Faculty Promotions Announced at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – The following members of the Holy Cross faculty have been promoted to the rank of professor, effective at the beginning of the 2004 – 2005 academic year:

Lorraine C. Attreed, of the history department, earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1986, she has served on the Finance and Planning Council, the Committee on Graduate Studies and Fellowships, and as director of the Medieval-Renaissance Interdisciplinary Minor. Specializing in medieval England, urban history and constitutional history, she is the author of The King's Towns: Identity and Survival in Late Medieval English Boroughs (Peter Lang, 2001), and The York House Books, 1461-1490, (Alan Sutton Publishing, 1991), as well as several scholarly articles and book reviews.

Thomas R. Gottschang, of the economics department, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1987, he has served as department chair and as a member of the Asian Studies committee. Gottschang’s research interests include the economies of China and Vietnam, economic development and comparative economic systems. He is the co-author, with Diana Lary, of Swallows and Settlers: The Great Migration from North China to Manchuria (University of Michigan, 2000). Gottschang is a resident of Worcester.

Philip C. Rule, S.J., of the English department, received a Ph.D. from Harvard University. A member of the faculty since 1980, he has served on almost every major College committee. Fr. Rule specializes in 19th-century British literature (Romantic and Victorian), the bildungsroman, women's fiction and religious thought. He is the author of numerous articles, reviews and scholarly papers, and the recent, Coleridge and Newman: The Centrality of Conscience (Fordham University Press, 2004). Fr. Rule is a native of Cleveland, Ohio.

Nicolas Sanchez, of the economics department, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Southern California. A member of the faculty since 1977, he has been involved with the First-Year Program and the College Honors Program. Specializing in property rights analysis, his publications have appeared in numerous economics journals in the United States and abroad, including Review of Economics and Statistics, Economic Development and Cultural Change, Weltwirtschaftliches Archiv and Cuadernos de Economía. Born in Havana, he has also published articles on Cuban affairs. Twice elected president of the Cuban Cultural Center of Boston, Sanchez supervised a Holy Cross student trip to Cuba in 2003. He lives in Framingham, Mass., with his wife and two daughters where he has devoted his time to public service.