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Director
Since 2007, Leslie Lindenauer has been a member of the faculty in WCSU’s Macricostas School of Arts and Sciences, where she is a Professor in the Department of History, Philosophy, and World Perspectives. She teaches courses in early American history, public history and museum studies, local history, and gender studies. Her research interests include New England witch trials, the American Revolution and popular culture, and gender and the construction of motherhood. Passionate about pedagogy and teaching innovation, she served as the Director of WCSU’s Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching. Her publications include Piety and Power: Gender and Religious Culture in the American Colonies, and I Could Not Call Her Mother: The Stepmother in American Popular Culture, 1750-1960.
Kathwari Honors House 102F
lindenauerl@wcsu.edu
203.837.9501
Assistant Director
Caitlin Kennedy joined as the Assistant Director of the Kathwari Honors Program in 2023. Caitlin’s undergraduate studies were completed here at Western Connecticut State University where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Psychology. After graduating from WCSU in 2012, she joined the U.S. Peace Corps, where she lived and served as an English Education volunteer in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Upon her return to the U.S., she earned her Master’s degree in Global Development & Peace from the University of Bridgeport. Caitlin joins the Kathwari Honors Program with over 10 years of higher education program management experience with her most recent roles in international education at the University of Bridgeport and the Associate Director of the Study Abroad Office at Trinity College. “I am thrilled to be back here at WestConn. It feels like coming home.” Caitlin’s favorite things in the world are being outside and exploring with her husband, two kids and dogs, traveling to new places, photography and coffee.
Kathwari Honors House 102D
kennedyc@wcsu.edu
203.837.9502
