New Faculty Fall 2002

Blair School of Music
Thomas E. Verrier
Associate Professor and Director of Wind Studies
B. Mus., Ithaca College, 1987
M.M., California State University, 1994
D.M.A., University of Colorado at Boulder, 1998
Courses: Vanderbilt Wind Ensemble; Philosophical Foundations and Contemporary Issues in Music Teaching

College of Arts and Science
Dietmar Bisch
Professor of Mathematics
Hauptdiplom in Mathematics, Universitat Karlsruhe, Germany, 1987
Ph.D., UCLA, 1991
Courses: TBA

Richard Blackett
Andrew Jackson Professor of American History, Professor of History
B.A., Keele, England, 1969
M.A., Manchester, England, 1973
Courses: Studies in Slavery; graduate seminar on American History

Jason Borge
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., Pomona College, 1987
M.A., Colombia, 1991
M.A., California, Santa Barbara, 1997
Ph.D. (expected), California — Berkeley, 2002
Courses: Introduction to Spanish and Spanish American Literature

Kendal Scot Broadie
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Oregon, 1989
Ph.D., Cambridge, England, 1994
Courses: TBA

John M. Burke
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Minnesota, 1993
Ph.D., Georgia, 1999
Courses: Molecular Evolution

Laura M. Carpenter
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.S., B.A., Boston, 1991
M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania, 1995, 1999
Courses: Gender in American Society, Gender in American Society and a Graduate Special Topic Seminar titled “Gender, Sexuality and Intimate Relationships”

Michael Clark
Assistant Professor of Communications Studies
B.S., Carnegie Mellon, 1993
M.A., North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1998
Ph.D. (expected), Northwestern, 2002
Courses: Identity and Reason in American Sex Controversies; Public speaking

John P. Conley
Professor of Economics
B.A., Chicago, 1984
M.A., Ph.D., Rochester, 1987, 1990
Courses: TBA

Rosalyn Cooperman
Senior Lecturer in Political Science
Ph.D. (expected)
Courses: The American Presidency, Introduction to American Government and
Politics, Special Topics “Women in Politics”

Benjamin Eden
Professor of Economics
B.A., Hebrew University, 1971
Ph.D., Chicago, 1975
Courses: TBA

Marilyn Eordegian
Senior Lecturer in religious Studies
M.A., Ph.D., Yerevan State, 1986, 1987
Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2002
Courses: Freshman Seminar titled “Religion in the Middle East,” and Special Topics course on “Israel in the United States”

Michael E. Ezell
Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., California-Davis, 1996
M.A., Ph.D. (expected), Duke, 1999, 2000
Courses: Delinquency and Juvenile Justice; Research Practicum.

Devin Fergus
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., N.C. State, 1992, 1994
M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Colombia, 1997, 2000
Courses: American Civilization Since the Civil War; Recent U.S. History

Suzanne Gonsalez
Senior Lecturer in Art
B.A., New Mexico, 1997
M.F.A., Kentucky, 2000
Courses: Fundamentals of Photography, Photo Design, Advanced Photo Design

Christina Karageorgou-Bastea
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., Athens, 1988
M.A., Universidad Veracruzana, 1994
M.A., Ph.D., El Colegio de Mexico, 1996, 1998
Courses: Contemporary Lyric Poetry

Gennadi Kasparov
Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Moscow State, 1974
Doctor of Physics and Mathematical Studies, Institute of Mathematics of the Academy of Sciences, 1984
Courses: TBA

Shafali Lal
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Chicago, 1992
MPhil., M.A., Ph.D. (Expected), Yale, 1999, 2002
Courses: Women’s Experience in America — Colonial Times to the Civil War; Women’s Experience from 1880 to the Present

Jonathan Lamb
Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Humanities; Professor of English
B.A., D. Phil., York, 1966, 1971
Courses: Restoration and 18th Century Literature; Graduate Seminar, 1660-1800

Anthony Loh
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., McGill, 1985
M.A., Toronto, 1988
Ph.D., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1999
Courses: Chinese and Japanese Politics; Special Topics on East Asian International Relations

Lorraine M. Lopez
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., California State, 1989
M.A., Ph.D., Georgia, 1997, 2000
Courses: Advanced Fiction Workshop, Ethnic American Literature, Latino/Latina Literature, Intermediate Fiction Workshop

Viktor V. Maymeskul
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
M.S., Donetsk State-Ukraine, 1981
Ph.D., Institute for Applied Mathematics and Mechanics-Ukraine, 1986
Ph.D., South Florida, 2001
Courses: TBA

Douglas G. McMahon
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., Ph.D., Virginia, 1980, 1986
Courses: Graduate Seminar in Biological Sciences, Spring—2003

Keiko Rose Nakajima
Senior Lecturer in Japanese
B.A., Oregon, 1995
M.A., Ph.D. (expected), Mississippi, 1998, 2002
Courses: Beginning and Intermediate Modern Japanese and Third-Year Japanese

Olatunji Oto
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Ibadan-Nigeria, 1992, 1997
Ph.D. (expected), York-Ontario, 2002
Courses: Comparative Slavery, Sub-Saharan Africa

Emanuelle F. Oliveira
Assistant Professor of Portuguese
B.A., Pontificia Universidade Catolica, Riode Janeiro-Brazil, 1998
B.A., Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro — Brazil, 1989
M.A., Ph.D., UCLA, 1994, 2001
Courses: Introduction to Luso Brazilian Literature

Bridget Orr
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Victoria-Wellington, 1979
Ph.D., Cornell, 1995
Courses: on leave for 2002-2003 Academic Year

James O. Pawelski
Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development, and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Cedarville College, 1989
M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1991, 1997
Courses: Freshman Seminar titled “Religion and Life’s Transitions,” Ethics for Human Development Professionals; religion and Discovery of the Individual

Martine Dalicieux Prieto
Senior Lecturer in French and Comparative Literature
B.A., Beasacon — France, 1970
M.A., Diplome d’Etudes Approfondies, Doctorate, Paris, 1974, 1977, 1978, 1984
Courses: French Composition

René Prieto
Professor of Spanish
B.A., M.A., Sorbonne, 1973, 1974
B.A., Institut des Langues Orientales, 1974
Ph.D., Stanford, 1980
Courses: Introduction to Spanish and Spanish American Literature; Special Topics “Native Americans in Spanish American Literature”

William Francis Robinson
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Johns Hopkins, 1984
M.A., Florida, 1988
Ph.D., Auburn, 1999
Courses: Iberian Atlantic Empire; History of Mexico

Chris Sliwa
Senior Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., Universtitat von Hildesheim, Fachbereich, Sprachen und Technik, 1992
M.A., Ph.D., Florida State, 1995, 1997
Courses: Beginning and Elementary Spanish

Stephanie A. So
Senior Lecturer in Economics; Research Assistant Professor of Economics
AB, Princeton, 1986
M.S., M.A., Ph.D., Rochester, 1996
Courses: TBA

Marjorie J. Spruill
Associate Vice Chancellor for Planning; Research Professor of History
B.A., North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1973
MAT, Duke, 1974
M.A., Ph.D., Virginia, 1980, 1990
Courses: Suffrage Movement in the American South

Paula D. Tomczak
Senior Lecturer in Anthropology
B.S., Loyola, 1994
M.A., Chicago, 1995
Ph.D., New Mexico, 2001
Courses: Social Behavior of Nonhuman Primates; Origins and Evolution of Human Culture; Freshman Seminar

Daniel H. Usner, Jr.
Professor of History
B.A., Johns Hopkins, 1975
M.A., Ph.D., Duke, 1976, 1981
Courses: American Indian History; Introduction to Historical Methods and Research

Bradford Vivian
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
B.A., George Mason, 1996
M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1988, 2001
Courses: Rhetoric and Civil Life; The Rhetoric of the American Experience

Yiannis Vourtsanis
Senior Lecturer in Mathematics
B.S., Athens-Greece, 1980
M.A., Ph.D., California-Berkeley, 1984, 1987
Courses: TBA

Barbara P. Weinlich
Mellon Assistant Professor of Classics
D. Phil., Frankfurt — Germany, 1999
Courses: Intermediate Latin I; Ovid; Intermediate Latin II; The Greek Myths; Freshman Seminar

Nicholas John Wright
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 2002
Courses: TBA

Law School
Chris Guthrie
Professor of Law
B.A., Stanford, 1989
EdM, Harvard, 1991
J.D., Stanford, 1994
Courses: Torts, Negotiations, Alternative Dispute Resolution

Owen Graduate School of Management
Ruth N. Bolton
Professor of Management
Ph.D. Carnegie-Mellon University, 1983
M. Sc. Carnegie-Mellon University, 1980
B. Comm., Queen’s University, 1978
Courses: TBA

Peabody College
Dale Ballou
Associate Professor of Public Policy
Ph.D., Yale, 1989
B.A., Stanford, 1972
Courses: Economics of Education and Econometric Method

Sally Barton-Arwood
Instructor in Special Education
M.Ed., Vanderbilt, 1985
B.A., Tennessee, 1979
Courses: Exceptionality

Tisha L. Bennett
Assistant Clinical Professor of Early Childhood Education
Ed.D., North Texas, 2000
M.S., Alabama, 1993
B.S., UT-Martin, 1991
Courses: Early Childhood Education, Curriculum Programming and Parenting

Mark Berends
Associate Professor of Public Policy and Education
Ph.D., Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
M.S., Wisconsin-Madison, 1988
B.A., Calvin College, 1985
Courses: Organizational theory and behavior; sociology of education and educational policy

Bruce Compas
Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., UCLA, 1980
M.A., UCLA, 1975
B.A., UCLA, 1973
Courses: Clinical psychology, social and personality development,
behavioral pediatrics

Marsha Davis
Associate Clinical Professor of Human and Organizational Development
Ph.D., Minnesota, 1987
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia, 1981
AB, Duke, 1977
Courses: Applied Human Development, grant writing

Rogers Hall
Professor of Mathematics Education
Ph.D., UC-Irvine, 1990
M.S., UC-Irvine, 1983
M.A., Houston-Clear Lake City, 1978
B.A., Houston-Clear Lake City, 1976
Courses: social studies of science, interaction analysis methodologies, theories of mathematics learning, methods of teaching mathematics

James Hearn
Professor of Public Policy and Higher Education
Ph.D., Stanford, 1978
M.A., Stanford, 1976
M.B.A., Pennsylvania, (Wharton School), 1970
AB, Duke, 1968
Courses: organizational theory and behavior, higher education management and policy

Camille Holt
Senior Lecturer in Education
EdD, Memphis, 1974
M.A., Austin Peay, 1971
B.S., Austin Peay, 1967
Courses: N/A

Trish Kelly
Senior Lecturer in Public Policy and Education
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1994
B.S., Babson College, 1981
Courses: organizational theory and behavior, economics

Richard Lehrer
Professor of Science Education
Ph.D., New York-Albany, 1983
M.S., New York-Albany, 1976
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, 1973
Courses: research methodology, science education, multi-disciplinary approaches to curriculum and instructional development

Joseph Murphy
Professor of Public Policy and Education
Ph.D., Ohio State, 1980
MST, Chicago, 1974
B.A., Muskingum College, 1971
Courses: Leadership

Karon Jean Nicol-LeCompte
Assistant Clinical Professor of Early Childhood and Elementary Education
M.A., Sam Houston State University, 1996
B.S., Sam Houston University, 1995
Courses: social studies for early childhood and elementary education

James O. Pawelski
Assistant Professor of Human and Organizational Development, and Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
B.A., Cedarville College, 1989
M.A., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State, 1991, 1997
Courses: Freshman Seminar entitled “Religion and Life’s Transitions”, Ethics for Human Development Professionals; religion and Discovery of the Individual

Bethany Rittle-Johnson
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon, 1999
M.S., Carnegie Mellon, 1996
B.A., Virginia, 1994
Courses: development psychology, educational psychology, cognitive development

R. Anthony Rolle
Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Education
Ph.D., Indiana, 2000
MPA, Washington, 1992
B.S., Santa Clara, 1988
Courses: quantitative decision techniques, education finance

Leona Schauble
Professor of Science Education
Ph.D., Columbia, 1988
M.A., Teachers College, Columbia, 1981
AB, Bates College, 1968
Courses: psychological theories of learning science and mathematics, research methodology

Lori Schneiders
Assistant Clinical Professor of Human and Organizational Development
Ed. D., Louisville, 1999
MeD, Xavier, 1985
B.A., Xavier, 1975
Courses: developmental counseling psychology, principles of guidance

Brian Williams
Assistant Clinical Professor of Human and Organizational Development
DOA, Georgia, 1995
MPA, Georgia, 1991
AB, Georgia, 1988
Courses: community service, health service delivery in diverse populations

School of Engineering
Peter T. Cummings
John R. Hall Professor of Chemical Engineering
B.A. Math, University of Newcastle, Australia, 1976
Ph. D., University of Melbourne, Australia, 1980
Courses: TBA

Posted 9/23, 2002 at 12:30 p.m.

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