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McCollum named president of Academy's Atlantic Region

UPPER MONTCLAIR, N. J. -- Adele McCollum of MSU's Philosophy and Religion Department has been elected president and program director of the Mid-Atlantic Region of the American Academy of Religion.

McCollum, a Paterson resident, also authored a chapter, "Tradition, Folklore and Disability," in a new book from Abington Press, "Human Disability and the Service of God: Reassessing Religious Practice."

MSU is located at the intersection of Valley Road and Normal Avenue in Upper Montclair. The campus is one mile south of the junction of routes 3 and 46, 14 miles west of New York City.

More information on the University is available on its website: www.montclair.edu.

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