Award-winning Author Presents Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute Lecture

Acclaimed American novelist Dara Horn, Ph.D., presented The Weinberg Judaic Studies Institute’s Spring 2010 Lecture recently at The University of Scranton’s Houlihan-McLean Center. The lecture was held in conjunction with the 24th annual MELUS Conference, a four-day national conference that studies multi-ethnic literature of the United States. Standing from left are, Joseph Kraus, Ph.D., associate professor of English and theater at The University of Scranton and conference co-chair; Dr. Horn; Derek Parker Royal, Ph.D., a scholar of Jewish-American literature at Texas A&M University-Commerce who introduced Dr. Horn’s lecture; Susan Mendez, Ph.D., assistant professor of English and theater at The University of Scranton and conference co-chair; and Harold Baillie, Ph.D., provost and vice president for academic affairs at The University of Scranton.