September 9, 2005: Volume 65, Number 1

New faculty welcomed

The faculty welcomed 16 new colleagues at their opening meeting this week. They include (with the remainder to be published next week):

Biology:

Bridgit Goldman, visiting assistant professor, earned her Ph.D. in molecular biology from the Graduate School and University Center of the City University of New York. Her teaching interests include the use of new laboratory techniques with an emphasis on plant physiology and molecular genetics/techniques, applicable in general biology and more advanced courses.

Chemistry:

J. Gregory Reid, visiting assistant professor, holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and was a post-doctoral research fellow at Harvard University. An experienced pharmaceutical process chemist, he holds several patents.

Classics:

Rebecca Edwards, visiting assistant professor, holds a Ph.D. in classical studies from Indiana University with a dissertation, "Divus Augustus Pater: Tiberius and the Charisma of Augustus." Her areas of professional interest include Roman civilization, classical mythology, Greek culture and Greek and Latin medical terminology. She has held recent positions at the University of Tennessee and Indiana University.

Tarik Wareh, assistant professor, earned a Ph.D. in classics from the University of California at Berkeley with a dissertation on "Practical Philosophical Politics in Plato and Isocrates." He has held recent teaching positions at St. Olaf College, Dartmouth College and Indiana University.

Electrical and Computer Engineering:

Shane Cotter, assistant professor, holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from the University of California, San Diego with a thesis on "Subset Selection Algorithms with Applications." His research interests include computer networking, wireless communications, signal processing, bioinformatics, optimization, multimedia, speech coding and speech recognition.

English:

Nathan Wallace, visiting assistant professor, earned his Ph.D. in English from the University of Notre Dame with a thesis on "Anglo-Irish Reconciliation in Edmund Burke, Matthew Arnold and Edward Dowden." His interests include Irish studies, Victorian studies, modernism and postmodernism, and colonialism. He has taught at the University of Notre Dame and Indiana University at South Bend.

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