Dr' Peter Amato

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Dr. Peter Amato

• Recent conference papers
• (Accepted) Being Toward History Marxs on
  History and Value for the Radical Philosophy
  Association at the American Philosophical
  Association Pacific Division Conference in March,
  2008. Dr. Amato will also be chairing this event.

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• Current Research
• Working on a paper entitled Politics and the
  Beautiful Philosophical Hermeneutics and Radical
  Philosophy for the Philosophical Hermeneutics and
  Radical Philosophy considering Gadamers The
  Relevance of the Beautiful for the 2008 Radical
  Philosophy Conference which is themed, Art,
  Praxis, and Social Transformation.
• Recent Research
• Book Chapters
• Crisis, Terror, Tyranny On the
  Anti-Democratic Logic of Empire, Chapter 6 in
  Philosophical Perspectives on the 'War on
  Terrorism,' edited by Gail Presbey, Rodopi, 2007,
  pp. 113-127
• Marxist Critique and Philosophical Hermeneutics
  Outlines of a Hermeneutical-Historical
  Materialism," Chapter 13 in Radical Philosophy
  Today, Volume 4 Philosophy Against Empire,
  edited by Tony Smith and Harry van der Linden,
  Philosophy Documentation Center, 2006

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• Book Chapters, contd
• A Spheres Progress Flatland as a
  Social-Ethical Space, Chapter 15 in Space And
  Time In Management And Social Analysis Emerging
  Concepts and Working Models, edited by Edward
  Róger Churnside, Universidad de Costa Rica,
  Centro de Investigación y Capacitatión en
  Administración Pública, 2004

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• Refereed Articles
• Language, Reflection and the Dimensions of
  Conduct, Human Nature Review
• Hobbes, Darwinism, and Conceptions of Human
  Nature, Minerva - An Internet Journal of
  Philosophy
• Habermas's 'Other' Legitimation Crisis
  Ethical-Philosophical Considerations, Radical
  Philosophy Review

Radical Philosophy Review, a biannual journal of
the Radical Philosophy
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Professor Kenneth Bingham

• Currently runs four theatre companies in and
  around the Philadelphia area, the Premier
  Philadelphia Theatre being Theatre Exile
• Last year, they put on five main stage
  productions, got themselves nominated for seven
  Barrymores (more than any other theater save for
  the Arden and Wilma), and received half a million
  in grant monies. Theyve been called the Go to
  company for fierce, sexy theater, by the
  Philadelphia Inquirer, and the cultural theater
  that should be made obligatory to any young
  person in the city, by the City Paper.

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• South Camden Theatre Company may be his smallest
  theater, but it makes the greatest impact and he
  believes it provides the greatest service. Its
  been featured on CNN and Comcast, as well as
  being written up in papers from Philly, to NYC,
  to Dublin. He cannot claim to be the lifeforce
  behind this theater, although he does serve as
  president.
• He also runs a reading series at local
  bookstores, which features talents from faculty,
  staff, and study body. In addition to this, last
  year he sponsored several photography exhibits, a
  student play and a short feature film that
  featured Drexel talent.

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• Over the next year, Ken hopes to bring theater
  from Europe and Japan to Philadelphia to tag
  along with the Fringe Theater success. He has
  already developed relationships with many of the
  companies hell be working with overseas, and
  have only to find a University that will be
  willing to engage their stage for the
  productions.
• Books
• Not the Way I Planned It, a mystery fiction
• Too Many Hamlets, a study of the many different
  plays and players who have adapted and adopted
  the character and play
• Christmas Around the World, which explores the
  traditions and celebrations of the holiday across
  the planet
• Currently concluding a trilogy, entitled The
  Nights of Many Faces

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• Books, contd
• Working on a series of novels that are based on
  Shakespeares plays
• Together with John Lumia, and thanks to a grant
  from Comcast, hes creating on a ten-part drama
  series which should air next Fall
• Constructing a Choose Your Own Adventure book
  that will take a Creative Writing student through
  the perils, pratfalls and successes of a writer,
  taking them on a course from draft to publication
• Has discussed working with Dick Rosen on a book
  about baseball
• Theatre Experience
• Wrote, acted in, produced, and/or directed a
  number of plays and performances, including Whos
  Tending the Fire? small unimportant things Over
  the EDGE Comedy No Redeeming Value Wack Pack
  The Carousel Man Over the EDGE Christmas
  Brains Scrooge The Next Generation Modern
  Seven Deadly Sins The Pit Looking for my Father

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Professor Albert DiBartolomeo

• Publications
• "Vanished,"  an article, in Reader's Digest, 9/07
• "Hammering Home a Point," personal essay,
  Philadelphia Inquirer, 7/12/07
• "Uncle Vito's Spokeshave," personal essay,
  American Woodworker, 7/07
• "Into the Fire," a novel excerpt, Peregrine,
  Spring '07

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• Professor DiBartolomeo is also the
  Editor-in-Chief of ASK (the Journal of the
  College of Arts and Sciences), and was the
  Editor-in-Chief of the DOJ (the Drexel Online
  Journal)

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Dr. Diane Downs

• Research in Progress
• Currently cataloging a cache of World War II
  letters exchanged between a husband a wife. The
  initial exchange of letters in the forties
  illustrate the widening cultural gap between the
  life style and values of a mid-western American
  small town and the outward looking international
  concerns of a woman who lived to breathe and work
  in an international political setting. Dr. Downs
  envisions a text that illustrates the conflict
  through selected portions of the letters
  supplemented by her own analysis. There are
  hundreds of these carefully dated letters. They
  require cataloguing and duplication before she
  can go much further with the project.

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Dr. Donald Riggs

• Current Research
• The Development of cyberspace in the fiction of
  William Gibson. (Article requested by Loren
  Means, editor of YLEM Journal Artists Using
  Science and Technology leading up to a review of
  Gibsons most recent novel, Spook Country.)
• Postmodern Neoprimitivism Metamorphosis and
  Horror Vacui in Count Zero in The Cultural
  Influences of William Gibson, the "Father" of
  Cyberpunk Science Fiction Critical and
  Interpretive Essays. Carol McGuirk and Carl
  Yoke, eds. Mellen Press 2007. Announcement of
  publication http//www.mellenpress.com/mellenpre
  ss.cfm?bookid7178pc9

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• Recent Publications
• Therapy and Back Again Growing Whole with
  Tolkiens The Hobbit in Considering Fantasy
  Aspects of Fantasy in Literature and Film, ed.
  Justyna Deszcz-Tryhubczak and Marek Oziewicz.
• Review of Reading The Lord of the Rings New
  Writings on Tolkiens Classic, ed. Robert
  Eaglestone (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts)

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• Recent Publications, contd
• My Life in Poetry (regular column in ASK/Arts
  Sciences Knowledge).
• Dreamfeeder (article) in YLEM Journal Artists
  Using Science and Technology
• Review of Chaos Theory, Asimovs Foundations and
  Robots, and Herberts Dune The Fractal
  Aesthetic of Epic Science Fiction by Donald E.
  Palumbo (Journal of the Fantastic in the Arts)
• Edited and contributed to Steptoe, Lamont B. A
  Long Movie of Shadows Poems by and Texts about
  Lamont B. Steptoe. Winner of the American Book
  Award, September, 2005.

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• Recent Publications, contd
• On Poetry a monthly column in the Drexel
  Online Journal www.drexel.edu/doj January
  2001-2005 (titled Lazy Dog starting January,
  2003).
• "Utopia's Timing  Saturn, Jupiter and
  Michelangelo's David" (Journal of the Fantastic
  in the Arts)

• "Astrology and Thematic Structure in the AEgypt
  novels of John Crowley" in Snake's-Hands  The
  Fiction of John Crowley.

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Professor Scott Stein

• Recent publications and press
• Mean Martin Manning -- a novel. February, 2007.
  Reviewed in such publications as the Philadelphia
  Inquirer and the Philadelphia City Paper, and
  named a 2007 Summer Book Pick by Liberty
  magazine.The blogging promotional campaign he
  developed for Mean Martin Manning was the subject
  of an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer and
  noted by many literary blogs in England and the
  United States.

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• Recent publications and press, contd
• Interviewed/profiled in the November 2007 print
  edition of Reason magazine
• Interviewed for the literary blog, The
  Bibliothecary
• His essay, The Failed Playwright of Virginia
  Tech, was the lead cover story of the July 2007
  issue of Liberty magazine

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• Recent publications and press, contd
• His book review of The Age of Abundance, Cogent,
  coherent examination of U.S. culture now, was
  published in the Philadelphia Inquirer on July 8,
  2007.
• His essay, Losing My Religion Over Handy
  Manny was featured in the April 2007 issue of
  Liberty magazine.
• His satirical short story, Zero Tolerance, was
  published in the August 2005 issue of Liberty
  magazine
• His blog is regularly cited by major lit-blogs.
  It has also been cited by Reason magazines
  popular blog, Hit and Run.
• In 2005, the book Drexel University Off the
  Record, the unauthorized guide for prospective
  students, named his writing humor and comedy
  course one of the ten best things about Drexel.

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Professor Kathleen Volk Miller

• Kathleen Volk Miller joined the Department of
  English and Philosophy in Fall of 2005, bringing
  with her Painted Bride Quarterly (PBQ) , one of
  the countrys most prestigious and longest
  running literary magazines. In 05, she
  developed a course in order for Drexel students
  to learn all aspects of both online and print
  publishing. PBQ benefits from the energy of the
  students the University gains cultural cache and
  exposure by housing the magazine.

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• In her two years at the University, Kathleen has
• Held two high-profile events featuring
  much-respected guest artists in both the
  literature and music industries, including
  novelist Rick Moody, former Rolling Stone editor
  Anthony DeCurtis, and grammy-award winning
  Roseanne Cash. CoAS has decided to make this
  annual event blending literature and music their
  signature event.
• Represented PBQ, CoAS, and the University at
  regional and national bookfairs and conferences,
  including
• Associated Writing Programs Conference (Austin,
  06 Atlanta, 07)
• Philadelphia Free Library Book Festival
• Brooklyn Bookfair
• Geraldine Dodge Poetry Festival
• Collingswood Book Festival
• 2-1-5 Festival (Philadelphia)
• New Jersey Arts Letters
• Conferences Connections (Writers Center,
  Baltimore, MD)

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• Kathleen has also
• Spoken at conferences in Austin, Texas
  Baltimore, MD, and Philadelphia.
• Been published in The Philadelphia Inquirer and
  The Smart Set.
• Painted Bride Quarterly received one grant this
  year, from the 5-County Arts Fund for 1250

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Nicole Kline, Department Secretary

• Review of band Architecture in Helsinki in the
  Arts Entertainment section of campusphilly.org
• Several articles published at the Drexel Online
  Journal
• Narcissim, an essay
• Movie reviews of Lara Croft Tomb Raider The
  Cradle of Life, Taking Lives, Envy, Troy,
  Dodgeball, Anchorman, and The Village
• Book review of Mama Genas Owners and Operators
  Guide to Men
• Poetry published at Hinge Online and Mind Caviar
• Has done extensive copyediting for the Drexel
  Online Journal (as the former Managing Editor) as
  well as for several professors in the Department