Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

Meet UA's New Faculty and Deans

Editor's Note: Dialog is pleased to introduce new full-time, regular faculty members to UA faculty and staff. Dialog has listed with pictures (depending on availability) name and title, division and area of specialty. All photos by University Relations photographers.

College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. John H. Blitz
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. City University of New York

Dr. Margaret Butler
Assistant Professor
School of Music
Ph.D. Ohio State University

Mr. Raphael Crystal
Assistant Professor
Department of Theater and Dance
B.A. Harvard University

Dr. Beth Daniell
Associate Professor
Department of English
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Jamie DeCoster
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Ph.D. Purdue University

Dr. Xiang Fang
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
Ph.D. Texas A&M

Dr. Robert H. Findlay
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. Florida State University

Dr. Faythe Freese
Associate Professor
School of Music
D.M.A. Indiana University

Dr. Tanya L. Gille
Professor and Director
School of Music
D.M.A. Eastman School of Music, Rochester NY

Dr. Kate Haulman
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Ph.D. Cornell University

Dr. Alexander D. Huryn
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. University of Georgia

Dr. Michael P. Jennings
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Ph.D. Purdue University

Dr. Hee-young Kim
Assistant Professor
Department of Art
Ph.D. University of Iowa

Dr. Lisa LeCount
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Beom Lee
Assistant Professor
Department of Mathematics
Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Dr. Juan M. Lopez-Bautista
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
LSU, post doctoral research
Ph.D. University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Dr. Yolanda M. Manora
Assistant Professor
Department of English
Ph.D. Emory University, Atlanta

Ms. Micki McElya
Assistant Professor
Department of American Studies
Ph.D. New York University

Dr. Utz L. McKnight
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Ph.D. Lund University Sweden

Ms. Joyelle McSweeney
Assistant Professor
Department of English
M.F.A. University of Iowa

Dr. James D. Mixson
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Ph.D. University of Notre Dame

Ms. Bobbie Rafferty
Assistant Professor
Department of Theater and Dance
M.A. Southern Methodist University

Dr. Katrina Ramonell
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. Louisiana State University

Dr. Leslie J. Rissler
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Virginia, Post Doctoral research
Ph.D. University of California Berkley

Dr. Delores Robinson
Assistant Professor
Department of Geological Sciences
Ph.D. University of Arizona

Dr. Karen Salekin
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Ph.D. Simon Fraser University

Dr. Joseph Smith
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Timothy S. Snowden
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry
Ph.D. University of Texas at Austin

Dr. Karen Steckol
Chair and Professor
Department of Communicative Disorders
Ph.D. Memphis State University