Department of Humanities Faculty

Full-Time Faculty

Mignon Adams
BS (Eastern Illinois University)
MSLS (University of Illinois)
Interim Chair, Department of Humanities
Professor Emeritus of Information Science
Phone: 215-596-8903
Email: m.adams@usp.edu

Robert Boughner
BA (Duke University);
MA, PhD (John Hopkins University)
Professor of Classics
Phone: 215-596-8504
Email: r.boughn@usp.edu

Ruth K. Crispin
BA (Brandeis University);
MA (University of Wisconsin-Madison);
MLS (Peabody College, Vanderbilt University);
PhD (Vanderbilt University)
Associate Professor of Spanish
Phone: 215-596-8587
Email: r.crispi@usp.edu

Michael Dockray
BA, MA, MA (West Chester University)
Lecturer in English
Phone: 215-596-8907
Email: m.dockra@usp.edu

Justin Everett
BA (Oklahoma State University);
MA, PhD (University of Oklahoma)
Assistant Professor of English
Director of the Writing Center
Phone: 215-596-8736
Email: j.everet@usp.edu

Anne Marie Flanagan
BA, MA, PhD (Temple University)
Associate Professor of English
Phone: 215-895-1132
Email: a.flanag@usp.edu

Christine Flanagan
BA (University of Rochester);
MFA (Emerson College)
Phone: 215-596-8899
Email: c.flanag@usp.edu

Miriam Diaz-Gilbert
BA, MEd (Rutgers University)
Assistant Director of Writing Center
Lecturer in English
Phone: 215-596-8769
Email: m.gilber@usp.edu

Peter T. Hoffer
BA (Columbia University);
MA (Tufts University);
PhD (University of Pennsylvania)
Professor of German
Phone: 215-596-8905
Email: p.hoffer@usp.edu

Youngsook Jeong
BA (Duksung Women’s University);
MA (Indiana State University);
PhD (Indiana University of Pennsylvania)
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Phone: 215-596-8892
Email: y.jeong@usp.edu

Laurie G. Kirszner
BA (Barnard College);
MA (New York University);
PhD (Temple University)
Professor of English
Phone: 215-596-8899
Email: l.kirszn@usp.edu

Robert Manbeck
BA (Allegheny College);
MA (Temple University)
Distinguished Assistant Professor of English
Coordinator of Intellectual Heritage
Phone: 215-596-8904
Email: r.manbec@usp.edu

Deirdre Pettipiece
BA (California State University, San Bernadino)
MA (California State Polytechnic University)
PhD (Arizona State University)
Writing Program Director
Associate Professor of English
Phone: 215-596-7532
Email: d.pettipi@usp.edu

William B. Reinsmith
BA (Saint Charles Borromeo Seminary);
MA (Villanova University);
DA (Carnegie Mellon University)
Professor of English
Phone: 215-596-8903
Email: w.reinsm@usp.edu

Kim Robson
BS (Allegheny College);
MM (New England Conservatory of Music)
Assistant Professor of Music
Director of musical activities
Phone: 215-596-7542
Email: k.robson@usp.edu

Roy R. Robson
BA (Allegheny College);
MA (University of Pittsburgh)
PhD (Boston College)
Professor of History
Director (Interim), Honors Program
Phone: 215-596-8525
Email: r.robson@usp.edu

David Traxel
AB (University of California, Berkely)
MA, PhD (University of California, Santa Cruz)
Professor of History
Phone: 215-895-1133
Email: d.traxel@usp.edu

Fellow in Humanities

Paul Halpern
BA (Temple University)
MA, PhD (State University of New York at Stony Brook)
Professor of Mathematics and Physics
Phone: 215-596-8913
Email: p.halpern@usp.edu

Adjunct Faculty

Salar Alsardary
BA (Sulaimania University);
MS (University of Mosul);
MA, PhD (West Virginia University)
Adjunct Instructor in Arabic
Phone: 215-596-8761
Email: s.alsard@usp.edu

Eugene Baguskas
BFA (Yale University);
Adjunct Instructor in Art

Michele Balze
BA (Washington College);
MFA (Southampton College, LIU)
Adjunct Instructor in English

Norma Beckerman
BA (Albright College);
MA (Kutztown University)
Adjunct Instructor in English

Roxanne Evans
MA (LaSalle University)
Adjunct Instructor in Spanish
Phone: 215-596-8522
Email: r.evans@usp.edu

Donald Gillis
BA (Boston University);
MS (University of Massachusetts);
MA (Villanova University)
Adjunct Instructor in History and Intellectual Heritage

Mary Ellen Graham
BA (Trinity College);
MA (Beaver College)
Adjunct Instructor in English

Tanya Mastrokyriakos
BS (East Stroudsburg University);
M.Ed. (East Stroudsburg University)
Adjunct Instructor in English

Georgianne McVay
AB (Webster College);
MA (University of Pennsylvania);
PhD (University of Pennsylvania):
Adjunct Instructor in English

Dennis Millan
BA (University of the Philippines Dillman);
MA (University of the Philippines Dillman)
Adjunct Instructor in English

Frederick Soisson
BS, MA (Villanova University);
Adjunct Instructor in English

Nelly Toll
PhD (University of Pennsylvania)
Adjunct Instructor in English

Phyllis Wachter
BA, MEd, MA, PhD (Temple University)
Adjunct Instructor in English

Staff

Joan Franks
Phone: 215-596-8895
Email: j.franks@usp.edu