College of Arts & Sciences
2005 - 2006 New Faculty




Front Row (Left to Right) : Hedeel I. Guy Evans(CHEM), Cory Emal (CHEM), Laura Eidietis (BIOL), Christina Hornbach (MUSD), Alissa Huth-Bocks (PSY), Sayuri Kubota (FLABS), Deanna Mihaly (FLABS), Renee Lajiness-O'Neill (PSY), Zhirong (Jerry) Zhao (PLSC), Donna Killingbeck (SAC)
Back Row (Left to Right) : Michael Reedy (ART), John McCurdy (HIST/PHIL), Steven Ramald (HIST/PHIL), Annette Wannamaker (ENGL), Melanie Schuessler (CTA), Christine Tracy (ENGL), Stephen Mucher (HIST/PHIL), Alexander Jeff Popko (FLABS), Young S. Kim (SAC)
Not Pictured : Beili Liu (ART), Jennifer Locke (ART), Keith Damron (CTA), Mary Hogg (CTA), Tracie Morris (ENGL), William Welch (GEOG/GLG), Xiaoxu Han (MATH), Patrick Koehn (PHY/AST), Volker Krause (PLSC)

List of the New Faculty

ART


 1. Beili Liu
Degree: MFA University of Michigan, 2003
Speciality: 3D-Design
2. Jennifer Locke
Degree: MFA Wichita State University, 2001
Speciality: Drawing
3. Michael Reedy
Degree: MFA Northern Illinois University, 2005
Speciality Drawing
BIOLOGY


 1. Laura Eidietis
Degree: Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2005
Speciality: Science Education
CHEMISTRY


 1. Cory Emal
 Degree: Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2003
Speciality: Organic Chemistry
2. Hedeel I. Guy Evans
Degree: Ph.D. Wayne State University Medical School, 1992
Speciality: Biochemistry
COMMUNICATION &
THEATRE ARTS

 		1. Keith Damron
Degree:MLS Eastern Michigan University, 2004
Speciality:Media Production
2. Mary Hogg
Degree: Ph.D. University of Iowa, 1996
Speciality:Secondary Education
3. Melanie Schuessler
Degree: MFA University of Wisconsin, 1998
Speciality: Costume Design
ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE

 		1. Tracie Morris
Degree: MFA Hunter College
Speciality: Creative Writing: Poetry and Performance
2. Christine Tracy
Degree: Ph.D. Rensselaer Polytechnic Inst(expected 2005)
Speciality: Journalism
3. Annette Wannamaker
Degree: Ph.D. Bowling Green University, 1997
Speciality: Children's Literature
FOREIGN LANGUAGE &
BILINGUAL STUDIES

 		1. Sayuri Kubota
Degree: Ph.D. Purdue University, 2000
Speciality: Japanese
2. Deanna Mihaly
Degree: Ph.D. Tulane University, 2004
Speciality: Spanish
3. Alexander Jeff Popko
Degree: Ph.D. Northern Arizona University, 2003
Speciality: Teaching of English as a Second Language

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GEOGRAPHY & GEOLOGY


 1. William Welch
Degree: Ph.D. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 2001
Speciality: Physical Geography
HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY


 1. John McCurdy
Degree: Ph.D. Washington University, 2004
Speciality: Colonial/Revolutionary History
2. Stephen Mucher
Degree: Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2003
Speciality: Social Science Ed
3. Steven Ramold
Degree: Ph.D. University of Nebraska, Lincoln, 1999
Speciality: Civil War & Reconstruction
MATHEMATICS


 1. Xiaoxu Han
Degree: Ph.D. University of Iowa, 2004
Speciality: Mathematical Biology & Computational Mathematics
MUSIC & DANCE


 1. Christina Hornbach
Degree: Ph.D. Michigan State University, 2005
Speciality: Music Education
PHYSICS & ASTRONOMY


 1. Patrick Koehn
Degree: Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2002
Speciality: Astronomy
POLITICAL SCIENCE


 1. Volker Krause
Degree: Ph.D. University of Michigan, 2000
Speciality: International Politics
2. Zhirong (Jerry) Zhao
Degree: Ph.D. University of Georgia, 2005
Speciality: Public Administration
PSYCHOLOGY


 1. Alissa Huth-Bocks
Degree: Ph.D. Michigan State University
Speciality: Clinical Child Psychology
2. Renee Lajiness-O'Neill
 Degree: Ph.D. Brigham Young University, 1996
Speciality: Clinical Psychology
SOCIOLOGY, ANTHROPOLOGY, & CRIMINOLOGY

 1. Donna Killingbeck
Degree: Ph.D. Western Michigan University, 2005
Speciality: Corrections
2. Young S. Kim
Degree: Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University, 2001
Speciality: School Violence

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