HUHC’s First Year Cluster: Culture & Expression (C&E)

(4-8 credits on load / 19 students per section)

C&E is a unique opportunity for Hofstra’s full time faculty to engage one another in extended conversations about the intellectual issues that occupy our academic and pedagogical imaginations.  Designed to introduce HUHC’s first year students to texts, topics, ideas, and issues central to the ancient (Fall) or modern (Spring) periods, these courses are staffed by teams of up to 14 faculty with background or training in the humanities and social sciences.  Throughout the semester we model the kind of intellectual engagement we hope to inspire in our students by public presentations, small group discussions, and an ongoing conversation (over food and drink) amongst ourselves.

Team members assemble a semester’s list of readings and other objects of study.  Each faculty member leads either one or two discussion sections of 20 students.  Faculty working in any liberal arts field, period, methodology or geographic area are welcome.  C&E meets in the TR 11:10-12:35 and 12:45-2:10 time slots.

Current Hofstra Faculty who have taught in C&E since 2001

Iska Alter                      English
Johan Ahr                     History
Maria Anastasio            RLL
Amy Baehr                    Philosophy
Brett Bennington           Geology
Cynthia Bogard             Sociology
Dana Brand                   English
John Bryant                  English
Guillermo Caliendo        Spch, Rhet, Perf.
Stephanie Cobb           Religion
Brian Cox                      Psychology
Chandler Carter             Music
Antonio Cao                  RLL
Sally Charnow               History
Paul Christensen           Economics
Timothy Daniels            Anthropology
Tony Dardis                  Philosophy
Ethan DeSeife               Radio/TV/Film
Michael D’Innocenzo      History
Neil H. Donahue            CLL
Simon Doubleday        History
Eduardo Duarte             Education
Carolyn Dudek              Political Science
Christopher Eliot           Philosophy
Laurie Fendrich              Fine Arts
Jennifer Ferris               CLL
Irene Fizer                     English
Donna Freitas               Religion
Warren Frisina               Religion
Terry Godlove               Philosophy
David Green                  Political Science
George Greaney           CLL
Scott Harshbarger        English
Deitmar Heidemann       Philosophy
Harold Hastings            Physics
Amy Karofsky               Philosophy
Lauren Kozol                 WSC
John Krapp                   CLL
Robert Leonard             CLL
Barbara Lekatsas           CLL
Andrea Libresco            Curric. & Teaching
Nectarios Limnatis         Philosophy
Vicente Lledo-Guillem    RLL
Linda Longmire             Political Science
Susan Lorsch                English
Ilaria Marchesi               CLL
Maureen Murphy            Teach, Lit. & Lead.
Alexander Naymark      Art History
David Pecan                 English
David Powell                 RLL
John Pulis                     Anthropology
Stanley Pugliese          History
Hussein Rashid             Religion
Daniel Rubey                Library
J. Stephen Russell       English
Craig Rustici                 English
Gail Schwab                  RLL
Harold Skulsky              Philosophy
Adam Sills                    English
Ira Singer                      Philosophy
Rebecca Slitt                History
Steve Smith                  CLL
Matthew Sobnosky        Spch, Rhet, Perf.
Robert Sulcer                English
Kanatsu Takashi            Political Science
Benjamin Talton             History
Sarah Torpey                English
John Teehan                 Religion
MaryAnn Trasciati          Spch, Rhet, Perf.
Patricia Welch               CLL
Stavros Valenti              Psychology
Dan Varisco                  Anthropology
Kathleen Wallace           Philosophy
Zuyan Zhou                   CLL