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USF Welcomes New Faculty Members
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Left to right: Lilian Dube-Chirairo (theology and religious studies), Radmar Jao, S.J. (visual and performing arts), and Marilyn De Laure (communication studies) get to know each other at a recent luncheon for new faculty. |
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All six schools and colleges have welcomed new faces this fall, with
the University of San Francisco hiring 34 full-time faculty, including
new deans in the School of Nursing and the School of Business and
Management. One new faculty position was added in both the School of
Education and the College of Arts and Sciences.
In the College
of Arts and Sciences, 24 faculty were hired, two were hired in the
School of Nursing, including Dean Judy Karshmer, four in the School of
Education, two in the School of Law and one in the College of
Professional Studies. Additionally, Mike Duffy was hired as the dean at
the School of Business and Management.
College of Arts and SciencesJorge Aquino
was hired in theology and religious studies. He is completing his
doctorate at the Graduate Theological Union at Berkeley and previously
served as a lecturer at Berkeley and as a fellow for the Hispanic
Theological Initiative.
Sarah Burgess -- communication studies. Burgess earned a doctorate from UC Berkeley, where she previously taught as an instructor.
Joon-Seo Andrew Choi --
in sport management. Choi completed his degree at the University of
Northern Colorado, where he served as an instructor and as the graduate
student director of the Sport Marketing Research Institute.
Corey Cook
-- politics. Cook received his degree from the University of Wisconsin
at Madison, and previously taught at San Francisco State University.
Marilyn De Laure -- communication studies. She earned her degree from the University of Iowa and was teaching at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo.
Amie Dowling -- visual and performing arts. Dowling completed her degree from Smith College where she most recently taught.
Lilian Dube-Chirairo
-- theology and religious studies. She received her doctorate from the
University of Stellenbosch in South Africa and most recently taught at
Lee University.
Christina Grijalva -- English. Grijalva is completing her degree at UC Berkeley and last year served as a dissertation fellow at USF.
Karina Hodoyan --
modern and classical languages. Hodoyan is completing her doctorate at
Stanford University. Last year, she taught as an instructor at USF.
Eric Hongisto --
visual and performing arts. He earned his degree from Yale University's
School of Art, and previously taught at the University of Delaware and
Montana State University at Bozeman.
Radmar Jao, S.J.
-- in visual and performing arts. Jao is completing his degree at
Loyola University, Chicago, and has worked as an artist facilitator for
at-risk youth, a professional actor, and as an assistant to producers
at Warner Bros.
John Wonyuup Kim
-- dissertation fellow in media studies. Kim is completing his
doctorate at Stanford University, where he also served as an instructor
and teaching assistant.
Diana Lattimore --
exercise and sport science. Lattimore earned her degree from the
University of South Carolina, where she also taught as an instructor
for the past two years.
Elizabeth Lee-Brown --
communication studies. Lee-Brown received her degree from the
University of Texas at Austin, where she taught as an instructor.
Zhiqiang Li
-- modern and classical languages. Li completed his degree at the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Before joining USF, he taught
courses at Tufts University, Boston College, and Tianjin Normal
University in China.
Sami Rollins
-- computer science. Rollins has a degree from UC Santa Barbara and has
taken a leave of absence from Mount Holyoke College to teach at USF.
Tanu Sankalia --
visual and performing arts. Sankalia earned his degree from UC Berkeley
and for the past seven years has worked at Field Paoli Architects in
San Francisco. He has also taught courses at USF.
Eve Shapiro -- sociology. Shapiro completed her degree from UC Santa Barbara, where she taught as an instructor.
Hyunshun Shin
-- chemistry. Shin completed her degree at Drexel University and last
year was a visiting assistant professor at Philadelphia University.
David Silver
-- media studies. Silver received his degree from the University of
Maryland and for the past five years, and has taught at the University
of Washington.
Victoria Siu, R.S.C.J.
-- history. Sr. Siu completed her degree from Georgetown University and
has taught as an adjunct faculty member at USF since 1993.
Aparna Venkatesan
-- physics. Venkatesan earned her degree from the University of Chicago
and for the past four years has worked as a National Science Foundation
Astronomy and Astrophysics Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of
Colorado at Boulder.
Sunny (Man Chiu) Wong --
economics. Wong received his degree from the University of Oregon at
Eugene. Before joining USF, he taught at the University of Southern
Mississippi.
M.K. Stephen Yeung -- mathematics. Yeung completed his degree from Cornell University and since 2003, has taught at Utah State University.
School of EducationShawn Bird
-- teacher education. Bird previously worked as an assistant principal
in Texas and earned his doctorate from the University of Houston.
Noah Borrero --
teacher education. Borrero previously served as director of East Palo
Alto Stanford Academy at Stanford University, where he also received
his doctorate.
Melissa Moreno -- dissertation fellow. She is currently completing her doctorate at the University of Utah.
Christine Yeh
-- counseling psychology. She received her doctorate from Stanford
University, and joins USF from Teachers College, Columbia University.
School of LawMargaret Arnold
-- associate dean for the law library. Arnold holds a J.D. from the
University of Pennsylvania and previously served as the associate dean
of the law library at Golden Gate University.
Richard Leo
will teach at the law school. Leo received both his J.D. and doctorate
from UC Berkeley. Previously, he worked at UC Irvine and the University
of Colorado.
School of NursingKia James.
James has a master's degree in public health and a doctorate in
education administration and leadership, both from the University of
Minnesota.
Judy Karshmer --
new dean. Karshmer had been working as associate dean for the nursing
school at the University of South Florida before coming to USF. She has
more than 35 years of experience in academia, including as head of the
nursing department at New Mexico State University.
School of Business and ManagementMike Duffy --
new dean. Duffy is a former accounting professor and a key fundraiser
at the University of Southern California. He began his career in
academe at UC Berkeley as an accounting professor. He went on to become
vice dean of USC's MBA program before becoming director of corporate
education programs at Duke University.
College of Professional StudiesArthur Karshmer.
Karshmer was most recently at the University of South Florida where he
was a professor in the department of information technology. He earned
both his master's degree and his doctorate at the University of
Massachusetts at Amherst. 
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