Assumption faculty are renowned for sharing their knowledge with students. Throughout the year, many faculty share their academic expertise through the publication of books, articles, blogs, and radio and podcast interviews. Visit assumption.edu/news to read more about these professors’ accolades.
- Assistant Professor of Theology Matthew C. Briel, Ph.D., published the book A Greek Thomist: Providence in Gennadios Scholarios, which is the first theological study of the great 15th-century thinker Gennadios Scholarios
- Associate Professor of History Stuart Borsch, Ph.D., penned an essay for Harvard University’s Islamic Law Blog’s Pandemic Roundtable Project, a compilation of essays that discuss the impact of global pandemics on Islamic history and thought. His essay, “The Black Death in the Middle East and Central Asia,” used previously unpublished research to analyze the mortality and transmission of the plague and re-examined past data associated with both factors.
- In an essay published by The Heritage Foundation, Associate Professor of Political Science Bernard Dobski, Ph.D., defended the American ideals of liberty and civic republicanism. The essay, “America, the Republican Nation: A Response to Critics of the Nation-State,” was written while Prof. Dobski served as a visiting scholar at the Simon Center for American Studies.
- Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of Assumption’s Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA) program Karen Lionello-DeNolf, Ph.D., was featured on the Operant Innovations podcast, during which she discussed Assumption’s ABA program and the many benefits of understanding the science of behavior.
- Grenon School of Business Associate Professor of Management J. Bart Morrison, DBA, co-authored a national research report, Managing Governance Change in PreK-12 Catholic Schools, which explores the decades-long trend of declining enrollment in Catholic schools and potential solutions to address it.
- Associate Professor of Human Services & Rehabilitation Studies Cinzia Pica-Smith, Ed.D., was a guest on the National Public Radio (NPR) podcast Code Switch, during which she shared her insights on interracial relationships. She also published her second book, Intercultural Education: Critical Perspectives, Pedagogical Challenges and Promising Practices, earlier this year.
- Professor of Economics Smriti Rao, Ph.D., published two articles concerning the COVID-19 crisis. “COVID-19: Why Policymakers Need a Gender- Focused Approach for Health and Economic Recovery,” for which Prof. Rao was a co-author, offers recommendations on how governments can provide for women to endure global pandemics, while “Lessons from the Coronavirus: The socialization of care work is not ‘just’ a women’s issue” highlights India’s lack of public infrastructure that supports human survival and the dangers of such prioritization amid a global pandemic.
- Professor of Political Science and Chair of Assumption’s Department of Political Science Geoffrey Vaughan, D.Phil., had an op-ed published in The Globe and Mail, a Toronto-based publication that is read by more than 1.5 million internationally, in which he discusses the process of impeachment.
- Associate Professor of History Thomas Wheatland, Ph.D., co-authored the book Learning from Franz L. Neumann, which examines the writings of the political scientist exiled from Nazi Germany in the early 1930s.
- Greg Weiner, Ph.D., provost and academic vice president, had his columns “Due-Process Rights Don’t Apply in an Impeachment Trial,” published in The Atlantic; “Everything Doesn’t Have to Be About Trump,” published in the National Review; and he often contributes op-eds to The New York Times.
