LetterfromtheDean
Dear SMU Community:
On July 1, 2025, the university-wide reorganization took effect, and the new College of Arts, Sciences, and Education (“CASE”) was born! This new college is the home for programs in the Humanities, Social Sciences, Natural Sciences & Mathematics, Education, Leadership, and Higher Education. We are a mighty group – as you’ll see when you read faculty highlights in this issue – and this is an exciting time as we look for synergies between our areas and future collaborations.
As you browse this newsletter, you’ll see that CASE is alive with energy, passion and talent. In the last few months, the Philosophy Department has revised its minor and developed a Law & Ethics concentration, and the Department of Religious Studies and Theology has launched a Master of Theological Studies degree in partnership with the Archdiocese of Seattle. Over the summer, the Ph.D. in Leadership Studies program welcomed a new cohort with a highly successful residency week, and the Education Department began a Grow-Your-Own (GYO) pathway to teacher certification. Science faculty have conducted research with students on bacterial outer membrane vesicles and stellar debris. Core Curriculum faculty have also been working hard, redesigning the First Year Seminar class to focus on both academic skills and holistic student services support. There is optimism in the air as we return from the summer break, ready to inhabit our new structure and contemplate new possibilities.
It is my privilege to step in as interim dean for the college at this pivotal moment in time. I am delighted to welcome Dr. Brandy Fox, Associate Professor of Chemistry and SMU alum, as interim associate dean. Together we will work to support the outstanding teaching and research that’s at the heart of what we do in CASE.
EducationDepartment
Welcome Education!
As part of the recent restructuring of academic departments and programs, the education department is now part of the newly formed College of Arts, Science, and Education (CASE). This reorganization allows for efficient collaboration between the education department and the humanities, arts, and sciences. For example, in Fall 2025, the education department and the music department have collaborated to create a new 4+1 pathway that provides students with an efficient and cost-effective pathway for earning a BA in music while simultaneously working to complete a portion of the Master’s in Teaching (MIT) program. Upon graduation, students can apply to enter the MIT program. Because they have already completed a number of the courses during their undergraduate years, the normally twoyear MIT course sequence is reduced to one year. Completers of the full 4+1 pathway will have a BA in their content area, a master’s degree, and initial teacher certification. They save one year and roughly $12,000 off the full price of the MIT program, and they enter the teaching field with an initial salary roughly $15,000 higher than their BA-only counterparts. The educational 4+1 programs are slated to extend to Literary Studies, the sciences, math, and other disciplines in the 2026 and 2027 school years. The 4+1 pathway aligns with the university’s new Four Year Promise.
Partnerships
In June, the education department partnered with the University of Washington's College of Education to host the Climate Teacher Education Collaborative Summer Design Institute at Saint Martin's The conference was attended by educators and policy makers from across the state and featured presentations from climate and disability activist Naomi Ortiz, as well as Willie Frank III and Hanford McCloud from the Nisqually Tribe University librarian and archivist Rhian Peterman and education department chair Dr. Jeremy Delamarter collaborated with colleagues from the University of Washington to plan the event, which is part of the UW's ongoing Climate Justice Education conference series.
The education department’s new Grow-Your-Own (GYO) pathway to teacher certification began in June. This pathway, designed and operated in partnership with North Thurston Public Schools, Olympic Academy, and the Archdiocese of Seattle, provides special education paraeducators the opportunity to earn their initial teacher certification, special education endorsement, and master’s degree in the context of their own work environment. Particiants are able to complete their field experiences and student teaching in their alreadyassigned classrooms, allowing them to maintain their district employment and benefits The GYO pathway is being piloted in the 2025-2026 school year and will expand to serve districts across the region in summer 2026.
New Spaces Study Abroad
The education department is collaborating with Meteor Education to convert the old education office on the 4 floor of Old Main into a contemporary Teaching Laboratory. The new lab space will provide undergraduate and graduate education students the opportunity to practice classroom management and space-based pedagogical techniques in a state-of-theart room with contemporary educational furniture and technology. Architectural drawings have been approved, and the space is tentatively scheduled to open before the beginning of the 2026 school year.
The education department is collaborating with the International Studies department to plan the first study abroad trip specifically designed for education majors. In May 2026, students will travel to Japan for school visits and university partnerships with colleagues and scholars in Tokyo and Osaka.
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LeadershipStudiesandHigherEducationDepartment
2025 Leadership Studies Ph.D. and HESA M.Ed. Program Graduates
In May 2025, Dr. Toni Christy, Dr. Jana Dean, and Dr. Kari Karch graduated from the Leadership Studies Ph D Program Currently, there are 25 students in the program, and we have celebrated 17 graduates The program has a 93% completion rate, which is well above national rates for doctoral humanities and social sciences programs.
The Higher Education and Student Affairs master’s graduates included two Saint Martin’s staff members, Olivia Rackham, EA for the College of Business, Engineering, and Technology and Emma Hatton, Director of Study Abroad Programs.
Congratulations to all our graduates!
Dr. Keri Graham Joins the Leadership and Higher Education Department
On May 15 , 2025, Dr Keri Graham joined the Leadership and Higher Education department as fulltime tenure track faculty and Assistant Director for the Ph.D. program. Dr. Graham graduated from the Saint Martin’s Ph.D. in Leadership Studies program in 2023 and is uniquely qualified for this role. She will teach in the M Ed program in Higher Education and Student Affairs as well as in the Ph D program th
Master’s Graduate Receives Student Organization Award
Olivia Rackham, 2025 graduate of the Higher Education and Student Affairs (HESA) master’s program, was awarded the Ralph Swanson Graduate Student Leadership Award by ASSMU in spring.
LHE Faculty Member attends Education Conference
Dr Linda Maier, faculty in the Leadership and Higher Education department, attended the American Educational Research Association (AERA) Conference in April in Denver. AERA is a national, research focused conference with attendees from K-12 and higher education
Leadership Studies Doctoral Student
Accepted to Present at Research Conference
Ruth Racine, a doctoral candidate in the Leadership Studies Ph.D. program will present her paper, “Developing a 10–Item Criterion Tool to Assess Qualitative Research Trustworthiness for Novice Researchers” at the Qualitative Report’s 17 annual Conference. This selective conference is centered on qualitative research approaches and methodologies. th
Leadership in Practice: LD 801 Relaunches with Summer Intensive and Renewed Research Focus
This July, LD 801: Multi-Disciplinary Perspectives of Leadership and Practice returned to Saint Martin’s University as a key first-year experience in the renewed Ph D in Leadership Studies program After a yearlong pause to revise the program structure and align it more closely with best practices in research-based doctoral education, LD 801 relaunched with a sharper focus on interdisciplinary scholarship, reflective practice, and applied research skills.
The course was co-taught by Dr Jackie Clark and Dr Keri Graham, the program ’ s first full-time faculty member It served as the academic and relational foundation for the newly admitted doctoral cohort The Ph D program is now fully cohort-based, emphasizing community, collaboration, and long-term scholarly mentorship throughout the three-year experience.
At the heart of LD 801 was a one-week on-campus intensive. Students engaged deeply with leadership theory, doctoral research, and the early stages of identifying their problems of practice. Designed to meet the needs of working professionals, the intensive blended seminar-style dialogue, experiential learning, and cohortbuilding activities. Students explored complex leadership challenges through the lenses of justice, power, equity, and context, which are essential pillars of the Leadership Studies framework at Saint Martin’s.
Throughout the week, students also experienced the Benedictine values that shape the university, particularly the practice of hospitality. From shared meals to history lessons from Fr. Kilian, students were introduced to a culture of care, presence, and mutual respect that grounded their academic experience in Saint Martin’s mission.
This year also introduced our new Doctoral Mentor Program, which pairs each incoming student with a peer who is further along in the program and currently in the dissertation stage These mentor relationships are designed to provide guidance, encouragement, and real-world advice on navigating the doctoral journey, creating a powerful sense of continuity and support between cohorts
The new iteration of LD 801 lays the groundwork for the program ’ s research emphasis, helping students build the skills they need to engage in rigorous scholarship. As the PhD in Leadership Studies enters this exciting new chapter, LD 801 reflects our commitment to educating scholar-practitioners who lead with integrity, insight, and a strong sense of purpose
HistoryandPoliticalScienceDepartments
Expanding Perspectives: New Faculty Join the Department of History & Political Science
Dr Daniel O’Gorman, Assistant Professor of History, specializes in medieval and early modern European history, with a particular focus on law, culture, and political order in Anglo-Saxon England. He received his Ph.D. from Loyola University Chicago, where his dissertation examined the role of regulation and standardization in monastic and legal traditions.
Dr. O’Gorman has taught widely across institutions, including Pacific Lutheran University and Seattle University His courses span U S., European, and global histories, including topics such as the Black Death and medieval history. He is an active scholar with national conference presentations, and he is deeply committed to making history accessible, engaging, and relevant for undergraduates.
Dr Ashley Hudson, Assistant Professor of Political Science, joins Saint Martin’s with a strong teaching portfolio and a social science research agenda. She has a Ph.D. in political science and has held faculty positions in different universities in North America.
Theo C Uzzielli will be joining the department as an adjunct in both History and English. Theo brings a wealth of knowledge, having completed advanced studies in the History and Sociology of Science and Public History, with a strong background in postcolonial science, and the history of medicine Theo is passionate about exploring complex global and cultural issues. We look forward to the unique perspectives and expertise he will bring to our programs!
We are excited about these new colleagues because they significantly enhance the department’s ability to serve students, offering a wide variety of courses, personalized academic advising, and expanded opportunities for undergraduate research and scholarly engagement They join Dr Linjun Wu, Visiting Associate Professor, who brings valuable expertise in global politics and research methods, and Shannon Michael, who has made a strong impact teaching in both History and Political Science as an adjunct faculty member Dr Keri Graham will continue to serve as Chair of the Department With this talented and dedicated faculty team in place, the Political Science and History programs are poised to provide students with an exceptional educational experience, grounded in rigorous academics, personalized mentorship, and a deep understanding of global and civic issues We are excited for the year ahead!
Saint Martin’s at WPA 2025: Psychology Students Shine at Regional Conference in Las Vegas
In May 2025, Dr. Julie Prosser, Assistant Professor of Psychology and advisor for Psi Chi International Honors Society and the Psychology Club, led a group of eight students, including several international students from diverse academic backgrounds, to the Annual Western Psychological Association (WPA) Conference in Las Vegas Joining the group was Dr Keri Graham, Interim Chair of Psychology, who attended to help facilitate student learning and support students as they engaged with the broader psychological research community.
Throughout the four-day event, students attended keynote sessions, paper presentations, and professional development workshops on a wide range of topics geared toward exploring fields of forensic psychology, social psychology, and neuroscience. Many students shared that the experience helped them clarify their future goals and deepen their understanding of the field.
Dr. Graham and Dr. Prosser hosted reflective "breaking bread" dinners, offering students the opportunity to process course material, build connections, and enjoy each other’s company. These gatherings provided a space for students to connect their learning to program outcomes and their longterm leadership development.
WPA 2025 was more than a conference. It was a transformative experience that reinforced Saint Martin’s commitment to academic excellence, mentorship, and the formation of thoughtful, researchinformed leaders in psychology.
SocietyandSocialJusticeDepartment
New Faculty
Jack DeWaard, Ph.D. joins the Department of Society and Social Justice from the National Science Foundation. He earned his Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and brings extensive teaching and research experience, along with a strong portfolio of applied social science scholarship. We look forward to seeing our social sciences program grow under Dr. DeWaard’s expertise.
Publications in Criminal Justice
Robert Hauhart, Ph.D., J.D. has several forthcoming publications. His coedited volume, American Modernism (Re)Considered, was released this month by Bloomsbury Academic. Two additional edited volumes are in production: The Routledge Handbook on the American Dream: Volume 3, forthcoming later this year and including a coauthored chapter with Dr. Hei Lam Chio, Assistant Professor of Criminology and Criminal Justice; and Consuming the American Dream: Essays Celebrating the Intersection of Food, Literature, and our National Myth, to be released by the University of Tennessee Press in April 2026. The American Dream has been a central focus of Dr. Hauhart’s teaching and research since 2010, and he teaches a course on this topic each spring semester he is on campus
Presentations and Publications
Irina Gendelman Ph D has two forthcoming publications and a conference presentation She presented a chapter from her forthcoming book, Community-Engaged Teaching, at the ASFS-AFHVS Conference: Food Cultures and Social Justice(2025). She has been awarded a sabbatical for Spring 2026 to complete Teaching Beyond the College Classroom: The Art of Slow Motion Travel, accepted for publication by Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group.
She also has a forthcoming coedited volume (Routledge/Taylor & Francis) on the flâneuse. Featuring around twenty essays across literature and media, the collection explores the female wanderer (flâneuse) in literature and culture and examines how women reclaim space in the modern city. Gendelman frequently teaches courses related to storytelling, culture, travel, and food.
MathematicsDepartment
Co-authored Paper
Drs Rebecca McClinon and Kayla Blyman coauthored an expository paper about the design of a cross-listed and co-taught Advanced Nutrition and Mathematical Modeling course that they intend to offer in the Spring 2026 semester to expose mathematics students to nutrition concepts and develop deeper mathematical problem-solving skills in exercise science majors The paper was published in The UMAP Journal (The Journal of Undergraduate Mathematics and Its Applications) in the Summer of 2025 and was presented at the Mathematical Association of America’s 2025 national meeting, MathFest, in August 2025 to rave reviews
Top Mathematics Students
The Putnam Exam is the preeminent mathematics competition for undergraduate college students in the United States and Canada Each year, thousands of the brightest math students from hundreds of colleges and universities compete in this 6-hour exam that has a median score of 0 (that’s not a typo) from a possible 120 points Each year a group of students from Saint Martin’s University work with Dr Bonnie Amende to prepare for the Putnam In the December 2023 Competition, then senior Sidney Coates scored 3 points, then junior Samuel Morris scored 10 points, then senior Michael Rivet scored 10 points, and then junior Kyle Wilson scored 10 points to earn Saint Martin’s a national rank of 186 out of 471 teams. In the December 2024 Competition, then senior Jackson Philbrook scored 9 points, then freshman Maximillian Potter scored 1 point, and then freshman Nolan Wegeleben scored 2 points to earn Saint Martin’s a national rank of 205 out of 477 teams. Additionally, Dr. Amende has been scoring the Putnam Exam for many years and has recently taken more of a leadership role in the scoring The mathematics department is very proud of the efforts and successes of both our incredible students distinguishing themselves among the top mathematics students in the country and our very own Dr Amende We look forward to the December 2025 Competition!
Interdisciplinary Contest
The Consortium for Mathematics and Its Applications (COMAP)’s Mathematical Contest in Modeling and Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM) is the world’s foremost undergraduate contest in mathematical modeling. Each year, tens of thousands of teams (of up to three students each) from around the world spend 100 hours working to provide the best solution they possibly can to one of six open-ended real-world problems. Each spring, students from Saint Martin’s form teams and work with Dr. Kayla Blyman to prepare to take on this challenge In January 2025, Donald Choe, Kyal Huntley, Juan Urbaneja Gomez, Robert Fortune, and Peter Geurts participated in the contest, electing to work on problems related to tourism in Juneau, Alaska, and Olympic medal winners. Additionally, several Saint Martin’s University faculty play a variety of roles in these contests Dr Blyman serves as the Contest Director for the ICM (and as the Contest Director for the Middle School Mathematical Contest in Modeling-MidMCM). Professor Kristin Fetherston-Arney, joining the department as a Visiting Assistant Professor for the 2025-2026 academic year after working as a Lecturer for the 2024-2025 academic year, serves as the Problem Director for the Sustainability Problem of the ICM (and as the Contest Director for the High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling-HiMCM).
Between Dr. Blyman, Professor Fetherston-Arney, and Dr Dave Olwell, dozens of problems for the MCM/ICM, MidMCM, and HiMCM have been authored by members of the Saint Martin’s University Community over the years. Faculty members Dr. Bonnie Amende, Dr. Brandy Fox, Dr. Mary Jo Hartman, Professor Kathleen McKain, Dr. Katherine Porter, Professor Yvonne Shevalier, and Dr Cameron Sweet have all served as triage judges with some of them also serving as final judges for the ICM contest.
FacultyUpdatesandAchievements
Dr. Jeremy Delamarter, Education
Dr. Jeremy Delamarter has received the Academic Stewardship Award from the GLOBAL Teachers Assembly (GTA). GTA is a Nigerian-based organization dedicated to providing professional development opportunities for and improving the working conditions of teachers across Western Africa.
Dr. Delamarter was an invited and full-funded speaker at the Identifying and Satisfying Teachers’ Professional Needs conference at Jan Kochanowski University in Kielce, Poland in April, 2025. The title of his presentation was People Teaching People: Education and Humanity in the Age of AI. He also presented at the 2 International Conference on Teacher Management, Change, and Development at the University of the National Education Commission in Krakow, Poland in May, 2025. The title of his presentation was AI Adoption and the SET Framework in Teacher Preparation
Dr. Delamarter has two book chapters coming out: More Machine than Man: AI and the Outsourcing of ‘Becoming’ – in Renn & Heybach (Eds) Doctoral Studies as Educational Industrial Complex: Faculty Reflections on ‘The EdD/PhD Octopus” – from Myers Education Press. forthcoming late 2025
Pre-Service Teacher Development and the Limits of Hybrid Agency: A Framework for AI Adoption in Teacher Education – in Code (Ed) Postdigital Learner Agency: Navigating Hybrid and Algorithmically Mediated Education – from Springer. Est. publication early 2026
Dr Delamarter has been invited to contribute to the handbook “Being a Teacher Educator: A practical guide” by Dr. Peter Boyd, professor emeritus at the University of Cumbria in England. Dr. Boyd’s book and the accompanying training are required for teacher education faculty across the UK.
Dr. Taylor Dodson, Biology
This summer, Dr. Dodson was part of a team which published a teaching case study at NSTA in their NCCSTS Case Collection, titled “Pregnancy and Influenza Vaccination: Making an Informed Choice”.
In addition Dr. Dodson conducted summer research with a student, Isaiah Kelly, on a bioanalytic project to design a method to quantify bacterial outer membrane vesicles. Kelly intends to present a poster at the Murdock Conference this November!
Dr. Dodson is currently writing a Murdock Natural Sciences grant and a grant to the American Philosophical Society.
Dr. Ramon Luzarraga, Theology and Religious Studies
Dr Ramon Luzarraga had a busy Spring and Summer with multiple presentations:
“The Box Score of Baptism: U.S. Catholic Missionary Christianity in the Caribbean” at the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America in Portland, OR.
“Why Roman Catholics Cannot Vote for a Dictator (including Aspirational Ones), Ever" at the annual meeting of the Catholic Theological Society of America in Portland, OR
“The People of the Caribbean as a Redemptorist Missionary Priority: 1858 to the Present,” for the Redemptorist History Conference, Houston, TX.
“Archival Research: A Perennial Challenge to Caribbean Theology,” for the biennial meeting of the Conference on Theology in the Caribbean Today, Barbados. Can Catholic Education be Decolonized and Catholic? Lessons from the Caribbean, at the conference, “The Promise of Christian Education: Past, Present, Future,” at Saint Mark’s College, University of British Columbia.
In addition Dr. Luzarraga presented a webinar: "U.S. Catholic Missionaries in the Caribbean and their American Peoples" for the American Catholic Historical Society. He was also elected Vice-President of the College Theology Society.
From Dissertation to Manuscript: Dr. Graham Documents Olympia’s
Feminist History
Dr Keri Graham is currently transforming her doctoral dissertation into a book manuscript that explores Olympia’s feminist past through the lens of Riot Grrrl, separatist activism, and zine culture from 1970 to 1992. Drawing from local archives, personal interviews, and community ephemera, the project traces how a small Pacific Northwest city became a national site of feminist resistance and punk subculture.
This work uncovers how Olympia’s activist networks, grounded in organizing, feminist thought, and DIY publishing, shaped the political and creative expression of a generation The manuscript brings together historical analysis and cultural critique, contributing to conversations in feminist history, public memory, and place-based social movements.
This ongoing scholarship reflects Dr Graham’s broader academic mission to center underrepresented voices, connect research with community, and make historical inquiry accessible and transformative for students and readers alike.
FacultyUpdatesandAchievements
Dr. Andrea Kunder, Physics
Dr. Andrea Kunder recently had new publications accepted to The Astronomical Journal (impact factor 5.1). This publication is co-authored with a Saint Martin’s University undergraduate, math major Samuel Morris. He was accepted into the Ph.D. program at University of Denver to get his Ph.D. in Mathematics. This paper details the first discovery of stars in the inner Galaxy from the major merger, the Gaia-Enseladus/Sausage merger.
This merger was discovered in 2018, but stellar debris from this merger had not been identified in the most central regions of the Milky Way yet, due to the crowding and the many overlapping populations in this region of the Galaxy. Dr. Kunder’s group was able to find remnant stars from this merger, and by comparing with the Auriga cosmological simulation, they were able to quantify the fraction of stars in the inner Galaxy that originated from the GaiaEnseladus/Sausage merger. They found that the fraction of the stars originating from the GaiaEnseladus/Sausage merger is half as much as the stars originating Gaia-Enseladus/Sausage merger in the solar vicinity, indicating that the Gaia-Enseladus/Sausage merger played a more prominent role in the outskirts of the Galaxy as compared to the central regions of the Milky Way.
During the summer Dr. Kunder carried out a research program with two undergraduate students in summer 2025. Ryan Aipa (Civil Engineering major) worked for 8 weeks and Micah Dally (Computer Science major) worked for 10 weeks in the Saint Martin’s Astrophysics lab. These two students were funded by Dr. Kunder’s RAISE/Murdock grant as well as NSF Grant AST#2009836 ($13,500 total for their compensation).
Ryan Aipa worked with spectroscopic observations from the 4m SOAR telescope. He learned how to collect observations using the SOAR telescope, as the research team was awarded telescope time on June 13, 2025 to collect spectra for Dr. Kunder’s research. Ryan learned how to reduce SOAR data, how to stack spectra to increase signal-to-noise, how to wavelength calibrate spectra, and how to find the best fit template to spectra in order to determine the temperature, surface gravity and [Fe/H] metallicity of a star. In the end, he was able to devise a method to derive [Fe/H] abundances from SOAR spectra with a precision of 0.15 dex.
Micah Dally worked developing code to predict the location of extra-tidal debris using a variety of Galaxy mass distributions relevant to the Galactic bulge. His github page provides a Python-based toolset with an extensive toolset for the group to use.
Dr. Andrea Kunder, Physics, cont.
Additionally, Dr. Kunder was awarded a Visiting Faculty Position (a 10 week summer position) at the at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory (Fermilab) through the Department of Energy. She worked directly with Dr. Brian Yanny, at Fermilab, who has worked extensively on numerical simulations of stars, clusters and dwarf galaxies This 10 week summer support was helpful for Dr Kunder (and her student Micah) to push her research forward, especially the theoretical modeling component, which is the part she is the least experienced with.
Dr. Kunder was also awarded a contributed talk at the European Astronomical Society (EAS) conference in the S13e session: “Globular Clusters: Exploring Stellar Populations at the Frontier of Spectroscopy, Photometry, and Dynamics” This international conference took place in Cork, Ireland on 23-27 June, 2025
Last Spring Dr. Kunder was invited by the University of Washington Astrophysics department to give an astrophysics colloquium at the University of Washington on Thursday, February 27.
FacultyUpdatesandAchievements
Dr. Kayla Blyman, Mathematics
Dr. Kayla Blyman was invited to join the Mathematical Association of America’s Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics (CUPM). She began serving a three-year term on this national committee in July 2025.
The committee is charged with making recommendations to guide programs in the mathematical sciences at two-year and fouryear colleges and universities in designing curricula for their undergraduate students. This includes the organization, content, and mutual relations of the entire institutional structure of undergraduate mathematics: major programs and concentrations, curricula in service of partner disciplines, and general education courses. The CUPM coordinates dissemination of the CUPM Curriculum Guide, which is focused on the goals, outcomes, content, and sequencing of undergraduate mathematics courses and programs.
Dr. Brian Garcia, Philosophy
Dr. Brian Garcia presented a paper at the International Congress on Medieval Studies (Western Michigan University, May 2025), in a panel sponsored by the Society for Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy. The paper was dedicated to the 15th-century Parisian philosopher, John Versoris, and his commentary on Aristotle's On the Soul.
Dr. Garcia had two recent publications as well he authored a book chapter in Renaissance Scholasticisms (Brill, 2025), a volume featuring internationally recognized scholars. This chapter is dedicated to the 15th-century philosopher, Dominic of Flanders, and his commentary on Aristotle's Metaphysics. Dr. Garcia also published a book review in Renaissance Quarterly (vol. 78:1)—the leading international journal of Renaissance Studies of an edited volume taking up Platonism and mystical theology, especially in the figure of the 15th-century philosopher, Nicholas of Cusa.
In the Philosophy department, thirty new PHL courses were approved in the 20242025 academic year. These give shape to the (also recently approved) revised Philosophy Minor as well as the new Law & Ethics concentration.
