Mar 28, 2024  
2012-2013 
    
2012-2013 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

New Faculty and Instructional Appointments


(as of June 1, 2012)

 

Jannette Amaral-Rodriguez, Visiting Instructor in Spanish
B.A. (University of Puerto Rico), M.A., M.Phil, Ph.D. (expected) (Columbia University)
 
Mark J. Barsoum, Director of the Mathematics and Science Center and Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. (University of California, Davis), Ph.D. (University of California, San Diego)
 
Jack M. Beasley, Adjunct Associate Professor of Theatre

B.A. (Vanderbilt), M.F.A. (University of Georgia, Athens)

(Fall Semester)

 

Florin Beşchea-Fache, Visiting Instructor in French
B.A. (Babes-Boliay University, Romania), M.S. (University of Southern Indiana)
M.A. (Indiana University, Bloomington)
 
*Alison Bory, Assistant Professor of Dance
B.A. (Mt. Holyoke), M.A. (University of Surrey, Guildford), M.F.A., Ph.D. (University of California, Riverside)
 
Basma Botros, Adjunct Lecturer in Arabic
B.S. (International Academy, Cairo), M.A. (Eastern Illinois)
 
Maurya M. Boyd, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. (Davidson), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio State)
 
D. Henry Buckley, Visiting Professor of French
B.A. (Tufts), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
 

Christian Casper, Adjunct Lecturer in Theatre

B.A. (Boise State), M.F.A. (University of San Diego)
(Fall Semester)
 
Kristen K. Cecala, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (expected) (University of Georgia, Athens)
 
Tanya R. Chartier, Adjunct Lecturer in Education
B.A. (Denison), M.A. (Western Michigan)
(Spring Semester)
 
Britta H. Crandall, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies
B.A. (Miami University), M.A., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)
(Fall Semester)
 
Irina M. Erman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian
B.A., B.A. (summa cum laude) (Emory), M.A., PhD. (Stanford)
 
Ross J. Fenimore, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
B.A. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles)
 
Darren D. Floyd, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
B.A. (The College of Wooster), M.F.A. (Temple)
 
May G. George, Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Arabic
B.A. (University of Al_Mustansirya, Baghdad), M.A. (University of Baghdad),
M.A., Ph.D. (University of Arizona, Tucson)
 
Paul-Henri Gurian, James K. Batten Professor of Public Policy
B.A. (New School for Social Research), M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

(Fall Semester)

 
Jennifer B. Hawthorne, Adjunct Practicum Facilitator in Psychology
B.A. (cum laude) (Davidson), M.A. (Argosy), Psy.D. (Pepperdine)
 
Moshi Optat Herman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A. (Middlebury), M.A., Ph.D. (expected) (Brown)
 
William B. Hodge, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S. (UNC Wilmington), Ph.D. (Wake Forest)
 
Tae-Sun Kim, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A. (cum laude) (Lawrence), M.A., Ph.D. (Michigan State)
 (Fall Semester)
 
Joseph C. Konen, Adjunct Lecturer in Medical Humanities
A.B. (Hamilton), M.D. (College of Medicine, SUNY), M.S.P.H. (University of Utah)
 
Cynthia Lawing, Artist Associate in Piano
B.M. (Wittenburg), B.M., M.M. (Cleveland Institute of Music)
 
Andrew W. Leslie, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

B.A. (University of Virginia), Ph.D. (Northwestern University)

(Fall Semester)
 
Xinying Li, Visiting Lecturer in Chinese
B.A. (Northwestern University, Shenyang), M.A. (Ohio)
 
Matthew Luter, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A. (Millsaps), M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)
 
Joel E. Macht, Adjunct Practicum Facilitator in Psychology
B.A. (University of Miami), M.S. (Colorado State), Ph.D. (Arizona State)
 
Christine Marshall, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A. (Bryn Mawr), M.A. (University of Missouri), Ph.D. (University of Utah)
 
*Amanda R. Martinez, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies, Sociology, and Education
B.A. (St. Mary’s), M.A. (University of Houston), Ph.D. (Texas A&M)
 
Molly McCullers, Visiting Assistant Professor of History
B.A. (Clemson), Ph.D. (expected) (Emory)
 
Maren Milligan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A. (magna cum laude) (Oberlin), Ph.D. (University of Maryland)
 
Samantha A. Noel, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
B.A. (Brooklyn College, C.U.N.Y.), M.A., Ph.D. (Duke)
 
Justin D. Peachey, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S. (Grove City College), M.S., Ph.D. (Clemson)
 
Joshua T. Putnam, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A. (UNC Chapel Hill), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Georgia)
 
Raghuram Ramanujan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S. (Purdue), Ph.D. (Cornell)
 
Victoria Redel, McGee Professor of Writing
B.A. (Dartmouth), M.F.A. (Columbia)
(Spring Semester)
 
Jennifer E. Round, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. (University of Rhode Island), M.S., Ph.D. (Yale)
 
Michael Rowland, Artist Associate in Music/Departmental Accompanist
B.A. (Wake Forest), M.C.M. (Southern Baptist Seminary)
 
*C. Mathews Samson, Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.S. (Louisiana State), M.Div. (Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary),
M.A. (Louisiana State), Ph.D. (SUNY at Albany)
 
Dolores Santamaria, Visiting Instructor in Spanish
Licenciada (University Complutense de Madrid), M.A. (University of South Carolina, Columbia)
 
Rosalba E. Scott, Visiting Lecturer in Spanish
B.A. (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá), M.A. (University of Southern Mississippi)
 
Alan J. Singerman, Adjunct Richardson Professor Emeritus of French
B.A. (Ohio), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)
(Fall Semester)
 
*Nicole L. Snyder, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. (Westminster), Ph.D. (University of Connecticut)
 
*Tyler Starr, Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A. (University of Connecticut), M.F.A. (University of Minnesota),
Ph.D. (Tokyo University of the Arts)
 
Lauren A. Stutts, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S. (Davidson), Ph.D. (University of Florida, Gainesville)
 
Isaac Job Thomas, Adjunct Professor Emeritus of History and Director of the Davidson-in-India Program
B.A., M.A. (Madras), Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor)
 
*Darian M. Totten, Assistant Professor of Classics
B.A. (University of Chicago), Ph.D. (Stanford)
 
*Syed Rizwan Zamir, Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A. (University of Punjab, Pakistan), B.A. (James Madison), Ph.D. (University of Virginia)

* Tenure-track position