Student & Alumni News

Graduating Majors, May 2011

Darius Callier; Zachary Gould; Sebastian Malavenda; Donasia Tillery (departmental honors in philosophy)

Graduating Minors, May 2011

Casey Eldemire, Anne Field, Kylie Ford, Sean Killeen, Sheng-Hsiu Lin, James Podrazky, Neal Sankhla, Elizabeth Upton

Senior Theses

  • Darius Callier (B.A., Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2011). “Discerning Duties: Investigating the Moral Responsibilities to Resist State-Sponsored Oppression,” May 2011. Advisor: Professor Robin Dillon.
  • Sebastian Malavenda (B.A., Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2011). “Kant’s Theory of Punishment,” May 2011. Advisor: Professor Aladdin Yaqub.
    • Donasia Tillery (B.A., Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2011). “Actualizing the Female Gaze: (Self) Representations of the Female Body in Feminist Art,” Honors Status, May 2011. Advisor: Professor Robin Dillon.
  • Anthony Ferrizzi (B.A., Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2010). “Critiquing Continuity,” Honors Status. May 2010. Advisor: Professor Gordon Bearn.
  • Alexander Haitos (B.A., Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2010). “Making Novelty Count,” Honors Status, May 2010. Advisor: Professor Gordon Bearn.
  • Anthony Lee (B.A., Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2010; B.A., History, Lehigh University, 2010). “Suicide: A Philosophical Reflection,” Honors Status, May 2010. Advisor: Professor Robin Dillon.
  • Deborah Streahle (B.A., Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2010). “Confronting Habit,” Honors Status, May 2010. Advisor: Professor Gordon Bearn.
  • Courtney Jackson (B.A., Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2008; B.A., History, Lehigh University, 2009). “Discourse on Friendship,” Honors Status, May 2008. Advisor: Professor Roslyn Weiss.

Graduate Admission

Anthony Ferrizzi: M.A. program in philosophy, New School for Social Research, 2011; M.A. program in philosophy, Boston College, 2011; M.A. program in philosophy, SUNY at Stonybrook, 2011.

Anthony Ferrizzi will attend Boston University.

Alexander Haitos: Ph.D. program in philosophy, Texas A&M University, 2011 (six-year teaching assistantship); M.A. program in philosophy, University of Chicago, 2011 (tuition waiver); M.A. program in philosophy, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, 2011 (tuition waiver); M.A. program in philosophy, K.U. Leuven, Belgium, 2011; M.A. program in philosophy, Claremont Graduate University, 2011 (tuition waiver); M.A. program in philosophy, University of Toledo, 2011 (teaching assistantship).

Alexander Haitos will attend Texas A&M University.

Carolyn Laubender (B.A., Gender Theory and Literature, minor in Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2010): Ph.D. program in literature, Duke University, 2011.

Carolyn Laubender is attending Duke University.

Anthony Lee: J.D program, Seton Hall University School of Law, 2011; J.D. program, St. John’s University School of Law, 2011; J.D. program, New York Law School, 2011 (merit scholarship and a faculty-scholar distinction).

Anthony Lee will attend New York Law School.

Neal Sankhla (B.A., Premedical Sciences, double minor in Philosophy and Religion Studies, Lehigh University, 2011): M.D. program. Drexel University College of Medicine, 2011.

Neal Sankhla will attend Drexel University.

Erin Seeba (B.A., International Relations, Lehigh University, 2007): M.A. program in philosophy, Boston University, 2011; M.A. program in philosophy, Boston College, 2011; M.A. program in philosophy, 2011; M.A. program in philosophy, University of Memphis, 2011.

Erin Seeba will attend Boston University.


Publications

Alexander Haitos

  • “Possibility, Novelty, and Creativity,” Stance 3 (2010): 9-16.
  • “Possibility, Novelty, and Creativity,” (Pacific University version), Res Cogitans 1 (2010).
  • With Deborah Streahle, “Metaphors and Science,” Lehigh Review 18 (2010): 9-13.

Carolyn Laubender

  • “Loving Self-Reflection: Paradigms of Narcissism in Woman in White,” Lehigh Review (2010).
  • “The Slippage of Discontinous Bodies,” Amaranth: Journal of Creative Writing (2010).
  • “A Family Tree: Nietzsche’s Genealogy in Foucault,” Lehigh Review (2009).
  • “The Baser Urge: Homosexual Desire in The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,” Lehigh Review (2009).
  • “Practically Feminine Writing,” Origyns: Reclaiming Our Feminist Voices (2009).

Deborah Streahle

  • “Visual Surrealism,” Lehigh Review 19 (2010): 22-28.
  • “Fem-nomenology,” Lehigh Review 18 (2010): 44-50.
  • With Alexander Haitos, “Metaphors and Science,” Lehigh Review 18 (2010): 9-13.
  • “Queering Marriage,” Lehigh Review 17 (2009).

Presentations

Alexander Haitos

  • “Possibility, Novelty, and Creativity,” Greater Philadelphia Area Philosophy Consortium and The College of New Jersey Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, February 2010.
  • “Chisholm and Identity Through Time: Identity Slipping Through the Cracks,” Moravian College Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, March 2010.
  • “Possibility, Novelty, and Creativity,” Pacific University Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Forest Grove, April 2010.

Carolyn Laubender

  • “Scripting Desires: Mad Men, Women’s Culture and the Intimate Public,” Lehigh University Feminism and Practice Con-ference, November 2010.
  • “Practically Feminine Writing,” Lehigh Valley Association of Independent Colleges (LVAIC) Women’s Studies Conference, March 2009.

Anthony Lee

  • “Language and Sensation,” Moravian College Lehigh Valley Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, March 2010.
  • “Language and Sensation,” The College of New Jersey/Greater Philadelphia Philosophy Consortium Undergraduate Philosophy Conference, Ewing, February 2010.

Deborah Streahle

  • “Confronting Habit,” Lehigh Academic Symposium, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, March 2011.
  • “Confronting Habit,” Lehigh Undergraduate Research Symposium, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, March 2011.
  • With Gregory Skutches, Ana Alexandrescu, Allison Prosswimmer, and Amanda Midkiff, “Peer-Tutoring Network: The Technology, Research, and Communication (TRAC) Writing Fellows Program at Lehigh University,” University of Connecticut Conference on the Teaching of Writing, Storrs, March 2011.
  • With Gisella Gisolo and Tina Richardson, “Enhancing Institutional Global Practices: Global Citizenship Programming, High Impact Learning Abroad and Assessment Rubrics,” Association of International Education Administrators, San Francisco, February 2011.
  • With Gisella Gisolo, Tina Richardson, and Wes Atkinson, “Global Citizenship Programming, High Impact Learning Abroad and the Use of VALUE Rubrics,” Association of American Colleges and Universities, San Francisco, January 2011.

Awards

Anthony Ferrizze

  • Williams Writing Prize in Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2010.

Alexander Haitos

  • Second place in the International Process Network’s Young Scholar Essay Contest, 2011
  • Presidential Scholarship, Lehigh University, 2010/11.
  • Thomas M. Haynes Prize for the Best Philosophy Essay, Lehigh University, 2010.
  • Williams Writing Prize in Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2011.

Courtney Jackson

  • Presidential Scholarship, Lehigh University, 2008/09.

Carolyn Laubender

  • Wilbur Scholarship, Lehigh University, 2009–2010.
  • Williams Writing Prize for the Lehigh Review, Lehigh University, 2009.
  • Williams Writing Prize for Freshman Composition, Lehigh University, 2009.

Deborah Streahle

  • Presidential Scholarship, Lehigh University, 2010/11.
  • Williams Writing Prize in Art History, Lehigh University, 2011.
  • Humanities Center Travel Fund Grant, Lehigh University, 2011.
  • Lehigh Review Williams Prize, Lehigh University, 2009, 2010, and 2011.
  • Williams Writing Prize in Philosophy, Lehigh University, 2010.
  • Williams Writing Prize in Creative Non-Fiction, Lehigh University, 2009.

Relevant Experiences

Anthony Ferrizzi

  • Grader, Symbolic Logic, Lehigh University, Spring 2008, 2009, 2011.
  • Grader, The Examined Life: An Introduction to Philosophy, Lehigh University, Spring 2008–Spring 2009.

Alexander Haitos

  • Cataloger, Moravian Church Archives, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, May 2010–July 2011.
  • Participant, International Summer School in Process Philosophy, Katowice, Poland, August 2010.
  • External Reviewer for Stance, Spring 2010.
  • Volunteer, International Conference on Critical Theory, Rome, May 2009.
  • Teaching Apprentice, Symbolic Logic, Lehigh University, Fall 2009.
  • Teaching Apprentice, Philosophy of Religion, Lehigh University, Fall 2008.

Courtney Jackson

  • Instructor of Humanities, The Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey, 2011–Present.
  • Dorm Supervisor, The Peddie School, Hightstown, New Jersey, 2011–Present.
  • Teaching Fellow, Humanities Department, St. Paul’s School, Concord, New Hampshire, 2009–2011.
  • Technology, Research, and Communication (TRAC) Writing Fellow, Lehigh University, 2008/09.

Carolyn Laubender

  • Research Assistant and Special Projects Coordinator for the Writing to Improve Learning at Lehigh Program, Lehigh University, 2010–present.
  • Research Assistant, English Department, Professor Rosemary J. Mundhenk, 2009–2010.
  • Technology, Research, and Communication (TRAC) Writing Fellow, Lehigh University, 2008–2010.
  • Assistant, The Humanities Center, Lehigh University, 2008–2010.
  • Grader, The Examine Life, Lehigh University, Fall 2009.

Deborah Streahle

  • Program Specialist, Lehigh University Global Citizenship Program, 2010/11.
  • Technology, Research, and Communication (TRAC) Writing Fellow, Lehigh University, 2010/11.
  • Participant, International Summer School in Process Philosophy, Katowice, Poland, August 2010.
  • Visiting Student, University of Oxford, St. Catherine’s College, January–July 2009.
  • Volunteer, International Conference on Critical Theory, Rome, May 2009.