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Danny Bean
Graduate Assistant, Public Humanities and Special Events
Graduate Assistant
College of Arts and Sciences: Fitz Center
Degrees
- B.A., Political Science and Philosophy, Wittenberg University, 2024
Profile
Danny Bean is an award-winning student, leader, writer, researcher and community servant. A first-generation college student, they took full advantage of their liberal arts experience during their undergraduate study at Wittenberg University, leading multiple clubs and participating in study-away experiences in Lesotho and Washington, D.C. As a life-long learner, they were able to graduate from Wittenberg summa cum laude with two majors and five minors, university honors and departmental honors in Philosophy. They currently work as the Public Humanities and Special Events Graduate Assistant at the University of Dayton’s Fitz Center for Leadership in Community and are studying to receive their MSE in Higher Education and Student Affairs to continue promoting their passion for educating others.
Professional activities
- Alpha Alpha Alpha
- Pi Sima Alpha
- Phi Eta Sigma
- Phi Alpha Theta
Selected publications
“Case Note: Bond v. United States.” Levitas. Eds. Danny Bean, Racheal Vargo, and Nick Jenks. Springfield, Ohio: Wittenberg University (2024). pp. 75-82. https://www.wittenberg.edu/sites/default/files/media/politicalscience/WittenbergPoliSci-Levitas2024-Rev.pdf
“The Trauma Theory of Love.” Electronic Theses and Dissertations. Springfield, Ohio: Wittenberg University (2024). http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=wuhonors1719488942456422 /
“Hitlerjugend: Children, Film, and Genocide.” Levitas. Eds. Carly Marlow, Rider Stock, Hayley Eckert, and Danny Bean. Springfield, Ohio: Wittenberg University (2023). pp. 5-18. https://www.wittenberg.edu/sites/default/files/media/politicalscience/WittenbergPoliSci-Levitas2023.pdf
“Why I Want to Be a Trophy Wife.” Spectrum. Eds. Bella Fiorito, Erika Jackson, Aleks Slenk, Lucas Hummel, Kira Frieson, and Kaleigh Dulin. Springfield, Ohio: Wittenberg University (2022). pp. 4-7.
Selected presentations
“Lesotho and Wittenberg: A Senior AFDS Minor’s Reflections.” Presented at the Wittenberg University Connections Symposium, Springfield, Ohio, April 2024.
“The Rise and Fall of the Slutrouple in Margaret Cavendish’s The Blazing World.” Presented at the Wittenberg University Connections Symposium, Springfield, Ohio, April 2024.
“Scandal’s Olivia Pope: Powerful Addict and Dislocated Fixer.” Presented at the Wittenberg University Honors Undergraduate Research Symposium, Springfield, Ohio, April 2024.
“Attitudes Toward the Supreme Court: A Linear Regression Model of Immediately Post-Obergefell Data in a Post-Dobbs World.” Presented at the Wittenberg University Department of Political Science Senior Conference, Springfield, Ohio, February 2024.
“Cobra Kai and the Macchioan Legacy.” Presented at the Wittenberg University Honors Undergraduate Research Symposium, Springfield, Ohio, April 2023.