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2021-2022 Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

New Faculty and Instructional Appointments, 2021-22


(as of July 1, 2021)

Issac Bailey, James K. Batten Visiting Professor of Communication Studies
B.A. (Davidson)

Sara Baugh, Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
B.A. (Florida State), M.A. (University of South Florida), M.A. (Georgia State),
Ph.D. (University of Denver)

Sally L. Bullock, Assistant Professor of Public Health
B.S. (University of California, Davis), M.P.H. (University of California, Berkeley),
Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Kevin Busch, Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A. (University of Chicago), M.A. (Brandeis), Ph.D. (Oxford)

Jason S. Byers, Visiting Assistant Professor of Data Science and Political Science
B.A., B.A. (College of Charleston), Ph.D. (University of Georgia)

Dasha Chapman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance
B.A. (Boston University), M.A., Ph.D. (New York University)

John Corso-Esquivel, Associate Professor of Art
B.A. (Williams), M.A. (Tufts), M.F.A. (The School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts),
M.A., Ph.D. (Cornell)

Britta H. Crandall, Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies
A.B. (Miami University), M.A., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins)

Jennine Capó Crucet, McGee Professor of Creative Writing
A.B. (Cornell), M.F.A. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis)
(spring semester)

Jacquelyn Culpepper, Artist Associate in Voice
B.S. (Western Carolina), M.M. (Baylor)

Thomas M. Espenschied, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
A.A., B.B.A. (Kent State). M.S. (Miami University), M.F.A. (Wake Forest)
(fall semester)

William Fried, Artist Associate in Piano
B.S. (Brown), M.M. (New England Conservatory), D.M.A. (University of California, San Diego)

Claudia Garcia-Rojas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., M.A. (DePaul), M.A., Ph.D. (expected) (Northwestern)

Lauren A. Henry, Visiting Assistant Professor History|
B.A. (Yale), M.A., Ph.D. (expected) (Ohio State)

Maxwell J. Holle, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A. (Monmouth), Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Phil Icard, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.S., Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill)

Jeff Jackson, Adjunct Assistant Professor of English
B.A. (Duke), M.F.A. (New York University)

Jack Jung, Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A. (Harvard), M.A. (Seoul National), M.F.A. (University of Iowa)

Stephen Kaliski, Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing Studies and Theatre
B.A. (Davidson), M.F.A. (Brooklyn College, CUNY)

Areila W. Kaspi-Kaneti, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. (Bar-Ilan, Israel), Ph.D. (Tel Aviv, Israel)

Jae Kyun Kim, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A. (Dongguk University, Seoul), Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

Steven Knell, Visiting Artist Associate, Director of Choral Activities
B.M. (University of Utah), M.M. (University of Georgia, Athens),
D.M.A. (University of Texas at Austin)

Irina Kogel, Lecturer in Russian Studies
B.A., M.A. (University of Chicago), M.A. (University of California, Berkeley)

Barrett B. Kollme, Adjunct Lecturer in Economics
B.S. (University of Virginia), M.B.A. (Duke)
(spring semester)

Maxime Lamoureux-St-Hilaire, Visiting Assistant Professor Anthropology
B.S. (Université de Montréal), M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (Tulane)

Vivian Leung, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology), Ph.D. (University of Washington)

Joseph M. Marchia, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A. (St. John’s), M.A., Ph.D. (Stony Brook)

Christopher R. Marsicano, Assistant Professor of Educational Studies and Public Policy
B.A. (Davidson), M.P.P. (Duke), Ph.D. (Vanderbilt)

Amanda R. Meier, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S. (Muhlenberg), Ph.D. (University of Michigan)

Catherine E. Nemitz, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
B.S., M.S., Ph.D. (expected) (UNC Chapel Hill)

Patrick O’Leary, Adjunct Practicum Facilitator in Psychology
B.A. (University of Connecticut), M.A. (University of Saint Joseph)

Anthony Pasero-O’Malley, Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
B.A. (Saint Louis University, Madrid), M.A. (Marquette),
Ph.D. (University of Virginia, Charlottesville)

Jonad Pulaj, Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
B.S. (UNC Chapel Hill), Ph.D. (Technische Universität Berlin)

Marcus R. Pyle, Franco Assistant Professor of Music
B.Mus. (Royal Academy), M.M. (The Juilliard School), M.A. (Dartmouth),
M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D. (New York University)

Karl Schmidt, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A. (Davidson), Ph.D. (Emory)
(fall semester)

Carlos Seminario, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S. (St. Mary’s University), M.S. (Georgia Institute of Technology), M.S., Ph.D. (UNC Charlotte)

Chuck Sturtevant, Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies
B.A. (Yale), M.Phil. (University of Manchester), Ph.D. (University of Aberdeen)
(fall semester)

Yi-Ting Tsai, Lecturer in Chinese Studies
B.A. (National Chiayi University, Taiwan), M.A. (National Taiwan Normal University)

M. Ann Tutwiler, James K. Batten Professor of Public Policy
B.A. (Davidson), M. Public Policy (Harvard)
(spring semester)

Nichole van Beek, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A. (Copper Union), M.F.A. (University of California, Santa Barbara)

Amanda Vredenburgh, Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
B.A. (Davidson), M.A. (New York University, Paris), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana)

Charles B. Williams III, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S. (Clemson), Ph.D. (Wake Forest)

Jason E. Ybarra, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S. (California State, Sacramento), M.S. (San Francisco State), M.S., Ph.D. (University of Florida)

Joshua C. Yesnowitz, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A. (Skidmore), M.A. (Boston College), Ph.D. (Boston University)

Bassil El Zaatari, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., B.S. (North Carolina State), Ph.D. (University of Delaware)