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<\/strong><\/p>\nTimothy Landry<\/strong> graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013 with a Ph.D. in anthropology specializing in West African and Afro-Caribbean religions. Professor Landry\u2019s research examines the ways in which religious secrecy and material culture encourage the globalization of autochthonous West African religious practices as new African diasporas are formed around the world.<\/p>\n In the classroom, Professor Landry directs students\u2019 attention to the importance of human and religious diversity. In so doing, students are able to challenge the ways they have come to see African and Afro-Caribbean religious practice. Through classroom engagement, Professor Landry shows students that one can no longer study African society only in Africa. As such, in many of his courses, Professor Landry helps students to engage with established African and Afro-Caribbean communities in nearby urban centers such as Hartford, New York City, and Boston. Through community engagement, theoretical and ethnographic rigor, and dynamic classroom discussion Professor Landry instills in his students an appreciation for embodied learning and critical thinking.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Madalene Spezialetti \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong>Imagination. Creativity.\u00a0 Logic.\u00a0 The practice of Computer Science involves all three, and it was exactly this combination that drew Dr. Spezialetti into the field. As a professor, she strives to instill an appreciation for all three in her students.\u00a0 Her teaching interests reflect her research interests and run the gamut from the study of computer operating system design to the use of computer animation, video and digital darkroom techniques…a combination which can result in one class of students working on a simulation of a scheduling algorithm for computer processes while another is working on an assignment titled “Frogs Attack Trinity”.\u00a0 She is also an enthusiastic participant in the teaching of First Year Seminars using the “Reacting to the Past Paradigm”, in which students use role-playing as a means of studying\u00a0 significant moments in history, such as the deliberations of the Assembly in 403 B.C. Athens (a four week adventure for which everyone, including Dr. Spezialetti, wears a toga).<\/p>\n Dr. Spezialetti received her B.S., M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Computer Science from the University of Pittsburgh.\u00a0 Prior to joining Trinity, in 1995, she was a member of the faculty of the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department of Lehigh University.<\/p>\n Arianne Bazilio, Assistant Professor of Environmental Science and Chemistry<\/p>\n Lin Cheng, Charles A. Dana Research Associate Professor of Engineering<\/p>\n Hasan Comert, Assistant Professor of Economics<\/p>\n Tamsin Jones, Associate Professor of Religious Studies<\/p>\n Mark Silk, Director, Leonard Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life and Professor of Religion in Public Life<\/p>\n Vince Tomasso, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies<\/p>\n Maurice Wade, Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Co-Directors Timothy Landry graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2013 with a Ph.D. in anthropology specializing in West African and Afro-Caribbean religions. Professor Landry\u2019s research examines the ways in which religious secrecy and material culture encourage the globalization of autochthonous West African religious practices as new African diasporas are formed around the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-168","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.trincoll.edu\/tiis\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/54\/2023\/09\/1000586-1.jpg\")
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