This year the College of Arts & Letters welcomes 41 new faculty and staff members. These faculty and staff members were recognized during the College of Arts & Letters’ 2024 Faculty and Staff Welcome Reception on Sept. 30 at the Kellogg Hotel and Conference Center.

Please join us in welcoming these faculty and staff members to the college:

American Indian and Indigenous Studies

• Cameron Roman, Fellow

Deans Office

• Jennifer Jimenez, Director of Marketing and Communications
• Jessica Lemley, Academic Specialist and Director of Recruitment

Department of Art, Art History, and Design

• Andrea Allen, Assistant Professor
• Gus Urial Ayala, Assistant Professor
• Rafael Villares Orellana, Assistant Professor
• Barbara Pearsall, Assistant Professor
• Emily Potts, Assistant Professor
• Jamie Weinfurter, Assistant Professor

Department of English

• Emily Altman, Assistant Professor
• Sarah Bruno, Assistant Professor
• Pedro Noel Doreste Rodriguez, Assistant Professor

Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures

• Derek Drake, Assistant Professor
• Saskia Fischer, Visiting Scholar
• Minjee Kwon, Instructor
• Heesu Oh, Assistant Professor
• Binod Shrestha, Tutor
• Michael Toole, Assistant Professor

Department of Philosophy

• Ozlem Yilmaz Silverman, Research Associate

Department of Religious Studies

• Nareman Amin, Assistant Professor

Department of Romance and Classical Studies

• Adrian Flores-Barrera, Assistant Professor

Department of Theatre

• Robert Goodson, Academic Specialist
• Thalia Lara Hollinger, Assistant Instructor
• John Lepard, Assistant Professor

Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Cultures

• Paul Anderson, Assistant Professor
• Steve Beauclair, Assistant Professor
• Shlagha Borah, Assistant Professor
• Daphne Daugherty, Instructor
• Jerrice Donelson, Assistant Professor
• LaToya Faulk, Assistant Professor
• Nancy Grigg, Instructor
• Kristi Morris, Instructor
• Daehyun Won, Assistant Professor

Enhanced Digital Learning Initiative (EDLI)

• Jeya Amantha Kumar, Research Associate
• Richard Marks, Research Associate

Integrative Arts and Humanities

• Nicole Broughton-Adams, Academic Specialist
• Soohyun Cho, Assistant Professor
• Christopher Emery, Assistant Professor
• Tehmina Pirzada, Assistant Professor

The Writing Center

• Amanda Hawks, Academic Specialist and Associate Director of Outreach
• Beth Sabo, Academic Specialist and Associate Director of Curriculum