Converse Announces 2024 教师 Tenure and Promotions
大学交流 faculty are well-known for their commitment to teaching, 学术和创造性成就, and steadfast service to Converse students and the community.
大学交流 is dedicated to empowering and celebrating our people, and our 校董会 has awarded promotions to five faculty members.
In recognition of their commitment to teaching, 奖学金, 和服务, the Converse 校董会 is pleased to announce the following faculty members who have been awarded tenure and promotion to the rank of Associate Professor:
- Dr. 李吉文斯 -领导学系
- Dr. 考特尼LeBauer ——皮特里音乐学院
- Dr. 埃文·托马斯。 – Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
- 劳拉·泽斯勒教授 -艺术设计学系 & 信
In recognition of his commitment to teaching, 奖学金, 和服务, the Converse 校董会 is pleased to announce 安德鲁·布兰查德教授 北京大学艺术设计学院 & 信) has been awarded tenure and promotion to the rank of Full Professor.
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安德鲁·布兰查德教授’s print-works on wood and paper have been included in more than one hundred group and solo exhibitions and collected throughout the United States, 在夏威夷, 法国, 保加利亚, 韩国和英国. His work has been published in numerous arts and literary publications, such as 新美国绘画,牛津美国的几个问题 Manifest Press’s International Painting Annual, Ecotone,和 西南审查. His artwork is in the permanent collections of the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans, LA,和 Mississippi Museum of Art in Jackson, MS. He co-owns and curates exhibitions at Levee Contemporary in Princeton, WI, and is represented by Southside Gallery in Oxford, 新奥尔良的MS和LeMieux画廊, LA.
Dr. 李亲密关系 serves the faculty of the Department of Education at Converse. 在万博地址之前, he served the students of Greenville County as a teacher, 教练, 当了28年的管理员. He served as a middle school principal for 11 of those years. Dr. 吉文斯的学术准备包括一个B.S. 在社会研究从城堡,m.m.A. in Educational Administration from Furman University, an Education Specialist in Educational 领导 from The University of South Carolina, 和Ph值.D. in Educational 领导 from The University of South Carolina.
A respected and sought-after recitalist and chamber musician in Europe and America, Dr. LeBauer has performed and taught with Julia Fischer in Vitznau, Switzerland as a part of her Musikferien for young talent, 并在德国各地演出. LeBauer has performed with numerous American and European symphonic and chamber orchestras both as a member of their first violin sections, 也是个独奏家. Dr. LeBauer served as concertmaster of the Orchester der Landesregierung in Düsseldorf, Germany. 教育是他的爱好. LeBauer, and she is proud of the successes of her students, which include going on to masters and doctoral work at major conservatories, 获得研究生奖学金, founding the Chamber Music Society of San Francisco, and earning From-the-Top and Fulbright grants.
M. 埃文·托马斯。 is the current Chair of the Marriage and Family Department and the Program Director for the MMFT Program. Dr. Thomas works with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy (AAMFT) to advocate for the Queer and trans* community. A native of the Georgia Appalachian Mountains, Dr. Thomas’ research focuses on Appalachian mental health and the opioid epidemic occurring in Appalachia. 另外, he focuses on the Queer community and the ethical implications for queer therapists practicing within their community group. Dr. Thomas owns a small private practice in Greenville, and his work focuses on substance use and the Queer community.
劳拉Zeisler is a Board Certified Art Therapist with more than 25 years of clinical mental health experience. She has presented internationally in the field of art therapy and has been nominated for a teaching excellence award. Professor Zeisler’s clinical practice includes a variety of settings, 从医院的创伤科和肿瘤科, 对临终关怀, 学校, 住院治疗中心, 艺术博物馆, 私人执业. Her clinical research includes the somatization of trauma in children and adolescents and inquiries about multicultural narratives through Intersectionality and Mindfulness. 作为治疗师的艺术家, 她用摄影来创造故事墙, 检查生命末期动力学.