Charles Smith

Academic Credentials

B.A., St. Francis College
M.A., The Catholic University of America
Ph.D., The Catholic University of America

Biography

Professional Experience

  • Professor Emeritus, IWP
  • Dean of Academic Affairs, IWP, 2010-2012
  • Faculty Adviser, IWP-Oxford Study Abroad Program, 2012
  • Faculty Ethics Fellow, Marymount University, 2005-06
  • First recipient of Marymount University’s Faculty Honors Fellow Award, 2007
  • Four-time nominee for the Robert A. Draghi Award, Marymount University
  • Former military historian and research analyst for Data Memory Systems, Inc., a historical evaluation and research organization
  • Grant Proposal Reviewer, U.S. Institute of Peace
  • Member, American Political Science Association, Claremont Institute, Intercollegiate Studies Institute, the History Society, and the Naval Institute.
  • Named to “Who’s Who” among America’s teachers 2003-2004, 2004-2005
  • Author of two battle narratives (on Stamford Bridge and Hastings) and contributor to Early Peoples of Britain and Ireland, An Encyclopedia (2008)

Areas of Expertise

  • Military Strategy
  • Military History
  • Political Theory
  • Statesmanship

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Robert Bernstein

Academic Credentials

B.A., City University of New York
M.Ed., Columbia University
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

Biography

Other Information

Teaching Area

  • Group Counseling
  • Advanced Counseling
  • Practicum
  • Psychopathology
  • Introductory Psychology

Research Interests

  • Gender Issues
  • Parenting
  • Student-teacher interactions

Dr. Robert Bernstein’s primary interest is in training clinicians. He has extensive experience working in rehabilitation centers, state schools, psychiatric hospitals, and mental health centers. He enjoys working with the students and seeing them become skilled and caring professionals.

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Annette Ames

Academic Credentials

B.S., University of California, Davis
M.F.A., Yale School of Drama

Biography

Professional Organization:

  • International Textile and Apparel Association

Prior to joining the Fashion Design and Merchandising faculty at Marymount, Annette Ames worked as a freelance designer, originally in theatre as a costume designer and then as a fashion designer for her own small line of dresses. Having originally studied theatre design, her research interests lie at the intersections of fashion design, costume design, costume history, and fashion theory. Her recent research has focused on the integration of trend research into the design of high fashion runway showpieces. Another interest is the investigation of successful strategies for integrating originality into apparel design. She enjoys working with students on these strategies and has sponsored successful student entries into juried exhibitions.

Selected Honors/Awards

* 2008 Lectra Outstanding Faculty Design Award for Ancient Future II. Top faculty award for the annual International Textile and Apparel Association’s Juried Design Exhibition.

  • 2008 Sandra Hutton Award for Excellence in Fiber Art for Ancient Future II. Faculty award, annual International Textile and Apparel Association’s Juried Design Exhibition.

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Teaching Area

  • Fashion Design
  • Draping
  • Patternmaking
  • Fashion Theory

Research Interests

  • Evaluation of Creativity, Originality, and Aesthetics in Fashion Design
  • History of Dress
  • Relationship of Costume Design to Fashion Design

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Judy Green

Academic Credentials

B.A. Cornell University
M.A. Yale University
Ph.D. University of Maryland

Biography

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Teaching Area

Research Interests

  • Logic
  • History of Mathematics
  • Women in Mathematics

Dr. Judy Green served as a faculty member at Rutgers University in Camden before coming to Marymount as Professor of Mathematics in 1989.  She retired in 2007 as Professor Emeritus.  She now serves as a Behind-the-Scenes Volunteer at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History.
 
Her primary field of interest while at Marymount was the history of American women in mathematics.  She co-authored a book on that subject, Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhDs, and maintains a website in connection with that book: www.ams.org/bookpages/hmath-34
 
Since the publication of her book, her research has centered on objects in the mathematical collections of the Smithsonian Institution.  These include the mathematical paintings of the children’s author Crockett Johnson and on various models of mathematical surfaces. 
 
She is a founding member of the Association for Women in Mathematics and and served as Treasurer and Vice President.  She also served as Vice President of the American Association of University Professors and on the Council of the American Mathematical Society.

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Raja Nasr

Academic Credentials

B.A., American University of Beirut
M.A., Ed.D., University of Michigan

Biography

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Teaching Area

  • Linguistics
  • Language teaching

Dr. Nasr has served on the faculty of Marymount University since 1990, specializing in courses associated with the teaching of English as a Second Language.

Dr. Nasr formerly served as the director of the Center for English Language Research and Teaching at the American University of Beirut. He was also a professor of Education and Applied Linguistics at the Beirut University College (now the Lebanese American University).

Dr. Nasr has trained teachers in 21 countries in four continents and has provided educational services to 16 governments of the Middle East and North and East Africa. He has lectured in several universities in different parts of the world and has authored more than 40 articles and 59 books in education, applied linguistics, and language teaching and learning. Among his books are two bilingual dictionaries.

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