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Interview with Tom Denny
Tom Denny grew up in Pittsburgh and received his graduate degree at the Eastman School of Music. He arrived at Skidmore in 1982 and spent his entire career in the Music Department, serving as department chair for a number of years. He experienced…
Interview with Carolyn Anderson
Carolyn Anderson came to Skidmore in 1981 after teaching at Emma Willard and working with arts and theater groups in the Capital Region. She taught courses in theater history and acting and served as department chair. A central focus of her…
Interview with Tim Brown
Tim Brown joined the Skidmore faculty in 1979 as Athletic Director and Chair of the Physical Education and Dance Department, with a mandate to develop an intramural and intercollegiate athletic program and to attract men to the College which had…
Interview with Lisa Aronson
Lisa Aronson joined Skidmore’s Art History faculty in 1986. In this interview she traces her academic journey to Skidmore and reflects on the influences that led her to specialize in the study if African textiles. While at Skidmore, Aronson…
Interview with Ruth Copans
Ruth Copans joined the Scribner library staff in 1991, serving as the Humanities Librarian and overseer of Special Collections. During the library’s first renovation, Ruth was named the Library Director, and she oversaw the completion of that…
Interview with Philip Glotzbach
Phil Glotzbach, Skidmore president from 2003-2020, grew up in the mid-west, received his undergraduate degree in philosophy from Notre Dame and his Ph.D from Yale in 1972. After years as a professor in the philosophy department at Denison, he became…
Interview with Sarah Goodwin
Sarah Goodwin joined the Skidmore English faculty in 1983 teaching courses in composition, women’s studies, British romantic poetry, feminist theory and participated in the Liberal Studies program. Her passion was interdisciplinary thinking and…
Interview with Patricia Poirier
Patricia Poirier came to Skidmore in 1979 as a support staff member in the President’s Office and retired as the Coordinator of Biographical Records in the Office of Advancement in 2020. In her 41 years at Skidmore, Pat worked under four Presidents,…
Interview with Joan Berenguer
Joan Berenguer came to Skidmore in 1974. She taught Spanish in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures for two years and then served as an academic advisor for UWW in 1978-79. When Skidmore began its own junior year abroad programs,…
Interview with Penny Jolly
Penny Jolly grew up in the greater New York City area where she was very influenced by museums in the city. After undergraduate study at Oberlin and graduate degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, Penny arrived at Skidmore in 1976 where she…
Interview with Deborah Fernandez
Debra Fernandez began at Skidmore in 1990 after working in dance and theater in New York City and, for many years, at the Briansky summer dance program in Saratoga. She served as teacher, choreographer, performance director and Dance Department…
Interview with Mark Hofmann
Mark Hofmann came to Skidmore in 1985 as Assistant Professor in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department. He served as Chair of the department, became a Full Professor and from 2005-2008 served as an Associate Dean of the Faculty. In this…
Interview with Michael Arnush
Michael Arnush came to Skidmore in 1989 as Director of Classical Studies, after receiving his PhD in classics and ancient history from the University of Pennsylvania. He served many roles during his tenure at the College: he taught Greek and Latin…
Interview with Judy Halstead
After receiving her PhD in physical chemistry from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), Judy Halstead taught at Russell Sage and Williams Colleges before joining Skidmore’s Chemistry Department in 1986. In addition to teaching general and…
Interview with Sue Rosenberg
Sue Rosenberg joined Skidmore’s Office of Communications & Marketing as a writer/editor in 1992, after having worked in publications at Kenyon College and SUNY Binghamton. Her major responsibility was to shape the publication of Scope, Skidmore’s…