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Further Community. More Connections.
LVC’s professors are focused on your success. They’ll challenge you in the classroom and connect you with fieldwork, internships, research, and resources that will prepare you for the success that comes next.
Dr. Elizabeth Sterner, chemistry
Dr. Kathryn M. Whiteley, criminal justice
Studies gender and violent crime. Volunteers as a Pennsylvania Prison Society Official Visitor. Producer of the documentary Until We Have Faces (2019), which features perspectives of incarcerated women.
Dr. Tom Dompier, athletic training
Researches injury and injury prevention. Named a 2018 Most Distinguished Athletic Trainer by the National Athletic Trainers’ Association. Several opeds published in USA Today.
Dr. Rachel Albert, psychology
Director of LVC’s Baby Lab. Researches language development and has been featured on NPR and in Scientific American.
Recent Faculty Honors
Dr. Christopher Dolan, political science
Received a U.S. Fulbright U.S. Scholar Award to the Republic of North Macedonia. South East European University in Tetovo will be his host institution, where Dr. Dolan will conduct research in rule of law, security sector reform, and Euro-Atlantic security through the grant which runs through June 2022. His previous Fulbright award was with the University of Pristina in Kosovo (2019–20).
Dr. Daniel Pitonyak ’08, physics
Received a three-year, $164,862 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to fund his theoretical nuclear physics research. The grant will support ongoing student-faculty research as his team seeks “to map out a 3-dimensional image of the internal structure of visible matter.”
Dr. David Lyons, mathematical sciences
Received the fifth National Science Foundation grant of his career, enabling him to surpass $1 million in support for student-faculty work in his interdisciplinary (mathematics, physics, and computer & data science) Mathematical Physics Research Group during the past 15 years.
Dr. Grant Taylor, creative arts
Joined Emilie Shuler, an outpatient recreation therapist, to design an online art therapy program for veterans coping with isolation and depression during COVID-19. The virtual Vantage Point: Telehealth Photography Program focuses on COVID-related issues through personal phone camera photos. An online presence and exhibit published during Spring 2021.