Dr. Courtney Lang
Dr. Lang is currently a faculty member in the Department of
Communications at Mercyhurst University in Erie, Pennsylvania. This is her
third year as a full time member of the faculty. Prior to her accepting this
position, Dr. Lang worked as an adjunct in Communication and also as an adjunct
for the English Department between 2010 and 2016.
Dr. Lang’s educational credentials are very impressive. She
attended Edinboro University in Edinboro, Pennsylvania where she earned a
Master’s Degree in Specialized Studies. Within the scope of this study, she
concentrated in Creative Writing, Printmaking, Spanish, and Geosciences. She
also studied at Chatham University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania earning a Master
of Fine Arts, Creative Writing, with concentrations in Poetry and Travel
Writing. Dr. Lang is currently pursuing a Doctorate Degree in Education,
Leadership and Learning Organizations at Vanderbilt University in Nashville,
Tennessee.
When deciding where to accept a teaching position at the
University level, Dr. Lang chose Mercyhurst University. The school’s strong
mission of educating students and its dedication to that mission were factors
that brought her here.
Born in Saxton, Pennsylvania, Dr. Lang has a keen interest
in athletics. She was a member of a fast pitch softball team and a club hockey
player where she could unwind from the rigors of the academic world and put her
athletic talents to good use.
Her talents and interests are not limited to teaching and
sports. She once worked as a lithographer during her early teaching years. Her
work with lithography allowed her to use that skill in her travel writing. Her
travel experience is quite extensive. She has been to the Galapagos Islands and
the Bahamas. Those two stops allowed her to visit the communication outposts
for the United States during WWII. It also gave her the experience of seeing
both the Pacific and Atlantic approaches to island outposts.
Her travels also
included every State in the United States except for four and she visited all
but three Canadian Provinces.
Mercyhurst University is very fortunate to have someone of
Dr. Lang’s education and experience on its faculty.
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