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.