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Dr. Carol Coburn received her Ph.D. from the University of Kansas in 1988 where she worked as a Research Assistant and Teaching Assistant in the History Department and as teaching faculty in the Women’s Studies Department. Coming to Avila University in 1989, she has taught courses in education, history, psychology, religious studies and women’s studies. Currently, she teaches American Religious History, Women, Religion and Community in the U.S., Peace Studies, and the 3Rs: Race, Religion and Reform in American Education. She also directs the Study Abroad Program for Avila. Dr. Coburn has published
two books, Life at Four Corners: Religion, Gender and Education
in a German Lutheran Community, 1868-1945 and Spirited
Lives: How Nuns Shaped Catholic Culture and American Life, 1836-1920
(co-authored with Martha Smith). She has made numerous scholarly
presentations at national and international conferences in history
and religious studies. Besides publishing numerous articles in professional
journals, she has served as a consultant on a variety of book and
film projects concerning Catholic sisters in the United States and
Ireland.
Dr. Ken Parsons joined the department in Fall 2008 from his previous teaching positions at Central Michigan University (2007-08) and SUNY-Monroe Community College in Rochester, NY (2005-07). He received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Michigan State University in May 2004. Currently his research focuses upon conceptions of violence and power within early Critical Theory and late post-structuralist discourses. He currently teaches courses within the areas of Value Theory (Social-Political Philosophy, Ethics, Bioethics), Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Technology and co-teaches interdisciplinary courses which integrate Philosophy and other academic perspectives/methodologies (Biology, Music and History). Recently he has presented his research in South Korea, Hungary, Canada, and recently in Rome, Italy at the 3rd annual conference on Critical Theory. This spring he is co-teaching a course on Violence with Professor Myers (history), where the two will take students to Berlin, Germany for Spring Break to visit Holocaust-related sites. Parsons' Curriculum Vitae
Fall 2009 - On Leave |
Carol K. Coburn
Ken A. Parsons