September 27, 2002: Volume 56, Number 3

New Union faculty welcomed

Union College this fall welcomed 24 new members to the faculty. We introduced 12 in last week's issue. Here are the rest:

Claudine Lecocq, visiting assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering, earned her Ph.D. at the University of Sciences and Technology of Lille, France. She previously worked as an assistant professor at the University of Sciences and Technology of Lille, France.

Kathleen LoGiudice, assistant professor of biology, earned her master's and Ph.D. in Ecology and Evolution from Rutgers University. She recently finished working as a post-doctoral researcher at the Institute of Ecosystem Studies, Millbrook, N.Y.

Raymond Martin, professor and chair of the department of Philosophy, earned his Ph.D. from the University of Rochester. He recently worked as professor and director of Graduate Studies, Department of Philosophy, at the University of Maryland College Park. He is author of a number of books, including Naturalization of the Soul: Self & Personal Identity in the Eighteenth Century, Self-Concern: An Experimental Approach to What Matters in Survival, The Elusive Messiah, and The Past Within Us: An Empirical Approach to Philosophy of History.

James L. Pethica, visiting associate professor of English, earned his Ph.D. from Wolfson College, Oxford University. He previously taught at Williams College, the University of Richmond, and Oxford University.

R. Chris Schnabel, assistant professor of chemistry, earned his Ph.D. in inorganic chemistry at the University of Wyoming. He most recently worked as an assistant professor of chemistry at Eckerd College.

Denise M. Smith, visiting assistant professor of Spanish, earned her master's and Ph.D. in Spanish linguistics at the University at Albany, State University of New York. Smith most recently taught Spanish courses at Siena College.

Younghwan Song, assistant professor of economics, earned his Ph.D. from Columbia University. His fields of interests include labor economics, applied economics, and welfare and poverty. He most recently was an instructor at Columbia University.

John Charles Stoner, visiting assistant professor of history, earned his master's and Ph.D. from Columbia University. His research and teaching interests include U.S. political, social, labor history (19th and 20th centuries); sub-Saharan African labor, political history; comparative history; and transnational history.

Pedro Teixeira, visiting assistant professor of mathematics, earned his Ph.D. degree from Brandeis University. His research area has been commutative algebra and the Hilbert-Kunz functions.

Michael F. Vineyard, professor and chair of the physics department, earned his master's and Ph.D. degrees from Florida State University. He most recently has been an associate professor of physics at the University of Richmond.

Mesfin A. Woldeyohannes, visiting assistant professor of physics, earned his master's and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Toronto, Canada. He most recently worked as an assistant professor of physics at Brock University, Canada.

Yanqing Xie, visiting assistant professor of Chinese, earned a doctorate of arts in humanistic studies from SUNY Albany. She most recently has been a lecturer at SUNY Albany.

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