Appointed for 2007-2008
Laura DeSisto
Ph.D., Philosophy and Education, Teachers College,
Columbia University
Interests: Humanism and the philosophy of education
Placement: Department of Education
Alison Guenther-Pal 
Ph.D., Germanic Studies with a minor in Feminist Studies, University of Minnesota
Interests: Cinematic representations and their relationship
to postwar West
German identity
Placement: Department of German
Tad Hardin 
D.M., Florida State University
Interests: Vocal coaching and vocal literature
Placement: Conservatory of Music
Chad Lane 
Ph.D., Geography, University of Tennessee
Interests: Geology and environmental science
Placement: Department of Geology
Mead Witter Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow
Brigid O'Donnell 
Ph.D., Ecology and and Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut
Interests: Developmental biology and evolutionary biology
Placement: Department of Biology
Kevin Tracy 
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Interests: Classical literature, Latin literature
Placement: Department of Classics
Appointed for 2006-2007
Adam Galambos
Ph.D. Economics, University of Minnesota
M.S., Mathematics, University of Minnesota
B.A., Economics/German Language, University of Northern Iowa
Interests: Microeconomics; game theory; social choice theory
Placement: Department of Economics
Joshua Hart
Ph.D., Psychology, University of California-Davis
M.A., Psychology, University of California-Davis
B.A., Psychology, Skidmore College
Interests: Mortality anxiety; denial of death; attachment theory
Placement: Department of Psychology
Karen Park Koenig
Ph.D., History of Christianity, University of Chicago
M.A., Religious Studies, University of Chicago
B.A., English, Lawrence University
Interests: The Reformation; early modern Christianity
Placement: Department of Religious Studies
Amy R. Speier
Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Pittsburgh
B.A., Anthropology and English, University of California-Berkeley
Interests: Medical anthropology; health tourism; social anthropology
Placement: Department of Anthropology
Valerie Zimany
M.F.A., Ceramics, Kanazawa College of Art
B.F.A., Ceramics, The University of the Arts
Interests: Ceramics; Japanese art
Placement: Department of Art and Art History
Appointed For 2005-2006
Daniel G. Barolsky
Ph.D., Music History and Theory, University of Chicago
M.A., Music History and Theory, University of Chicago
B.A., History, Swarthmore College
Interests: Musicology; the relationship between performance and the history
and aesthetics of music; music criticism and analysis
Placement: Conservatory of Music
Melanie Boyd
Ph.D., English and Women's Studies, University of Michigan
M.A., Women's Studies, Emory University
B.A., Women's Studies, Yale University
Interests: Theories of gender, race, and sexuality; literary criticism; representations
of violence and political identity
Placement: Gender Studies Program
Deanna G. Pranke Byrnes
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
B.S., Biology, Cornell University
Interests: Evolution and speciation of vertebrates; island and tropical ecology;
the use of molecular tools in the study of ecology and evolution
Placement: Department of Biology
Jennifer Fitzgerald
Ph.D., Composition, Duke University
A.M., Composition, Duke University
B.A., Music, Tufts University
Interests: Music composition; women and music; discourses of race in music;
multimedia collaborations
Placement: Conservatory of Music
Jennifer J. Keefe
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
M.Litt, Scottish Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
M.A., English-Philosophy, University of Aberdeen
Interests: History of philosophy, especially 18th and 19th century; British
Idealism; Scottish Philosophy; the relationship between Realism and Idealism
Placement: Department of Philosophy
Joan Marler
Ph.D., Physics, University of California-San Diego
M.S., Physics, University of California-San Diego
B.S., Physics, Wellesley College
Interests: Low-energy positron atomic physics; ionization of noble gas atoms
Placement: Department of Physics
Annette Thornton
Ph.D., Theatre, University of Colorado-Boulder
M.A., Wichita State University
B.A.Ed., Wichita State University
Interests: Mime and movement; musical theatre and opera; women's studies and
history
Placement: Department of Theatre Arts