Fellow

2012-2013 Visiting Fellow

 Dr. Lydia Pyne holds a PhD in History and Philosophy of Science from Arizona State University as well as MA/MS degrees in Anthropology and History and Philosophy of Science from University of Texas at Austin and Arizona State University.  Her research focuses on the history of science, the intellectual history of paleoanthropology and archaeology, as well as literary nonfiction.  

2011-2012 Visiting Fellow

Dr. Saeed Hydaralli holds a PhD in Sociology from York University. His current research is focused by an examination of the relationship between the multiple sensations concentrated in and released by the city and urban health and livability. He is also an Editorial Board Member of the Culture of Cities book series with Intellect Press. Dr. Hydaralli has previously taught at OCAD University and the University of Guelph-Humber, both located in Toronto. He has also been a Project Researcher with the Culture of Cities Centre, City Life and Well-Being: The GreyZone of Health and Illness, where he consistently brought to bear his extensive training in social theory and qualitative research methods.

2010-2011 Faculty Fellow

Richardson Dilworth--associate professor of political science--will serve as the Great Works Symposium's forst "Faculty Fellow" for the 2010-11 theme year on "The City."

Professor Dilworth's research focuses on urban political development and urban public policy. He is the author of The Urban Origins of Suburban Autonomy (2005) and the editor of two books: The City in American Political Development (2009) and Social Capital in the City: Community and Civic Life in Philadelphia (2006). In 2008 he was appointed by Mayor Michael Nutter to serve on the Philadelphia Historical Commission, where he is the chair of the Historic Designation Committee.

Dilworth is also the Director of Drexel's Center for Public Policy (CPP). The CPP supports interdisciplinary policy-oriented scholarship among Drexel faculty and other external affiliates, and engages students in this research through its innovative Master of Science in Public Policy (MSPP) degree program.

2010-2011 Visiting Fellow

Michael Fortner is the 2010-11 Great Works Symposium Visiting Fellow, chosen for his expertise in the year's theme "The City."

Michael Javen Fortner is a recent PhD from Harvard University’s Program in Government and Social Policy, a former doctoral fellow in the Multidisciplinary Program in Inequality and Social Policy, and an affiliate of The Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies. His work studies the intersection of American political development and political philosophy -- particularly in the areas of race, ethnicity, and class. His dissertation, “Must Difference Divide?: The Institutional Roots of Racial Politics,” compares the development of racial politics in London and New York City.

2009-2010 Visiting Fellow

Dan Moscovici was the Great Works Symposium Visiting Fellow in Energy for 2009-2010 and a lecturer at the University of Pennsylvania in Environmental Planning. Prior to this, he was a full time interdisciplinary professor at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pennsylvania. There he developed and taught courses in sustainability, environmental policy, energy development, and natural resource management. His focus is both domestic and international. His professional experiences inform his academic training. He completed his PhD from the University of Pennsylvania in Environmental Planning (2009). Prior to this, for five years, he worked for CITGO Petroleum (a wholly owned subsidiary of Petrol de Venezuela S.A.), as a Marketing Pricing Analyst. During his employment, he received an MBA from Villanova University in International/Environmental Management (2003) and an MS from the University of Pennsylvania in Environmental Studies (2005). His Bachelor’s degree was from Lehigh University in Natural Resource Economics (2000).

Dan’s research is focused on land synergies surrounding energy projects and natural resource management. He has active projects in the Northern Forest of Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and the Adirondacks regarding impacts of land preservation. Other research interests include research with students in Costa Rica to study effects of hydrological projects on the environment and society and also the impact from eco-tourism on sustainability on the island of Dominica.

2008-2009 Visiting Fellow

Kevin Egan was the 2008-09 Visiting Fellow in the Great Works Symposium. He is currently teaching as an adjunct professor at Drexel, both in the Honors College and department of History and Politics. He is also teaching as a visiting instructor via Virginia Tech’s Online Master’s Program (OLMA).

Kevin received his PhD in Political Science from Penn State in 2007. Before that, he received his Master’s from Virginia Tech and his Bachelor’s degree from the College of Wooster. While working on his dissertation, which examined the role of rights in structuring democratic citizenship for marginalized sexual identities, he was awarded the Penn State Alumni Association's Outstanding Dissertation Award. His research has been published in such journals as Contemporary Political Theory and New Political Science, and his research and teaching interests span a wide array of topics, including democratic theory, international relations theory, and the relationship between politics and music, among others.