, M.A., and B.A. degrees in communication from Ohio State University. She brings a critical and emancipatory perspective to her research in the areas of health care communication, communication ethics, and the relationship between communication and identity. Dr. Cardillo’s independent or collaborative research has been published in several journals, including Communication Monographs, Issues in Mental Health Nursing, and The Electronic Journal of Communication, and in the book Key Aspects of Preventing and Managing Chronic Illness. She was a recipient of the National Communication Association’s 2001 Golden Anniversary Monograph Award and the Health Communication Division’s 2004 Distinguished Article Award.
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Christine W. Heilman, Ph.D. 
Dr. Heilman serves the College of Mount St. Joseph as assistant professor in the Humanities Department. She earned her Ph.D. in Rhetoric and Composition from The Union Institute and University in 2000. She is currently teaching English composition, basic writing, advanced composition, and fiction writing. Professor Heilman’s research interests include working class studies, pragmatism, and feminist criticism. |
Jeffrey S. Hillard, M.A., M.F.A 
Professor Hillard is an associate professor of creative writing/poetry at the College of Mount St. Joseph. Before coming to the college in 1987, he received his B.S. in Education from University of Cincinnati; a M.A. in English from the University of Colorado and a M.F.A. in Creative Writing from Warren Wilson College. Professor Hillard teaches modern and contemporary literature, communication, advanced composition, and creative writing. Among Professor Hillard’s published works are: River dwellers: poems on the settling of the Ohio River and PIECES OF FERNALD: Poems and Images of a Place. |
Michael R. Klabunde, Ph.D. 
Dr. Klabunde began teaching both international and domestic students at the Mount in 1983. He currently coordinates the undergraduate core curriculum and directs international programs, and also teaches literature, history and linguistics in the Humanities Department. He earned his doctorate from the University of Cincinnati (2001) in Classical Languages and Literature.
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Marilyn Luecke, Ph.D. 
Dr. Luecke is an associate professor in the Humanities Department at the College, teaching English and Communication courses. Her doctorate was granted by Miami University, and her dissertation was titled, "Crooked Ribs and Filthy Clay." It is an analysis of how women of the seventeenth century "revised" the Genesis character Eve in order to present her as heroic, and thereby change society's view of women in general. Professor Luecke’s other great interest is quilts as women's history and rhetoric. She edits Blanket Statements , the quarterly newsletter of the American Quilt Study Group. |
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Jennifer Morris, Ph.D. 
Dr. Morris is assistant professor of history at the Mount. She received a Ph.D. from Miami University. Her dissertation top was the Origins of UNICEF. Her area of interests are modern Europe, history of modern India, gender and comparative women's history, and world history. Dr. Morris has presented her work at a variety of conferences, including the International World History Conference, the Berkshire Conference for the History of Women, the American Historical Association conference and the Great Lakes History Conference. When not exploring the wonderful world of History, Dr. Morris likes to cook large, informal dinners for family and friends. She travels whenever she can especially to New York, Paris, Washington, DC and San Fransisco. An avid reader and cartoon buff, Dr. Morris would someday like to prepare for scholarly review a gendered analysis of Bugs Bunny's propensity to dress as a woman whenever he found himself in a potentially life-threatening situation. She also enjoys gardening, playing the piano, and baking. |
Drew Shannon, Ph.D. 
Professor Shannon is an assistant professor of English in the Humanities Department. He earned a Ph.D. in English from the University of Cincinnati and a bachelor's degree in English and Communication Arts from Xavier University. A native of Atlanta, he grew up in Austin, Texas, but has lived in Cincinnati since the mid-1980s. He currently is working to expand his doctoral dissertation, entitled The Deep Old Desk: the Diary of Virginia Wolf , into a book. In his free time, Professor Shannon often travels to England, collects books (9,000 and counting), loves to watch and discuss films, enjoys music, and is currently learning piano and Italian. He wishes he had the patience to garden. |
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Michael Sontag, Ph.D. 
Professor Sontag is an assistant professor of philosophy in the Humanities Department. He earned a Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Cincinnati where he was chosen from among 3,000 graduate students to receive the 2000-2001 University of Cincinnati Excellence in Graduate Teaching Award. His research interests are in the areas of philosophy of mind and philosophical psychology, with a particular focus on theories of the emotions. Dr. Sontag enjoys playing the drums and percussion and is an active part of the local music scene.
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Ronald F. White, Ph.D. 
Ronald F. White, Ph.D. is a professor of philosophy and has been the College of Mount St. Joseph since 1988. His teaching responsibilities include: ethics, business ethics, organizational ethics, health care ethics, human nature, and social and political philosophy. His scholarly interests focus on the interface between philosophy, science, and medicine. Ron has published over 75 book reviews, peer reviewed essays, and book chapters.
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