M AT H E M AT I C S , PHYSICAL, AND NAT U R A L S C I E NC E S JEREMY CLARK Assistant Professor of Mathematics University of California, Davis, PhD Probability theory, mathematical physics
KATHERINE DOOLEY Assistant Professor of Physics University of Florida, PhD Gravitational wave detection
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THÁI HOÀNG LÊ Assistant Professor of Mathematics University of California, Los Angeles, PhD Analytic number theory, combinatorics
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University of North CarolinaChapel Hill, PhD Native American societies of the Southeastern US
JULIE WRONSKI Assistant Professor of Political Science Stony Brook University, PhD American politics
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LEE M. COHEN Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Professor of Psychology Dr. Cohen earned his PhD in Clinical Psychology from Oklahoma State University. Prior to joining the UM College of Liberal Arts, he served as professor and chair of the Department of Psychological Sciences at Texas Tech University. He was also the Director of Clinical Training in that department. His current research includes the behavioral, cognitive, and physiological mechanisms that contribute to nicotine use, withdrawal, and dependence.
FINE AND PERFORMING ARTS SELIM GIRAY Assistant Professor of Music Orchestra Director Florida State University, DM Musicology
TYLER LINDSEY Assistant Professor of Art and Art History University of Memphis, MFA Graphic design
THOMAS PEATTIE Assistant Professor of Music Harvard University, PhD Music history, literature
MATTHEW WILSON Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts University of Maryland, College Park, PhD Acting, directing
HUMANITIES MATTHEW BONDURANT Assistant Professor of English
REBECCA MARCHIEL Assistant Professor of History
Florida State University, PhD Creative writing (fiction), screen writing
Northwestern University, PhD American political history
CRISTINA DELANO
PAUL POLGAR
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Assistant Professor of History
Emory University, PhD 19th-century Spanish literature and culture
City University of New York, PhD American slavery
LUCA D’ANNA
VANCE SCHAEFER
Assistant Professor of Arabic
Assistant Professor of TESL
University of Naples “L’Orientale,” PhD Maghrebi Arabic dialects, Arabic sociolinguistics
Indiana University, PhD L2 phonology, pronunciation pedagogy, sociophonetics
ROBERT FRIEDLANDER
SARA WELLMAN
Assistant Professor of English
Assistant Professor of French
University of Michigan, PhD Shakespeare and Renaissance literature
University of Minnesota, PhD French literature, pastoral and ecocritical literature
AMY FANG-YEN HSIEH
ZHINI ZENG
Assistant Professor of Chinese Cambridge University, PhD Syntax, second language acquisition, psycholinguistics
COURTNEY KNEUPPER Assistant Professor of History Northwestern University, PhD Late Middle Ages
Assistant Professor of Chinese Ohio State University, PhD Chinese-language pedagogy, cross-cultural communication