How did Carthage faculty find their paths to the front of the classroom? What drives them to teach? Learn more about your professors.
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Lynn Brownson
Department: Communication and Digital Media
Title: Associate Professor of Communication and Digital Media
Best Office Artifact: Fake window poster
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Jojin Van Winkle
Department: Art
Title: Assistant Professor of Art
Best Office Artifact: Japanese good luck cat
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James Ripley
Department: Music
Title: Professor of Music
Best Office Artifact: 20-year-old drawing by his daughter
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Frank Hicks
Department: Nursing
Title: Professor and Director of Nursing
Best Office Artifact: Chicago Table of Elements
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Mimi Yang
Department: Modern Languages and Asian Studies
Title: Professor of Modern Languages and Asian Studies
Best Office Artifact: Buddhist symbol of blessings
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Ellen Hauser
Department: Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies
Title: Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program; Assistant Professor of Political Science and Women’s and Gender Studies
Best Office Artifact: Reed and bark map of Africa
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Marla Polley
Department: Western Heritage
Title: Western Heritage Instructor
Best Office Artifact: Yarn ball for students
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Jon Bruning
Department: Communication and Digital Media
Title: Associate Professor of Communication and Digital Media
Best Office Artifact: Student-made campaign sign
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Darwin Tsen
Department: Modern Languages
Title: Assistant Professor of Modern Languages
Best Office Artifact: Student-made Pikachu door decoration
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Art Cyr
Department: International Political Economy
Title: A. W. and Mary Margaret Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business; Director, A.W. Clausen Center for World Business; Director, International Political Economy Program; Professor of Political Science
Best Office Artifact: Tanzanian sculpture from alumnus
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Megan Moyer
Department: Chemistry
Title: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Best Office Artifact: Periodic table of elements blocks
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Cheryl Petersen
Department: Nursing
Title: Assistant Professor of Nursing
Best Office Artifact: Collection of cards, emails, and notes from students
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Suzie Stevenson
Department: Chemistry
Title: Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Best Office Artifact: Photo of Toonces the Driving Cat
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Angela Dassow
Department: Biology
Title: Assistant Professor of Biology
Best Office Artifact: “Bufo Springfield”
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Andrea Henle
Department: Biology
Title: Assistant Professor of Biology
Best Office Artifact: Futuristic space postcards
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Mark Petering
Department: Music
Title: Associate Professor of Music
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Wael Farouk
Department: Music
Title: Associate Professor of Music, Director of Keyboard Studies
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Anthony Barnhart
Department: Psychological Science
Title: Chair, Psychological Science Department; Assistant Professor of Psychological Science
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Steven Henle
Department: Neuroscience
Title: Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
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Sara Jensen
Department: Mathematics
Title: Assistant Professor of Mathematics
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Thomas Carr
Department: Biology
Title: Senior Scientific Advisor, Dinosaur Discovery Museum ; Director, Carthage Institute of Paleontology; Associate Professor of Biology
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