Kicking off our 2017 employee spotlight is Bob Largent. Bob is a Senior Author Account Manager in the Higher Education Division. Born and raised in East Dubuque, he graduated from East Dubuque High School in 1993 and Clarke University in 1997 with a degree in marketing. In his position at Kendall Hunt, Bob manages the accounts of current authors in the states of Michigan, New England area, and Utah, Idaho, and Montana.
Dalia F. Fahmy is assistant professor of political science at Long Island University where she teaches courses on U.S. Foreign Policy, World
Politics, International Relations, Causes of War, and Politics of the Middle East. She is also Senior Fellow at the Center for Global Policy in
Washington, D.C. Fahmy’s current research looks at the changing role of Islamists in the democratic future of the Middle East. Fahmy has
published several articles in academic journals focusing on democratization and the effects of Islamophobia on U.S. foreign policy. She has
Michael Collins, Ph.D. brings over forty (40) years of hospitality industry experience to his current role as Chair and Associate Professor of the Department of Hospitality Management at the University of San Francisco.
David Lydic attended Brazosport High school on the Texas coast and is proud that his first college degree is an Associate’s. He received a Bachelor’s in Psychology from the University of Texas at Austin in 1974, a Master’s in English from the University of Houston in 1976, and a PhD in English Education from the University of Texas at Austin in 1988.
While working on his PhD, teaching part-time at Austin Community College and San Antonio College gave him a taste for teaching students at a two-year college. He has now taught English at ACC for 36 years.
Kazadi wa Mukuna, an ethnomusicologist from the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is Professor of ethnomusicology at the Hugh A. Glauser School of Music at Kent State University in Kent, Ohio. Kazadi received his Ph.D.
Dr. Leslie Kelley is currently an Assistant Professor of Psychology for the Counseling Psychology Master’s Program at Angelo State University in San Angelo, TX. He ardently enjoys teaching and challenging his students to think critically about complex and controversial topics, and has taught a wide variety of psychology and philosophy coursed over the past 19 years. Dr. Kelley earned his B.A. and M.A. degrees in philosophy at Franciscan University of Steubenville, and his M.A. and Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology at Texas Woman’s University.
Drew A. Curtis, Ph.D. is the Executive Associate to the Dean, Rodgers Distinguished Faculty, Director of the Psy.D. and M.S. Counseling Psychology programs, and a licensed psychologist at Angelo State University (ASU). He is proudly serving as the Chief Executive Officer of the Southwestern psychological Association and President for Psychological Association of Greater West Texas. Dr. Curtis is also a past president of the Southwestern Psychological Association. Dr.