FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Feb. 27, 2014
Greensboro College Appoints
Allison Palmadessa '03
Assistant Professor of History
GREENSBORO, N.C. -- Greensboro College has appointed 2003 graduate Allison Palmadessa to the full-time faculty as an assistant professor of history and coordinator of Social Studies teacher licensure.
Palmadessa has been serving as a visiting assistant professor of history and has taught part-time here for the past several years. She also has taught at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Davidson County Community College, and Guilford Technical Community College.
An article she wrote on how academic capitalist efforts have compromised higher education's historic purpose of pursuing knowledge for the betterment of society recently was accepted for publication in the July 2014 edition of the scholarly journal Higher Education in Review.
Her recently completed doctoral dissertation examined the relationship between American higher education and U.S. cultural identity between 1946 and 2013.
In addition to her B.A. in history from Greensboro College, Palmadessa holds an M.A. in history from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, from which she also will receive her Ph.D. in higher education in May.
Greensboro College, an independent, coeducational college affiliated with the United Methodist Church, is an academic and social community that unites the liberal arts and Judeo-Christian values in an atmosphere of diversity and mutual respect.
Founded in 1838 and located near downtown Greensboro, the college enrolls about 1,250 students from 32 states, the District of Columbia and 24 nations in its undergraduate liberal-arts program and four master's degree programs. In addition to rigorous academics and a well-supported Honors program, the school features a 16-sport NCAA Division III athletic program and dozens of service and recreational opportunities.
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| Allison Palmadessa '03, assistant professor of history |
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