Provost’s Letter — Welcome New Faculty

As we start another academic year and our new and returning student population begins to fill our university, it is time to welcome those new faculty members who have joined us for the start of the new school year.

New Faculty Members

Applied Technology

  • James Papademas, Industry Professor

Architecture

  • Michelangelo Sabatino, Professor of Architecture
  • Conor O’Shea, Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture
  • Joseph Clark, Assistant Professor of Architecture (will join January 1)
  • Mauricio Pezo, Visiting Associate Professor (MCHAP Awardee)
  • Sofia von Ellrichshausen, Visiting Associate Professor (MCHAP Awardee)

Business

  • Dinakar Jayarajan, Assistant Professor of Marketing
  • Christine Miller, Clinical Associate Professor of Innovation
  • Ghazale Haddadian, Visiting Associate Professor of Environmental Management and Energy

Human Sciences

  • Christine Himes, Dean of the Lewis College of Human Sciences and Professor of Social Sciences
  • Jonathan Rosenberg, Department Chair of Social Sciences (will join January 1)
  • Elisabeth Hildt, Professor of Humanities and Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions
  • Mel Hogan, Assistant Professor of Humanities
  • Nicole Legate, Assistant Professor of Psychology
  • Amanda Easton, Senior Lecturer of Psychology
  • Sam McAbee, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Law

  • Ryan Vogel, Visiting Professor of Law
  • Maureen Aidasani, Clinical Professor, Director of Experiential Learning

Engineering

  • Sohail Murad, Department Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering
  • Qing-Chang Zhong, McGraw Endowed Chair Holder, Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Kenji Suzuki, Associate Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
  • Lin Cai, Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Science

  • Ruoting Gong, Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
  • Despina Stasi, Research Assistant Professor
  • Nosheen Gothard, Lecturer of Chemistry
  • Bryce Littlejohn, Assistant Professor of Physics
  • Oscar Juarez, Assistant Professor of Biology
  • Yuting Lin, Lecturer of Biology
  • Adrian Lai, Clinical Assistant Professor of Naval Science (ROTC)

Faculty Leadership

 

As noted in our new faculty list, we have made the following leadership appointments.  Christine Himes, Dean of the Lewis College of Human Sciences; Jonathan Rosenberg, Social Sciences Department Chair; Elisabeth Hildt, Director of the Center for the Study of Ethics in the Professions; and Sohail Murad, Department Chair of Chemical and Biological Engineering.

Currently we are searching for new chairs for both Computer Science and Biomedical Engineering and hope to fill both positions by January 2015.

 

Alan Cramb
Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs