{"id":630,"date":"2020-03-23T13:58:14","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:58:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/?p=630"},"modified":"2020-03-23T13:58:14","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T17:58:14","slug":"new-faculty-spotlight-johanna-maple-of-the-legal-studies-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.bsu.edu\/csh\/2020\/03\/23\/new-faculty-spotlight-johanna-maple-of-the-legal-studies-program\/","title":{"rendered":"New Faculty Spotlight: Johanna Maple of the Legal Studies Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here at the College of Sciences and Humanities, we love to highlight the new faculty members joining our team. Professor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bsu.edu\/academics\/collegesanddepartments\/political-science\/about\/faculty-staff\/faculty\/maplejohanna\">Johanna Maple<\/a> is a new Assistant Teaching Professor in the Legal Studies Program in the Political Science department. The following interview discusses what brought her to Ball State, her goals, and her various hobbies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Describe your experiences prior to coming to Ball State. What brought you here?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have enjoyed a meaningful and interesting career as an attorney, first serving as a law clerk to a Federal Magistrate Judge, then as a trial attorney for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, and finally as an Administrative Judge, also for the EEOC. I have always had an interest in teaching. A long federal government shut-down in December 2018\/January 2019, while terrible for the country, gave me an opportunity to look into what opportunities to teach might be available. The timing of the announcement for an opportunity to teach in the Legal Studies Program in the Political Science department at Ball State was perfect, and I was honored to be selected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What are some of your goals for the first year here?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I thoroughly enjoyed my first-semester teaching here in the fall. I have been so impressed by how bright, kind, polite, and hard-working the students in the Legal Studies Program are.\u00a0 It really is an honor to be a part of their learning experience. 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