2008 Woodie Awards
11 new tenure-track faculty
Brianna Stapleton
Issue date: 5/26/06 Section: News
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The new tenure-track faculty members for 2006-2007 have been announced. Eleven new faculty members will join us on campus next year, adding new curriculum opportunities to many academic departments.
Elizabeth Carlson will be joining the art history department to teach classes in European and American visual culture. Carlson is completing her PhD at the University of Minnesota. Her current work examines texts and interpretations of visual displays in 19th-century Paris. She will teach several survey courses in art history and also a course in 19th-century art.
New to the art department is Benjamin Rinehart, who will be teaching printmaking and painting. Rinehart earned his MFA in printmaking from Louisiana State University.
Megan Pickett will be a new associate professor of physics. She holds a PhD in astrophysics from Indiana University and has taught at Purdue University Calumet and Valparaiso University.
Pickett conducted her post-doctoral research at the NASA Ames Research Center. Her interests include the origins of the solar system, star formation, and computational astrophysics.
Students interested in religious studies may want to explore classes offered by Martyn Smith, who has a PhD in comparative literature. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and is interested in Islamic studies. Smith will be teaching the religious studies intro course in spring term 2007, as well as the "Quran" and "The Hajj to Mecca" courses.
In the government department, Arnold Shober will be teaching American politics. His dissertation title is "Building Government: Autonomy, Responsibility, and Resilience in State Departments of Education."
Shober is interested in the role of government agencies in shaping policies. He will offer a course titled "Elections, Candidates and Political Parties," as well as an introductory government course.
One familiar face among the new tenure-track faculty will be Mark Urness. He has been teaching double bass as an adjunct faculty member in the Conservatory of Music for four years. He holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and specializes in jazz, music technology and composition.
Elizabeth Carlson will be joining the art history department to teach classes in European and American visual culture. Carlson is completing her PhD at the University of Minnesota. Her current work examines texts and interpretations of visual displays in 19th-century Paris. She will teach several survey courses in art history and also a course in 19th-century art.
New to the art department is Benjamin Rinehart, who will be teaching printmaking and painting. Rinehart earned his MFA in printmaking from Louisiana State University.
Megan Pickett will be a new associate professor of physics. She holds a PhD in astrophysics from Indiana University and has taught at Purdue University Calumet and Valparaiso University.
Pickett conducted her post-doctoral research at the NASA Ames Research Center. Her interests include the origins of the solar system, star formation, and computational astrophysics.
Students interested in religious studies may want to explore classes offered by Martyn Smith, who has a PhD in comparative literature. He has traveled extensively in the Middle East and is interested in Islamic studies. Smith will be teaching the religious studies intro course in spring term 2007, as well as the "Quran" and "The Hajj to Mecca" courses.
In the government department, Arnold Shober will be teaching American politics. His dissertation title is "Building Government: Autonomy, Responsibility, and Resilience in State Departments of Education."
Shober is interested in the role of government agencies in shaping policies. He will offer a course titled "Elections, Candidates and Political Parties," as well as an introductory government course.
One familiar face among the new tenure-track faculty will be Mark Urness. He has been teaching double bass as an adjunct faculty member in the Conservatory of Music for four years. He holds a Master of Music degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music and specializes in jazz, music technology and composition.
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