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April 27, 2009
College Names LeBesco and Rosenfeld Distinguished Chairs
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CONTACT:
Manny Romero, Director of Communications & Publications,
(212) 517-0451, mromero@mmm.edu
(New York, NY) At the March 10th Board of Trustees meeting, President Judson R. Shaver, Ph.D., announced that Kathleen LeBesco, Ph.D., and Jason Rosenfeld, Ph.D., will be the first faculty members to become Distinguished Chairs at Marymount Manhattan College. A Distinguished Chair is one of the highest honors that Marymount Manhattan College can bestow on a faculty member. The selection of these Distinguished Chairs advances academic excellence for faculty, one of three capital campaign initiatives.
As a Distinguished Chair, LeBesco, Professor and Chair of Communication Arts, will write, direct and produce a documentary film with the working title Fat Panic! Health, Morality and the “Obesity Epidemic.”
“Through the Distinguished Chair awards, the campaign promises to enhance MMC’s national profile as a community of teacher-scholars. I am honored and delighted to have this wonderful opportunity to take my scholarship from the page to the screen,” LeBesco said. “The time and financial support provided by the Distinguished Chair award will make it possible for me to shoot and edit a documentary film, which is an extension of the research I’ve been doing for the last dozen years.”
Rosenfeld, Associate Professor of Art History, was invited by Tate Britain in London, the National Gallery of British Art, to produce and co-curate an exhibition on the art of the English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood in the second half of the 19th century. He will use his term to bring this project from conception to realization.
Both of these teacher/scholars have already produced notable scholarly works. These awards will provide time and funds to advance their work with students, their colleagues and the College. The duration of each Distinguished Chair is three years.
LeBesco received a bachelor’s and a master’s from The State University of New York at Albany and a doctorate from University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Rosenfeld received a bachelor’s from Duke University and a master’s and doctorate from the Institute of Fine Arts, New York.
Marymount Manhattan College is an urban, independent, liberal arts college. The mission of the College is to educate a socially and economically diverse population by fostering intellectual achievement and personal growth and by providing opportunities for career development.
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