Welcome New Faculty!

As faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences, our new colleagues will be the teachers and mentors of tomorrow’s leaders. As scholars, they will advance creativity and knowledge that inspires our imagination and changes the world’s understanding of nature, humanity, and culture.  Please welcome these outstanding individuals!

AY 2025-26 New Faculty 

• Jazmen Moore
  

  Department of Africana StudiesAssistant Professor 
• Jarrett Drake
  

  Department of Africana StudiesAssistant Professor 
• Karina Beras
  

  Department of Africana StudiesLecturer (PRODIG Fellow)
• Anastasia Iorga 
  

  Department of AnthropologyLecturer 
• Darcey Evans
  

  Department of  AnthropologyAssistant Professor
• Sreeparna Sarka
  

  Department of Asian and Asian American Studies Lecturer
• Andrew Falkowski
  

  Department of Art Assistant Professor
• Jenny (Kwan Yee) Tang
  

  Department of  Art Lecturer (PRODIG Fellow)
• Vick Quezada
   

  Department of ArtAssistant Professor
• Courtney Leonard
   

  Department of ArtAssistant Professor
• Noureddine Hamamouch
  

  Department of Biochemistry ad Cell BiologyLecturer
• Viswanathan Chandrasekaran
  

  Department of Biochemistry ad Cell BiologyAssistant Professor
• Julia Rogers
  

  Department of Biochemistry ad Cell BiologyAssistant Professor 
• Jill Alty
  

  Department of ChemistryAssistant Professor
• Eskor David Johnson
  

  Department of Creative Writing, Film, and TVAssistant Professor 
• Dawnie Walton
  

  Department of Creative Writing, Film, and TVAssistant Professor
• Scott Burkhardt
  

  Department of Creative Writing, Film, and TVLecturer
• Timothy O'Connor
  

  Department of Creative Writing, Film, and TVLecturer
• Allison Fairbrother
  

  Department of Creative Writing, Film, and TVLecturer 
• Jordanna Sprayberry
  

  Department of Ecology amd EvolutionAssociate Professor 
• Jonathan Becker
  

  Department of EconomicsAssociate Professor
• Lorenz Ekerdt
  

  Department of EconomicsAssistant Professor
• Yolanda Mackey
  

  Department of EnglishAssistant Professor
• Chelsea Osademe
  

  Department of EnglishLecturer 
• Guleed Ali
  

  Department of GeosciencesAssistant Professor 
• Valeria Meiller
  

  Department of Hispanic Languages and LiteratureAssistant Professor
• Sebastian Lopez Vergara
  

  Department of Hispanic Languages and LiteratureAssistant Professor
• Riga Shakya
  

  Department of HistoryAssitant Professor
• Nurlan Kabdylkhak
  

  Department of HistoryAssistant Professor
• Mark Chambers
  

  Department of History and Africana StudiesAssistant Professor 
• Jacques Keubeung
  

  Department of Languages and Literature Assistant Professor 
• Katerina Tetzloff
  

  Department of Linguistics Assistant Professor
• Sandy Abu el Adas
  

  Department of LinguisticsAssistant Professor
• Kuan-Wen Chen
  

  Department of MathematicsLecturer
• Karim Shikh Khalil
   

  Department of MathematicsLecturer
• Roxy Coss
  

  Department of Political ScienceAssistant Professor 
• Amalia Napoli 
  

  Department of Neurobiology and BehaviorLecturer
• Darla Migan
  

  Department of PhilosophyLecturer (PRODIG Fellow)
• Maximilian Tegtmeyer
  

  Department of PhilosophyAssistant Professor
• Valentina Moro
  

  Department of PhilosophyAssistant Professor 
• Raymond Blackwell
  

  Department of Physics and AstronomyAssistant Professor
• Ross Corliss
  

  Department of  Physics and AstronomyLecturer
• Yin-Chen He
  

  Department of  Physics and AstronomyAssistant Professor 
• Han Ma
  

  Department of Physics and Astronomy Assistant Professor
• Gillian Winters
  

  Department of  Physics and AstronomyLecturer
• Pazit Ben-Nun Bloom
  

  Department of Political ScienceProfessor
• Serena Clark
  

  Department of Political ScienceLecturer
• Wei Zhong
  

  Department of Political ScienceAssistant Professor
• Candice Alfano
  

  Department of PsychologyProfessor
• Ola Mohamed Ali
   

  Department of PsychologyAssistant Professor
• Jennifer Bowers
  

  Department of PsychologyLecturer
• Julian Burger
  

  Department of PsychologyAssistant Professor
• Lu Dong
  

  Department of PsychologyAssistant Professor
• Cameron Jones
  

  Department of PsychologyAssistant Professor
• Sahil Luthra
  

  Department of PsychologyAssistant Professor
• Jenna Palladino
  

  Department of PsychologyClinical Assistant Professor 
• Tori Pena
  

  Department of PsychologyLecturer (PRODIG Fellow)
• Mai Fahmy
  

  Department of  Undergraduate BiologyLecturer
• Rebecca Pearce
  

  Department of  Undergraduate BiologyLecturer
• Michael Benjamin
  

  Department of Writing and RhetoricLecturer
• Donna Downing
  

  Department of Writing and RhetoricLecturer
• Sarah Hakimzadeh 
  

  Department of Writing and RhetoricLecturer
• Michael Loncar
  

  Department of Writing and RhetoricLecturer
• Jen McConnel
  

  Deaprtment of Writing and RhetoricLecturer
• Kristie Schlauraff
  

  Department of Writing and RhetoricLecturer
• Hui Wang
  

  Department of Writing and RhetoricLecturer