The Peter Canisius Distinguished Teaching Professorships were funded through the generous support of the The John R. Oishei Foundation.  The purpose of the program is to support creative and imaginative faculty teaching initiatives. 

The Programs:

June 2005 to May 2008
Larry E. Jones, PhD, professor of history and Peter Boehm, PhD, assistant professor of modern languages
The Holocaust in History, Literature and Film
Barbara J. Irwin, PhD, chair and professor of communication studies
Canisius College Video Institute
Michael Noonan, PhD, professor of biology and psychology
Canisius Ambassadors for Conservation (CAC)
June 2004 to May 2007
Dr. Keith R. Burich, professor of history
In their own words and in their own ways

Michael G. Dolan, professor of sports medicine and health and human performance
Center for Health and Sports Medicine at Canisius College
Dr. Timothy H. Wadkins, professor of religious studies Christianity On The Road Less Traveled  

June 2003 to May 2006
Dr. Mariusz Kozik, professor of Chemistry; Dr. Mary O'Sullivan, associate professor of Chemistry; Dr. Steven Szczepankiewicz, assistant professor of chemistry
Center of Excellence in Chemistry Teaching at Canisius College – Phase II
Dr. Coral R. Snodgrass, 
Professor of Management and Marketing and Dr. Julia Wescott, Professor of Modern Languages 

Culture, Language and Management
Dr. Anthony Weston, associate professor of mathematics
New Mathematical Topographies 
May 2002 to June 2005
Dr. Bruce Dierenfield, professor of history
Program in the African American Experience
Dr. Mick Cochrane
Professor of English 

Contemporary Writers Series 
 
Dr. Michael Noonan, 
Professor of Psychology and Biology 

Student ambassadors for conservation
September 2000 to August 2003
Dr. Robert Butler, 
Professor of English

Expanding the Academic Possibilities of the All-College Honors Program
Dr. Sara R. Morris
Assistant Professor of Biology

Teaching Natural History and Ecology at Canisius
Dr. Timothy H. Wadkins,  
Associate Professor of Religious Studies

The Multicultural Dimensions of Christianity
September 1999 to August 2002
Dr. Larry E. Jones and
Dr. Nancy J. Rosenbloom, 
Professors of History, 

   The Jewish Experience in Comparative Perspective:  Europe and America
Dr. Mariusz Kozik, 
Professor of Chemistry 

Center of Excellence for the Teaching of Chemistry at Canisius College
Dr. Coral R. Snodgrass, 
Professor of Management and Marketing
and Dr. Julia Wescott, Professor of Modern Languages
Curriculum Development for the Integrated Teaching of Modern Languages and International Business
May 1999 to June 2002
Dr. Mick Cochrane
Professor of English 

Contemporary Writers Series 
 
Dr. Peter Galie, Professor of Political Science
Rewriting The New York State Constitution
Dr. Michael Noonan, 
Professor of Psychology and Biology 

Student ambassadors for conservation