This fall, the College announces the following 12 new
faculty members:
Jay P. Carlson – assistant professor at
GMI/GCUU. He earned a doctorate in marketing and a cognate in psychology from
the University of South
Carolina. His teaching interests include consumer
behavior, marketing research, retailing, principles of marketing, and marketing
management.
Aaron G. Cass – instructor in computer
science, is anticipating his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.
As a research assistant at UMass, he worked on software processes and process
technology.
Brian Cohen – visiting assistant
professor of biology, holds a doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology
from Albany Medical
College. Most recently, he
conducted postdoctoral research at the Wadsworth
Center in Albany.
Zhilan Feng – an instructor at
GMI/GCUU, is anticipating her doctorate in finance from the University
of Connecticut. Her research areas
include corporate control, asset pricing in capital markets, and the impact of
corporate decisions on common stock prices.
Tracyann Henry – a visiting instructor
in economics, was anticipating a doctorate in economics from the State
University of New York-Stony Brook. Her fields of concentration are economics
of education, labor economics and applied econometrics.
Jennifer Milioto Matsue – instructor in
performing arts, is working on her doctorate in music (ethnomusicology) at the University
of Chicago. Among her teaching
interests are popular and traditional Japanese music; modern Japanese history
and popular culture; and modern opera and western music of the 20th
century.
Sheila L. McClain – returns to the
College as a visiting instructor in sociology after a stint as an adjunct in
2002-2003. She is a doctoral candidate at the State University of New
York-Albany. Her academic specializations are social psychology, deviance,
theory, and culture.
Andrew J. F. Morris – is an assistant
professor of history. He earned a Ph.D. from the University
of Virginia, Corcoran Department if
History. His major field is 20th century U.S.
history.
Brian Postow – assistant professor of
computer science, holds a doctorate in computer science from the University
of Maryland. His teaching interests
include artificial intelligence, semantics, and algorithms.
Paul Rose – is a visiting assistant
professor in psychology. He earned his Ph.D. from the State University of New
York-Buffalo and his primary specialization is social-personality psychology.
Jill S. Smith – visiting instructor of
German, is anticipating a Ph.D. in Germanic studies at Indiana
University. Her research and
teaching areas include Jewish studies, language pedagogy, and German
literature.
Emily O. Walsh – a visiting assistant
professor of geology, earned a Ph.D. in geological sciences from the University
of California-Santa Barbara. Her specialization is petrology of
high-pressure/high-temperature rocks.