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1. Washington and Lee University New Faculty 2010-2011
2. The College
3. Shantanu SharmaAssistant Professor of Biology Education/Experience PhD in Physical Chemistry, Caltech Assistant Professor of Biophysical Chemistry at California State University Research/Teaching Interests Structural Biology, Computational Chemistry & Molecular Biophysics Provost’s Teacher-Scholar Award, California State University2007-09
4. Roberto ArmengolVisiting Instructor of Anthropology Education/Experience PhD in Anthropology, University of Virginia M.A. in Anthropology, University of Virginia Research/Teaching Interests Sociocultural anthropology, visual ethnography, socialism and postsocialism, Cuba, the Caribbean, Latin America
5. Sarah BlytheHHMI Postdoctoral Teacher-Scholar Fellow Education/Experience PhD in Neuroscience, Northwestern University Adjunct Assist. Professor, James Madison University Postdoctoral Fellow, UVA Research/Teaching Interests The physiological mechanisms underlying learning and memory, specifically factors that initiate, establish, or disturb the learning process.
6. Abel Brey CarrilloVisiting Instructor of Spanish Education/Experience M.A. in Humanities, University of Cádiz, 2006 Language instructor, EstudioSampere, Madrid Research/Teaching Interests Sociolinguistics
7. Jonathan CookVisiting Assistant Professor of Physics Education/Experience PhD in Physics, Virginia Tech Comparative Education Student, NASA Langley Research Center Research/Teaching Interests Non-equilibrium systems
8. Michael J. CrowleyVisiting Assistant Professor of English Education/Experience PhD in English, University of Georgia Teaching experience, VMI and James Madison University Research/Teaching Interests Research on works by Milton, Hawthorne, Hemingway, Pynchon and DeLillo Acting Director of the Writing Center, Fall Term
9. James FlexnerVisiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology Education/Experience PhD, University of California, Berkeley Research/Teaching Interests Post-contact landscape change in Polynesia, the archaeology of modern medical institutions and other invented communities, the role of cartography in archaeological thought
10. William John GreenVisiting Professor of History Education/Experience PhD in Latin American History, University of Texas at Austin Senior Research Fellow at the Council of Hemispheric Affairs in Washington, D.C. Taught at Virginia Tech, Hampton Sydney, and the Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá Research/Teaching Interests History ofLatin America Fulbright Scholar, Colombia Political murder in modern Latin America
11. Amy-Ruth HoltVisiting Assistant Professor of Art Education/Experience PhD in Art History, Ohio State University M.A., University of Hawaii – Manoa Assistant Professor of Art at University of Alabama - Birmingham Research/Teaching Interests South/Southeast Asian art
12. Romain MeyerVisiting Assistant Professor of Geology Education/Experience PhD in Geology, Catholic University of Leuven, Belgium Post-doctoral associate, MIT Research/Teaching Interests Field geology, petrology, mineralogy, volcanology, chemistry of glass, tectonics
13. Janette WallisVisiting Assistant Professor of Biology Education/Experience PhD in Psychology, Anthropology, Zoology, University of Oklahoma M.S. in Psychology, Anthropology, Zoology, University of Oklahoma Research/Teaching Interests Primate behavior, physiological psychology, politics of wildlife conservation
14. The Williams School
15. Afshad Jeevan IraniAssociate Professor of Accounting Education/Experience PhD in Business Administration, emphasis in Accounting, Penn State University Taught at University of New Hampshire at both undergraduate and graduate levels Research/Teaching Interests Financial accounting, regulation, corporate governance and earnings management
16. Renee PrattAssistant Professor of Business Administration Education/Experience PhD in Management Information Systems, Florida State University M.S. in Management Information Systems from Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University Visiting Appointments, W&L 08-10 Research/Teaching Interests Post-adoption diffusion behaviors, psychological contract, personality traits and diffusion of information technology in the health care domain
17. ValentinaDimitrova-GrajzlVisiting Assistant Professor of Economics Education/Experience PhD in Economics, University of Maryland M.A. in Economics, University of Maryland Previously taught at Central European University in Budapest, Hungary Research/Teaching Interests Economics of Institutions, Post-Socialist Economies and Politics, Economic History, Law and Economics
18. Ravi RadhakrishnanVisiting Assistant Professor of Economics Education/Experience PhD candidate, Virginia Tech M.A., Delhi School of Economics Research/Teaching Interests Economic Growth and Institutional Economics