Authors 2007

Printed Version:

Christopher Diehl is a graduate student enrolled in the master's program in political science at Villanova University. He earned his BA in history from The College of New Jersey in 2004 and is currently serving as an intelligence officer in the US Air Force. He plans on pursuing a PhD following his time at Villanova. In his free time he enjoys hiking, cooking, learning Arabic and spending time with his wife, Jenn.

David E. Goldberg ’07, is a graduate student in the History program at Villanova University. He received his B.A. in History in 2005 from Elizabethtown College (PA). His paper, “Greetings from Jim Crow, NJ”  was written under the advisement of Dr. Judith Giesberg, and recently won the prize for the best paper presented at a graduate student conference at Penn State University. The conference, held on Feb. 9, 2007 at the George and Ann Richards Civil War Era Center at Penn State, was on "New Perspectives on the Civil War Era: Beyond Fragmented History."

Jessica Lasak is a second-year English graduate student at Villanova, currently 
completing her Master’s thesis on the rejection of Johnsonian linguistic 
authority in Victorian novels. She received her B.A. in English and minored in European 
history. Jessica’s wrote this paper for Dr. Danielle Bobker’s course on the Age of Neo-Classicism. As a linguaphile and member of the Dictionary Society of North America, she aspires to work in the field of book publishing, preferably reference.

William H. LeMaire expects to graduate in May 2007 with a Master’s degree in Theology. He had earlier, much earlier, received a Bachelor’s degree in History from the University of Evansville in 1967. In the intervening years, he was the editor or publisher of a variety of magazines, including the owning and subsequent selling of his own publishing company. His study of Theology has been a labor of love. He thanks his wife, Annette, for her invaluable support in pursuit of his degree.

Kevin Malarkey graduated from Merrimack College in 2001 with a BA in Mathematics. From 2002-2005, he taught at Cascia Hall Preparatory School in Tulsa, OK, where he offered courses on the social perspectives of The Simpsons and the mathematics of the Rubik’s Cube. After graduating with an MA in Theology, he will be returning to teach at Cascia Hall. His CONCEPT submission, “Sometimes the Center is the Wrong Place to Be: An Examination of Isaiah 66:17” was written for a Hebrew Prophets class taught by Dr. Judith Hadley, whose courses Kevin has enjoyed tremendously.

Alexandra Mancini is a social studies teacher in the Baldwin School’s middle school. She earned her AB at Duke University and an MBA at Columbia Business School. She wrote her paper on the Paxton Boys for Dr. Catherine Kerrison’s seminar on colonial America.

Online Version:

Martyn Babitz is completing his Master’s Degree in Political Science at Villanova. Previously, he received his B.S. in Economics from the Wharton School and J.D. from the Law School of the University of Pennsylvania. His primary areas of interest are American Government and the Constitution. Marty gratefully acknowledges the guidance and support of Dr. David Barrett of the Villanova Political Science Department with this paper. Marty lives in Cherry Hill, New Jersey with his wife, Lisa, and children, Eric, Kelly, Kevin and Keith.

Daniella Bellafiore is a student in the 5-Year Bachelor/Master's Program in Liberal Studies. Her final graduate project analyzes #1 bestsellers from The New York Times 1955 and 1995 Best Seller List, to see how these works reflect the gender norms, gender relations and predominant societal mindset of their times. She is currently pursuing a career in publishing.

Elizabeth Crowley, received her BA from Principia College in history.  She is currently working towards her Masters Degree in Early Modern European history.  Her future plans are uncertain, but she hopes to expand her article into a full-length biography of John Dickinson.

Monica Petrilli decided to continue her study of English Literature at Villanova after receiving her B.A. from Villanova University in 2004, M. Her paper published here was written for a course examining the relationship between news and fiction taught by Dr. Jean Lutes in the fall of 2006.  She is currently working on her thesis, in which she further explores the ways that women employ language, specifically the negotiation of rational discourse in three postmodern novels.

Kevin Ruggeri received his B.S. degree in Secondary Education from Penn State University and is slowly but surely working his way towards a Master's degree in English at Villanova University.  He is an English teacher at Conestoga High School in Berwyn, PA and is looking forward to reading and discussing Invisible Man with his sophomore American literature students this marking period.