Faculty Status Report 2008–2009

New Faculty

Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences

Bianca Finzi-Contini Calabresi, assistant professor, English (Flor) — PhD, MPhil, Columbia University; BA, Yale University

Katherine Dunsmore, assistant professor, communication (Flor) — MA, University of Washington, Seattle; BA, University of Portland

Anastasia Louka, lecturer, psychology (Flor) — MA, Fairleigh Dickinson University; BA, The American College of Greece

Gary Meyer, lecturer, mathematics (Flor) — MA, Kean University; BA, Montclair University

Edith Myers-Arnold, assistant professor, biology (Flor) — PhD,University of Pennsylvania; BA, University of Delaware

Nancy Robillard, lecturer, theater (Flor) — MFA, Illinois State University; BA, State University of New York at Oneonta

Anthony Spina, lecturer, communication (Flor) — PhD, MA, Fielding Graduate University; BS, St. Peter’s College

Silberman College of Business

Li Qin, assistant professor, information systems (Metro) — PhD, MBA, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; BA, BS, Tianjin University, China

Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies

Francisco Parra, senior lecturer, Puerta al Futuro (Metro)— MAS, BA, Fairleigh Dickinson University

University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies

Yoo Jung An, visiting assistant professor, computer science (Metro)— PhD, MS, New Jersey Institute of Technology; MS, Dongguk University, South Korea; BS, Kookmin University, South Korea

Stanley Bielewicz, lecturer, civil engineering technology (Metro) — MS, BS, New Jersey Institute of Technology

Sylvia Cabassa, clinical instructor, nursing (Metro) — MSN, BSN, AAS, Felician College; MPS, The New School; BS, Manhattan College

Donna Carrazone, clinical instructor, nursing (Metro) — MSN, Columbia University; BSN, Felician College

Kathleen Davis, assistant professor, psychology (Metro) — PhD, MA, Ball State University; BA, Temple University

Alayne Fitzpatrick, associate professor, nursing (Metro) — PdM, Mercy College; EdD, Columbia University; MSN, Hunter College, City University of New York; BSN, Dominican College; AAS, Orange County Community College, State University of New York

Joyce Kalinoski, lecturer, education (Metro) — PhD, MS, Syracuse University; BA, Fairleigh Dickinson University

Zhiwei Mao, assistant professor, electrical engineering (Metro) — PhD, University of Victoria, Canada; MSc, BSc, Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, China

Conrad Odiase, lecturer, construction engineering technology (Metro) — MS, University of Illinois; MS, Columbia University; BS, Lawrence Technological University

Joan Paternoster, associate professor, nursing (Metro) — PhD, MS, Adelphi University; BS, C.W. Post Campus, Long Island University

Hong Zhao, assistant professor, electrical engineering (Metro) — PhD, New Jersey Institute of Technology; MS, Xi’an Jiaotong University, China; BS, Taiyuan University of Technology, China

Promotions

Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences

To Associate Professor

Yolanda Hawkins-Rodgers, psychology (Flor)

Jennifer Lehr, communication (Flor)

Odysseus Makridis, philosophy (Flor)

Robert Mayans, mathematics/computer science (Flor)

John Schiemann, political science (Flor)

Lona Whitmarsh, psychology (Flor)

Silberman College of Business

To Professor

Yongbeom Kim, information systems (Flor)

Richard Kjetsaa, economics/finance (Metro)

University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies

To Professor

John Cowen, education (Metro)

To Associate Professor

Khyati Joshi, education (Metro)

Tenure

Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences

Donalee Brown, psychology (Flor)

Robert Mayans, mathematics/computer science (Flor)

John Schiemann, political science (Flor)

University College: Arts • Scienes • Professional Studies

Alice Benzecry, biological sciences (Metro)

Khyati Joshi, education (Metro)

Miriam Singer, education (Metro)

Sabbaticals

Maxwell Becton College of Arts and Sciences

Allen Cohen, music (Flor), fall semester

Joan Desilets, health/physical education (Flor), spring semester

Howard Libov, film (Flor), spring semester

Odysseus Makridis, philosophy (Flor), spring semester

David Rosen, anthropology (Flor), spring semester

Neil Salzman, political science (Flor), spring semester

Neelu Sinha, computer science (Flor), academic year

Diane Keyser Wentworth, psychology (Flor), spring semester

Silberman College of Business

Frank Brunetti, law/taxation (Metro), fall semester

Frederick Englander, economics (Flor), spring semester

Gerard Farias, management (Flor), spring semester

Govindasami Naadimuthu, decision sciences (Flor), spring semester

Jonathan Schiff, accounting (Metro), fall semester

Ron West, tax/law (Flor), spring semester

Anthony J. Petrocelli College of Continuing Studies

Ralph Selig, mathematics/computer science (Metro), spring semester

University College: Arts • Sciences • Professional Studies

James Dougherty, chemistry (Metro), fall semester

Yelena Aronson, computer graphics (Metro), spring semester

Juliana Lachenmeyer, psychology (Metro), spring semester

Richard Lo Pinto, biological sciences (Metro), spring semester

Joan Taylor, fine arts (Metro), spring semester