Sept. 20, 2004

New Faculty 2004-2005

Message from the Provost
College of Arts and Sciences
Culverhouse College of Commerce
College of Communication and Information Sciences
College of Education
College of Engineering
College of Human Environmental Sciences
School of Medicine
University Libraries

Message from the Provost

Dr. Judy Bonner We are pleased to welcome an outstanding group of new faculty to The University of Alabama for the 2004-2005 academic year. Recruiting and retaining excellent faculty is essential as we recruit "the best and brightest" students to the University and build on our strong research program. With degrees from universities ranging from Harvard to Penn State to the University of Texas, these new faculty members bring top quality academic credentials and experience to UA. We look forward to working with them and know that they will make many outstanding contributions to the University.

Dr. Judy Bonner
Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs

College of Arts and Sciences

Dr. C. Fred T. Andrus
Assistant Professor
Department of Geography
Ph.D. University of Georgia

Dr. Elizabeth Brightbill
Instructor
School of Music
Ph.D. Indiana University

Dr. Kim Caldwell
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. University of Tennessee

Dr. Jennifer F. Cowgill
Assistant Professor
Department of Music
D.M. Florida State University

Dr. Priscilla Nellum Davis
Professor
Department of Communicative Disorders
Ph.D. State University of New York at Buffalo

Dr. Karl DeRouen, Jr.
Associate Professor
Department of Political Science
Ph.D. Texas A&M University

Dr. David Dixon
Robert Ramsay Endowed Chair of Chemistry
Department of Chemistry
Ph.D. Harvard University

Dr. Damon W. Freeman
Assistant Professor
Department of History
Ph.D. Indiana University

Dr. Andrew Goodliffe
Assistant Professor
Department of Geology
Ph.D. University of Hawaii

Dr. Carolyn Handa
Professor
Department of English
Ph.D. University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Robert Jenkot
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Ph.D. Southern Illinois University

Dr. Young Kim
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Ph.D. Pennsylvania State University

Dr. Bronwen Lichtenstein
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice
Ph.D. University of Canterbury, Christchurch, New Zealand

Dr. Amy Litt
Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
Ph.D. City University of New York

Dr. Michael J. New
Assistant Professor
Department of Political Science
Ph.D. Stanford University

Dr. Geoffrey Tick
Assistant Professor
Department of Geology
Ph.D. University of Arizona

Dr. Patricia White
Professor/Chair
Department of English
Ph.D. City University of New York

Culverhouse College of Commerce

Dr. Douglas Cook
Ehney A. Camp Endowed Chair of Finance and Investments
Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
Ph.D. University of Texas, Austin

Dr. Michele Kacmar
Durr-Fillauer Endowed Chair of Business Ethics
Department of Management and Marketing
Ph.D. Texas A&M University

Dr. Charles Kacmar
Associate Professor
Department of Management Science and Statistics
Ph.D. Texas A&M University

Dr. Ruxandra Prodan
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
Ph.D. University of Houston

Dr. Xuejuan Su
Assistant Professor
Department of Economics, Finance, and Legal Studies
Ph.D. Indiana University

College of Communication and Information Sciences

Dr. William B. Keller
Senior Lecturer, Community Journalism
Department of Journalism
Ph.D. University of Alabama

Tracy Sims
Instructor
Department of Advertising and Public Relations
M.A. Mississippi State University

Dr. Leo Jeffrey Weddle
Assistant Professor
School of Library and Information Sciences
Ph.D. University of Tennessee

College of Education

Dr. Nathaniel James Bray
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

Dr. Matt Green
Associate Professor
Department of Kinesiology
Ph.D. University of Alabama

Dr. Michael Harris
Assistant Professor
Department of Educational Leadership, Policy, and Technology Studies
Ph.D. University of Pennsylvania

Dr. Lynn Hodge
Assistant Professor
Department of Secondary Curriculum, Teaching, and Learning
Ph.D. Vanderbilt University

Dr. James McLean
Professor/Dean
College of Education
Ph.D. University of Florida

College of Engineering

Dr. Marcus D. Ashford
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. University of Texas

Dr. Christopher M. Greene
Assistant Professor
Department of Industrial Engineering
Ph.D. State University of New York, Binghamton

Dr. Arunava Gupta
Professor
Center for Materials for Information Technology
Ph.D. Stanford University

Dr. Subhadra Gupta
Associate Professor
Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
Ph.D. University of Cincinnati

Dr. Robert P. Taylor
Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Ph.D. Mississippi State University

Dr. Ilhan Tuzcu
Assistant Professor
Department of Aerospace Engineering and Mechanics
Ph.D. Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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