KU welcomes 97 new members to the faculty. Biographies are presented below. For the first 11 faculty listed below, they are featured in a separate article:

Barbara Kerr, Williamson Distinguished professor counseling pyschology (education)
Jonathan Boyarin, Robert M. Beren Distinguished professor modern Jewish studies
Michael Eckersley, professor of interaction design
Joe Evans, Deane E. Ackers Distinguished professor of electrical engineering and computer science
Ron Gillam, professor of speech-language-hearing and senior scientist, Life Span Institute
Rick Ginsberg, professor of teaching and leadership and dean of the School of Education
Madison Davis Lacy, associate professor of theatre and film
Douglas May, professor of business management
Devon A. Mihesuah, Cora Lee Beers Price teaching professor of Indigenous Nations studies
David Nualart,professor of mathematics
Barbara Timmermann, distinguished professor and chair of medicinal chemistry

Welcome to the following new faculty:

Raquel M. Alexander, assistant professor of accounting, holds a doctorate from the University of Texas-Austin and has worked as a tax consultant at an international public accounting firm. She completed her bachelor's at KU and returns from the University of North Carolina-Wilmington. Special research interests include federal tax policy and tax professionals' judgment, and she is on the editorial board of the “Journal of the American Taxation Association” and “Executive's Tax and Management Report.”

Crystal S. Anderson, assistant professor of American studies, earned her master's in English from the University of Virginia and her doctorate in American studies from the College of William and Mary. She comes to KU from Ohio University, where she taught English. Her research interests include African-American and Asian-American cultural and literary inter-relationships.

Julie Archer, assistant professor of social welfare, is completing her doctorate at the University of Denver. She has taught at the graduate level and has more than 15 years' experience in clinical social work. Her dissertation is on the social and economic survival strategies of African-Caribbean women heads of household in the West Indies.

Henry Bial, assistant professor of theatre and film, earned his master's and doctorate in performance studies from New York University. He comes to KU after four years as an assistant professor of theatre history and criticism at the University of New Mexico. Research interests include critical and performance theory and Jewish theatrical ethnicity.

Shawn Bitters, assistant professor of art, received his master's in printmaking from the Rhode Island School of Design and is certified by the Sheridan Center for Collegiate Teaching at Brown University. Bitters, who comes to KU after teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design, has exhibited in the United States and in Italy. His work has investigated the border between two and three dimensions through large-scale installations, prints, and sculptures.

Shannon D. Blunt, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from the University of Missouri. He comes to KU from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington. Research interests include adaptive signal processing for radar systems and waveform diversity for radar and communications.

Audra L. Boone, assistant professor of finance, comes to KU from the College of William & Mary. She earned her doctorate at Pennsylvania State University and her undergraduate degree from KU. She has published work in wealth effects of corporate divestitures and on mergers and acquisitions, and some of her current research examines forces driving corporate governance structures.

Hannah E. Britton, assistant professor of political science and women's studies, earned both her master's and doctorate in political science from Syracuse University. She has taught at Mississippi State University and is a member of the African Studies Association, and research interests include African politics, transnational movements and gender politics.

Julia Broxholm, assistant professor of voice, earned her master's and doctorate in vocal performance at the University of Michigan and comes to KU from Brevard College. She performs and records in oratorio and orchestral works and in solo and chamber music recitals. She is a member of the vocal quartet SATB, which specializes in 19th- and 20th-century vocal chamber music.

Matthew Burke, assistant professor of art, joins the KU faculty from St. John's University. He earned his master's in sculpture from Queens College and studied at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Scuola Leonardo DaVinci in Florence. He has exhibited in one-person and group shows and was visiting artist lecturer in wood joinery at the Parsons School of Design.

David Carr, assistant professor in athletic training, earned his master's in kinesiology from the University of Michigan and his doctorate in human performance from the University of Southern Mississippi. He previously taught at the University of Tulsa and is certified by the National Athletic Trainers' Association.

So-Min Cheong, assistant professor of geography, holds master's degrees in Korean-English translation and interpretation from Hankuk University of Foreign Studies and in international studies and marine affairs from the University of Washington, where she earned her doctorate in geography. She has been a visiting assistant professor of geography at Texas A&M University, and research interests include environmental management and marine policy.

Wai (Oswald) Chong, assistant professor of civil, environmental, and architectural engineering, earned his master's in building from the National University of Singapore and his doctorate in civil engineering at the University of Texas. Chong's teaching interests include construction cost estimation, integrated design project and project management and economics.

Robert Corser, assistant professor of architecture and urban design, earned master's degrees in architecture at the University of Virginia and in design at Harvard University. He has been a project architect in London, San Francisco, Syracuse, N.Y., and Florence, Italy, and has taught at Syracuse University.

Stuart Day, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese, taught Spanish at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill before coming to KU. He holds a master's from the University of Arizona and a doctorate from Cornell University and has studied in Mexico and Spain. Day's main research interest is theater and performance in Mexico.

John W. Eagle, assistant professor of psychology and research in education, comes to KU from the University of Nebraska, where he is completing his doctorate. He earned his master's in clinical social work from the University of Michigan. His research interests include home/school/community partnerships and pediatric psychology.

Erin Ellis joins the libraries staff from Texas Tech University, where she focused on social sciences and humanities and on multidisciplinary use of online resources. She holds a bachelor's in English from Pittsburg State University and a master's in library science from Emporia State University.

Alison Gabriele, assistant professor of linguistics, completed her doctorate at the Graduate Center of City University in New York. She has also taught at Queens College, New York, and in the Japan Exchange and Teaching Program. Special research interests include the acquisition of syntax and semantics by second language learners.

Jon C. Giullian, librarian, holds a master's in Slavic languages and literatures from KU and a master's in library science from Indiana University, where he worked with the Slavic librarian. His focus at KU will be collection development, specialized reference service and instruction in the use of Slavic and East European resources.

Holly T. Goerdel, assistant professor of public administration, comes to KU from Texas A&M University, where she worked as a lecturer while completing her doctorate in public policy/public administration. Her research interests include public management and networks, organization theory and behavior and comparative public policy.

Tanya M. Golash-Boza, assistant professor of sociology and American studies, focused her research on race and ethnicity, Afro-Latin Americans and social and economic justice while completing her master's and doctorate in sociology at the University of North Carolina. She has traveled extensively and is fluent in four languages.

Chun Han, assistant professor of mathematics, earned her master's from Ohio State University and will receive her doctorate in statistics from Purdue University. Originally from Qichun, Hubei, China, she comes to KU after teaching statistics and serving as a consultant and graduate research assistant at Purdue.

Donna S. Haverkamp, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, comes to KU from SAIC in Boulder, Colo., where she was a senior research scientist. She holds bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees from KU, and a particular research interest is applying artificial intelligence techniques in image interpretation and computer vision.

Lena C. Hileman, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, held a postdoctoral fellowship at Yale University before coming to KU. She has a doctorate in organismic and evolutionary biology from Harvard University. Besides teaching at KU she will also develop a research program on the genetic and evolutionary basis of diversity in floral forms.

Cecily J. Hilsdale, assistant professor of history of art, comes to KU from the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, where she held a post-doctoral fellowship and was a visiting assistant professor. Her master's and doctoral degrees are from the University of Chicago, and her research is focused on Byzantine and medieval art.

David G. Hoopes, assistant professor of business, earned his doctorate in strategy and organization from the University of California-Los Angeles. Before joining the KU faculty, Hoopes was an assistant professor at Southern Methodist University and he is a director for Island Farms Inc.

Wonpil Im, assistant professor of molecular biosciences, was a postdoctoral research associate at the Scripps Research Institute before his appointment at KU. Im received his doctorate in biochemistry from Cornell University and master's and bachelor's degrees in chemistry from Hanyang University in Seoul, Korea. Research interests include molecular dynamics simulations and proteins.

Michael Johnson, assistant professor of chemistry, is a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and holds a master's from the University of Colorado-Denver and a doctorate from the University of Virginia. He had a post-doctoral fellowship at the University of North Carolina, and research interests include the application of microelectrodes to the study of neurological conditions.

Toni Johnson, assistant professor of social welfare, comes to KU from the University of Texas at Austin where she earned her master's and doctorate in social work. She has more than 20 years' experience in providing direct clinical mental health services. Research interests include children's mental health and cultural competence in social work practice.

Karen Jorgensen, assistant professor of teaching and leadership, comes to KU from the University of Minnesota, where she earned her doctorate in education, curriculum and instruction. She earned her master's at Høgskolen i Hedmark in Hamar, Norway. Her research interests include literacy education, teacher education and bi-literacy.

Yasuyuki Kachi, assistant professor of mathematics, earned his master's and doctorate from the University of Tokyo in Japan. He comes to KU after spending five years at the University of Tennessee, and he also has taught at Johns Hopkins. His research interests include higher dimensional birational algebraic geometry.

Dongbin Kim, assistant professor of higher education, has been a research and policy analyst at the National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities in Washington, D.C. She holds a doctorate from the University of California-Los Angeles, and her research interests include financial aid policy, diversity and student persistence.

Younghwa (Gabe) Lee, assistant professor of business in accounting and information systems, earned his doctorate in information systems at the University of Colorado-Boulder. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from Korea University in Seoul, and research interests include electronic commerce, IT adoption and computer security.

Jeong-Yeon (Jay) Lee, assistant professor of human resource management and organizational behavior, comes to KU from the Kelley School of Business at Indiana University, where he earned a doctorate in management and a master's in business administration. He is researching employee behaviors, management and research methodology.

James Lemieux, assistant professor of marketing, holds doctoral and master's degrees from the University of Texas at Austin. He has worked as a statistical analyst and co-founded a strategic-pricing firm. Special research interests include econometric modeling of consumer decision-making and strategic pricing.

Gregory J. Madden, associate professor of applied behavioral science, earned his master's at the University of North Texas and his doctorate at West Virginia University. Madden, who comes to KU from the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire, is associate editor of the “Journal of the Experimental Analysis of Behavior.”

Jeremy L. Martin, assistant professor of mathematics, joins the KU faculty after three years at the University of Minnesota. He received both his master's and doctorate in mathematics from the University of California-San Diego. His research interests include combinatorics, algebraic geometry and discrete geometry.

Darrell K. McNamara, Spencer processing librarian, comes to KU from Thrivent Financial in Overland Park and has been a library automation consultant for Dynix/Epixtech. He holds master's degrees in library and information science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and in history from North Dakota State University. He has special interests in consulting and training in library and information automation.

Brent Metz, assistant professor of anthropology, has been assistant director of the KU Center of Latin American Studies since 2001. He holds a doctorate from the State University of New York-Albany, and special research interests include Mayan indigeneity.

Terese Guinsatao Monberg, assistant professor of English, has been a lecturer at KU since 2002 and last year was an assistant director of the University Honors Program. Monberg, who holds master's and doctoral degrees from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, is especially interested in contemporary rhetorical theory and Filipino American rhetoric.

Mary E. Morningstar, associate professor of special education, has been a co-director of KU's Transition Coalition and other programs since 2000. She earned her doctorate at KU and holds a master's from the University of Maryland and has been a teacher of children with disabilities.

Myunghyun Oh, assistant professor of mathematics, earned her master's in numerical analysis from Ewha W. University in Seoul, Korea, and her doctorate in applied mathematics from Indiana University. She comes to KU from Ohio State University, and her research interests include dynamical systems and numerical analysis.

Yajaira Padilla, assistant professor of Spanish and Portuguese, holds a doctorate from the University of California-San Diego. Research interests include Central American and U.S. Latino/a literature. Among her current projects is a study of the representations of women in Central American narratives from the war and postwar eras.

Erik S. Perrins, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, comes to KU from Brigham Young University, where he earned bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in electrical engineering. He has been an electrical engineer for Motorola Inc. and a consultant for Quasonix, LLC.

Lizette Peter, assistant professor of teaching and leadership, has been an instructor and programs coordinator in the School of Education since 1998 and holds master's and doctoral degrees from KU. Current research involves investigating the acquisition of the Cherokee language by preschoolers in an immersion classroom in Tahlequah, Okla.

Mahbub Rashid, associate professor of design, comes to KU from the Georgia Institute of Technology, where he was a research scientist and postdoctoral fellow. A registered architect, he holds a doctorate from Georgia Tech and a master's from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He co-created an architecture software program for building plan analysis that is licensed to more than 20 universities.

Alan J. Redd, assistant professor of anthropology, has been a research associate at the University of Arizona Genomic Analysis and Technology Core Facility. He holds master's and doctoral degrees from Pennsylvania State University, and his expertise in molecular anthropology, DNA systems and genetic history has made him an expert witness in court cases.

Albert Romkes, assistant professor of mechanical engineering, received his doctorate in aerospace engineering from the University of Texas at Austin in 1997, following studies at the Delft University of Technology in the Netherlands. For the past two years he was a postdoctoral fellow at UT's Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences. Research interests are computational mechanics and numerical analysis with an emphasis on the computational modeling of multiscale phenomena.

Leonce Rushubirwa, assistant professor of KiSwahili and African languages, brings to KU 22 years of teaching experience. He earned master's and doctoral degrees from Ohio University, where he taught for six years, and at the University of Georgia he coordinated development of software to teach Swahili language and culture. His research interests include African languages and culture and teaching heritage languages to children.

Kerry Sabbag, assistant professor of Slavic languages and literatures, comes to KU from Brown University, where she completed her doctorate in May; her master's is from Ohio State University, and she is fluent in Russian and Czech. Her central interests include European and Russian romanticism and Eastern Christianity.

Samira Sayeh, assistant professor of French and Italian, recently earned her doctorate at Pennsylvania State University. She was an exchange student at the University of Pennsylvania and holds a master's from Université Lumière, Lyon. Sayeh's research interests include Francophone cultures and literatures and French colonial history.

Paul Schrodt, assistant professor of communications studies, taught at the University of Texas at Arlington after earning his doctorate at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Schrodt, who earned his master's at the University of North Texas, has published numerous works on family and instructional communication.

Emma Scioli, assistant professor of classics, comes to KU from the University of California-Los Angeles, where she earned both doctoral and master's degrees. She has team-taught at the Intercollegiate Center for Classical Studies in Rome, and her research focuses on dreams and sleep in classical literature and art.

Woochan Schola Shim, assistant professor of social welfare, received her doctorate from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, in 2004 and her master's in social work from Columbia University. Her research interests include domestic violence and intersection with child welfare and spirituality, as well as adjustment issues of transnational family or multinational households.

Garrick Skalski, assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology, held a postdoctoral position at North Carolina State University's Bioinformatics Research Center before coming to KU and holds master's and doctoral degrees in zoology and biomathematics from N.C. State. His research interest is in theoretical ecology.

Kevin R. Smith, assistant professor of business/accounting and information systems, earned his doctorate in accounting at the University of Arizona and his master's at Brigham Young University. His research interests include financial analysts' and investors' use of accounting information.

Brent J. Steele, assistant professor of political science, holds his doctorate from the University of Iowa and a master's from the University of Northern Iowa. He has published studies of historical international relations and is interested in international ethics and studies and in NGOs and international actors.

Denise Stephens, vice provost of Information Services, returns to KU from Syracuse University, which she joined in 2002 and where she was acting university librarian. She was formerly director of the Anschutz Library and led the program to implement its wireless instructional facility. Stephens, who has also worked at the University of Virginia Library, holds a master's degree in library and information services and a bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Oklahoma.

James P.G. Sterbenz, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science, comes to KU from the University of Lancaster in England. He received master's and doctoral degrees in computer science from Washington University, and his research expertise focuses on networking and communication among distributed systems and applications.

Ramanathan (Rama) Subramaniam, assistant professor of business, recently earned his doctorate in marketing from the University of Pittsburgh and holds a master's from Carnegie Mellon University. His main research interests are in pricing strategies, auction theory, game theoretic models of competition and discrete choice models.

Kimberly A.B. Swanson, assistant professor of French and Italian, comes to KU from Indiana University, where she taught while completing her master's and doctoral degrees in French and general linguistics. Swanson also taught English as a foreign language in Hungary with the Peace Corps, and her research interests include second-language acquisition.

Michael H. Taylor, assistant professor of geology, was a postdoctoral researcher at the California Institute of Technology before coming to KU and holds a master's and a doctorate from the University of California-Los Angeles. He has worked with the U.S. Geological Survey and has field experience in Tibet, California and New Mexico. He is interested in neotectonics and earthquakes and in his research uses cosmogenic dating, remote sensing and field mapping.

Jonathan Templin, assistant professor of psychology, holds a doctorate and two master's degrees from the Univeristy of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and comes to KU from the Educational Testing Service, where he was a senior research scientist in the External Diagnostic Research Group. He has also been a consultant to the College Board.

Andy Tompkins, associate professor of teaching and leadership, was Commissioner of Education for Kansas for nine years before coming to KU. He has been interim dean and chair at Pittsburg State University's School of Education and a superintendent of Salina, El Dorado and Satanta public schools. He earned his master's from Emporia State University and his doctorate from KU and has been given the School of Education's Alumni Distinguished Service Award.

Andrew W. Torrance, associate professor of law, earned his master's and doctorate in biology from Harvard University, where he also earned a doctorate in law. His research interests encompass intellectual property law and the scientific, policy and legal aspect of biodiversity.

Harold Torrence, assistant professor of linguistics, earned his doctorate at the University of California-Los Angeles. Areas of interest include syntax and morphology, and he is working on a verb idiom dictionary for people who speak the West African language Wolof as a second language. Torrence also speaks Spanish, French, Italian, and Swahili.

Ariana E. Wall, assistant professor of social welfare, comes to KU from the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, where she completed her doctorate. Her research interests include adolescent problem behavior, child maltreatment, risk and protective factors and gender differences. Teaching areas include research methods and statistics.

Weichao Wang, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, earned master's degrees from Tsinghua University in Beijing and Purdue University, where he received his doctorate. Wang also has taught graduate and undergraduate courses at Purdue. His areas of research include security and privacy in pervasive systems, informational assurance and wireless sensor/mesh networks.

Jennifer Weber, assistant professor of history, has been a journalist and legislative aide and comes to KU from Princeton University, where she earned her master's and doctorate in history and was a consultant and lecturer. Her research field is the Civil War, and she is working on a study of Copperheads, antiwar Democrats in the North.

Greg Welch, assistant professor of psychology and research in education, is completing his doctorate in research methodology at the University of Pittsburgh, where he also earned a master’s; he holds a master’s in applied statistics from the University of Wyoming. He has worked as a statistical consultant and has taught methods courses.

Crispin Williams, assistant professor of East Asian languages and cultures, was a senior lecturer of Chinese language and literature at Dartmouth College before coming to KU. Williams, who earned his doctoral degree from the University of London last year, has studied in China and Japan and published works on early Chinese language and texts.

Nathaniel Wood, assistant professor of history, earned his doctorate in eastern European history from Indiana University. His current project investigates the growth of urban identities and popular culture in fin-de-siecle Cracow. His areas of expertise are 19th- and 20th-century eastern Europe and modern European history.

Alexander Wyglinski, research assistant professor, joins the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center from Montreal. Before coming to KU he was with the Centre for Advanced Systems and Technologies in Communications and Agile All-Photonic Networks Research Network at McGill University. He holds a doctorate from McGill, and his research interests include digital transmission techniques and signal processing.

Feirong Yuan, assistant professor of business/management, marketing and law, comes to KU from Texas A&M University. She earned a bachelor's in economics at Fudan University in Shanghai and a doctorate at Texas A&M. Research interests include organization development and change, employee creativity and innovation, and cultural and crosscultural studies.

Anne Ya Zhang, assistant professor of electrical engineering and computer science, earned her bachelor’s from Tsinghua University in Beijing and her doctorate in information sciences and technology from Pennsylvania State University. Her teaching interests include bioinformatics, computational biology, data mining and pattern recognition.

Yang Zhang, assistant professor at the Center for Bioinformatics, comes to KU from the Center of Excellence in Bioinformatics at the University of Buffalo. He holds a doctorate from the Institute of Physics at Central China Normal University, and his research interests are structural biology and bioinformatics and mechanics of macromolecules and biopolymers.

Zheng (Jane) Zhao, assistant professor of management, earned her master's in aerospace and mechanical engineering from the University of Oklahoma and her doctorate in corporate strategy and international business at the University of Michigan. Research interests include organizational capabilities, knowledge management and transfer, emerging economies, and intellectual property protection.

Guangzhi (Terry) Zhao, assistant professor of business/management, marketing and law, comes to KU from the University of California-Irvine, where he completed his doctorate. He holds a master's in marketing from Zhongshan University in China, and his research interests include consumer behavior, advertising and risk communication.

No biographical information available for the following new faculty members:
Yoshiaki Azuma, assistant professor of molecular biosciences
Ronald Barrett-Gonzalez, associate professor of aerospace engineering
Terry Koenig, assistant professor of social welfare
Michael Rubin, assistant professor of chemistry

Joining the faculty later this semester are:
Brian Rosenblum, librarian, University Libraries (starts Sept. 26)
Edward Pettier, assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering (Starts in November)

Coming to KU in the spring semester will be:
David Fowle, assistant professor of geology
Virginia Ilie, assistant professor of business
Caroline Kayser, assistant professor of civil, environmental and architectural engineering
Sarah Kieweg, assistant professor of mechanical engineering
Liang Tang, associate professor of molecular biosciences
Carsten Timm, assistant professor of physics and astronomy.