Class Notes

1968 Paul Richter (PhD) has written a novel, The Manuscript (Bookbaby).

1970 Joseph Amato (PhD) has published The Book of Twos (Ellis Press), an exploration of “how the concept of twos—contrasts, comparisons, polarities, dualities, and contradictions—has been fundamental to human thought.” Joseph is a retired professor of history at Southwest Minnesota State University, where he founded the history and social sciences department and directed the Center for Rural and Regional Studies.

1978 New York artist Rosalyn Ackerman Engelman (MS) opened a solo show in June at the corporate headquarters of AllianceBernstein in Midtown Manhattan. The opening featured a preview of a documentary titled Rosalyn Engelman: The Color of Memory, produced by Subterracon Films. The documentary will be shown in Rochester at the University’s Memorial Art Gallery in October.

1979 Jane Dubin (MS) (see ’78 College).

1992 Joe Armstrong (MS) (see ’91 College).

1995 Jennifer Traylor Kruschwitz (MS) (see ’89 College). . . . Tiecheng (Alexa) Qiao (PhD) has been named CEO of the San Diego–based biotechnology company Ambrx.

1996 Scott DeVito (PhD) has been named dean of Florida Coastal School of Law. . . . Alex Poulos has been named vice president of marketing at Support.com, a Redwood City, California, producer of cloud-based tech-support software. . . . Walid Raad (PhD) (see ’03). . . . Howard Singerman (PhD) (see ’03).

1998 Scott Caton (PhD) has been named dean of the School of Arts and Humanities at Roberts Wesleyan College in Chili, New York, near Rochester. Scott is a professor of history, has served as coordinator of the college’s pre-law program, and is an ordained Catholic priest.

2003 Cyril Reade (PhD) is coeditor of Porous Boundaries: Art and Essays (Manchester University Press), a collection of essays celebrating the work of Janet Wolff, who served as director of the Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies from 1991 to 2001. Cyril is an associate professor of art history at Rutgers University–Camden. Also contributing to the collection are Margot Bouman ’09 (PhD), Lucy Curzon ’06 (PhD), Walid Raad ’96 (PhD), and Howard Singerman ’96 (PhD).

2006 Lucy Curzon (PhD) (see ’03). . . . Stan Pelkey (MA) (see ’04 Eastman).

2009 Margot Bouman (PhD) (see ’03).

2010 Eva Cadavid (PhD) has been awarded tenure and promoted to associate professor of philosophy at Centre College in Danville, Kentucky.