Dr. Angela Hunter
Leading Interdisciplinary Studies
Dr. Angela Hunter, associate professor in philosophy and interdisciplinary studies, has excelled in all aspects of her work, but it is her public service that is 鈥渟imply stellar.鈥� For Dr. Hunter, service work is simply what one does to be a contributing member of one鈥檚 own community.
According to her department chair, Dr. Keith Robinson, who added that it is the 鈥渟heer all-encompassing range and depth of Dr. Hunter鈥檚 service work鈥� and the 鈥済enerosity of spirit with which she undertakes the work鈥� that is so inspiring.
Among Dr. Hunter鈥檚 many activities, she serves as the presiding officer over the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences faculty committee. Not only does she carry out tasks essential to her leadership role, she is seeking to revitalize the group by reviewing and rewriting the bylaws to fulfill all its missions.
She has shown similar dedication to ongoing curriculum revision work in the faculty senate, attending meetings and organizing opportunities to involve faculty. Dr. Hunter also serves in the new Green Dot Violence Prevention Program and became a certified Green Dot instructor.
But it may be Dr. Hunter鈥檚 efforts on behalf of the master鈥檚 and bachelor鈥檚 degrees in liberal studies that have earned her the most praise. Dr. Hunter has coordinated both programs since coming to 糖心Vlog传媒 Little Rock and tackled all the service requirements.
Dr. Hunter earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature from Emory University and an M.A. degree in French literature from New York University after graduating magna cum laude with a B.A. degree in comparative literature from Colorado College.