Penn State Harrisburg Faculty Details
Education
- Ph.D., American Studies and Folklore [concurrent majors], Indiana University, Bloomington, February 1981
- M.A., American Folk Culture, Cooperstown Graduate Programs of the State University of New York, April 1977
- B.A. (Honors Program in Humanities), History and Political Science, State University of New York at Binghamton, May 1974
College News
Obama Administration gets "Six–Month Checkup" Nov. 4
A local consultant physician and surgeon will join three Penn State Harrisburg faculty experts to give a public “Six-Month Checkup of the Obama Administration” at noon Wednesday, Nov. 4.
The presentation in the Gallery Lounge of the Olmsted Building on campus is free and open to the public. For information, phone 717-948-6315.
Learning Center program earns recertification
Penn State Harrisburg’s Learning Center peer tutor training program has earned a five-year recertification from the College Reading and Learning Association. With this certification, Penn State Harrisburg remains one of only seven certified colleges in the capital region.
The certification provides recognition and positive reinforcement for the tutors’ successful work and sets a standard of skills and training for tutors.
Research to investigate victimization in Latino community
A Penn State Harrisburg faculty member has been awarded a $680,000 federal grant to help eliminate a research gap profiling victimization in the Latino community.
Assistant Professor of Social Science Chiara Sabina received the two-year grant from the National Institute of Justice to focus on the national level of dating violence and victimization among Latino adolescents which she a terms “mush more understudied” group than others in that community.