Faculty Awarded University Calvius Fund Support

Five University of Scranton faculty members received Interdisciplinary Seminar Fund, or Clavius Fund, support from the University to pursue an interdisciplinary approach to a subject. The University’s Clavius Fund is designed to promote interdisciplinary engagement and to foster a greater sense of colleagueship across departmental lines by creating settings whereby diverse faculty can explore a topic of mutual interest from divergent perspectives.

The following projects were awarded Clavius Funds for 2020-2021:

Kelly Banyas, Marleen Cloutier and Colleen Farry for “Open Revolution.”

Charles Pinches, Ph.D., and Joel Kemp, Ph.D., for “Hungering for the Library Arts: Historical African-American Perspectives.”

Banyas joined the faculty at Scranton in 2017 as an assistant professor in the library. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Boston University and a master’s degree from the University of Maryland.

Cloutier, assistant professor and cataloging and metadata librarian, joined the University in 2019. She earned a bachelor’s degree from the Wentworth Institute of Technology and a master’s degree from Drexel University. She is currently pursuing a master’s degree in human resources management at The University of Scranton.

Farry, assistant professor and digital services librarian, joined the University in 2015 as a library metadata specialist for the Helen Gallagher McHugh Special Collections. She earned a bachelor’s degree from Marywood University, and master’s degrees from Syracuse University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Dr. Kemp, assistant professor of theology/religious studies, joined the faculty at Scranton in 2017. He earned a bachelor's degree from Harvard College, a juris doctorate from Harvard Law School, a Master of Divinity degree from Andover Newton Theological School and a Ph.D. from Boston College. 

Dr. Pinches, professor of theology/religious studies, joined the faculty at Scranton in 1990. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Wheaton College and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Notre Dame.