Séamus Pender
Senior Lecturer in the Humanities
Affiliation
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EDUCATION
- Massachusetts Certification in Fine Arts Directing, 1992, Boston, Massachusetts
- M.Ed. in Creative Arts in Education, 1993, State College at Fitchburg, Massachusetts
COURSES TAUGHT
- First Year Inquiry
- Experiencing the Arts
- Music in Our World
- America’s Themes & Dreams
- Rebirth to Revolution
- American Experience
- Twentieth Century
- Reason and Romanticism
- Portfolio Assessment
- Senior Liberal Arts Seminar
- The American Soundscape
- Curriculum and Field Experience in Education
RESEARCH INTERESTS AND AREAS
Research Interests
- Interdisciplinary Education in the Arts
- History and the Social Sciences
Areas of Concentration
- History, Culture, Folklore, and Musicology
- United States, Ireland, and the British Isles
- Irish-American, African-American
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
HONORS AND AWARDS
- 1996: Scholarship Recipient, Vocal Jazz for the American Music Workshop, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
- 1982: Distinguished Lecture Award, University of Maine at Orono, Orono, Maine
