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Associate Director of Residential Life

• Education

  *High School, Wyoming Seminary College

  Preparatory School

  *BA, Moravian College

  *Undergraduate and Graduate Research - The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Oxford, United Kingdom

  *MA, Middlebury College's Bread Loaf

  School of English Literature (in progress)

• Bio

  Joseph Campbell once wrote that "One way or another, we all have to find what best fosters the flowering of our humanity in this contemporary life, and dedicate ourselves to that." Mr. McCartney firmly believes that there is nothing better than being able to sit in a circle with a group of thinking, feeling human beings and learn with them. That is what teaching is all about: developing a better, more complete understanding of what it means to be a human being.

  This philosophy didn't come out of the blue. To begin with, Mr. McCartney was born and raised at Harveys Lake, a small town in the foothills of the Endless Mountains in Northeastern Pennsylvania. He attended Wyoming Seminary Lower and Upper Schools in Kingston, PA. During these years, he acquired what has become a life-long love of Arthurian Legend. He attended Moravian College in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania from which he graduated magna cum laude with a Bachelor of Arts in English and History with specialization in British Literature and Medieval History. While at Moravian College and again as a graduate student, Mr. McCartney has studied at The Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies at Oxford University. He is currently enrolled in Middlebury College's Bread Loaf School of English Literature in pursuit of that Master's degree. He also lived for a time in Montreal. He has traveled widely, visiting such places as Australia, the Czech Republic, the British Isles and St. Kitts & Nevis. He is happy to be living at 44 Trafton Drive in Limestone with his wife, Dr. Betsy Foley, who works at the North Country Animal Hospital, their cat, Weeble, and their dog, Chance.

  That path has led him to look around the world and see great things. He is particularly fascinated by the idea of the great Medieval Cathedrals and Universities. Begun by men who had nothing but a vision, these buildings have grown far beyond those original dreamers. They have stood for thousands of years, changed, augmented, and embellished in subtle and grand ways by hundreds of generations of fellow human beings. They symbolize the continued growth of our society. Cathedrals have become more than simply buildings or places of worship, they have evolved into living monuments to the spirit of human ingenuity, creativity, community and hope. Thus, he thinks that the most important question a teacher can ask a student is "what will your cathedral be?"

• Publications

  Conjuring a Window into Men's Souls: A Study of Medieval Necromancy at The Mid-Atlantic Conference on Social Research