Tag: Sheila Nayar

  • Greensboro College Professor Publishes Chapter in Forthcoming Book

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – A professor of English and Communication Studies at Greensboro College, Sheila J. Nayar, has published a chapter in a forthcoming book on humanism. Nayar’s chapter, “Humanism and Film,” will appear in The Oxford Handbook of Humanism. The chapter’s abstract is online here. Her chapter addresses the relationship between humanism and film while……


  • Greensboro College Professor Publishes a Book on Oral Storytelling

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Greensboro College Professor Sheila Nayar has published a book on storytelling without a written language. “Before Literature: The Nature of Narrative Without the Written Word” (Routledge, $26.95 paperback) examines storytelling that, whether for historical, technological or socioeconomic reasons, takes place without alphabetic literacy. In the book, written in clear and accessible language……


  • Greensboro College Professor Credits Her Students for Publication of Journal Article

    GREENSBORO, N.C. – Sheila J. Nayar, professor of English, communication and media studies at Greensboro College, has published an article in “Theology and Literature,” an academic journal published by Oxford University Press. And she wants everyone to know that she has her students to thank. The article,“Dante’s Star of the Sea: The Narrative Constellation of……


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Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Greensboro College class of 2019

“I loved the GC Honors program and Greensboro College. I felt safe and a sense of genuine belonging at the college. I worked closely with my thesis advisor and professors who helped inspire me to define my path and passion of interest. That path has led me to complete my doctoral studies in Engineering Mechanics.”

- Dr. Josh Fitzgerald, Class of ’19, Mathematics Major

Dr. Josh Fitzgerald earned his master's from Virginia Tech University (studied astrodynamics) as well as earning an Engineering Mechanics Ph.D. He joined the NASA Johnson Space Center in Houston, TX as an Advanced Mission Design Engineer, optimizing trajectories for the Artemis II and III missions to return humans to the moon.