Assistant Professor to Speak at Faculty Forum
Posted on Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Dr. SoYoung Kang, Westminster College assistant professor of education, will speak on "Poverty, Education and Development" at Faires Faculty Forum Wednesday, Sept. 24, at 11:40 a.m. in the Sebastian Mueller Theater in the McKelvey Campus Center.
Kang is editor, with Dr. Francis Godwyll of Ohio University, of the book Poverty, Education and Development, due to be published by the end of the year by Nova Publishers. The book addresses the state of poverty and its effects on education and development.
More information about the book is available at www.novapublishers.com/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=7453.
Kang, who has been with Westminster since 2007, earned her undergraduate degree from Korea University and master's and Ph.D. from the University of Tennessee.
Faculty Forum was established in 1990 by Dr. Barbara Faires, Westminster professor of mathematics, during her term as Dean of the College and Vice President for Academic Affairs. Faculty members from all disciplines volunteer to present lectures on their current research, artistic productions, and/or scholarship of teaching and learning. Each forum presents new ideas with innovative lecture techniques.
Contact Kang at (724) 946-6034 or e-mail kangs@westminster.edu for more information.
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