The Modern Perspectives Team Faculty Director |
Matthew Bell
Ph.D., University of California, San Diego
I am the Faculty Director (FD) of Modern Perspectives and an Associate Professor of Psychology. My wife Mary and I live in on campus along with our budgies, Paris and Nicky. Although I am the Modern Perspectives FD, I live in Casa Italiana. Why? Before taking the FD position, I was Faculty in Residence (FIR) in the da Vinci community. Although my position has changed, my residence hasn't. We met in high school in Albuquerque, New Mexico, attended the University of New Mexico and both earned bachelor degrees in Psychology. After college, we moved to San Diego when I began graduate studies in psychology at the University of California, San Diego. In graduate school I focused on behavior analysis, a sub-specialty within psychology. After that, I was a postdoctoral researcher at San Diego State University where I did research related to fetal alcohol syndrome. We moved here after I accepted a position at SCU as an assistant professor in the Psychology department. I continue to study basic learning processes in humans and in pigeons (if you're interested, let me know – I'm always happy to chat about research & show you around the lab). Mary has her own business working as a medical transcriptionist. We spend our free time with friends, playing games, watching good movies (have you been to the Stanford theater? We highly recommend it!), eating great food, and exploring the great things to do in this area. One of the many benefits of living on campus is the opportunity to attend lots of on-campus events. We're regulars at the quarterly jazz concerts and we attend as many of the home basketball games, both women's and men's, as possible. Beyond this, we attend a variety of events throughout the year, including dance, theater, and other sporting events. We're glad to be a part of the vibrant Modern Perspectives community and hope you find it as exciting and rewarding as we do. | Jesuit in Residence |
Arthur Liebscher, S.J.
Ph.D., Indiana University
Father Liebscher grew up in Sacramento, graduated from Santa Clara, and earned A.M. and Ph.D. degrees in Latin American history at Indiana University. After completing graduate school in history, he entered the Jesuit order, studied philosophy at New York’s Fordham University, and received theological degrees at the Jesuit School of Theology, Berkeley. Here at Santa Clara, Father Liebscher belongs to the Department of History, in which he primarily teaches courses about Latin America. He has lived, carried on research, and served as a priest in several cities of Argentina. As the former Faculty Director in Modern Perspectives and the current Jesuit in Residence, Father Liebscher collaborates with Ben Medeiros and the other members of the Modern Perspectives leadership team and advises students with various academic and personal matters. A longtime resident Jesuit and faculty member in Swig and Dunne Halls, Father Art now lives on the fifth floor of Dunne Hall / Modern Perspectives. | Resident Director | Ben Medeiros
Ed. M., Washington State University
Though his heart & home may always be with his family in Hawaii, Ben Medeiros, the new Resident Director of Modern Perspectives, comes to Santa Clara University from Pullman, WA where he worked 3 years as a Residential Education Director at Washington State University while also finishing his master's degree program in Higher Education Administration. Previous to that experience, he was an undergraduate student leader at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas where he earned his bachelor's degree in Theatre and discovered his passion for serving college students when he worked for Residence Life as a Resident Assistant and Multicultural Assistant.
As an advocate personally and professionally committed to social change, to working with underrepresented student populations, and to student leadership development, Ben is particularly excited to work with the Modern Perspectives Residential Learning Community, where he hopes to encourage students as they discover their own passions and live those out with a sense of purpose. | Resident Ministers | Julia Claire Landry
Hi, I'm Julia Claire Landry (a.k.a. J.C.) and I am one of the Resident Ministers for Modern Perspectives. I live across the street from Dunne Hall in the "Annex" on Lafayette, Apt. A. I just received my Master of Divinity from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley, and I've loved the last 3 years in the Bay Area! Before I came out West, I interned at a retreat center in Cincinnati, Ohio, after getting a BA in Theology from Spring Hill College (in Mobile, AL). I'm originally from Biloxi, MS, and love the Gulf Coast. I work in Campus Ministry at SCU, where I'm in charge of the university's retreats. Feel free to stop in my office in Benson or come over to the annex to visit! I also hold hospitality hours in Dunne's 1st floor lounge Wednesday nights from 7-10. Come on by! | Assistant Resident Director | Paige Summers
Paige, a senior Physics major, hails from Portland, Oregon. As an out-of-stater, she enjoys making Dunne feel like home-away-from-home. She loves when residents stop by to hang out or study, and enjoys baking with and for the Modern Perspectives community. Her staff has dubbed her the baker who "can make anything out of peanut butter and applesauce," and her current specialty is banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting. Paige is also a good resource for questions about study abroad as she spent 5 months studying in Santiago, Chile. | Community Facilitators | First Floor, Lafayette Wing Alex Hiscox Chanhasson, MN Sophomore, Business My hobbies are: Music, hanging out, video games, enjoying life My favorite aspect of Santa Clara: The people, hands down
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Katelyn Rossler
Pleasanton, CA
Sophomore, Psychology
My hobbies are: reading, tennis, skiing
My favorite aspect of Santa Clara: The small community where you can always see a smiling face that you know!
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Patrick Delves
Telluride, CO
Sophomore, Business
My hobbies are: Camping, playing lacrosse, hiking, snowboarding, being outdoors
My favorite aspects of Santa Clara: Strong sense of community, diversity, good and warm people, education (small class sizes, opportunities, personal experiences).
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Second Floor, Market Wing
Allison Power Gilroy, CA Sophomore, Undeclared Business My hobbies are: Sports, any outdoor activity, playing games, going to the lake, baking
My favorite aspects of Santa Clara: The challenge of it and all the people. It is a really good environment to learn and have fun. | |
Third Floor, Lafayette Wing
Rachael Dickey
Dallas, TX
Junior, Management with a minor in Art History
My hobbies are: voice, yoga.
My favorite aspects of Santa Clara: personal relationships with professors, the wide variety of leadership opportunities available
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Third Floor, Market Wing
Endalk Yitref
Seattle, WA
Sophomore, Business
My hobbies are: Basketball, football, baseball, track, tennis, swimming, skiing
My favorite aspects of Santa Clara: The diverse student body, the new library, beautiful weather, and the great business school | |
Fourth Floor, Lafayette Wing
Dave Gamache Woodside, CA Junior, Marketing an Graphic Design My hobbies are: videogames, guitar, tech diy projects My favorite aspects of Santa Clara: friendly environment, great teachers, close to home, weather.
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Kellie Quist
San Jose, CA
Junior, Marketing with an English minor
My hobbies are: nutrition, drawing/sketching,writing
My favorite aspects of Santa Clara: The close community and how friendly and open the campus feels.
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Fifth Floor, Lafayette Wing
Megan Kollar
Reno, NV
Junior, Liberal Studies and Political Science
My hobbies are: playing with friends, SCU Healthy Heart club, running, skiing, going to plays, appreciating the arts, having fun
My favorite aspects of Santa Clara: The friendliness, the academic programs, the location, the weather, the SCU activities and opportunities | | Fifth Floor, Market Wing Danielle Diaz
Oakland, CA
Senior, Psychology
My hobbies are: soccer, working out, trying new things
My favorite aspect of Santa Clara: the community feel; that there are small classes and you can walk around and see people you know. | |
