Five faculty members have been promoted to the rank of associate professor with tenure. They are: Donald Brand, political science; Estrella Cibreiro, modern languages and literatures; Deirdre Haskell, mathematics; Mark Lincicome, history; D. Neel Smith, classics.

Donald Brand, a 1971 graduate of Williams College, was an instructor in the department of political science at Holy Cross from 1981 - 1983. After receiving his doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1983, he was an assistant professor at the University of Pennsylvania. His specialties include American politics, government, and the presidency.

Estrella Cibreiro received her early university education in Spain and earned her doctorate from the University of Connecticut. She taught at the University of Connecticut and served as interim language coordinator. Her specialties include contemporary Spanish novel and drama.

Deirdre Haskell earned a bachelor’s degree from Oxford University and a doctorate in mathematics from Stanford University. She has studied at the University of Bonn and taught at Brown University. Her specialties include the applications of logic to algebra and computer science.

Mark Lincicome received a bachelor’s degree from Bowdoin College and a doctorate in Far Eastern languages and civilizations from the University of Chicago. He served as associate director of the Asian Studies Program at the University of Pittsburgh and executive director of the Japan America Society of Chicago.

D. Neel Smith graduated from Harvard University in 1979 with a degree in classical archeology. A Fulbright Scholar, he studied classics at the Universitat Zurich. Smith earned a doctorate in classical archeology from the University of California at Berkeley. He is one of the developers of the Perseus Project, the multimedia database of Greek antiquity.