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Lana Dalley
Assistant professor of English, comparative literature and linguistics
B.A. English, University of Evansville
M.A., Ph.D. English language and literature, University of Washington
Birthplace: Columbus, Ind.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Victorian literature and culture, Romanticism, the historiography of women and gender, feminist literary theory/women’s writing, 19th-century political economy, economic literary criticism

Anthony Davis
Senior Assistant Librarian
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
M.S. information, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Christopher Deal
Lecturer in human communication studies
M.A. international communication, American University
Ph.D. intercultural communication, University of New Mexico
Birthplace: Baltimore, Md. Research interests/areas of expertise: Intercultural communication, intercultural training, training across cultures, instructional design, Chinese language and culture, organizational communication
Languages fluent in: Mandarin Chinese

Nicole Engelke
Assistant professor of mathematics
B.A. mathematics and German, University of Nebraska, Omaha
M.S. mathematics, University of Connecticut
Ph.D. mathematics, Arizona State University (expected)*
Birthplace: Omaha, Neb.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Mathematics education, specifically how students learn and understand calculus, how students learn and understand the concept of function

Shanan Fitts
Assistant professor of elementary and bilingual education
M.A. curriculum and instruction for multicultural teacher education, University of New Mexico
Ph.D. educational foundations, University of Colorado
Birthplace: Nyack, N.Y.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Bilingual acquisition, dual-language education, culturally responsive teaching
Languages fluent in: Spanish

Jorge Fontdevila
Assistant professor of sociology
M.A. cultural anthropology, University of Chicago
Ph.D. sociology, Columbia University
Birthplace: Madrid, Spain
Research interests/areas of expertise: Sexuality, migration, HIV/AIDS
Languages fluent in: Spanish

Harold Fraser
Lecturer in management
M.S. systems management, USC
Birthplace: San Francisco
Research interests/areas of expertise: Intercultural and organizational communication, intercultural training, training across cultures, instructional design, Chinese language and culture
Languages fluent in: Mandarin Chinese

Dipsari Ghosh
Lecturer in finance
B.S., California Institute of Technology
Ph.D., Florida International University
Birthplace: Cherry Hill, N.J.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Start-up companies, strategic planning, business operations

Donna J. Gough
Assistant professor of women’s studies
B.A. history, Afro-ethnic studies, Cal State Fullerton
M.A. U.S. history, Cal State Long Beach
M.A. higher education administration, Ohio State University
Birthplace: Charleston, W.Va.
Research interests/areas of expertise: U.S. women of color, multicultural feminism, uses of philanthropy to shape ethnic and women’s studies curriculum by non-academicians

Mark Grinyer
Lecturer in marketing and business communication
B.A. M.A. and Ph.D. English, UC Riverside
Birthplace: Colorado Springs, Colo.
Research interests: Use of storyboarding and other collaborative development techniques in the development of business and technical communications, proposal development practices and processes, passage structure in business and technical writing, impact of desktop publishing, internet and other forms of automation on written communications, modern and contemporary English and American literature – particularly poetry and science fiction

Katja M. Guenther
Assistant professor of sociology
A.B. sociology, Smith College
M.A. sociology, UC Davis
Ph.D. sociology, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Birthplace: Cambridge, Mass.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Social movements, especially in women’s movements, social policy and the welfare state in the United States and European Union, post-socialist Europe, qualitative methods
Languages fluent in: German

Christine Hanson
Assistant professor of communications
B.F.A. photography, Art Institute of Boston, Lesley University
M.F.A. visual art, University of Norwich at Vermont College
Birthplace: Albany, N.Y.
Research interests/areas of expertise: Promoting the tactical use of digital media to raise questions about common social practices

Wayne Henderson
Lecturer in geological science
B.S. geology, B.A. history, George Washington University
M.S. geology, Louisiana State University
Birthplace: Lowell, Mass.
Research interests: Paleontology, sedimentology, Earth history and science education

Lezlee Hinesmon-Matthews
Assistant professor of Afro-ethnic studies
B.A. sociology and religion, Tarkio College
M.A. and Ph.D. urban planning, UCLA
Birthplace: Dayton, Ohio
Research interests/areas of expertise: Black families and communities

Sean R. Hogan
Assistant professor of human services
M.S.W., Ph.D. social welfare, UC Berkley
Birthplace: Placerville, CA
Research interests/areas of expertise: Substance abuse treatment policy, welfare reform, social welfare policy

Christopher Hyland
Assistant professor of chemistry and biochemistry
M.S., Ph.D. chemistry, Imperial College, London
Birthplace: St. Helier, United Kingdom
Research interests/areas of expertise: Use of transition metals in organic synthesis

Mohammed Zakyi Ibrahim
Assistant professor of comparative religion
B.A. Islamic studies, International Islamic University Malaysia
M.A. and Ph.D. Islamic studies, McGill University
Birthplace: Ghana, West Africa
Research interests/areas of expertise: Islamic thought and civilization, Qur’anic studies (classical and modern), women in Islam, African religions, world religions (western traditions)
Languages fluent in: Arabic, Hausa, Dagbani

Robert Istad
Assistant professor of music
B.A. music performance, Augustana College
M.A. choral conducting, Cal State Fullerton

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