Authors 2008

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Donald Caldwell is in his first year of the Master’s program in Political Science at Villanova University. He earned his B.S. in International Studies from Rochester Institute of Technology in May 2007 and also spent a semester at the University of Jordan in the Spring of 2006. He hopes to return to the Middle East and tackle the problems of identity formation in a violent environment and of nonfunctional sidewalks. 

Michael Chornesky is a second-year graduate student in History at Villanova. He will graduate with his M.A. in May of 2008. Michael graduated with a B.A. in History and in Philosophy from the University of Maryland – College Park in May 2006. “Visceral History” was originally completed in December 2006 as a project for an “Introduction to Public History” course. The work is being concurrently published in the Spring 2008 edition of the Hindsight History Graduate Journal at California State University in Fresno, California.

Ellen Meeker is completing her Master's degree this year in Political Science. Before coming to Villanova, Ellen graduated with a B.A. in International Studies and French from Wheeling Jesuit University. She is currently finishing her master's thesis, which builds on her Concept submission by examining the social consequences of economic growth in Ireland and Quebec.  Ellen is grateful for the assistance of Dr. Markus Kreuzer, for whose European Politics seminar she originally wrote the paper, and for his guidance as her thesis chair. In her free time, Ellen enjoys cooking, sports, reading, and traveling with her husband, Dustin.

Andrew P. Miller expects to receive his M.A. this year in Modern European History. He received his B.A. in History in 2003 from Capital University (Columbus, OH). His paper, “Rebels with a Cause: Revolutionary Syndicalism, Anarchism, and Socialism in Fin-de-Siècle France,” was written under the advisement of Dr. Alexander Varias.  He has also attended the University of Essex (Colchester, UK), The Ohio State University, and Ohio University.

Peter Nagy is a second-year Master’s student in the English program at Villanova University. He earned his B.A. in English from Drew University and has recently accepted an offer of admission to the English Doctoral program at Lehigh University. Aside from academia, he enjoys hockey, poker, talking, thinking, and spending time with his family, friends, and girlfriend.

Stefan A. Perun is currently pursuing a Master’s in Liberal Studies at Villanova University. He earned his B.S. in Business Administration from Gwynedd-Mercy College (PA) in 2003. His essay, “World Bank Lending:  A Catholic Social Teaching’s Perspective,” was the culminating project for a Liberal Studies course team taught by Dr. Wilmot (Ethics) and Dr. Thanawala (Economics). The author thanks these professors. Their individual pedagogies helped inform much of the essay. The author is grateful to Penny for her steady encouragement and gentle support.

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Laura DeFurio is a second-year English graduate student at Villanova and is currently completing her master’s thesis on theodical indeterminancy in Paradise Lost. She received her B.A. in Liberal Arts with a concentration in Philosophy and Theology from Thomas Aquinas College in 2006. Laura wrote this paper for Dr. Jill Rappoport’s course: “Reading the Victorian City.”

Kelly Gesch is a second-year English graduate student currently preparing for her field exam exploring the varying roles of gender in Victorian literature. She received her B.A. in English from the College of Wooster in Ohio, where her independent study thesis project focused on Victorian and Romantic notions of women’s bodies in George Eliot’s Middlemarch and Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. Her paper was written for Dr. Alice Dailey’s course on the Renaissance Theatre of Power.

John Gilbert is currently working towards his M.A. in American History. He received a B.A. in Historical Studies and Secondary Education from Moravian College in 2007. His research essay, entitled "Jimmy Carter's Human Rights Policy and Iran: a Re-evaluation, 1976-79", was written as a part of Dr. Gallicchio's Fall 2007 American Foreign Relations seminar. John is currently seeking employment as a high school social studies teacher, but is also considering the option of further graduate work in History.

F. Phillip Peche is a graduate student enrolled in the Political Science M.A. program at Villanova University. He is also a captain in the Marine Corps, the Marine Officer Instructor at both Villanova University and the University of Pennsylvania’s Naval R.O.T.C. Units, and a CH-46E helicopter pilot. He earned his B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Boston University in 1999, and he plans to pursue a PhD and politics in the future.

Sarah Sahu is completing a Master’s degree in Theology and Religious Studies, and expects to graduate in the Fall of 2008. She earned a Bachelor’s degree from Johns Hopkins University in Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science. Before coming to Villanova, she worked as a Software Engineer for several major defense contractors. She plans to pursue lay ministry work within the Catholic Church and future study in Systematic Theology. She resides in Philadelphia with her husband, Subir.

Karen E. Sause is a first-year graduate student in the History Department at Villanova University. She graduated from Gettysburg College in 2005 with a B.A. in History and plans to pursue a doctorate in Colonial American studies focusing on Native American and Early Colonial interactions. Her article was written for Dr. Catherine Kerrison’s American Historiography course, and Karen wishes to express her gratitude to Dr. Kerrison for her guidance on this project.