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Four faculty members at Holy Cross have been promoted to
the rank of full professor.
They are:
John
T. Anderson of the mathematics department earned a bachelor’s degree from
Princeton University, and a Ph.D. from Brown University. A member of the Holy
Cross faculty since 1986, Anderson has served on the Academic Standing Committee
and the Black Student Advising Committee. He was also involved in the Youth Exploring
Science Program (Y.E.S.) and the Professional Development Program for Worcester
Public School Teachers.
Anderson is co-author of “A Peak Point Theorem for Uniform Algebras Generated
by Smooth Functions on a Two-Manifold.” His research interests include several
complex variables and uniform algebras. He resides in North Kingstown,
R.I.
Ronald
M. Jarret of the chemistry department earned a bachelor’s degree from Rhode
Island College and a Ph.D. from Yale University. A member of the Holy Cross faculty
since 1986, Jarret has served on the Community Standards Board and the IT Task
Force. The recipient of numerous grants from the American Chemical Society and
the National Science Foundation, Jarret’s research interests include discovery
lab development for organic and general chemistry and the development of new
methods of analysis with NMR spectroscopy. Jarret is a past recipient of the
Holy Cross Distinguished Teacher award. He is author of many scientific
publications and presentations including, “Introduction of Simple Acid-Base Chemistry
in an Organic Chemistry Lab Through an Exercise that Simulates a Virus Spreading
Through a Population.” Jarret is a resident of Worcester.
Constance
G. Schick of the department of modern languages and literatures earned a
bachelor’s degree from Annhurst College, a master’s degree from Columbia University,
and a Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University. A member of the Holy Cross
faculty since 1990, Schick has served on the Committee on Study Abroad and as
the graduate studies advisor for the French
Program. She is author of “Seductive Resistance: The Poetry of Théophile
Gautier.” Schick’s research interests include 19th-century French literature
and ethnic literature of the French-Americans. She resides in Lexington,
Mass.
Janine
Shertzer of the physics department earned a bachelor’s degree from Loyola
College and a master’s degree and Ph.D. from Brown University. A member of the
Holy Cross faculty since 1984, Shertzer has served as chair of the physics department
and as a member of the editorial board of Physical Review A. She has twice served
as visiting scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics. Shertzer
was the recipient of a National Science Foundation Faculty Award for Women. She
is author of numerous scientific
publications and presentations including, “Direct calculation of the scattering
amplitude without partial wave analysis.” Shertzer conducts research in theoretical
atomic and molecular physics. She is a resident of Waban, Mass.
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