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Master of Liberal Arts Program
941 Anderson Hall
Temple University
Philadelphia, PA 19122
Jayne K. Drake
MLA Program Director
jayne.drake@temple.edu
215-204-4699 - Phone
215-204-3731 - Fax
Catherine Staples
MLA Administrative Assistant
catherine.staples@temple.edu
215-204-1644 - Phone
215-204-3731 - Fax
MLA courses are taught by distinguished faculty from a wide range of graduate programs at Temple University, from English and History to Anthropology and Religion. In addition, courses are taught by adjunct faculty who come from outside the University, from the worlds of culture, the arts, science, and politics. Regular graduate offerings at Temple (in English, Political Science, Art History , and Sociology, for example) are taught by the University’s Graduate Faculty. For further information on faculty, see websites of individual departments.
Regina Bannan’s degrees in American Civilization include a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania and a Masters from Brown University. At Temple, she is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of American Studies, having retired as Director of Organizational Studies. She is affiliated with the Women’s Studies Program and is working to organize a union for adjuncts. Her research has focused on the women of the YWCA in the first half of the twentieth century and how they negotiated who they wanted to be--progressive women--in the face of conservative expectations. Her activism focuses on women in the Roman Catholic Church and their quest for ordination.
Patricia Bradley has published three books on social history: Slavery, Propaganda and the American Revolution; Mass Media and the Shaping of American Feminism, 1963-1975; and The Struggle for Equality Women and the Press. She is currently working on a new book based on the research for her MLA class on the history and development of American culture.
Craig Eisendrath, a former diplomat with the Department of State, was instrumental in writing the 1967 Outer Space Treaty. He has a Ph.D. from Harvard University, founded an experimental college, directed the Pennsylvania Humanities Council and co-founded the National Constitution Center. He is presently Chairman of the Project for Nuclear Awareness and an adjunct professor at Temple University. He is the author of National Insecurity: U.S. Intelligence After the Cold War; The Phantom Defense: America’s Pursuit of the Star Wars Illusion; Bush League Diplomacy: How the Neoconservatives Are Putting the World at Risk; and War in Heaven : The Arms Race in Outer Space, as well as several novels and plays, most recently To Enter Jerusalem, to be released in April.
Gabriella Ibieta received her Ph.D. in Comparative Literature from the Graduate Center of the City University of New York and has been teaching for many years. She is editor of a collection of Latin American stories and has published several essays in academic journals. Her research interests include the literature of exile and displacement, female identities, memoir and documentary film, and American ethnic literature.
Bobby Ellen Kimbel, a frequent award winner for her outstanding teaching, has published several works of critical commentary on both fiction (mainly the short story) and the works of Eugene O’Neill. She has led many discussions at national meetings in the areas of her special interests and has given a number of public lectures. She has recently returned to Temple (where she received her Ph.D.) after many years as a tenured professor at Penn State, where she was the recipient of the Outstanding Teaching Award across all disciplines on the campus. She is a popular instructor with both undergraduates and returning students, all of whom remark about her communication skills and her passion for the subjects she teaches.
Carlin Romano is Literary Critic of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Critic-at-Large of The Chronicle of Higher Education, and an ongoing Visiting Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, where he teaches media theory and philosophy. He was a full time Visiting Associate Professor in the Temple Philosophy Department from 2000-2002 on a Dean's Appointment. In addition to his other activities, he is active in professional philosophy: In November, he was one of UNESCO's invited speakers from the U.S.to its "World Philosophy Day" symposia in Istanbul, and he'll be attending and giving talks this year at conferences sponsored by the Yale Philosophy Department, University of Texas/Austin Philosophy Department, APA Pacific, and elsewhere.
Gayle Rosenwald Smith is a Philadelphia Barrymore judge. In addition, Ms. Smith is a practicing attorney, a published author of two non-fiction books, essays, and opinion pieces, which have appeared in such periodicals as The Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine, Chicago Tribune, and on-line publications. She appears on television and radio. Smith has always been passionate about theater, film, literature, and the arts and enjoys teaching.
Michael Szekely received his Ph.D. in Philosophy from Temple University. His primary research and teaching interests are in Cultural and Critical Theory, Aesthetics (especially the philosophy of music), and Contemporary Continental Philosophy, with more particular interests in French poststructuralism (especially Gilles Deleuze and Roland Barthes) and the Frankfurt School (especially Walter Benjamin). Michael is also a practicing musician and composer, with particular interests in collective improvisation and pop music.
Gabriel Wettach received his Ph.D. in theory and cultural studies from Purdue University. He is currently the director of Undergraduate English at Temple University and teaches courses in film studies, stardom, and popular culture. His primary research and teaching interests include film and television stardom and cultural criticism.
