by Emily Snell | Feb 6, 2012 | News Slider
A 75-year-old professor who rides a Harley is unforgettable for most students. Lipscomb’s psychology department proudly claims that unique motorcycle-collecting faculty member in Dr. Roy Hamley. Hamley, one of the three self-titled “psycle therapists,” rides with his colleagues Dr. Shanna Ray and Dr. Jake Morris on weekends in the spring and fall when the weather is nice. After his son and daughter both bought Harleys, Hamley, who currently has four motorcycles, decided he should join the excitement and live “full throttle.” “I thought if they’re having all that fun, I’m going to find out what I’m missing,” he said. “So, I’ve been riding about 20 years, and I should have started sooner. I wasted a half a century before I started.” Morris and Ray began riding two years ago, after they took a motorcycle safety course together. More than half of the professors in the psychology department ride motorcycles, and those in the department who don’t ride enjoy teasing those who do. Ray said she heard that Dr. Paul Turner, one of her colleagues, was “talking trash.” “He has a bicycle,” she explained, “and he was telling his classes that he’s the only real biker in the department. He was making out like we’re a bunch of sissies who sit there and twist throttle, and you know, he actually has to work.” Ray noted, with a laugh, that the only time she and Morris argue is when they’re disputing who should take the lead when they’re on their bikes. Morris agreed, explaining the two get along well at work. “When we get on our bikes and you’re ahead of...
by TJ Ojehomon | Sep 25, 2010 | News Slider
Many universities will often consider faculty members as nothing but a number. But here at Lipscomb University, that is certainly not the case. The university embraces every faculty member as an individual and will properly acknowledge their accomplishments when the opportunity presents itself. Three faculty members had that chance this past Thursday, as Dr. Kim Reed, Dr. Tim Johnson and Dr. Richard Goode were honored with a book signing party on the upper level of the Beaman Library for the release of their three new books. The party consisted of other faculty members and professors of Lipscomb University, as well as supportive students, friends of the authors and other interested guests. As the three honorees stood up to make their speeches, they each had very individual messages with one similar characteristic: they had a passion for the subjects about which they wrote. The professors told the audience each of their stories, as well as background information about the topics of their books. Dr. Kim Reed’s book, The Turn of the Screw and other Tales, focuses on a collection of ghost stories that Henry James has written over his literary career. She describes Henry James as a writer that she originally disapproved of after first reading one of his books (which she threw across the room as she explains in her speech) but found him so compelling enough to where she could not stop reading his works. “I hope [my readers] develop a greater appreciation for Henry James,” said Dr. Reed. Dr. Richard Goode’s Crashing the Idols: The Vocation of Will D. Campbell discusses how the message of “be reconciled”...
