Union College this fall welcomed 24 new members to the
faculty. We introduced 12 in last week's issue. Here are the rest:
Claudine Lecocq,
visiting assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, earned her
Ph.D. at the University of Sciences and Technology of Lille, France.
She previously worked as an assistant professor at the University of Sciences and Technology of Lille, France.
Kathleen
LoGiudice, assistant professor of biology, earned her master's and Ph.D. in
Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University. She recently
finished working as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, N.Y.
Raymond Martin, professor
and chair of the department of Philosophy, earned his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. He recently worked as
professor and director of Graduate Studies, Department of Philosophy, at the University of Maryland College Park. He is author
of a number of books, including Naturalization
of the Soul: Self & Personal Identity in the Eighteenth Century, Self-Concern: An Experimental Approach to
What Matters in Survival, The Elusive
Messiah, and The Past Within Us: An
Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History.
James L. Pethica, visiting
associate professor of English, earned his Ph.D. from Wolfson College, Oxford University. He previously
taught at Williams College, the University of Richmond, and Oxford University.
R. Chris Schnabel,
assistant professor of chemistry, earned his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry
at the University of Wyoming. He most recently worked as an
assistant professor of chemistry at Eckerd College.
Denise M. Smith, visiting
assistant professor of Spanish, earned her master's and Ph.D. in Spanish
linguistics at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Smith most recently taught Spanish courses at
Siena College.
Younghwan Song,
assistant professor of economics, earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His fields of
interests include labor economics, applied economics, and welfare and
poverty. He most recently was an
instructor at Columbia University.
John Charles
Stoner, visiting assistant professor of history, earned his master's and
Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research
and teaching interests include U.S. political, social, labor history (19th and
20th centuries); sub-Saharan African labor, political history;
comparative history; and transnational history.
Pedro Teixeira, visiting
assistant professor of mathematics, earned his Ph.D. degree from Brandeis University. His research
area has been commutative algebra and the Hilbert-Kunz functions.
Michael F.
Vineyard, professor and chair of the physics department, earned his master's
and Ph.D. degrees from Florida State University. He most
recently has been an associate professor of physics at the University of Richmond.
Mesfin A.
Woldeyohannes, visiting assistant professor of physics, earned his master's
and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada. He most recently worked as an assistant
professor of physics at Brock University, Canada.
Yanqing Xie,
visiting assistant professor of Chinese, earned a doctorate of arts in
humanistic studies from SUNY Albany. She
most recently has been a lecturer at SUNY Albany.