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Volume 53, Number 2   August 22, 2005        

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New tenure-track faculty 2005-06

Behavioral and Social Sciences
Michael Bar, assistant professor of economics. Will teach courses in macroeconomics and economic growth and development. Ph.D. in economics from University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. Most recent position: lecturer in economics at University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. Research interests: macroeconomics, growth, demographic economics, public economics and economic history.

Carlos Davidson, associate professor and director of the Environmental Studies Program. Will teach courses in environmental problems and solutions. Ph.D. in ecology with an emphasis in conservation biology from University of California, Davis. Most recent position: assistant professor of environmental studies, California State University, Sacramento. Research interests: conservation ecology, political-ecology, conservation biology and conservation policy.

David Gard, assistant professor of psychology. Will teach courses in clinical and abnormal psychology. Ph.D. in clinical psychology from University of California, Berkeley. Most recent position: lecturer in psychology at SFSU. Research interests: schizophrenia and emotional deficits and motivational problems and individuals with chronic pain.

Edward McCaughan, associate professor of sociology. Will teach courses in sociological perspectives and theories of society. Ph.D. in sociology from University of California, Santa Cruz. Most recent position: associate professor of sociology at Loyola University, New Orleans. Research interests: globalization, development and social change; Latin American political economy, politics and social movements; social stratification and inequality; race, ethnicity and identity; and classical and contemporary sociological theory.

Business
Steven Crowley, assistant professor of accounting. Will teach courses in accounting information systems. Ph.D. from University of Utah. Research interests include: judgment and decision making in accounting and auditing context, decision aiding and knowledge elicitation in information systems, and accounting information in experimental markets.

Jason Harris-Boundy, assistant professor of management. Ph.D. from University of Washington. Research interests include: creativity in business, leadership, motivation and entrepreneurship.

Ming Li, assistant professor of finance. Will teach courses in business finance and financial management. Ph.D. in economics from University of California, Los Angeles. Most recent position: research assistant to Dr. Mitchell Wong at University of California, Los Angeles Medical School. Research interests: explaining anomalies in financial market such as risk premium, under-or-over-reaction to news and predictable excess returns; analyzing factors contributing to time-to-event in survival analysis and application to mortgage, loan or bond default, death or other failure events; time series forecasting; financial market forecasting; value-at-risk modeling; and fixed-income security pricing, credit-risk migration modeling and forecasting.

Humaira Mahi, assistant professor of international business. Will teach courses in emerging issues in Asia-Pacific countries. Ph.D. in marketing from University of Minnesota. Research interests include: impact of globalization, behavioral and information economics perspectives, and role of information asymmetry in affecting consumer and seller choices.

Mitchell Marks, assistant professor of management. Ph.D. from University of Michigan. Research interests include: organizational change and transition, mergers and acquisitions, downsizing and restructuring.

Theresa Roeder, assistant professor of decision sciences. Will teach courses in operations management, statistics, management science, and simulation.

Stephen Rudman, assistant professor of international business. Will teach courses in international environmental analysis. Ph.D. in international management from Cambridge University. Research interests include: international management, with emphasis on Chinese-speaking Asia, global logistics, and legal environment of international business.

Sada Soorapanth, assistant professor of decision sciences. Will teach courses in operations management, statistics, management science, and simulation.

Gulnur Tumbat, assistant professor of marketing. Will teach undergraduate and graduate level consumer behavior courses. Ph.D. in marketing from University of Utah. Research interests: perception and acceptance of risk in consumption, experiential consumption, postmodern consumer culture, servicescapes and service encounters.

Deanna Wang, assistant professor of marketing. Will teach courses in marketing
research. Ph.D. in marketing from Purdue University. Most recent position: visiting assistant professor at Purdue University. Research interest: health-care marketing, retail management, quantitative modeling, Bayesian methods.

Xiaoli Yin, assistant professor of management. Ph.D. from Northwestern University. Research interests include: corporate strategy, mergers and acquisitions, alliances and franchising.

Creative Arts
Cyrus Ginwala, assistant professor of music. Will direct the University Orchestra and teach courses in instrumental music and beginning music theory. D.M.A. in orchestral conducting from Peabody Conservatory of Music. Most recent position: music director, Symphony of the Mountains in Tennessee. Areas of expertise are orchestral music and conducting.

George DeGraffenreid, professor of music and director of School of Music and Dance. Will supervise graduate students in music education. Ph.D. in music education from University of Washington, Seattle. Most recent position: professor of music education at California State University, Fresno. Areas of expertise are music education and music teacher credentialing.

Education
Marco Bravo
, assistant professor of elementary education. Will teach courses in teaching, learning and development. Ph.D. in elementary education from University of California, Berkeley. Most recent position: consultant for San Francisco Unified School District’s professional development workshops. Research interests: research, design and assessment of science/literacy curriculum for school-age children.

Helen Huyn, assistant professor of administration and interdisciplinary studies. Will teach courses in educational research. Ed.D. in administration, planning, and social policy from Harvard University. Most recent position: lecturer in administration and interdisciplinary studies at SFSU. Research interests: design and analysis of empirical research including case studies, surveys and program evaluations.

Stephanie Sisk-Hilton, assistant professor of elementary education. Will teach courses in science education. Ph.D. in education in math, science and technology from University of California, Berkeley. Most recent position: lecturer of elementary teaching in science at University of California, Berkeley. Research interests: professional development activities to train teacher leaders in technology-based inquiry science curricula.

Ethnic Studies
Jason Ferreira
, assistant professor of ethnic studies. Will teach introduction to ethnic studies and history of U.S. people of color. Ph.D. in comparative ethnic studies from University of California, Berkeley. Most recent position: University of California president’s postdoctoral fellow in history of consciousness at University of California, Santa Cruz. Research interests: comparative social movements; ethnic studies; 20th century Latina/o history, culture and politics; 20th century African American history, culture and politics; interethnic/racial relations; racial politics; and theories of race, class, ethnicity and identity formation.

Catriona Esquibel, assistant professor of ethnic studies. Will teach courses in cultural dialogue and ethnic literature and "coloring queer: imagining communities." Ph.D. in history of consciousness from University of California, Santa Cruz. Most recent position: assistant professor of women’s studies at Ohio State University. Research interests: Chicana Lesbian fiction, Chicana/o literature, ethnic American literature and history of women of color in the United States

Falu Bakrania, assistant professor of ethnic studies. Will teach courses in women, class and race and comparative ethnic issues. Ph.D. in cultural anthropology from Stanford University. Most recent position: assistant professor of sociology, anthropology and Asian/Asian American Studies at State University of New York, Binghamton. Research interests: migration and transnationalism; politics and gender in Asian diaspora; cultural studies of South Asian youth; feminist theory and cultural difference; popular music and cultural identities; and South Asian diaspora in the United States.

Health and Human Services
Marshall Alameida
, assistant professor of nursing. Will teach courses in nursing. Ph.D. in nursing (expected 2005) from University of California, San Francisco. Most recent position: AHRQ research traineeship at the University of California, San Francisco. Research interests: gerontology, chemical dependencies, emergency psychiatry and Olmstead Plans.

Markus Bidell, assistant professor of counseling. Will teach courses in counseling. Ph.D. in combined psychology from University of California, Santa Barbara. Most recent position: counselor educator at the University of New Mexico. Research interests: multicultural and sexual orientation counselor competency and training, health psychology and counseling, adventure-based counseling, and school counseling interventions for at-risk youth.

Fang-yu Chou, assistant professor of nursing. Will teach courses in nursing. Ph.D. in community health from University of California, San Francisco. Most recent position: research postdoctoral fellowship on illness perception in the Asian American community at University of California, San Francisco. Research interests: health equity, immigrant health, HIV/AIDS and oncology nursing care.

Claudia Guedes, assistant professor of kinesiology. Will teach courses in physical education. Ph.D. in physical education from State University of Campinas (Brazil). Most recent position: assistant professor of physical education (specializing in socio-cultural studies) at University of Sao Paulo. Research interests: teacher training, sports and society, and integration of physical activity into education of children and adolescents.

Kate Hamel, assistant professor of kinesiology. Ph.D. in biomechanics and locomotion studies from Pennsylvania State University. Most recent position: assistant professor in residence of physical therapy at University of California, San Francisco. Research interests: elderly visual control and locomotion, multi-factorial nature of functional decline (in the elderly and those with chronic diseases) and injury prevention.

Rick Harvey, assistant professor of health education. Ph.D. in psychology and social behavior from University of California, Irvine (expected 2005). Most recent position: Counseling Center Stress Management program director. Research interests: health promotion interventions, tobacco use prevention and how university/community collaborations form.

Yeon-shim Lee, assistant professor of social work. Ph.D. in social work from Columbia University. Most recent position: research assistant at the Urban Women’s Health Project in New York. Research interests: intimate partner violence, domestic violence in the workplace, interpersonal violence, HIV risk behaviors among older women, mental health and substance use among Korean American women.

Alice Prive, associate professor of nursing. Ph.D. in social ethics from University of Southern California. Most recent position: nursing instructor at Mt. St. Mary's College, Los Angeles. Research interests: high-risk premature infants, life and death issues within the family and compassionate nursing care.

Nina Roberts, assistant professor of recreation and leisure studies. Ph.D. in recreation and resource management from Colorado State University. Most recent position: education and outreach specialist for the National Park Service. Research interests: outdoor recreation, leadership, youth development and exploring diverse ethnic and cultural backgrounds and their connection to activities in the natural environment.

Meredith Edwards Wampler, associate professor of physical therapy. Ph.D. in physical therapy science from the University of California, San Francisco and SFSU. Most recent position: licensed physical therapist at Linda Mar Care Center, Pacifica. Research interests: chemotherapy-induced peripheral nerve damage, physical therapy techniques and exercise programs and improving the life of cancer survivors.

Humanities
Shirin Khanmohamadi
, assistant professor of comparative and world literature. Will teach courses in world literature and comparative medieval literature. Ph.D. in English and comparative literature from Columbia University. Most recent position: instructor in Columbia’s interdisciplinary core curriculum. Research interests: literary contacts between the European and Arab/Islamic worlds, medieval tale collections, and premodern travel and ethnographic literature.

Neil Lindeman, assistant professor of technical and professional writing. Will teach courses in technical editing, writing in the sciences, writing for the Web, and visual communication. Ph.D. in rhetoric and professional communication from Iowa State University. Most recent position: managing editor at the Center for Applied Biodiversity Science at Conservation International in Washington, D.C. Research interests: the rhetoric of science and environmentalism, intersection of environmental politics and science, and “boundary work” through which scientists define their practices in relation to nonscientific groups and activities.

Mohammad Salama, assistant professor of Arabic. Will teach courses in Arabic language, literature and culture. Ph.D. in comparative literature from University of Wisconsin, Madison. Most recent position: lecturer in Arabic language and literature, University of Wisconsin, Whitewater. Research interests: modern Egyptian literature and cinema, literature’s relation to such fields as history and philosophy, and variations on the theme of modernity in the European/American and Arab worlds.

Maricel Santos, assistant professor of English language and literature. Will teach courses in adult literacy, second-language acquisition, and ESL teaching methods and curriculum design. Ed.D. from Harvard University. Most recent position: research associate at the National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and Literacy, and the Health and Adult Literacy and Learning Research Team (both in Cambridge, Mass.). Research interests: adult literacy development, community-based literacy programs, and academic literacy skills of college-bound language-minority adults.

Alice Sowaal, assistant professor of philosophy. Will teach courses in modern philosophy, feminism and philosophy, and the philosophy of science. Ph.D. in philosophy from University of California, Irvine. Most recent position: assistant professor of philosophy and women’s studies at Texas Tech University. Research interests: issues of individuation in Descartes’ metaphysics, women philosophers in the Early Modern period, and the intersections of gender, sexuality, race and class in philosophical and other texts.

Ásta Sveinsdóttir, assistant professor of philosophy. Will teach courses in metaphysics, epistemology, aesthetics, feminist theory, and social philosophy. Ph.D. in philosophy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most recent position: visiting assistant professor, Vassar College. Research interests: distinctions between “essential” and “accidental” properties within an “anti-realist” philosophical framework, the ontology of aesthetic properties, and essentialism in feminist theory.

J. Paul Leonard Library
Pamela Howard
, senior assistant librarian. Will provide library liaison, collection development and instruction services for Biological Sciences, Dietetics and Food Management, Health Education, Holistic Health, Kinesiology, Marine Science, Nursing and college coordination for Health and Human Services. Also will provide general research advice at the reference desk. M.L.I.S. in library and information science from San Jose State University and M.S. in food and resource economics from University of Florida. Most recent position: subject specialist in Health Sciences, Biology and Chemistry at Ablah Library, Wichita State University. Research interests: biomedical informatics and its impact on such populations as students, faculty and the general public.

Athena Nazario, senior assistant librarian. Will provide library liaison, collection development and instruction services for the College of Education and Communicative Disorders, Educational Administration, Elementary Education, Instructional Technologies, Secondary Education and Special Education. Also will provide general research advice at the reference desk. M.L.S. in library studies from Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey. Most recent position: instruction and electronic resources librarian at State University of New York, New Paltz. Research interests: information literacy and new developments in information technologies and cultural/social criticism.

Science and Engineering
Federico Ardilla
, assistant professor of mathematics (begins spring 2006). Will teach combinatorics, abstract algebra, discrete mathematics and calculus. Ph.D. in mathematics from Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Most recent position: Microsoft fellow. Research interests: Bergman complexes with applications to phylogenetic trees and problems related to the Tutte-Grothendieck polynomial.

Javier Arsuaga, assistant professor of mathematics. Will teach biomathematics, topology, numerical analysis and calculus. Ph.D. in mathematics, with a specialty in biomathematics, from Florida State University. Most recent position: researcher at University of California, San Francisco. Research interests: using methods from statistics and graph theory to model radiation-induced chromosomal aberrations.

Ying Chen, assistant professor of engineering. Will teach computer engineering courses such as computer systems and advanced computer architecture. Ph.D. in computer engineering from University of Minnesota. Research interests: general computer architecture design and verification.

Yitwah Cheung, assistant professor of mathematics. Will teach dynamical systems, topology, analysis and calculus. Ph.D. in mathematics, with a specialty in dynamical systems, from University of Illinois. Most recent position: postdoctoral instructor at Northwestern University. Research interests: applications of real manifold theory to problems in dynamical systems.

Mary Leech, assistant professor of geology. Will teach courses in petrology and geochemistry. Ph.D. in geology from Stanford University. Most recent position: research associate in geological and environmental sciences at Stanford University. Research interests: continental collision and subduction zone processes in the Himalayas and other regions.

Nick Lepeshkin, assistant professor of physics. Will teach optics, laser physics and electricity and magnetism courses. Ph.D. in physics from New Mexico State University. Most recent position: research associate at The Institute of Optics, University of Rochester. Research interests include: non-linear optics, integrated optics, photonic crystals and plasmonic materials.

Hamid Mahmoodi, assistant professor of engineering. Will teach computer engineering courses such as advanced Very Large Scale Integration design and digital design. Ph.D. in computer engineering from Purdue University. Research interests include: circuit level design of very large integrated circuits and systems.

Jonathon Stillman, assistant professor of biology. Will teach courses in animal physiology and introductory biology. Ph.D. in zoology from Oregon State University. Most recent position: assistant professor of zoology, University of Hawaii. Research interests: understanding physiological adaptations of organisms to environmental stresses.

Mariel Vazquez, assistant professor of mathematics. Will teach courses in biomathematics, topology, applied mathematics and calculus. Ph.D. in mathematics from Florida State University. Most recent position: postdoctoral researcher at University of California, Berkeley. Research interests: using knot theory and low-dimensional topology to understand enzymatic actions with applications to radiation cytogenetics and comparative genomics.

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