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Honors Faculty Fellows
 Dr. Sara Hottinger Dr. Sara Hottinger E-mail: shottinger@keene.edu Sara Hottinger earned her Ph.D. in Feminist Studies from the University of Minnesota in 2005 and her B.A. in Women's Studies and Mathematics from Beloit College in 1998. Her current research involves an examination of the role various kinds of mathematical scholarship (e.g., histories of mathematics and ethnomathematics) play in the construction of identity, citizenship, and subjectivity. Dr. Hottinger's areas of interest: Feminist theory, Feminist epistemology, Feminist science studies, history and philosophy of mathematics. Dr. Mark Long
E-mail: mlong@keene.edu  Dr. Mark C. Long Professor Long has a PhD in American literature. During the past eight years at Keene State College he has taught numerous courses on nature and science writing, including Eng 101: Environmental topics; Eng 240: Women and Nature, English 290: Representing the Environment in Literature, Painting and Photography; English 308: Topics in Writing: Reading and Writing the Environment, and upper-level courses in environmental poetry and fiction (including single author courses on the poets Gary Snyder and Mary Oliver). He has published widely on environmental writing and ecocriticism, with over twenty essays, reviews, book chapters, and reference entries, including essays in the books Ecological Poetry: A Critical Introduction (2002) and Ecocomposition: Theoretical and Pedagogical Approaches (2001). Most recently, he edited a special issue of the journal Reader: Essays in Reader-Oriented Theory, Criticism, and Pedagogy for which he wrote the introduction, “Ecocriticism as a Practice of Reading” (Fall 2005). He has completed work as an editor for the forthcoming book Teaching North American Environmental Literature (2007). Most recently, he spent the summer teaching a field-based environmental literature course for graduate students as a faculty member in Middlebury’s Bread Loaf School of English in Juneau, Alaska. In this course he taught and studied with naturalists and field biologists who specialize in the ecology of bogs and fens as part of a larger unit he designed on the succession cycle of the boreal forests in Southeast Alaska. This first-hand experience working with scientists in an interdisciplinary context has led him to this proposed team-taught courses with biologist and botanist Kristen Porter-Utley.  Dr. Nigel Malcolm Dr. Nigel Malcolm E-mail: nmalcolm@keene.edu Professor Malcolm has a Ph.D. in Communication, an M.A. in mass communications, and a B.A. in political science. He teaches courses on rhetorical theory, rhetorical criticism, persuasion, public speaking, and also serves as director of the public speaking course. He attended the Calderwood Institute during the summer of 2006 to focus on the teaching of writing. Most recently he attended the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAUP) 2007 Greater Expectations Institute: Campus Leadership for Student Engagement, Inclusion, and Achievement. While at the Institute he worked with a team from Keene State College to develop a plan for the Center for Integrative Teaching and Learning. The Center will focus on instructional development for faculty as well as student learning. Professor Malcolm was also a Wye Faculty Fellow in summer 2007 at the Aspen Institute. Along with other fellows he explored classic and contemporary texts dealing with the citizenship. Malcolm is currently co-chair of the Keene State College Citizenship Symposium scheduled for November 6-9, 2007. This event will bring speakers from across the country to KSC to talk with students, faculty, staff, and the Keene community about what it means to be a citizen of our republic. Malcolm’s research focuses on African-American rhetoric. In 2005 he received the Arthur P. Bochner Award in recognition of outstanding achievement in doctoral studies while completing his dissertation at the University of South Florida. His upcoming book One More River to Cross: The Therapeutic Rhetoric of Race in the Post-Civil Rights Era will be published with University Press of America in early 2008.  Dr. Jo Beth Mullens Dr. Jo Beth Mullens Office:Science Center 277 Phone: 603-358-2547 Jo Beth Mullens has a Ph.D. in Geosciences from Oregon State University with a specialization in water resources. Since joining the Keene State College faculty in 1995, Jo Beth has taught numerous courses in both the Geography and Environmental Studies departments. These include introductory and capstone courses, global water resources and environmental assessment. She has focused her research on various physical and political aspects of rivers. Projects have included an erosion inventory along the Connecticut River, a water quality public perception study, and an assessment of policies promoting removal of dams in New England. Dr. Mullens also traveled to and studied environmental impacts associated with China's Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in 1999. Dr. Mullens was selected as a Fulbright Senior Scholar to the Czech Republic in 2002. After teaching in the Department of Environmental Humanities at Masaryk University in Brno, CZ for a semester, she along with another KSC faculty member established a summer field program in Central Europe for KSC students. Committed to offering students opportunities to study and travel abroad, Jo Beth has developed and co-led several international field courses including one in Ecuador during the spring of 2007. As part of the campus and Keene communities for over a decade, Jo Beth has been involved with numerous organizations and events promoting environmental conservation. She has worked to incorporate these experiences into her classroom and in 2006 she was selected to receive the KSC Distinguished Teaching Award. Dr. Kristen Porter-Utley
E-mail:kporterutley@keene.edu
 Dr. Kristen Porter-Utley Professor Porter-Utley has a Ph.D. in botany, with a specialization in evolution. She also possesses a Master’s degree in botany, with a specialization in ethnobotany (the study of the interrelationships between plants and people). As part of her botanical research, she has traveled in Jamaica, Haiti, and Mexico. Prof. Porter-Utley has taught numerous undergraduate courses in biology including Biology 101: Plants and Human Affairs; Biology 151: Life Diversity Lecture; Biology 152: Life Diversity Laboratory; Biology 365: Plant Evolution; Biology 490: Plant Biology. Dr. Porter-Utley also attended the Calderwood Institute during the summer of 2005 and has continually worked with the instructors of the Institute and the Center for Writing to help her students improve the quality of their writing. She has published one new species description and is in the process of describing another new species, completing a treatment for the Flora Illustrada de la Peninsula de Yucatán Mexicana, and finishing a taxonomic monograph on a group of plants in the passionflower family. Prof. Porter-Utley manages the Science Center's Herbarium, a collection of dried plants collected throughout New Hampshire. She also receives plant samples sent from various institutions to help with the classification process. Professor Porter-Utley enjoys working with undergraduate students in the lab and field on research relating to plant taxonomy and evolution. |
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