The purpose of the Common Read Project is to encourage incoming freshmen and other students at the university to read a common book prior to the start of the new academic year. During the fall semester, faculty along with students and staff will lead campus discussions that center on the themes and issues raised in the book.
The Common Read Project is a faculty-led project, in which faculty work in close collaboration with academic and student affairs. The charge of the committee is to select a book that inspires intellectual curiosity, prepares students for the challenging reading that is part of a university education, and contributes to the university as a community of ideas, inquiry, and discussion. The committee also develops programming around the book’s ideas.
Peggy Kahn, Ph.D., Co-Chair
David M. French Professor of Political Science
Aimi Moss, Co-Chair
Director of Academic Advising
Kimberly Butka
Director of Housing and Residential Life
Denise Dedman, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Social Work
Laura Friesen
Reference & Instruction Librarian
Guluma Gemeda, Ph.D.
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Africana Studies
Jennifer Hogan
Executive Director of University Relations
Mary Jo Sekelsky, Ed.D.
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs