Thursday, December 9, 1993
Faculty Profile of the Week
by Kristie Guldner
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One of Behrend's newest
faculty members in the
psychology department is Dr.
Eric Corty. He has a varied
career of post-doctoral work and
career accomplishments.
Corty attended Vassar College,
an all-women’s college.
He had originally wanted to
study Chinese, however, he is
tone deaf and Chinese is a very
musical language. When he
dropped Chinese he added a
psychology class.
‘Tve never really looked
back,” said Corty.
After graduating from Vassar,
Corty worked in a psychological
hospital for two years with
patients who were “crazy,”
depressed, and other kinds of
people said Corty.
He then entered a Ph.D.
program in clinical psychology
at Indiana University in
Bloomington, Indiana. He
completed his internship year in
Nashville, Tenn. In 1983 he
graduated with a Ph.D. in his
hand.
He wanted to go into teaching
but decided to wait a few years.
He took a post-doctoral
fellowship at the University of
Pennsylvania for one and a half
years in neuropsycho
pharmacology, which is the
study of drugs and behavior. His
area of concentration was alcohol
abuse.
During his post-doctoral
fellowship, he met his wife,
Sara Douglas.
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After the post-doctoral
fellowship, he took the job as
the project coordinator for the
federal funded study of
methadone. Methadone is given
to heroin addicts in place of
heroin. He worked with heroin
addicts from New York City,
Philadelphia, and Baltimore for
three years.
In 1987 the federal grant came
to an end and he took a teaching
position at Bradley University in
Peoria, m.
"I loved it. I had a great time.
I taught human sexuality, tests
and measurement, and in the
master’s program, psychotherapy
and psychoanalysis,” said Corty.
"At this time my wife, Sara
Douglas« was in a Ph.D.
program at Illinois State
University," said Corty. She
received her PhD. in education
administration, research and
statistics.
In 1991 she took a teaching
position at Case Western
Reserve University. "So I quit
my job and came with her to
Cleveland. Turnabout is fair
play," said Corty.
Corty took Ids second post
doctoral fellowship in human
sexuality at Case Western
Reserve University.
During his post-doctoral
fellowship he saw patients,
males and females, with sexual
dysfunctions such as erection
problems and lubrication
problems.
He was bead of the gender
identity program, dealing with
men who wanted to become
women and women who wanted
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to become men. "I think the students here (at
He was working with "people Behrend) are good. The students
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bodies." said Corty. psychology classes are well
That post-doctoral fellowship prepared, said Corty.
ended after two years. After an Corty has a two-fold
extensive job search, Corty is philosophy towards teaching:
now at Behrend temporarily communication and
because Dr. Michael Ichiyama evaluative thinking,
took a leave of absence and has Knowledge needs to be
decided not to come back. transmitted so students can
"As a two-career-couple it's converse with other people and
hard to find jobs in the same understand an area, said Corty.
city" said Corty He wants Ho help students
He has been at Behrend for knowhow to think andlevahnte
three months. He teaches new information. And I think
introduction to psychology, that is the more important part
abnormal psychology, and
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Hearing Board
Gives AOE
by Hal D. Coffey
News Editor
Delta Phi Epsilon sorority was
handed a three part disciplinary
action sentence on Wednesday,
December 1, by the Behrend
Hearing Board for hazing
violations.
The hearing took place in the
Otto Behrend Science Building
Room 126 at 6:14 p.m.
The sanctions handed down
included an administrative
warning, special loss of
privileges, and reimbursement.
The administrative warning is
in effect until die end of the fall
199 S semester. The warning
states that "any reoccurance(sic)
Sanctions
of hazing or other related
violations will result in further
disciplinary action."
Within the special loss of
privileges is that "no member
shall be eligible to hold any
executive position on Panhelknic
Council until February 1996" and
"voting privaleges are also to be
suspended until Spring 1995."
Along with the Panhellenic
voting and executive position
sanctions, the chapter must "put
on a program beneficial to the
entire campus community."
The event must first be
approved by the Panhellenic
Council and the Student
Government Association before it
is implemented. Also any
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come and go and if you don't
know how to think about them
and evaluate them, you have to
accept them at face value."
Corty likes to come up with
interesting ways for his classes
to learn.
Yesterday he held a mock trial
in his abnormal psychology
class. A student was accused erf’
stabbing her boyfriend and she
said she is not guilty by reasons
of insanity. She claimed she
was not in control of herself do
to premenstrual dysphoric
disorder, commonly called PMS.
The trial was presided over by
the honorable John Falcone.
publicity for the program must
clearly state that it is "Sponsored
by Panhellenic Council."
The final sanction is the
reimbursement of "any fees
incurred during the pledge period
inlcuding pledge, initiation, and
Panhellenic Council fees” to
Shannon Mclntyre.
Representing Delta Phi
Epsilon were sorority president
Rebecca Knowlan and advisor
Christine McCammon.
The presenter of the hearing
was David Shields, director of
Student Activities, while Joe
Mycka, SGA president, served as
chairperson.
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