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David A. Hoekema
Professor of Philosophy
Education:
Ph. D., Princeton University, 1981
Office:
Hiemenga Hall 344
Telephone:
616-526-6750
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Interests:
Current research interests are Political philosophy, including philosophies of violence and nonviolence,
Philosophy of art,
Academic ethics and the moral climate of the university, and
African philosophies, traditional and contemporary.
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Adel Abadeer
Associate Professor,
Economics & Business.
Education:
Ph.D. in Economics from Boston University (1992). Academic fields include public economics, contract and new institutional economics, development economics, and international economics.
Office:
North Hall 178
Telephone:
(616) 526-6199 |
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Interests:
Current research includes modern day slavery. Prior to coming to Calvin, Prof. Abadeer taught at Boston University and Tufts University, and did research at the Boston Institute for Developing Economies.
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Amy Patterson
Associate Professor,
Political Science
Education:
Ph.D. Indiana University, 1996
Office:
De Vos 261L
Telephone:
(616) 526-7028 |
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Interests:
African Politics, Latin American Politics, Development, Democratization, Model UN, Advisor.
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Charsie Sawyer
Professor of Music
Education:
Holds degrees in vocal performance from Youngstown State University (B.M.) and the University of Michigan (M.M. and D.M.A.).
Office:
Fine Arts Center 205
Phone:
(616) 526-6823 |
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Interests:
Charsie Randolph Sawyer is a versatile, exciting and gifted soprano. She was appointed Associate Professor of Music at Calvin College in 1996.
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Denise A. Isom
Assistant Professor,
Education
Education:
Ph.D. Loyola university Chicago in the field of Anthropology of Education.
Office:
305 Spoelhof Center
Telephone:
(616) 526-6237
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Interests:
Currently, Dr. Isom teaches courses entitled: Social Structures and Education as a Social Enterprise; The Learner in Educational Context:Development and Diversity; and a graduate course: Advanced Foundations of Education. Her research interests include issues of racialized gender identity, the impact of race and gender on schooling, and culture and learning.
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Edward Miller
Professor of Spanish
Education:
M.A., Indiana University (1976);
Ph.D., Indiana University (1991)
Office:
Hiemenga Hall 404
Telephone:
(616) 526-6359
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Interests:
Advisor for Semester in Honduras and Latin American Studies Program (fall semester)
Afro-Hispanic Literature
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Glenn Fetzer
Professor,
French
Education:
Ph.D. in French Literature
from the Graduate School of The City University of New York (1988)
Office:
Hiemenga Hall 427B
Telephone:
(616) 526-6846
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Interests:
Publishes on twentieth-century and contemporary French poetry and on writers of "l'extrême contemporain". Teaching interests include francophone literature and African cinema. In the spring of 2005 he is teaching a DCM section titled "Africa through African Cinema". He is organizing a course "Martinique: Language and Culture in the French Antilles" to be held in January 2006.
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Jolene Vos-Camy
Associate Professor,
French
Education:
Ph.D, Indiana University, 2000.
Office:
Hiemenga Hall 427 A
Telephone:
(616) 526-6324 |
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Johnathan Bascom
Professor of Geography
Education:
Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1989
Office:
NH B85
Telephone:
(616) 526-7053
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Interests:
Developing regions, economic geography, refugees and internally displaced persons, cartography and geographic information systems, geo-theology of sacred space, instructional technology and geographic pedagogy.
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Mark Fackler
Professor,Communication Arts & Sciences
Education:
Illinois at Champaign-Urbana) teaches primarily communication ethics.
Office:
De Vos Center 250E
Telephone:
(616) 526 6274
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Interests:
He has lectured at universities from North America to Africa and Europe. He co-authored Media Ethics: Cases and Moral Reasoning (Longman, Allyn/Bacon) and Good News: Social Ethics and the Press (Oxford) as well as many scholarly and general-interest articles. Professor Fackler has written radio drama, biblical commentaries, and encyclopedia entries. His teaching and research interests focus on development communication in East Africa. He also officiates baseball. [Publications] [Statement on Faith & Scholarship]
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Michele Loyd-Paige
Professor of Sociology
Education:
Ph.D. in sociology, Purdue University.
Office:
Spoelhof Center 231
Telephone:
(616) 526-6239
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Interests:
Professor Loyd-Paige came to Calvin College in 1985.
Teaching interests focus on introductory sociology and diversity and inequality in North American society. Michelle's research interests include the social worlds of Black Clergywomen, Diversity, and Christian responses to racism. In addition to her responsibilities at Calvin, she is a mother of three, wife, and a minister of the gospel serving at Faith, Hope and Love Christian Center in Muskegon
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Mwenda Ntarangwi
Professor, Sociology
Education:
Ph.D.: University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Office:
Spoelhof 227
Telephone:
(616)-526-7658
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Interests:
Ntarangwi's scholarship and teaching hinge on the intersection between culture and performance as analyzed through the lens of symbolic interpretivism. |
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Todd Vanden Berg
Associate Professor of
Sociology
Education:
Ph.D. in Cultural Anthropology from the State University of New York at Buffalo.
B.A. in Sociology from Calvin College in 1988 and his M.A. in Cultural Anthropology from SUNY at Buffalo in 1992.
Office:
Spoelhof Center 235
Telephone:
(616) 526-6705
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Interests:
Professor Vanden Berg has done fieldwork with the Longuda of Adamawa State, Nigeria. Related to this fieldwork he has published on the topics of involuntary resettlement as well as on issues of religious integration - specifically witchcraft beliefs of Longuda Lutheran Christians. Professor Vanden Berg is involved with the Third World Development Minor - the last two interims teaching an introductory development course in Jamaica along with Professor Schwander of the Social Work Department. He was on sabbatical in the Fall of 2004 considering the interaction of the discipline of anthropology of Christianity.
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