Fordham University has announced the hiring of 30 new tenure-track faculty appointments for the 2016-2017 academic year.

New arts and sciences faculty members, along with their departments, include:

Westenley Alcenat, instructor, Department of History;

Elissa M. Aminoff, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology;

Joshua Bennett, instructor, Department of English;

Md Zakirul Alam Bhuiyan, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science;

Stacey D’Erasmo, associate professor in the Department of English;

Emanuel Fiano, instructor, Department of Theology;

Claire Gherini, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of History;

Sarah E. Grey, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Thaier Hayajneh, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Computer and Information Science;

Hans-Joachim Hein, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics;

Diana B. Heney, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Philosophy;

Kei Kobayashi, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Mathematics;

Tyesha Maddox, instructor, Department of African and African American Studies;

Bryan N. Massingale, S.T.D., professor in the Department of Theology;

Brandeise Monk-Payton, instructor, Department of Communication and Media Studies;

Zein Murib, instructor, Department of Political Science;

Meenasarani Linde Murugan, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Communication and Media Studies;

Scott Poulson-Bryant, instructor, Department of English;

Andrew M. Simons, instructor, Department of Economics;

Richard Teverson, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Art History and Music; and

Matthew D. Zeigenfuse, Ph.D., assistant professor in the Department of Psychology

In the Gabelli School of Business, new faculty appointments include:

Mengjie Huang, instructor, Accounting and Taxation;

Francis E. MacCrory, III, Ph.D., assistant professor of Information Systems; and

Wong Kyung (Alice) Min, instructor, Management Systems; and

Dominik Molitor, Ph.D., assistant professor of Information Systems;

New to the Graduate School of Education is:

Tiedan Huang, Ed.D., assistant professor of education.

The School of Law welcomes:

Janet M. Freilich, associate professor of law.

The Graduate School of Social Service welcomes:

Dana Alonzo, Ph.D., associate professor of social work;

Matthew Chin, instructor in social work; and

Abigail M. Ross, instructor in social work.

Two new visiting faculty members have been named as Endowed Chairs. They are: Stephen Henderson, the Denzel Washington Endowed Chair in Theatre; and Reverend Michael A. Zampelli, Ph.D., the Loyola Chair in Theology.

 

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Janet Sassi is editor/associate director of internal communications. She can be reached at (212) 636-7577 or fallersassi@fordham.edu