Personnel: Additions and Departures

The Public Services and Social Sciences Division at DCCC is happy to welcome Kathy Schank (Human Services) and Jeffrey LaMonica (History) as new full-time faculty.

The division bids farewell to Audrey Ervin (Psychology). After three years at DCCC, Audrey is bound for Delaware Valley College in Doylestown, PA. We wish her well in her future endeavors.

Dr. Beiye Gu (Psychology) and Dr. Audrey Ervin (Psychology)

Congratulations to Beiye Gu (English as a Second Language Online Resource Center) and Audrey Ervin (Infusing Cross-Cultural Perspectives in the Classroom: Using Technology to Foster Critical Thinking and Deepen Global Understanding) who were recipients of mini-grants.

Dr. Audrey Ervin (Psychology)

Audrey Ervin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, has been selected to sail as staff psychologist with Semester At Sea http://www.semesteratsea.org/ for the summer 2009 voyage. Semester At Sea is the world's premier shipboard program for comparative international education. A floating university, approximately 700 students live aboard the MV Explorer, circumnavigate the globe and earn undergraduate academic credit through the University of Virginia. The theme of the summer 2009 voyage http://www.semesteratsea.org/voyages/upcoming-voyages/summer-2009.phps is "Human Rights and Social Justice in the Mediterranean World." The ship will sail from Halifax Nova Scotia to Spain, Italy, Croatia, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Egypt and Morocco.

Audrey Ervin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Psychology, has been selected to serve as the national spokesperson for the Association of Women in Psychology (AWP) http://www.awpsych.org/ in November 2008. AWP is a not-for-profit scientific and educational organization committed to encouraging feminist psychological research, theory, and activism. A three year appointment, she currently serves on the Implementation Collective board.