September 10, 2004: Volume 62, Number 1

College welcomes new faculty

The faculty welcomed 18 new colleagues at their opening meeting on Tuesday.

They include (with the remainder to be published next week):

Anthropology:

Derek Pardue, visiting assistant professor, earned his Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign with a dissertation on "Blackness and Periphery: A Retelling of Marginality in Hip-Hop Culture of S­ão Paulo, Brazil."

R. Kenji Tierney, visiting assistant professor, earned a Ph.D. in socio-cultural anthropology from the University of California-Berkeley, with a dissertation on "Wrestling with Tradition: Sumo, National Identity and Trans/National Popular Culture."

Chemistry:

Laurie Tyler, assistant professor, holds a Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research interests include inorganic and bioinorganic chemistry with an emphasis on the synthesis of complexes that contain biologically relevant metals.

Classics:

Hans-Friedrich Mueller, professor and chair of the department, earned a Ph.D. in classical philology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has interests in Greek and Latin literature, ancient history, Roman law and religion and pedagogy. He has held recent positions at the University of Florida and Florida State University.

Stacie Raucci, visiting instructor, was to receive her Ph.D. in classics from the University of Chicago with a dissertation titled "Gazing Games: Propertius and the Dynamics of Vision." Her fields include Latin literature of the Augustian Age; gender and sexuality; and culture and society of the late Republic.

Computer Science:

Valerie Barr, professor and chair of the department, holds a Ph.D. from Rutgers University. Her dissertation was titled "Applications of Rule-Base Coverage Measures to Expert System Evaluation." Her areas of interest include software testing, development of verification and validation of natural language processing; and women and computer science.

English:

Channette Romero, assistant professor, earned a Ph.D. from Rutgers University in May. Her dissertation was titled "Spiritual Resistance: Religion, Race and Nation in Ethnic American Women's Fiction." Interests include African American literature, ethnic American literature, twentieth century literature and gender and feminist theory.

Christopher Pizzino, visiting assistant professor, holds a master's degree in English from Rutgers University, where he has taught a number of courses in literature. Teaching interests include secular and religious studies, world and American cinema, genre studies and modern and postmodern literature.

Bradley Beckman, visiting lecturer, holds a master's degree from New York University focusing on dramatic literature, dramaturgy and performance theory. He has  taught classes at Union in film and theater and directed a play and video project exploring diversity issues at Union.

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