What's New

Welcome new 2008-2009 faculty!


Name

School

Title

Research Interest

Effective Date

Campbell, Elliott Engineering Assistant Professor Sustainable energy and ecological design, with a focus on bioenergy 7-1-08
Yang, Ming-Hsuan Engineering Assistant Professor Cognitive science, computer vision, machine learning, artificial intelligence, robotics, human robot
interaction
7-1-08
Davila, Lilian Engineering Assistant Professor

Computational materials science; Computer simulations and characterization techniques including
X-ray diffraction, Transmission and Analytical Electron Microscopy, and neutron scattering

1-1-09
Beman, Michael Natural Sciences Assistant Professor Linking microbial ecological patterns to biogeochemical processes with a focus on the nitrogen cycle in coastal systems 1-1-09
Berhe, Asmeret Natural Sciences Assistant Professor Interface of soil science and global change science 1-1-09
Bhat, Harish Natural Sciences Assistant Professor

Applied mathematics, dynamical systems and applied analysis, waves in discrete/inhomogeneous/ dispersive media, numerical analysis, and scientific computing

7-1-08
Ghezzehei, Teamrat Natural Sciences Assistant Professor Movement and transformation of mass and energy in porous media 1-1-09
Hart, Stephen Natural Sciences Professor Forest ecology, emphasis on terrestrial ecology, carbon budgets, nitrogen dynamics, microbial ecology and fire ecology 7-1-08
Hirst, Linda Natural Sciences Assistant Professor

Experimental biophysics, soft condensed matter physics, molecular self-assembly and structure-function relationships

7-1-08
Menke, Erik Natural Sciences Assistant Professor Alternative energy: improving solar cells and producing carbon neutral fuel sources 7-1-08
Tian, Lin Natural Sciences Assistant Professor

Theoretical studies of quantum information and quantum computation

7-1-08
Amussen, Susan Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Professor

Early Modern England, Women’s History, especially early modern European Atlantic History

7-1-08
Beattie, Irenee Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Assistant Professor Education, Racial/Ethnic and Gender Inequality, Adolescent Transitions to Adulthood, Law/Policy 7-1-08
Kello, Christopher Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Associate Professor

Speech and reading processes, coordinative bases of cognitive systems

7-1-08
Lopez-Calvo, Ignacio Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Professor

Nineteenth- and twentieth-century Latin American narratives with an emphasis on the cultural production of the Caribbean and the Southern Cone, Chicano literature and culture

7-1-08
Monroe, Nathan Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Assistant Professor

American political institutions, role of political parties and organizational institutions within Congress, legislative politics

7-1-08
Quinn, Sholeh Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Associate Professor

Middle Eastern History, History of Iran, Islamic Civilization, Women in the Middle East, Central Asian History, Historiography, Early Modern Empires

7-1-08
Rebhun, Linda-Anne Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Associate Professor Interdisciplinary and collaborative approaches to cultural phenomena 7-1-08
Song, Anna Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Assistant Professor

Adolescent decision making relating to their health and well-being

7-1-08
Spivey, Michael Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Associate Professor

Language/vision interaction, sentence processing, spoken word recognition, visual memory, visual attention, visual imagery, problem solving, eye movements, neural networks and dynamical systems

7-1-08
Van Dyke, Nella Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Associate Professor Political sociology/social movements; hate crime; gender, race, class and sexuality 7-1-08
Vanderschraaf, Peter Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Associate Professor Political philosophy, game theory, ethics 7-1-08
Vevea, Jack Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts Associate Professor

Innovation of statistical methods to address problems that cannot be solved by conventional techniques

7-1-08