Faculty & Staff Directory

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	Dr. Sharleen Mondal Associate Professor 302, Center for the Humanities of Bixler Hall 419.289.5393 smondal@ashland.edu	Sharleen Mondal is Assistant Professor of English at Ashland University. She is an interdisciplinary scholar of gender and sexuality in Victorian Britain and colonial South Asia. Drawing on transnational and postcolonial feminist theory, her research explores how race, gender, sexuality, caste, and class shaped narratives of national identity and political engagement for both British and Indian subjects who were... Read More
	Sarah Monette	Sarah Monette was born and raised in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, one of the three secret cities of the Manhattan Project. She got her B.A. summa cum laude from Case Western Reserve University, majoring in Literature and Classics, with a minor in Women's Studies, her M.A. and Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She wrote her dissertation on ghosts in early modern revenge tragedy.She has... Read More http://truepenny.dreamwidth.org
	Angela Morales	Angela Morales, a graduate of the University of Iowa's nonfiction writing program, is the author of The Girls in My Town, a collection of personal essays. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays 2013, Harvard Review, The Southern Review, The Southwest Review, The Los Angeles Review, Arts and Letters, The Baltimore Review, The Pinch, Hobart, River Teeth, Under the Sun, Puerto del Sol, and The Indianola Review. ... Read More
	Dr. Cindy Moseman Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, Coordinator of the Multidisciplinary Studies Program 210B, Center for the Arts 419.289.5293 cmoseman@ashland.edu	Dr. Cindy Moseman joined the Family and Consumer Sciences Department in 1988 to teach courses in Child and Family Studies. She served as department chair for the last 9 years and played an active role in the development and implementation of the Gerontology certificate and minor. She completed two terms as a Faculty Senator. Cindy was twice selected by students as Outstanding Female Faculty of the Year and has... Read More
	Dr. John Moser Professor of History, Acting Chair, Department of History & Political Science, Chair, Master of American History and Government 119, Andrews Hall 419.289.5231 jmoser1@ashland.edu	John Moser is professor of history at Ashland University, where he teaches courses on modern European, American and East Asian history. He did his undergraduate work at Ohio University, and has an M.A. and Ph.D. in history from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. He has published numerous works on subjects ranging from comic books to Japanese foreign policy. He is author of four books, the most recent of... Read More http://personal.ashland.edu/~jmoser1/
	Nayomi Munaweera	Nayomi Munaweera's debut novel, Island of a Thousand Mirrors, won the Commonwealth Prize for Asia. It was long listed for the Dublin IMPAC Prize and the Man Asia Prize. The novel was also short listed for the Northern California Book Prize and the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature, and was a Target Book Club selection in January 2016. Her second novel What Lies Between Us was hailed as one of the most exciting... Read More
	Dr. Dan O'Rourke Associate Professor 328, Center for the Arts 419.289.5141 dorourke@ashland.edu	Dan O'Rourke is an associate professor who joined the Ashland University faculty in 1994. His research interests include the rhetoric of popular culture and the rhetoric of sport. In 2003, Dr. O’Rourke co-edited “Case Studies in Sport Communication” with Dr. Robert Brown. He has also written on subjects as diverse as "Spider-Man," “Theodore Roosevelt" and "Irony after 9/11." His primary teaching areas include:... Read More
	Shawn Orr Director of the Center for Innovation & Teaching Excellence;, Professional Instructor of Communication Studies 333, Center for the Arts 419.289.5733 sorr3@ashland.edu	Shawn Orr is the Director for the Center for Innovation and Teaching Excellence and a professional instructor in communication studies at Ashland University. Shawn received both a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interpersonal Communication and Public Communication and a Master of Arts degree in Communication from Bowling Green State University in Ohio. Shawn has more than 25 years of higher education teaching and... Read More
	Dr. Rene Paddags Associate Professor of Political Science 124, Andrews Hall 419.289.5335 rpaddags@ashland.edu	René Paddags, associate professor of political science, joined Ashland University in 2010. Professor Paddags teaches courses in international relations, comparative politics and regional studies. Prior to joining Ashland University, he had taught courses in political science and philosophy at the University of Maryland and at Loyola University, Baltimore. Dr. Paddags received his Ph.D. in political science from the... Read More
	Derek Palacio	Derek Palacio is the author of the novella How to Shake the Other Man and the novel The Mortifications. With Claire Vaye Watkins, he co-directs the Mojave School, a free creative writing camp for teenagers in rural Nevada. He lives in Ann Arbor, Mich. http://derekpalacio.com/
	Robert Sean Parker Assistant Professor of Theatre 240, Center for the Arts 419.289.5655 rparker6@ashland.edu	Sean holds an MFA in Acting from the University of Idaho and a BFA in Acting from Western Carolina University. Before joining the Ashland University faculty, he taught at Morehead State University in Kentucky. Some of his professional credits include: Off-Broadway, Chicago Theatre (American Theatre Company, Provision Theatre, TimeLine Theatre, Bohemian Theatre Ensemble), Pioneer Playhouse, Idaho Repertory Theatre... Read More
	Elizabeth Pastor Professor Emeritus, Trustees Professor of Music	Elizabeth Pastor is an outstanding pianist, educator and community leader with a distinguished history at Ashland University and in the music community. Elizabeth received her artist’s diploma at the age of eighteen from Boston’s Longy School of Music. She studied piano with Boris Goldovsky, Carl Frieberg, Beryl Rubinstein and Arthur Loesser. She made her debut at Town Hall, New York and has made solo appearances... Read More
	Cynthia Petry Director, Coburn Art Gallery , Professional Instructor Gallery, Center for the Arts 419.289.5652 cpetry@ashland.edu	Cynthia C. Petry is director of the Coburn Gallery at Ashland University as well as a professional instructor for the Art Department. She received her bachelor’s degree in studio art from Morehead State University and a Master of Fine Arts with a emphasize in printmaking from Ohio University. Cynthia Petry has taught classes for Ashland University the last 17 years in the art foundations area as well as teaching... Read More
	Dr. Mason Posner Professor 320, Kettering Science Building 419.289.5691 mposner@ashland.edu	Students in his lab use molecular biology techniques to understand how eye lens proteins adapt to changes in environmental temperature. They are currently investigating the evolution and biological role of lens proteins called crystallins. These proteins are responsible for making the lens transparent and refracting light so that focused images fall on the retina. Amazingly, one family of crystallins, the alpha... Read More http://www.masonposner.com/
	Dr. Richard Rader rrader1@ashland.edu
	V. Sue Ralph Administrative Assistant 202, Patterson Instructional Technology Center 419.289.5790 vralph@ashland.edu	Mrs. V. Sue Ralph returned to Ashland University as the administrative assistant to the Math and Computer Science Department in August 2014. She has a B.S. in Accounting and Finance from Ashland University and earned an elementary education K-8 teaching licensure from Ashland University. Mrs. Ralph lives in Ontario with her husband, Jay. They have two children, Jessica and Michael. Jessica is a RN at the Cleveland... Read More
	Dr. Deleasa Randall-Griffiths Associate Professor, Director of the Online Communication Studies Program 329, Center for the Arts 419.289.5143 drandall@ashland.edu	Dr. Randall-Griffiths is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication Studies and Director of the Online Communication Studies Program at Ashland University. She teaches the introductory communication course, along with courses in interpersonal communication, and health communication. Her research interests include health narratives, gender, and women’s studies. She engages in community service by... Read More
	Dr. Jennifer Rathbun Professor 217, Center for the Humanities of Bixler Hall 419.289.5353 jrathbun@ashland.edu	Jennifer Rathbun has a Ph.D. from the University of Arizona in contemporary Latin American literature and is currently an associate professor of Spanish and chair of the department of foreign languages at Ashland University in Ohio. The Bitter Oleander Press published her translation of the poetry collection "Afterglow/Tras el rayo" by world renowned Mexican author Alberto Blanco in June 2011. In 2009, she published... Read More
	Dr. Tom Reed Chair, Music and Theatre, Professor of Music 206, Center for the Arts 419.289.5158 treed@ashland.edu	Dr. Thomas Reed is professor of music and chair of the Department of Music and the Department of Theatre at Ashland University He joined the faculty in 1986, and teaches courses in woodwinds, music theory, aural skills and jazz. He is a member of the Akron Symphony (bass clarinet) and Ashland Symphony (principal clarinet), was a long-time member of the Cleveland Jazz Orchestra (saxophone), and has performed on... Read More
	Jane Reed Adjunct Instructor, Music Fundamentals, Strings 419.289.5100 jreed@ashland.edu	Jane Reed has a BM in music education from the University of Iowa and an MM in violin performance from the University of Akron. In addition, she studied string pedagogy with Mimi Zweig, and has certification in Suzuki violin and Orff. She taught in the public schools for 6 years, and currently has a private studio. Jane also works with the Mansfield Symphony Youth Orchestra, and gives educational concerts for the... Read More