Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Details
Vita
Dr. Kearney joined Penn State Harrisburg in 2003 and teaches a variety of writing courses. Her teaching interests focus on computer literacy and writing, although her main area of research involves the effects of writing on emotional and physical healing. Dr. Kearney is currently working on a book which documents the psychological approaches to writing instruction during the Second World War.
Education
- Ph.D., Rhetoric and Writing, Bowling Green State University
- M.A., Rhetoric and Composition, Texas A&M University
- B.A., English, Texas A&M University
Research Areas/Creative Interests
- Writing and healing
- Rogerian rhetoric
- Visual rhetoric and computer literacy
Professional Affiliations
- Modern Language Association
- National Council of Teachers of English
Course offerings include
- ENGL 015 Rhetoric and Composition
- ENGL 202C Technical Writing
- ENGL 202A Writing in the Social Sciences
- ENGL 250 Peer Tutoring in Writing
- ENGL 420 Writing for the Web
- ENGL 503 Research Methods in Composition
- ENGL 553 Literacy Studies
College News
Art exhibit addresses the Holocaust
A unique and powerful art exhibit addressing the Holocaust by acclaimed Israeli artist Ardyn Halter will be on public display in the Schwab Family Holocaust Reading Room of Penn State Harrisburg’s library November 15 through April 15.
Entitled The Family I Never Knew, the prints and paintings “depict the Shoah (Holocaust) from the point of view of the second generation and also those were born after (it),” Halter explains.
Sen. Vance to deliver commencement keynote
State Senator Patricia H. Vance will deliver the keynote address when Penn State Harrisburg confers more than 500 undergraduate and graduate degrees during fall commencement ceremonies Saturday, December 19.
The ceremonies for students who have earned associate, bachelor’s master’s, and doctoral degrees will begin at 9:30 a.m. in the Giant Center, Hershey.
Heard on campus – Franklin and the Junto
Penn State Harrisburg faculty member and Benjamin Franklin scholar George Boudreau terms his recent discovery of a long-lost poem written in 1732 as “one of the greatest finds of my career.”
An associate professor of humanities and history, Boudreau’s research interests focus on Franklin and his philosophical organization called the Junto and the role it played in the cultural transformation of Philadelphia in the 1700s. Boudreau recently related his research findings during a Gallery Lounge presentation hosted by the offices of Academic Affairs and Research and Graduate Studies.