Manhattan College Philosophy Professor Authors New Book on Parenting

Dr. Seamus Carey, professor and chair of the philosophy department, is the author of the new book Growing Up with Your Children: 7 Turning Points in the Lives of Parents. To read a short excerpt from the book, click Here. Carey is also the author of The Faithful Parent: Discovering the Spirit of Purposeful Parenting (2007) and The Whole Child: Restoring Wonder to the Art of Parenting (2003).

 

Faculty and Staff Accomplishments

Dr. Pamela Chasek, assistant professor of government and director of the international studies program, was honored with a Washington Semester Program Special Recognition Award at American University on Nov. 6. In the citation, Chasek was acknowledged as a renowned scholar of international environmental policy, multilateral diplomacy, and international organizations. It was Chasek’s initiative that led to Manhattan College becoming affiliated with the Washington Semester Program in spring 2002.

Dr. Zella Moore, assistant professor of psychology, presented 15 separate peer-reviewed presentations at the annual national convention of the Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies in November. They examined a variety of clinical constructs, including clinical anger and its behavioral manifestations; emotion regulation and eating pathology; attachment styles and negative affect; educational issues in clinical psychology; the psychological treatment of court mandated violent offenders; and mindfulness processes. Seven current and former Manhattan College psychology majors were co-authors of six of the 15 presentations.

Dr. Robert Geraci, assistant professor of religious studies, recently presented two papers: “Between Evangelism and Education: Transhumanist Religion in Pop Science and Science Fiction” at the annual meeting for the American Academy of Religion in Montreal, Canada, on Nov. 8; and “Evolution and the Politics of Religious Practice” at the College of Mount Saint Vincent panel celebrating the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species on Nov. 19.

For more faculty and staff accomplishments, click Here.

 

Welcome New Employees

Manhattan College welcomed two new employees in November: Jennifer Rivera (assistant athletic trainer) and Sara Wall (area coordinator/residence life). For a full list of recent new employees, click Here.

 

Manhattan College Milestones

Congratulations to Sean Driscoll (athletics) and Christopher Sackman (mailroom), who celebrate their five-year service anniversaries with Manhattan College in December. For a complete list of recent anniversaries, click Here.