Messiah College Media Mentions

John Fea, chair of the history department, unpacks why President Barack Obama didn’t say “under God” in his recitation of the Gettysburg Address in honor of the 150th anniversary. The op-ed appeared on History News Network on Nov. 20.

Read “Why didn’t Obama say under God in his recitation of the Gettysburg Address?”

Larry Lake, associate professor of writing at Messiah College, and Valerie Lemmon, associate professor of psychology, participated in a HuffPost Live interview Nov. 20 about the stigma of mental illness. The interview resulted from Lake’s very popular essay, “Comfort Food: No one brings dinner when your daughter in an addict.”

Listen to the interview.

In a Nov. 6 Harrisburg Patriot-News op-ed, history professor John Fea makes a compelling case for the value of the humanities, writing, “The study of the humanities may not have a direct impact on our gross national product, but without subjects such as history we are in danger of losing our democratic soul.”

Read “Here’s why we’re losing our democratic soul.”

English Professor Larry Lake tackles the stigma of mental illness and addiction in his powerful essay, “Comfort Food: No one brings dinner when your daughter is an addict.” The essay first appeared at Slate.com on Nov. 8 and then in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette and on various other blogs and news websites in the days following.

Read “Comfort Food.”

Harrisburg magazine profiled Messiah College professor and sculptor Sean Matthews in its October issue.

Read “For Mechanicsburg sculptor, concept determines material.”

Jenell Paris, professor of sociology and anthropology, examines how we’re all like controversial pop culture icon Miley Cyrus in that achieving professional success in today’s world demands personal branding and exposure. The op-ed appeared in the Oct. 20 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Read “I am Miley Cyrus.”

Devin Manzullo-Thomas talks about his new role as director of the Sider Institute of Anabaptist, Pietist and Wesleyan Studies with The Pietist Schoolman, a blog devoted to exploring Christianity, history, education and how they intersect.

Read “An interview with Sider Insistute Director Devin Manzullo-Thomas.”

Professors Douglas and Rhonda Jacobsen published an op-ed about the risk of boiling a college education down to dollars and cents in the Oct. 13 Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Read “Fix the college ratings system.”

Mike Zigarelli, professor of leadership and strategy, is quoted in a Sept. 15 Pittsburgh Tribune Review story about AFL-CIO in western Pennsylvania.

Read “AFL-CIO president Trumka is calling for liberal alliance.”

David Weaver-Zercher, professor of American religious history, was recently part of a video interview done by HuffPost Live on the topic of fracking in areas with significant Amish populations.

Watch the video.