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20 SPRING 2012 | ST. LAWRENCE UNIVERSITY MAGAZINE
The Sun Never Sets
on Alumni Professors
St. Lawrence alumni are teaching,
or have taught recently, at the uni-
versity level all around the world.
A sample, from the University’s
database:
Caroline Archambault ’98
,
anthropology, UCU in Africa
Program, University College
Utrecht, and international
development studies, Universiteit
Utrecht, The Netherlands
Andrew Cook ’00
, English,
Universidad Mayor, Santiago,
Chile
John W. Heintz ’57
, philosophy,
University of Calgary, Alberta
Franklin Mwango ’99,
urban
design and architectural studies,
Maseno University School of
Planning and Architecture, Kenya
Gillian Pelton-Saito ’86,
English
language, Rikkyo University,
Tokyo, Japan, 2004-09 (now at
St. Augustine College, Chicago,
Illinois, department of English)
Theresa Petray ’06
, anthropology
and sociology, James Cook
University, Townsville, Australia
Jukka Tammisuo ’87
, education,
Tanhuvaara Foundation,
Savonlinna, Finland
Craig Webster ’90
, associate
professor of political science,
University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Tewksbury received funding from the National
Science Foundation (NSF) for the research,
known as the Desert Eyes Project, and is
working with colleagues from Egypt and the
U.S. to map areas using Google Earth’s satel-
lite imagery and to “ground truth” their map-
ping in the field. Her work has brought a NASA
astronaut to Hamilton to map with her and her
students.
This is only part of the reason why she’s a fa-
miliar name among geoscience faculty. Tewks-
bury is a principal investigator of On the Cut-
ting Edge, one of the most influential national
projects in undergraduate science education.
The NSF-funded project helps geoscience fac-
ulty improve their teaching through workshops
and Web-based resources.
Tewksbury’s numerous accolades include
a New York State Professor of the Year
Award in 1997 and an honorary degree from
St. Lawrence in 2006. But she is happier about
the intangible rewards. “I’m passionate about
helping students learn geology,” she says.
“Knowing I’ve helped facilitate that learning is
better than any award I could ever get.”
AFRICAN-AMERICAN
MIGRATION EXPERT
Peter Rutkoff ’64
has craft-
ed the recorded history of
the mass exodus of African-
Americans in the U.S. and
simultaneously made higher
education more accessible
for high school students.
“I’ve always been a teacher, but my interests
have changed over the years, from European
history to American history to African-Ameri-
can studies,” says Rutkoff, who has taught at
Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio, for 40 years.
“I’ve come to enjoy the field work component
of understanding the African-American dias-
pora, from filming in Ghana, to participating in
Santeria ceremonies in Cuba, to the study of
Gullah culture in South Carolina.”