College Welcomes New Faculty Across the Disciplines
The McMicken College of Arts and Sciences would like to welcome the following faculty members to the University of Cincinnati.
Name |
Title |
Department |
Area of Expertise |
Degree |
Mia Bloom |
Assistant Professor |
Political Science |
National security studies |
PhD, Columbia University, 1999 |
Cinnamon Carlarne |
Assistant Professor |
Environmental Studies |
Environmental law & policy |
Bachelor of Civil Law Degree, Oxford University, 2003; MS, Oxford University, 2002; JD, University of California at Berkeley, 2001 |
Donna Chrobot-Mason |
Assistant Professor & Director of MA in Labor and Employment Relations program |
Organizational Leadership |
Human resource issues |
Interim Dir., Masters I/O Psychology Program, University of Colorado; PhD, University of Georgia, 1997, |
Jason Gower |
Visiting Instructor |
Mathematics |
Teach courses transferring from Univ. College |
ABD, Purdue University |
Sean Gurd |
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Classics |
Greek and Latin language and literature |
PhD, University of Toronto, 2001; Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Sydney, Australia |
Xiaojie Hou |
Field Service Assistant Professor |
Math |
ABD, University of Iowa |
|
Fenfang Hwu |
Associate Professor and Director of Basic Languages |
Romance Languages |
Spanish |
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1994; Assistant Professor, Bowling Green State University, 1997-present |
Zair Ibragimov |
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Math |
PhD, University of Michigan, 2002, Research Lecturer, University of Texas at Austin, 2002-present |
|
Suri Saranathan Iyer |
Assistant Professor |
Chemistry |
Chemical sensors |
PhD, Indiana University, 2000; Postdoctoral research associate Emory University and Los Alamos National Laboratory |
Nancy Jennings |
Assistant Professor |
Communication |
Mass media theory & research |
PhD, University of Texas, 2000 |
William Jennings |
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Communication |
Rhetoric |
PhD, University of Texas, 2003 |
Andrei Kogan |
Assistant Professor |
Physics |
Mesoscopic physics |
PhD, Duke University, 2000; Research Associate, Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
John Layne |
Assistant Professor |
Biological Sciences |
Molecular and cellular basis of animal behavior |
Research Associate, Cornell, 2003-present; Postdoctoral Fellow, Glasgow, Scotland 1998-2000; PhD, Duke University, 1997 |
Joanie Mackowski |
Assistant Professor |
English |
Creative writing - Poetry |
ABD, University of Missouri-Columbia |
Samuel Marshall |
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Biology |
Assistant Professor, Hiram College, Hiram, OH; PhD, University of Tennessee, 1994 |
|
Colleen McTague |
Field Service Assistant Professor |
Geography |
||
Laura R. Micciche |
Assistant Professor |
English |
Composition |
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1999; Assistant Professor, East Carolina University, Aug. 1999-present |
Lewis Owen |
Associate Professor (without tenure) |
Geology |
Quaternary processes |
Associate Professor, Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside; PhD, University of Leicester, United Kingdom, 1988 |
Michelle Rodino |
Assistant Professor |
Communication |
New media promotion |
PhD, University of Pittsburgh, 2003 |
Michelle V. Rowley |
Assistant Professor |
Womens Studies |
Womens Studies |
PhD, Clark University, Worcester, MA, 2003 |
Nicasio Urbina |
Visiting Associate Professor and Interim Director of Latin American Studies |
Romance Languages |
Associate Professor, Tulane University |
|
Gary Weissman |
Visiting Assistant Professor |
English & Freshman Seminars |
English composition and literature |
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1999 |
Xiandong Xie |
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Mathematical Sciences |
Geometric measure theory |
PhD, University of Utah, 2001 |
Vrej Zarikian |
Visiting Assistant Professor |
Mathematical Sciences |
PhD, University of California at Los Angeles, 2001 |
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