Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Katherine Skovira, D.M.A. (she/her) is a nationally recognized contemporary music specialist, educator, researcher, and mezzo-soprano from Philadelphia.Katherine serves as Faculty Fellow in Voice at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY and Co-Artistic Director of SoundLAB contemporary ensemble in Philadelphia.

Guitarist Paul Quigley has performed with the Glens Falls Symphony and as concerto soloist with The University Orchestra at SUNY Albany. Other solo and chamber music performances include Troy Music Hall, the Riverside Church Christ Chapel series, Hunter College, The Spanish Institute, and the Oberwald Concert Series in Basel, Switzerland. Additionally, Paul was a featured performer on the Queen Elizabeth II World Cruise and the Queen Mary II and Crystal Symphony ships.

Anita Greenfield received her doctorate in the field of linguistics with a focus on sociolinguistics and second language acquisition and teacher education. Anita's doctoral research focused on English teacher identity and agency in the spread language ideology. She currently teaches ESL writing and oral communication/pronunciation and is interested in the application of the concept of intelligibility in second language pronunciation teaching.

Jenny Kemp's work has been exhibited in solo exhibitions at Gold/Scopophilia• in Montclair, NJ, Mandeville Gallery in Schenectady, NY, and GridSpace in Brooklyn, NY. Recent group exhibitions include Transmitter in Brooklyn, 5-50 Gallery in Long Island City, and Kenise Barnes in Kent, CT. Featured publications include 100 Painters of Tomorrow published by Thames & Hudson, New American Paintings, The University of Chicago Press, The Huffington Post, Seattle’s City Arts, New York Times, Chronogram, and The New England Review.

Robert Whalen (he/him/his) serves as Lecturer of Music and Conducting at Rensselaer, where he directs the Rensselaer Orchestra, Concert Choir, and Wind Symphony.  Whalen has also led orchestras on the faculties of the University of Chicago as Director of the Chamber Orchestra and Lewis and Clark College as Interim Director of Orchestral Activities.  At the University of Chicago, Whalen launched numerous innovative programs and projects, including an “Explore Classical Music!” alliance with the Berlin Philharmonic, a Graduate Student Composer Fellowship, and the Chamber Orchestra’s fi

My research interests lie in international trade and environmental economics. My current research is on international trade in waste with a focus on its cross-country welfare consequences, the design of an international environmental agreement on waste trade, and the effects of waste trade de-liberalization on firms and cities. I also study the interplay between regulation and international trade.

Alexander Hiland Ph.D is a Senior Lecturer in Communication & Media. After earning his doctorate from the University of Minnesota in 2017 he served as the Assistant Director of Debate at James Madison University and the Director of Forensics (speech and debate) at Texas Tech University. Dr. Hiland comes to RPI with 14 years of experience coaching students in competitive public speaking events and 11 years of teaching at the collegiate level. In the 2022-2023 Academic Year Dr. Hiland will be teaching Public Speaking and Communication Theory & Practice.

I am an empirical micro-economist who leverages experimental and quasi-experimental settings to address policy-relevant research questions in health and labor economics.My up-to-date cv is always available at conorjlennon.com/cv

Andy Fitzgerald is an Assistant Professor of Communication & Media at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. His research and teaching expertise include critical communication and cultural studies, technology and audience studies, media theory, and global media ethics. Fitzgerald is currently starting a lab at RPI to use the "Screenomics" screen-capture research framework that collects screenshots of participants devices every few seconds for longitudinal studies to conduct critical digital audience and mobile user studies.