Field Study

Faculty Biographies

P. Claire Baker
Dr. Baker received her PhD from the University of London and completed graduate work for her MA in modern drama, Shakespeare studies, and the performing arts.  Dr. Baker's doctoral studies discuss the influence of Japanese arts in the 19th and 20th centuries in the West.  She has taught art courses in the United Kingdom, France, Lebanon, Russia and various other republics in the former USSR, Japan, Okinawa and Taiwan.  She introduced her first Field Study course in 1976.  She has taught various Shakespeare courses in London and Stratford, many courses in drama, and in Japanese theater. 
E-mail: cbaker@faculty.ed.umuc.edu

Robert W. Burda
Before joining UMUC Overseas Division where he has regularly taught a seminar in Ernest Hemingway, R. W. Burda was chairman of the Department of English and Coordinator of International Studies at Illinois Wesleyan University. There he was named both Teacher and Fine Arts Person of the Year. A recipient of a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for work in Symbolism and Semiotics, he is listed in the Directory of American Scholars, Who's Who in the Midwest, Contemporary Authors, and the Dictionary of International Biography. Undergraduate study: Northwestern University and the University of Minnesota. Graduate study: San Francisco State University, Union Theological Seminary, Georgetown, Harvard and the University of Chicago. He is the author of two novels.  E-mail: rwburda@onlinehome.de

Pauline J. Fry
Pauline Fry received an MAT in literature from Kent State University where she studied on an NDEA scholarship, and a BA in English from the University of Oregon. She studied at the Sorbonne in Paris before joining UMUC, teaching in Holland, Turkey, Greece, Iran, and Italy. After teaching for a year in the Asian Division, Fry began teaching literature, writing, speech, and bibliographical research in Naples, Italy where she has taught since 1980. Ms. Fry lives in Rome.
E-mail: p.fry@flashnet.it

Alison D. Goeller
Dr. Goeller holds a PhD in American Literature from Temple University, an MA in English from Villanova University, and a BA in English from West Chester University.  Since 1985 she has taught courses in American literature, ethnic studies, and women's literature, as well as writing and speech for UMUC-Europe in Germany, England, Holland, and Italy.  In addition, she has taught UMUC-Europe Field Study courses in Ireland and Scotland for over a decade.  Her publications include articles on ethnic detective fiction, Italian American women writers, travel literature, and most recently she edited a book of essays on African American dance.  Dr. Goeller has lived in both Ireland and Scotland.  E-mail: agoeller@faculty.ed.umuc.edu

Catherine Healey
Dr. Healey received a Baccalaureate from Lycée Français de New York, an AB from Bryn Mawr College, and an MA and a PhD in history from Johns Hopkins University.  Dr. Healey has taught history and geography, and her professional experience includes serving as director of studies and adjunct assistant professor at Southern Methodist University in Paris.  Her writings have been published numerous times in French and English publications.  Dr. Healey joined UMUC-Europe in 2001.

Bruno Lerner
Dr. Lerner received his doctorate from the University of Vienna, Austria, where he studied ancient, medieval and modern European history.  He first joined the European Division in 1970 and has taught courses in history, German language, and special courses on the history of Heidelberg, Frankfurt and Trier.  He lives near Heidelberg.  E-mail: blerner@faculty.ed.umuc.edu

Mary J. Mandola
Ms. Mandola received a BA in Humanities and an MA in Art History in 1971 from Michigan State University.  She has taught a wide range of art history courses with the Institute for American University in Aix-en-Provence, France, and at Northern State College in South Dakota.  Among her awards is a National Defense Language Fellowship for the study of Asian art and culture.  Ms. Mandola teaches several Field Study courses as well as special courses on artists such as Van Gogh.  She joined UMUC-Europe in 1976.  E-mail:  jeanmandola@usa.net

Barbara D. Nucci
Barbara Nucci holds degrees in Classics, Italian and Education. For most of her adult life she has lived and worked in Italy where her passion has been the study and exploration of Italian language, literature, history and culture. She teaches Italian language as well as Italian life and culture courses for the University of Maryland and often lectures on contemporary Italian society for Trinity College's Elderhostel Program. Her translations of Italian short stories appear in New Italian Women, Italica Press, 1989, and in After the War to be published Spring 2004 by Italica Press, both edited by Martha King.
E-mail: bnucci@faculty.ed.umuc.edu

Linda K. O'Brien-DeHeusch
Ms. O'Brien-DeHeusch was awarded the Licence (with distinction) in archeology and art history from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.  Her dissertation focused on Aztec art and religion.  She has also studied anthropology at Stanford University.  Ms. O'Brien-DeHeusch is affiliated with the Museum of Ancient Art, Brussels, and has presented an exhibition on "The Treasures of China," plus a variety of exhibitions on Greek art at the Palais des Beaux Arts in Brussels.  She joined UMUC-Europe in 1982. 
E-mail: l.obrien@tin.it 

Toni E. Sepeda
Dr. Sepeda earned a BA and an MA in English from the University of West Florida.  She received a PhD in English literature from the University of Reading, England.  Her doctoral dissertation, Yeats and Women Artists, combined her interests in art and literature.  Dr. Sepeda joined UMUC-Europe in 1975. 
E-mail: tosepeda@libero.it

Thomas C. Tulloss
Dr. Tulloss received a BA in English from Yale University and an MA and PhD in American Studies from the University of Maryland.  His dissertation was titled Et ego in Arcadia:  The Fiction of John Peale Bishop.  Dr. Tulloss has lectured on William Faulkner and Henry Adams at the University of Turku, Finland, and has lived in Ireland and Scotland.  He has been published in The John Edwards Memorial Foundation Quarterly, Annals of Internal Medicine, Foundation Quarterly, Lynx, Roundhouse Review, and Calhoun Lit.  He joined UMUC-Europe in 1977 and has also taught with Western Maryland College. 
E-mail: ttulloss@faculty.ed.umuc.edu

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