{"id":67829,"date":"2018-07-30T15:59:52","date_gmt":"2018-07-30T15:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/new-2017-2018-full-time-faculty-staff-changes-announced-2\/"},"modified":"2025-01-22T21:42:57","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T21:42:57","slug":"new-2017-2018-full-time-faculty-staff-changes-announced-2","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/news\/new-2017-2018-full-time-faculty-staff-changes-announced-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New 2018-2019 full-time faculty, promotions, appointments announced"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
Dr. Glenn Sharfman<\/strong><\/a>, provost and vice president for academic affairs, has announced the new faculty for the 2018-2019 year, plus a number of notable academic position changes.<\/p> New faculty for 2018-2019 are:<\/p> Rebecca (Brooke) Bays (2018)<\/strong> John Casey (2018)<\/strong> Kristen Clayton (2018)<\/strong> Henriette Gert (2018)<\/strong> James S. Goodenberger (2018)<\/strong> Lejla Marijam Ibrahimbegovic (2018)<\/strong> Alyssa Kowis (2018)<\/strong> Janelle Pham (2018)<\/strong> Rebecca Clark Schmerer (2017)<\/strong> Paulette Reneau (2018)<\/strong> Andrew Walden (2018)<\/strong> As previously announced<\/a> in April 2018, Dennis W. Kelly<\/strong>\u00a0will be the new Dean of the Q. William Hammack, Jr. School of Business, starting October 15.<\/p> In addition to the new faculty members, the Oglethorpe community celebrates the following faculty promotions and appointments:<\/p> Dr. Ron Bobroff<\/a>\u00a0is returning as the Director of the Center for Global Education, replacing Interim Director Stephen Herschler.
Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/em>
M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University
B.S., B.A., University of Georgia<\/p>
Instructor of Accounting<\/em>
M.S.T., De Paul University
B.S., M.B.A., University of Michigan<\/p>
Assistant Professor of Sociology<\/em>
Ph.D. (in progress)<\/em>, Sociology, University of Georgia
M.A., Sociology, University of Georgia
B.A., Sociology, Emory University<\/p>
Instructor of German<\/em>
(in progress)<\/em>\u00a0M.Ed., Technische Universit\u00e4t Dortmund, Germany
B.A., Technische Universit\u00e4t Dortmund, Germany
B.Sc., Psychology, University of Saarland, Germany<\/p>
Assistant Professor of Economics<\/em>
Ph.D., The Ohio State University
B.A., Hastings College, Nebraska<\/p>
Lecturer of Core Studies<\/em>
M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia-Athens
B.A., Agnes Scott College<\/p>
Reference and Instruction Librarian<\/em>
B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p>
Assistant Professor of Sociology<\/em>
Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara
M.A., Lehigh University
B.A., Moravian College<\/p>
Lecturer of Core Studies<\/em>
Ph.D., Boston College
B.A., Bowdoin College<\/p>
Lecturer of Biology<\/em>
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
M.S., Western Kentucky University
B.S., University College of Belize<\/p>
Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry<\/em>
Ph.D., University of North Carolina
B.Sc., University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences<\/p>
Bob Burchfield<\/a> <\/strong>is now Senior Lecturer of Accounting.
Jessica Handler was promoted to a full-time Lecturer of English.
Dr. Stephen Herschler<\/a> was promoted from Associate Professor of Politics to Professor of Politics.
Dr. Peter J. Kower<\/a> was promoted from Associate Professor of Economics to Professor of Economics.
Dr. Timothy Powell<\/a>\u00a0is now Senior Lecturer in Music.
Dr. Seema Shrikhande<\/a> is the\u00a0new Director of the Honors Program.
Dr. Amanda Printz Whooley<\/a> was promoted from Assistant Professor of Philosophy to Associate Professor of Philosophy and granted tenure.
Dr. Iona Wynter Parks<\/a> was promoted to Lecturer of French.
Dr. Leah Zinner <\/a><\/strong>is the new Chair of Division IV, replacing Dr. John Carton.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":67830,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"categories":[4554,4552],"tags":[],"news_category":[],"class_list":["post-67829","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-featured"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n