New faces across the college

SUMMARY: Get to know the faculty who have joined us this year.

We are excited to welcome new and familiar faces to campus this year as faculty in the College of Arts and Letters!

New faculty profiles and research descriptions.
	Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Iowa, and he researches global health communication, behavior change, and technology communication in health care.
	Assistant Professor of Media Arts and Design. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of St. Andrews, and her research interests include cinematography, ecocinema, and experimental documentaries.
	Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of South Florida, and his research investigates the intersection of technical and professional communication and rural community health disparities.
	Assistant Professor of Communication Studies. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, and researches health communication and interpersonal/relational communication, especially for those with less visible disabilities.
	Assistant Professor of History. He earned his Ph.D. from Michigan State University and his research focuses on precolonial Southern Africa; spirituality, ritual practice, and warfare; and material culture and technological change.
	Assistant Professor of Philosophy. He earned his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and his research interests include the history of ancient Greek and Roman philosophy, as well as the philosophy of Stoicism’s physics and metaphysics.
	Assistant Professor of English. She earned her Ph.D. from The Pennsylvania State University, and her research interests include nineteenth-century African American literature and print culture, Black feminism, and digital humanities.
	Assistant Professor of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, and researches workplace dynamics and communication and applications and perceptions of technical communication across industries.
	Lecturer of Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication. She earned her Ph.D. from Morgan State University, and her research centers on literary theory and rhetorical activism, focusing on existentialism, trans identity politics, and multi-cultural gender studies.