WELCOMING NEW FACULTY
BY LAUREN SINGLETON ’21
With a new academic year afoot, you can expect new faces on campus this fall. New faculty for fall 2020 and 2021 have provided introductions so the community can get to know each of them. Please welcome each new member to the Millsaps community!
PROF. GERAD HARDY Visiting Instructor of Management
DR. MEGAN HINES Postdoctoral Fellow in Art History
ELYSSA KLIPSCH Director of Pathways and First-Year Experience
Professor Hardy earned his bachelor of business management and economics from the State University of New York and his EMBA from Millsaps College. He is currently on track to graduate (2023) from the University of Dallas with his doctorate. Before coming to Millsaps, Hardy worked in hotel management for 27 years, retiring in June of 2021. He came to Millsaps in 2019 as an adjunct professor before coming on full time as a visiting professor in 2020. During his time at Millsaps, Hardy has most enjoyed the connections he has made with students. He recalls the joy he felt upon a student asking for advice about a business plan, citing personal relationships as his passion in life. He feels that it is “an honor and a privilege to be an instructor at Millsaps.”
Dr. Hines earned her bachelor’s in English and art history from Vanderbilt University, her master’s in art history from Hunter College, and her doctorate in art history from Stony Brook University. She has taught undergraduate art history courses in modern and contemporary art and has conducted curatorial research for several exhibitions. At Millsaps, Hines will teach art history courses and work with curators at the Mississippi Museum of Art (MMA) to develop scholarly and public programming. In her first year, Hines aims to incorporate art from the MMA in her courses and encourage students to appreciate the museum as a resource for the city of Jackson and beyond. Hines is currently developing an exhibition proposal based on her dissertation research that looks to contemporary artists reflecting on and critiquing biotechnologies and will begin at Millsaps in fall 2021.
Elyssa is currently pursuing her master’s in higher education student affairs at the University of Southern Mississippi, where she also earned her bachelor’s in music education. Klipsch began at Millsaps in June of 2017 working in the SAIL center as the campus life specialist where she was able to work with new student orientation, the foundations program, fraternity and sorority life, and student organizations. Throughout 2018, she transitioned into the Center for Career Education as the internship coordinator. Through her work with Career Education, Klipsch has had the opportunity to grow with students in exploring and achieving their career goals. This year, Klipsch is most looking forward to working with faculty and staff on the implementation of the Pathways Program for our community.
PROF. AMALIA GALDONA-BROCHE | Associate Professor of Art (not pictured) Professor Galdona-Broche earned her bachelor’s in art history and bachelor’s in art from Jacksonville University before earning her master’s in art studio from University of Kentucky. She has multiple forthcoming exhibitions across the country and has professional experience at Jacksonville University and University of Kentucky. Professor Galdona-Broche begins at Millsaps fall 2021.
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MILLSAPS MAGAZINE FALL 2021
