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This fall, 18 new members of the faculty have been hired
in tenure-track positions:
Josep Alba-Salas, assistant professor in the modern
languages and literatures department, earned his Ph.D. from
Cornell University. The recipient of many research fellowships
and awards, he has taught at the University of South Carolina
and the University of Trieste, Italy.
Christina Ballantine, assistant professor in the
mathematics and computer science department, earned her Ph.D.
from the University of Toronto, Canada. Specializing in number
theory, forms and representation theory, buildings and combinatorics,
she has taught at Dartmouth College, Bowdoin College, the
University of Wyoming and the University of Toronto, Canada.
Robert M. Bellin, assistant professor in the biology
department, earned his Ph.D. from Iowa State University.
He recently finished his postdoctoral research fellowship
at Children’s Hospital in Boston, where he explored
research techniques such as cDNA cloning and sequencing,
confocal microscopy, live cell imaging and protein purification.
James Bryant, assistant professor in the sociology
and anthropology department, earned his Ph.D. from Brown
University. Previously, he worked as a consultant for Times2
Incorporated, an educational program in Providence, R.I.,
the Providence Housing Authority, the Housing Authority of
New Orleans and the Providence Plan Housing Corporation.
He has taught at Brown University and Rhode Island College,
where he designed a writing composition course for first-year
students.
David N. Claman, assistant professor in the music
department, earned his Ph.D. from Princeton University. The
recipient of numerous awards and grants, he has performed
in the United States and in India. He previously taught at
Colorado College, Princeton University and the University
of Madras, India.
Christine A. Coch, assistant professor in the English
department, earned her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago.
Specializing in 16th- and 17th-century English poetry and
prose, Shakespeare and English Renaissance drama, medieval
English literature, and early English women writers, she
has taught at the University of Chicago and DePaul University.
Mary A. Conley, assistant professor in the history
department, earned her Ph.D. from Boston College. The recipient
of many fellowships and honors, she has taught at Boston
College, Emory University and, most recently, Marquette University.
Joseph J. DeStefano, assistant professor in the mathematics
and computer science department, earned his Ph.D. from Dartmouth
College. Previously, he was employed as a scientist at BBN
Corp. in Cambridge, Mass., and as vice president, research & development
at MadeToOrder.com in Framingham, Mass.
Joshua R. Farrell ’94, Thomas E. D’Ambra
Assistant Professor of Chemistry in the chemistry department,
earned his Ph.D. at North-western University, Evanston,
Ill. A contributor to numerous publications, he has recently
completed his NIH postdoctoral fellow at the Massachusetts
Institute of Technology.
Sarah Grunstein, instructor in the music department,
is currently completing a Ph.D. of musical arts at the City
University of New York. Since her Carnegie Recital Hall debut
in 1984, Grunstein has performed in Austria, Hungary, the
United Kingdom, the United States, France, Italy and her
homeland, Australia. She has taught at the Juilliard School,
the Manhattan School of Music, Fordham University, the City
University of New York and the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.
Ibrahim Kalin, assistant professor in the religious
studies department, earned his Ph.D. from George Washington
University. Specializing in Islamic studies, he has taught
at Mary Washington College and George Washington University.
Sarah McGrath, assistant professor in the philosophy
department, earned her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute
of Technology. Specializing in metaphysics and ethics, she
is also knowledgeable in the philosophy of language, the
philosophy of biology, the history of modern philosophy,
epistemology and feminist philosophy.
Victoria C. Plaut, assistant professor in the psychology
department, earned her Ph.D. from Stanford University. The
recipient of numerous grants and awards, she has focused
her research on the cultural models of diversity, cultural
sources of well-being and cultural variations of self.
Kevin J. Quinn, assistant professor in the chemistry
department, earned his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin,
Madison. He is a member of the American Chemical Society
and the American Chemical Society’s Organic Division.
For the past year he has served as a lecturer at the University
of Pennsylvania on the topic of advanced experimental organic
chemistry.
B. Jeffrey Reno, assistant professor in the political
science department, earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State
University. His research and teaching interests include the
role of political discourse in urban policy, the idea of
the “Leisured Class” and its impact on civil society
and the nature of “public” and “private” and
its impact on policy and discourse. He has served as an adjunct
lecturer at the University of Michigan and as a visiting
instructor at Michigan State University.
Cristi Rinklin, assistant professor in the visual
arts department, earned her M.F.A. from the University of
Minnesota, Minneapolis. Specializing in painting and drawing,
she has served as a guest lecturer at numerous colleges and
has taught at the University of Minnesota, the College of
Visual Art, St. Paul, Minn., and the Minneapolis College
of Art and Design. Her work has appeared in exhibitions throughout
the country.
William V. Sobczak, assistant professor in the biology
department, earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University. Author
of numerous publications, his research interests include
energy flow through aquatic ecosystems, ecosystem restoration
and conservation and ecology and biogeochemistry of groundwaters.
Previously, he worked as a postdoctoral associate in the
water resources division at the U.S. Geological Survey.
Shelby Therese Weitzel, Brake-Smith assistant professor
in social philosophy and ethics in the philosophy department,
earned her Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at
Chapel Hill. The recipient of many awards, she has taught
at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the
University of Utah.
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