Monday, October 28, 2019

Dr. Courtney Lang


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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