From left to right: John Ruggeri, Distinguished Artist-Teacher; President David Rhoades; Chairman of the Board Silas Rhoades (seated); Dr. Camillo C. Bica, Distinguished Scholar-Teacher; and Amy Taubin, Distinguished Art Historian-Teacher.
The H&S department extends its heartfelt congratulations to Dr. Camillo C. Bica for winning this year's School of Visual Arts Distinguished Scholar & Teacher award.
In addition to teaching philosophy here at SVA, Dr. Bica is a consultant to the Veterans Self-Help Initiative, AKA "The HOOTCH Program", (a therapeutic community of war veterans suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder), a program he founded and coordinated for five years at the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Brooklyn, New York.
His primary areas of interests are in Eastern Philosophy, Ethics, and Social and Political Philosophy, with a focus on war. He is a former Marine Corps Officer and a veteran of the Vietnam War. He has authored and presented numerous papers dealing with such topics as just war theory, the effects of war on the warrior, post traumatic stress disorder, ethics and war, and political and social responsibility.
