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Other Instructional Appointments


2021-2022
 

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

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) 

Solmaz Bastani, Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics 
B.S. (Shahid Beheshti, Tehran), M.S. (Iran University of Science and Technology, Tehran), Ph.D. (Oklahoma State) 

Florin Beşchea, Assistant Professor of the Practice in French and Francophone Studies 
B.A. (Babes-Bolyai University, Romania), M.S. (University of Southern Indiana), M.A., Ph.D. (Indiana University, Bloomington) 

Jason N. Blum, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Writing 
B.A. (Lafayette), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania) 

Maurya MacNeil Boyd, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology 
B.A. (Davidson), M.S., Ph.D. (Ohio State) 

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

Britta H. Crandall, Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies 
B.A. (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) 

Charles B. Davis, Technical Director/Lecturer in Theatre 
B.A. (UNC Asheville), M.F.A. (Indiana University, Bloomington) 

Rosalba Esparragoza, Lecturer in Hispanic Studies 
B.A. (Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá), M.A. (University of Southern Mississippi) D.Ed. (UNC Charlotte) 

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) 

Nancy J. Fairley, Adjunct Professor Emerita of Anthropology  
B.A. (CUNY), Ph.D. (SUNY at Stony Brook) 
(spring semester) 

Rebeca Fernandez, Multilingual Student Writing Coordinator and Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies and Educational Studies 
B.S. (Boston), M.Ed., Ed.D. (Harvard) 

Emily Frazier-Rath, Visiting Assistant Professor of German Studies 
B.A. (Bucknell), M.A. (University of Cincinnati) Ph.D. (University of Colorado, Boulder) 

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, Instructor in Africana Studies 
B.A., M.A. (DePaul), M.A., Ph.D. (expected) (Northwestern) 

Willie J. Griffin, Adjunct Lecturer in History 
B.A. (Morehouse), M.A. (Morgan State), Ph.D. (UNC Chapel Hill) 
(spring semester) 

Lauren A. Henry, Instructor in History 
B.A. (Yale), M.A., Ph.D. (expected) (Ohio State)  

*Van E. Hillard, Director of College Writing Program, and Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies 
B.A. (Ohio Wesleyan), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati)

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

Phil F. 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 J. 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 of Anthropology 
B.S. (Université de Montréal), M.A. (Trent), Ph.D. (Tulane) 

Cynthia Lawing, Artist Associate in Piano 
B.M. (Wittenburg), B.M., M.M. (Cleveland Institute of Music) 

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

Diego Javier Luis, Visiting Assistant Professor of Humanities 
B.A. (Emory), M.A., Ph.D. (Brown) 

Naila M. Mamoon, Director of Premedical and Allied Health Professions and Assistant Professor of Health and Human Values 
M.B.B.S. (Dhaka University), Ph.D. (University of Mississippi, Jackson) 

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

Linda C. McNally, Lecturer in Biology 
B.S., M.S. (UNC Charlotte) 

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

Janet H. Melonakos, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biology 
B.S. (Brigham Young), Ph.D. (Duke) 

Shanaaz Mohammed, Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies 
B.A. (University of the West Indies), M.A., Ph.D. (Florida State) 

Owen Mundy, Associate Professor of the Practice in Digital Studies 
B.F.A. (Indiana), M.F.A. (University of California, San Diego) 

Henry W. Neale, Jr., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Mathematics 
B.S. (Davidson), M.A., Ph.D. (UNC Charlotte) 

Richard D. Neidinger, Adjunct Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science 
B.A. (Trinity), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin) 
(fall semester) 

Tamara Neuman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies 
B.A. (Brandeis), M.A., Ph.D. (University of Chicago) 

Lia Newman, Adjunct Instructor in Art 
B.F.A., B.A. (Winthrop), M.A. (Duke) 
(spring semester) 

Heather M. Offerman, Lecturer in Hispanic Studies 
B.A. (University of Southern Indiana), M.A., Ph.D. (Purdue) 

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

Helen Parsonage, Adjunct Lecturer in Latin American Studies 
B.A. (University of Birmingham, England), J.D. (North Carolina Central University) 
(spring semester) 

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) 

Stacey Riemer, Adjunct Lecturer in Experiential Learning 
B.S. (St. John Fisher College), M.S. (University of Rochester), Ph.D. (Syracuse) 
(fall semester) 

Stacey Riemer, Adjunct Lecturer in Sociology 
B.S. (St. John Fisher College), M.S. (University of Rochester), Ph.D. (Syracuse) 
(spring semester) 

Andrew Rippeon, Assistant Professor of the Practice in Writing 
B.A. (University of Delaware), M.A. (University of Chicago), Ph.D. (SUNY at Buffalo) 

Tomasz Robak, Artist Associate in Accompanying 
B.A., B.M. (Rice), M.M., D.M.A. (expected) (Peabody Conservatory) 

Rebecca N. Ruhlen, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology 
B.A. (Trinity), M.A. (Harvard), Ph.D. (University of Washington) 
(spring semester) 

Dolores Santamaria, Lecturer in Hispanic Studies 
Licenciada (University Complutense de Madrid), M.A. (University of South Carolina, Columbia) 

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

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

Erica E. Shook, Adjunct Instructor in Mathematics 
B.S. (Davidson), M.Sc. (University of College London), M.A., Ph.D. (Columbia University) 
(fall semester) 

Jamie L. Stamey, Adjunct Lecturer in Experiential Learning 
B.A., M.Ed. (Belmont) 
(fall semester) 

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

Justin M. Troyka, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science 
B.A. (Carleton), A.M., Ph.D. (Dartmouth) 

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) 

Rebecca Vance, Adjunct Instructor in Biology 
B.S. (University of Montevallo), M.S. (University of Alabama at Birmingham) 
(spring semester) 

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

Jeremy Whitson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology 
B.S. (Muskingum), Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve) 

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)