September 12, 2003: Volume 59, Number 1

College welcomes new faculty

This fall, the College announces the following 12 new faculty members:

            Jay P. Carlson – assistant professor at GMI/GCUU. He earned a doctorate in marketing and a cognate in psychology from the University of South Carolina. His teaching interests include consumer behavior, marketing research, retailing, principles of marketing, and marketing management.

            Aaron G. Cass – instructor in computer science, is anticipating his Ph.D. in computer science at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. As a research assistant at UMass, he worked on software processes and process technology.

            Brian Cohen – visiting assistant professor of biology, holds a doctorate in biochemistry and molecular biology from Albany Medical College. Most recently, he conducted postdoctoral research at the Wadsworth Center in Albany.

            Zhilan Feng – an instructor at GMI/GCUU, is anticipating her doctorate in finance from the University of Connecticut. Her research areas include corporate control, asset pricing in capital markets, and the impact of corporate decisions on common stock prices.

            Tracyann Henry – a visiting instructor in economics, was anticipating a doctorate in economics from the State University of New York-Stony Brook. Her fields of concentration are economics of education, labor economics and applied econometrics.

            Jennifer Milioto Matsue – instructor in performing arts, is working on her doctorate in music (ethnomusicology) at the University of Chicago. Among her teaching interests are popular and traditional Japanese music; modern Japanese history and popular culture; and modern opera and western music of the 20th century.

            Sheila L. McClain – returns to the College as a visiting instructor in sociology after a stint as an adjunct in 2002-2003. She is a doctoral candidate at the State University of New York-Albany. Her academic specializations are social psychology, deviance, theory, and culture.

            Andrew J. F. Morris – is an assistant professor of history. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia, Corcoran Department if History. His major field is 20th century U.S. history.

            Brian Postow – assistant professor of computer science, holds a doctorate in computer science from the University of Maryland. His teaching interests include artificial intelligence, semantics, and algorithms.

            Paul Rose – is a visiting assistant professor in psychology. He earned his Ph.D. from the State University of New York-Buffalo and his primary specialization is social-personality psychology.

            Jill S. Smith – visiting instructor of German, is anticipating a Ph.D. in Germanic studies at Indiana University. Her research and teaching areas include Jewish studies, language pedagogy, and German literature.

            Emily O. Walsh – a visiting assistant professor of geology, earned a Ph.D. in geological sciences from the University of California-Santa Barbara. Her specialization is petrology of high-pressure/high-temperature rocks.

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