Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
Inter·disciplinary Studies
Full-Time Faculty
Department Chair:
Courtney Grim, Associate Professor, Arts and Digital Literacies
Matthew Bowker, Ph.D., Clinical Assistant Professor, Political Science
Gerald Erion, Ph.D., Professor, Philosophy
Megan Feifer, PhD., Assistant Professor, English
Nicole Jowsey, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Philosophy
Daniel Kotzin, Ph.D., Professor, History
Bridgette Slavin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of the Practice
Alice Villaseñor, Ph.D., Associate Professor, English
Samples of Interdisciplinary Studies Student Capstones & Independent Study Projects
Fall 2015
Kayla Wagner: Gender Stereotypes and Mathematics Anxiety: Contributing Factors to the Deficit of Women in STEM Fields
Spring 2015
Derek Bush: Predator-Prey Models
Derek Bush and Jordan McGregor: Newton-Raphson Iteration and Fractals
Jenna M. Cleversley: Exploring the Concept of the Human Soul from a Religious, Psychological, and Neuro-Scientific Perspective
Candis Kapuscinski: Examination of Population Genetics and Hardy-Weinberg Equilibrium Principles
Nicole Kepfer: The Impact of Technological Multitasking in Education
Nicholas Schroder: Hyperbolic Geometry
Melissa Wittenzellner: Differences in ELA and Math Test Score Outcomes: Comparing Urban, Rural and Suburban Schools