The unexamined life is not worth living.
- Plato

DEPARTMENT FACULTY

IRENE BYRNES

B.A., M.A., Binghamton University
Awards, Honors: Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Service
Courses currently taught: PHI 102 General Philosophy; PHI 201 Ethics: Moral
Reasoning; Honors courses, various
Areas of interest: Philosophy, current events
Office: T-210, 778-5311
E-mail: byrnes_i@sunybroome.edu

STEVE CALL

     A.A. Broome Community College; B.A. Binghamton University; M.S. University of
     Southern California; M.A. University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Ph.D. Ohio State
     University
     Courses currently taught: HIS 100 Rise of the West; HIS 131 US History II;
     HIS 155 War and the Western World; COL 105 Academic Planning Seminar
     Areas of interest: Military history
     Office: T-111D, 778-5473
     E-mail: call_s@sunybroome.edu

     A.A. Broome Community College; B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Binghamton University
     Awards, honors: Nominated for distinguished dissertation award, Binghamton
     University (1982); Fellowship, National Endowment for the Humanities (1984-1985);
     Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching
     Courses currently taught: HIS 116 The West and the World to 1500; HIS 117 The
     West and the World since 1500; HIS 130 US History I; HIS 163 Introduction to
     Chinese Civilization; HIS 164 Introduction to Japanese Civilization
     Areas of interest: East Asian history and culture, cultural modernism
     Office: T-210, 778-5377
     E-mail: firsching_l@sunybroome.edu
     

     B.A., M.A. Albany University
     Awards, honors: SUNY Distinguished Service Professor, 2007
     Coach of the Year, Cross-Country, Region III (1977); Summer
     Seminar, National Endowment for the Humanities (1980); Distinguished Teaching
     Award, Albany University Alumni Association (1993); Richard E. Baldwin
     Distinguished Service Award (1994)
     Courses currently taught: HIS 100 Rise of the West; POS 201 Introduction to
     American Government; COL 105 Academic Planning Seminar
     Areas of interest: Civic education/renewal, American government, war and peace
     studies, modern European history
     Office: T-011C, 778-5093
     E-mail: garnar_d@sunybroome.edu

     B.A. Boston University; MAT Antioch University; M.Ph., Syracuse University;
     M.B.A., Binghamton University
     Awards, honors: Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Teaching; AACC Learn and
     Serve (Service Learning) Award (2003)
     Courses currently taught: ECO 110 Micro-Economics; ECO 111 Introduction to
     Macro-Economics; SOS 111 Public Policy
     Areas of interest: Education; poverty and welfare; health care; foreign policy
     Office: T-211C, 778-5084
     E-mail: kasper_b@sunybroome.edu
     Retired January 2008.

     B.A. Adelphi University; Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania
     Courses currently taught: ANT 111 Cultural Anthropology; ANT 112 Introduction
     to Archaeology; HIS 130 US History I; HIS 131 US History II; HIS 188 Vietnam and
     America; SOC 111 Soical Problems
     Areas of interest: Cultural anthropology, archaeology, US history, Vietnam war,
     culture and ecology, pastoralism, the Mediterranean world
     Office: T-011C, 778-5093
     E-mail: koster_h@sunybroome.edu

     A.A. Broome Community College; B.A., M.A. Binghamton University; Ph.D. SUNY
     Buffalo
     Awards, honors: Nominated for distinguished dissertation award for American
     Educational Research Association Division F Historiography (1993)
     Courses currently taught: HIS 100 Rise of the West; HIS 116 The West and the
     World to 1500; HIS 117 The West and the World since 1500; HIS 130 US History I;
     HIS 131 US History II; HUM 101 Western Humanities I
     Areas of interest: Ancient and medieval history, history of American education
     Office: T-111D, 778-5473
     E-mail: Loveland_f@sunybroome.edu

     B.A. LeMoyne College; J.D., M.S. Foreign Service, Georgetown University
     Awards, honors: Advanced Communicator, Silver Award, Toastmasters International
     Courses currently taught: POS 201 Introduction to American Government; SOS 111
     Public Policy; CRJ 125 Criminal Law; COL 105 Academic Planning Seminar
     Areas of interest: Law, international relations, dispute resolution
     Office: T-111A, 778-5160
     E-mail: mckenna_k@sunybroome.edu

     B.S., M.S., Ph.D. Lehigh University
     Courses currently taught: ECO 110 Micro-Economics; ECO 111 Introduction to
     Macro-Economics
     Office: T-109A, 778-5371
     E-mail: patch_e@sunybroome.edu

GORDON C. THOMASSON

     B.A. University of California at Los Angeles; M.A. University of California at
     Santa Barbara; Ph.D. Cornell University
     Awards, honors: President, International Liberian Studies Association; former board
     member, Southeast Asian Board, Association for Asian Studies; former Consultation
     Director, American Academy of Religion
     Courses currently taught: HIS 116 The West and the World to 1500; HIS 117 The
     West and the World since 1500; HIS 141 History of Modern Latin America and the
     Caribbean; HUM 102 Western Humanities II; Geog 120 World Cultural Geography 
     Areas of Interest:
     Anthropology & Rural Development: indigenous knowledge systems, sciences and technologies;
     History: civil liberties, English civil war; madness in history & the humanities; personal & family histories; texts in
     cultures & history;
     Regional Studies: Indonesian, Liberian, Mexican society & culture;
     World/comparative religions: civil religions, Mormonism, peace-pacifism & conscientious objection.
     Office: T-109C, 778-5097
     E-mail: thomasson_g@sunybroome.edu

     B.A. Empire College; M.A. Cortland University
     Awards, honors: Vietnam Veterans Association of Syracuse award for Public
     Affairs Television
     Courses currently taught: HIS 130 US History I; HIS 131US History II;
     SOC 111 Social problems
     Areas of interest: Jazz music and history
     Office: T-211C, 778-5084
     E-mail: whitted_l@sunybroome.edu

     B.A. Boston University; M.LS. SUNY Albany; M.A. Binghamton University
     Awards, honors: Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Librarianship
     Courses currently taught: HIS 130 US History I; HIS 131 US History II;
     HIS 189 First Peoples—Native American History
     Areas of interest: Labor organizations, working people, immigration, Native
     American history, women’s history
     Office: T-210, 778-7785
     E-mail: wingate_g@sunybroome.edu

M. Barnett, sociology
D. Berchtold, sociology
C. Berger, social science
M. Brannen, history
R. Bucci, political science
P. Carmody, political science
V. Carnegie, sociology
P. Chambers, emeritus, philosophy
S. Corley, history
W. Corprew, history
B. DeMarmels, economics
R. Hall, history
G. Higginbottom, emeritus, history
D. Hooper, history
S. Johnson, philosophy
S. Korducavich, emeritus, philosophy
K. Kreiner, history
J. McKenzie, sociology
P. McKiernan, social science
M. McKimmy, philosophy
R. McVannan, emeritus, sociology
C. Michalak, political science
S. Natale, sociology
B. Nilsen, sociology
G. Phillips, political science
J. Prindle, philosophy
G. Smith, history
P. St. Clair, history
J. Sterlacci, social science
J. Testani, political science
M. Timonin, history
C. Wanglund, anthropology
M. Wrisley, history
X. Xu, economics