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This fall, 16 new members of the faculty have been hired
in tenure-track positions:
Katherine
B. Aubrecht, assistant professor in the chemistry department, earned her
Ph.D. from Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y. The recipient of many research fellowships
and awards, her research interests include organic chemistry, environmentally
benign synthetic methodology and biodegradable polymers.
Jeffrey Bernstein, assistant professor in the philosophy
department, earned his Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University,
Nashville, Tenn. Specializing in 19th-century German idealism
and 17th-century rationalism, he has taught at Clark University
and Miami University.
Cassandra Cavanaugh, assistant professor in the history
department, earned her Ph.D. from Columbia University in
New York City. Author of New Patients in the New Order:
Central Asians and the Soviet medical brigades, she has
taught at Fordham University and Rutgers University. Previously,
she was a senior researcher with the Human Rights Watch in
New York.
William A. Clark, S.J., instructor in the religious
studies department, earned both his S.T.L. and S.T.D. from
the Weston Jesuit School of Theology, Cambridge, Mass. Entering
the Society of Jesus in 1982, he was ordained to the priesthood
in 1993. He has served as pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish
and taught at both St. Michael's Seminary and St. Michael's
Theological Institute, all in Kingston, Jamaica.
Mary Ebbott, assistant professor in the classics
department, earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass. Specializing in Greek tragedy, Homer, neoteric Latin
poetry and the social and cultural history of archaic and
classical Greece, she has developed and taught classes at
Harvard. Previously, she was co-editor for publications at
the Center for Hellenic Studies in Washington, D.C.
Alison
C. Fleming, assistant professor in the visual arts
department, earned her Ph.D. from the Pennsylvania State
University. The recipient of numerous
grants and fellowships, she has been a lecturer at Holy Cross and Assumption
College for the past five years. She specializes in Italian Renaissance art
and architecture.
Annette R. Jenner, assistant professor in the psychology
department, earned her Ph.D. from Harvard University. She
has taught at Wesleyan University and Fairleigh Dickinson
University and served as a postdoctoral associate at the
Haskins Laboratories and Yale School of Medicine. She conducts
research in the neuropsychological bases of reading failure,
specifically developmental dyslexia.
Braden Mechley '92, assistant professor in the classics
department, earned his Ph.D. from the University of Washington.
Specializing in Latin literature, Greek literature and both
Greek and Roman intellectual history, he has served as visiting
assistant professor at both Whitman College and Rutgers University.
Kenneth V. Mills, assistant professor in the chemistry
department, earned his Ph.D. from Harvard University. The
recipient of numerous fellowships and awards, his research
interests include biological chemistry, mechanisms of protein
autoprocessing and molecular evolution.
Tomohiko
Narita, assistant professor in the physics department,
earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
A former research associate
at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, his research interests
include characterization of semiconductor detectors, development of an imaging
hard X-ray telescope, and study of accreting binaries using space-borne instruments.
Paul J. Nienaber, S.J., assistant professor in the
physics department, earned his Ph.D. from the University
of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Entering the Society of
Jesus in 1988, he was ordained to the priesthood in 1999.
He has taught at Marquette University and Xavier University.
He specializes in particle physics, acoustics and astronomy.
Edward T. O'Donnell '86, associate professor in the
history department, earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Author of the forthcoming 1001 Things Everyone Should
Know About Irish American History, he has contributed
to several PBS historical documentaries. He was an associate
professor at Hunter College, the City University of New York.
Catherine A. Roberts, associate professor in the
mathematics department, earned her Ph.D. from Northwestern
University, Evanston, Ill. She is the former director and
founder of Modeling & Simulation Lab at Northern Arizona
University, where she also taught classes. Her current research
involves modeling rafting traffic in Grand Canyon National
Park.
Gareth E. Roberts, assistant professor in the mathematics
department, earned his Ph.D. from Boston University. Specializing
in dynamical systems and celestial mechanics, he has taught
at the University of Colorado at Boulder and Boston University.
Geoffrey C. Trussell, assistant professor in the
biology department, earned his Ph.D. from the College of
William and Mary, Glouster Point, Va. The recipient of numerous
awards and fellowships, he has taught at Northeastern University
and Brown University. He specializes in evolutionary ecology
of marine and aquatic organisms.
Eng C. Wu, assistant professor in the economics department,
earned his Ph.D. from Boston University. Author of International
Accounting Practices: Book Values and Economic Values,
he has been a stockbroker/trader for Bear Stearns and a trader/member
of both the Chicago Mercantile and the Singapore International
Monetary Exchanges.
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