Otterbein College Integrative Studies Program

Faculty

Faculty for the Integrative Studies Program originate from various academic departments across campus. Though not comprehensive, the following is a list of faculty who frequently teach IS courses.

Thomas Ahrens Assistant Director of Center for International Education and Global Engagement Teaching Area/Interests: World literature and film, issues of multiculturalism in contemporary European culture Office: 172 W. Main, #105 Phone: 614.823.3263 Email: TAhrens@otterbein.edu
Lyle Barkhymer Department of Music Teaching Area/Interests: World music Office: Battelle 204 Phone: 614.823.1210 Email: LBarkhymer@otterbein.edu
Sarah Bouchard Department of Life & Earth Sciences Teaching Area/Interests: Vertebrate ecology and physiology Office: Science Building 124 Phone: 614.823.1119 Email: SBouchard@otterbein.edu
Norman Chaney Department of English Teaching Area/Interests: Early English literature, Shakespeare, the history and practice of rhetoric, linguistics, classical Christian and Arthurian mythology, philosophy, and environmental literature Office: Towers Hall 233 Phone: 614.823.1560 Email: NChaney@otterbein.edu
Allan Cooper Department of History & Political Science Teaching Area/Interests: International politics Office: Towers Hall 236 Phone: 614.823.1411 Email: ACooper@otterbein.edu
Beth Daugherty Department of English Teaching Area/Interests: Virginia Woolf, the essay as a literary genre, modernism, women's literature, and detective fiction Office: Towers Hall 226 Phone: 614.823.1659 Email: BDaugherty@otterbein.edu
Tim Davis Department of Religion & Philosophy Teaching Area/Interests: History of Christianity, study of religion, specializing in Medieval Monasticism and Cistercian tradition Email: TDavis@otterbein.edu
Paul Eisenstein Department of English, Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences Teaching Area/Interests: Literary and critical theory, literature since 1945, Holocaust literature, and film studies Office: Towers Hall 333 Phone: 614.823.1609 Email: PEisenstein@otterbein.edu
Sarah Fatherly Department of History & Political Science, Chair of IS Program Teaching Area/Interests: Early American history, women's history Office: Towers Hall 219 Phone: 614.823.1435 Email: SFatherly@otterbein.edu
Jim Gorman Department of English Teaching Area/Interests: Creative writing, the short story, stories that have been made into successful films Office: Towers Hall 225 Phone: 614.823.1133 Email: JGorman@otterbein.edu
Jeanne Griggs Integrative Studies Program Teaching Area/Interests: Poetry writing, dramatic interpretation, rhetoric, satire, and the use of irony Email: JGriggs@otterbein.edu
Michael Haberkorn Department of Music Teaching Area/Interests: American music Office: Battelle 244 Phone: 614.823.1408 Email: MHaberkorn@otterbein.edu
Gary Jackson Department of Life & Earth Sciences Teaching Area/Interests: Wetlands and ecological restoration Office: Science Building 121 Phone: 614.823.1122 Email: GJackson1@otterbein.edu
Glenna Jackson Department of Religion & Philosophy Teaching Area/Interests: 1st century Judaism and Christianity Office: Towers Hall 321 Phone: 614.823.1561 Email: GJackson@otterbein.edu
Amy Jessen-Marshall Associate VP for Academic Affairs, Dean of College Programs Teaching Area/Interests: Science literacy, bacterial membrane transport proteins, bioremediation, and extremophiles Office: Roush Hall 316 Phone: 614.823.3395 Email: AJessen-Marshall@otterbein.edu
Dean Johnston Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Teaching Area/Interests: Molecular clusters, nanoscience, and the visualization of chemical structures Office: Science Building 325 Phone: 614.823.1489 Email: DJohnston@otterbein.edu
Margaret Koehler Department of English Teaching Area/Interests: 18th century British poetry as well as a broader interest in poetry Office: Towers Hall 224 Phone: 614.823.1224 Email: MKoehler@otterbein.edu
Robert Kraft Department of Psychology Teaching Area/Interests: Cognitive psychology Office: Psychology House 203 Phone: 614.823.1473 Email: RKraft@otterbein.edu
Shannon Lakanen Department of English Teaching Area/Interests: Non-fiction writing, poetry writing, and 20th century American literature Office: Towers Hall 228 Phone: 614.823.1211 Email: SLakanen@otterbein.edu
Paul Laughlin Department of Religion & Philosophy Teaching Area/Interests: Comparative religion, American metaphysical religions Office: Towers Hall 322 Phone: 614.823.1510 Email: PLaughlin@otterbein.edu
Emma Perry Loss Department of English Teaching Area/Interests: 20th century American literature with an emphasis on post-WWII literature, Native American literature, poetry writing Phone: 614.823.1218 Email: ELoss@otterbein.edu
Melissa Lusher Department of Theatre & Dance Teaching Area/Interests: Theatre history, speech and dialects Office: Cowan Hall Phone: 614.823.1620 Email: MLusher@otterbein.edu
Andrew Mills Department of Religion & Philosophy Teaching Area/Interests: Philosophy of language, metaphysics, and the pedagogy of philosophy instruction Office: Towers Hall 323 Phone: 614.823.1368 Email: AMills@otterbein.edu
Leslie Ortquist-Ahrens Director of the Center for Teaching & Learning Teaching Area/Interests: German language and literature, international film, and mass culture studies Office: Center for Teaching & Learning, Library Phone: 614.823.1034 Email: LOrtquist-Ahrens@otterbein.edu
Alison Prindle Department of English Teaching Area/Interests: Shakespeare and early modern literature Office: Towers Hall 240 Phone: 614.823.1321 Email: APrindle@otterbein.edu
Allen Reichert Electronic Access Librarian Teaching Area/Interests: History, literature, and poetry pertaining to the arts of Japan Office: Library Phone: 614.823.1164 Email: PReichert@otterbein.edu
Dave Robertson Department of Physics & Astronomy Teaching Area/Interests: Theoretical high energy physics and relativistic quantum field theory Office: Science Building 307 Phone: 614.823.1516 Email: DRobertson@otterbein.edu
Jiten Ruparel Department of Business, Accounting, & Economics Teaching Area/Interests: International business strategy, modern Indian culture and literature Office: Roush Hall 411 Phone: 614.823.1213 Email: JRuparel@otterbein.edu
Amy Kepple Strawser Department of Foreign Language Teaching Area/Interests: German and American poetry, contemporary film, and women's studies Office: Hancock House 202 Phone: 614.823.3171 Email: AStrawser@otterbein.edu