At the start of the spring semester King’s announced its new academic chairholders. Beginning Aug. 1, 2020, the new chairs will include: Dr. Kimberly Reeve for the Business/Finance degree; Dr. Joshua Kinlaw for the Media, Culture and the Arts (MCA) major; Dr. Paul Mueller for the Politics, Philosophy, and Economics (PPE) major; Dr. Robert Carle for the Religion and Theological Studies (RTS) major; and Paul Glader for the newly separated Journalism, Culture, and Society (JCS) major.

As academic chair, each faculty member will be the head of each major, guiding the major’s primary curriculum, events and communications with students and other faculty.

Mueller, the new chairholder of the PPE major will take the spot of longtime PPE chairholder Dr. David Innes.

“Dr. David Innes was the chair before me and he has been the chair since I arrived at King's,” Mueller said in an email to EST. “I've learned a lot from watching him and hearing about what he did as the chair. One thing I especially appreciate is how much Innes cares about PPE graduates— where they are, what they are doing, and keeping them connected with the college and with current students.”

As the academic chairholder for PPE, Mueller plans to continue the work that Innes took on while also attempting to make advancements for the major.

“As the incoming chair, my goal is to do what I can to maintain and improve the quality of the PPE program and help my colleagues in their roles, including not increasing their workloads needlessly or distracting them from their focus on teaching and their work as academics,” Mueller said. “I would also like to create an environment for more informal and more regular interaction between students and PPE faculty outside of the classroom—to talk about current events, family, theology, books, etc.”

Kinlaw, the current chairholder of the Humanities major, will also be filling the shoes of Professor Bleattler, the former MCA chair.

“My chairmanship (starting Aug. 1, 2020) will be fairly simple: to emulate the leadership of my predecessor, Professor Bleattler,” Kinlaw said in an email to EST. “He was a force behind establishing MCA—today one of the college’s most robust and distinctive programs.”

As academic chairholder for both the Humanities and MCA program, Kinlaw hopes to advance more collaboration between the two along with collaboration with the PPE curriculum, enriching the academic experience for all students and faculty involved.

Current Assistant Professor of History and Humanities, Dr. Joshua Kinlaw has been a faculty member since 2017. I I Photo credit to The King’s College

Carle, future academic chair for the RTS major, will take the spot of Anthony Bradley next fall semester. Carle wants to continue developing the major to give the best possible opportunities for religion and theological training at King’s.

“Our school is unique in that it requires of all students a high level of proficiency in Biblical and theological studies,” Carle said in an email to EST. “Our goal is to equip all our graduates with tools that will make them effective, lifelong Christian witnesses in whatever career they choose.”

Reeve, future academic chair of the business/finance department, will be taking the spot of Brian Brenburg. As the academic chair, Reeve will aid in managing the development of curriculum, outreach, community building and academic related recruiting and retention.

“We have an amazing team of full-time and adjunct professors, and I look forward to helping us recruit more students who can benefit from the combination of our exceptional academic resources and our location in the heart of the business and finance capital of the world,” Reeve said in an email to EST.

Dr. Kimberley Reeve’s tenure at King’s began in 2016. Her current roles include working as an Associate Professor of Business and a Lead Faculty member in the business and finance department. I I Photo credit to The King’s College

Glader, academic chairholder of the newly separated JCS program, will oversee recruitment and marketing for the major, communications to JCS majors, major-exclusive events and other related journalism programs at King’s.

Recently separated from the MCA major, Glader hopes to provide more journalism based programs, events and classes. With the development of more journalism focused electives, the major will continue to grow and recruit this year.

“Our curriculum and career paths and student cohorts are different, so we needed to cut the umbilical cord and recognize the growth and identity of the JCS major,” Glader said in an email to EST. “And this is very positive for King’s. I think King’s would like to see new majors created that flourish and grow into their own programs.”

As the first JCS professor at King’s, Glader has helped grow the major with Professor Clemente Lisi to the size that it is now, and hopes to build it even more as he takes on the academic chairholder position.

“I’m looking forward to journalism and the JCS major having more of its own identity on campus that catches up with the outstanding work happening at King’s at the Empire State Tribune, our classrooms and by our alumni out in the world,” Glader said.

Along with new journalism-exclusive events and programs, Glader is also hoping to cater more to the demographics of the major as it develops.

“I’ve been recruiting some superstar female journalists as adjunct profs to teach electives in video storytelling, data journalism and photojournalism,” Glader said. “Since we have a majority of female students at King’s (and in the JCS major), it’s important to me that we have more women teaching in our classrooms.”

King's Announces New Academic Chairholders for Fall 2020