Inside the Core starting Monday, Oct. 26, 2020, we begin to offer again online tutoring
for Core I and II students. Originally, we had planned to offer this tutoring in the
Core Center in Mooney 339. However, COVID has made that impossible, of course. However,
one of our Core Fellows, Dr. Ksenija Puskaric will begin offering tutoring hours starting
early next week. Dr. Puskaric has been teaching in the Core (both Core I and Core
II) for five years. Highly trained in philosophy (having obtained her Ph.D. in philosophy
at Central European University in Budapest in 2010), Dr. Puskaric brings her expertise
in philosophy and related subjects to her teaching in the Core. Her research interests
include phenomenology, philosophy and art, Nicholas Cusanus, Gregory of Nyssa, and
Richard Kearney, and her areas of specialization are epistemology, philosophy of religion,
philosophy of mind, and early modern philosophy, though she is also knowledgeable
in ethics, medieval philosophy, and metaphysics. She has published several articles
in these fields, as well as a number of popular theological articles, geared toward
an educated but general audience. She is well-equipped on so many levels to help students
with their Core I and Core II reading and projects. Dr. Puskaric is also a talented
artist, whose works deal with nature and spiritual themes, among other subjects. Her
art can be viewed here.
A new mother of Yasmina, born in June of 2020, Dr. Puskaric is also caring for big
sister, Lilliana (Leeloo), aged 4. She and her husband, Core Fellow Charles Michael
Shea, bring a wonderful combination of gifts to the Core. Dr. Shea (Mike) is an expert
on Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman, and has a book on Newman with Oxford University
Press.
Dr. Puskaric will be available for tutoring M/W 8-3 and M/W 8-4 pm. Students wishing
to be tutored can reach her by e-mail and, once they connect with her, she and the
student can work out whether to continue working by e-mail or, alternatively, via
TEAMS. She is available to help with textual content or work on papers.
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