Faculty & Research

John Ahrens

Professor Emeritus of Philosophy

• Constitutional Interpretation: Originalism, Textualism, and the Rule of Law
• The First Amendment and Religious Freedom
• The Second Amendment and Gun Control
• The Philosophy of the American Revolution: John Locke and Natural Rights
• Markets and Morality: The Political Philosophy of Adam Smith

Dustin A. Bailey

Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Education

• Special Education and Teachers
• Classroom Management and Behavior
• School Law and Teacher Liability
• LBGTQ Issues in Education

Dominique Battles

Professor of English

• “Castles in Medieval England: – Not the Fairy Tale You Thought.”
• “A Professor’s Take on Home Schooling”
• “Telling Her Story One Stitch at a Time: Needlework in Literature”

William R. Bettler

Professor of Communication

• Popular Culture
• Popular Music
• Jazz
• Classical Music
• Film
• Television
• Media Studies – esp. Rhetorical or Persuasive Aspects of the Media

Rachel D. Davidson

Associate Professor of Communication

• Women in the Media
• Motherhood and Caregiving
• Rhetorical Leadership (Using Persuasive Language for the Betterment of Society)

Stephen Dine Young

Professor of Psychology

• Issues regarding film (or popular culture in general) and Psychology

Jennifer Duplaga

Archives and Public Services Librarian

• Hanover College Archives and Collections
• Guarding your Treasures: Preservation of personal family history collections
• Learn how to preserve your historic family treasures. This workshop will discuss techniques for the handling and storage of photographs, scrapbooks, and printed materials.
• Scanning 101: Digitization standards and best practices for preservation of family history collections. Learn how to use digitization as a preservation tool for your historic family treasures. This workshop will look at best practices and discuss some of the issues related to digitization, storage, and access.
• Using manuscripts for family history and genealogy research.

John H. Krantz

Professor of Psychology

• Human-Computer Interactions
• Human-Machine Interaction (Human Factors of ergonomics)
• Human Sensory Abilities
• Neuroscience
• Human Cognition (including decision making)

Diane L. Magary

Assistant Professor of Business Scholars Program

• Marketing/Marketing Strategy
• Strategy Development
• Basic Financial Management
• Science-Related Careers in Business

Daniel L. Murphy

Professor of History

• American History
• Military History
• Great Writers

Sean O’Neill

Assistant Professor of Classical Studies

• “The Wonders of Roman Alexandria: A Motley Mosaic on the Egyptian Coast”
• “The Roman Emperor as Pharaoh: Propaganda and Resistance in Early Imperial Egypt”
• “The ‘REAL’ Story of Troy: From Homer to Hollywood”
• “Archaeology at Eleutherian College: Gazing at the 19th Century in Southeastern Indiana”

Sara Patterson

Associate Professor of Theological Studies

• Religious Freedom; Religion in the United States; Mormonism; Sacred Spaces
• Religion and Material Culture

Sara Patterson

Associate Professor of Sociology

• Gender (LGBT Issues, Transgender Issues, Intersex Issues, Gender Issues; Bender in Cross-cultural and Historical perspective)
• Race/Ethnicity in the U.S.
• Environmental Sociology (food security, sustainable agriculture)
• Community and Urban Sociology (Neighborhood Design, Walkability, Place-Making)

Kay Stokes

Special Assistant and Associate Professor of English

• Higher education student success, transition to college, psychology of success
• College-level time management and study skills, college-level academic expectations, etc.

Mi Yung Yoon

Professor of International Studies

• Gender and Politics
• Challenges to America in the 21st Century
• Sub-Saharan Africa Today

Valerie J. Young

Associate Professor of Communication

• Health Communication
• Health Promotion
• Personal and Mediated Health Messages
• The Dynamics of Health Communication
• In-law Relationships