{"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<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"67829\" class=\"elementor elementor-67829\" data-elementor-post-type=\"news\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section data-particle_enable=\"false\" data-particle-mobile-disabled=\"false\" class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-424cf5c9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"424cf5c9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-47c52aac\" data-id=\"47c52aac\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5f9701d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5f9701d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/academics\/faculty\/glenn-r-sharfman\/\"><strong>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><p>New faculty for 2018-2019 are:<\/p><p><strong>Rebecca (Brooke) Bays (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Assistant Professor of Psychology<\/em><br \/>M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University<br \/>B.S., B.A., University of Georgia<\/p><p><strong>John Casey (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Instructor of Accounting<\/em><br \/>M.S.T., De Paul University<br \/>B.S., M.B.A., University of Michigan<\/p><p><strong>Kristen Clayton (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Assistant Professor of Sociology<\/em><br \/>Ph.D. <em>(in progress)<\/em>, Sociology, University of Georgia<br \/>M.A., Sociology, University of Georgia<br \/>B.A., Sociology, Emory University<\/p><p><strong>Henriette Gert (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Instructor of German<\/em><br \/><em>(in progress)<\/em>\u00a0M.Ed., Technische Universit\u00e4t Dortmund, Germany<br \/>B.A., Technische Universit\u00e4t Dortmund, Germany<br \/>B.Sc., Psychology, University of Saarland, Germany<\/p><p><strong>James S. Goodenberger (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Assistant Professor of Economics<\/em><br \/>Ph.D., The Ohio State University<br \/>B.A., Hastings College, Nebraska<\/p><p><strong>Lejla Marijam Ibrahimbegovic (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Lecturer of Core Studies<\/em><br \/>M.A., Ph.D., University of Georgia-Athens<br \/>B.A., Agnes Scott College<\/p><p><strong>Alyssa Kowis (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Reference and Instruction Librarian<\/em><br \/>B.A., M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison<\/p><p><strong>Janelle Pham (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Assistant Professor of Sociology<\/em><br \/>Ph.D., University of California Santa Barbara<br \/>M.A., Lehigh University<br \/>B.A., Moravian College<\/p><p><strong>Rebecca Clark Schmerer (2017)<\/strong><br \/><em>Lecturer of Core Studies<\/em><br \/>Ph.D., Boston College<br \/>B.A., Bowdoin College<\/p><p><strong>Paulette Reneau (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Lecturer of Biology<\/em><br \/>Ph.D., University of Oklahoma<br \/>M.S., Western Kentucky University<br \/>B.S., University College of Belize<\/p><p><strong>Andrew Walden (2018)<\/strong><br \/><em>Assistant Professor of Organic Chemistry<\/em><br \/>Ph.D., University of North Carolina<br \/>B.Sc., University of Virginia, College of Arts and Sciences<\/p><p>As <a href=\"https:\/\/source.oglethorpe.edu\/2018\/04\/25\/dennis-w-kelly-named-inaugural-dean-of-the-q-william-hammack-jr-school-of-business\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">previously announced<\/a> in April 2018,<strong> Dennis W. 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William Hammack, Jr. School of Business, starting October 15.<\/p><p>In addition to the new faculty members, the Oglethorpe community celebrates the following faculty promotions and appointments:<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/faculty\/ronaldpbobroff\/\">Dr. Ron Bobroff<\/a>\u00a0is returning as the Director of the Center for Global Education, replacing Interim Director Stephen Herschler.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/faculty\/robertburchfield\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bob Burchfield<\/a> <\/strong>is now Senior Lecturer of Accounting.<br \/>Jessica Handler was promoted to a full-time Lecturer of English.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/academics\/faculty\/stephen-herschler-mattern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dr. Stephen Herschler<\/a> was promoted from Associate Professor of Politics to Professor of Politics.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/academics\/faculty\/peter-j-kower\/\">Dr. Peter J. Kower<\/a> was promoted from Associate Professor of Economics to Professor of Economics.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/faculty\/tim-powell\/\">Dr. Timothy Powell<\/a>\u00a0is now Senior Lecturer in Music.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/faculty\/seemashrikhande\/\">Dr. Seema Shrikhande<\/a> is the\u00a0new Director of the Honors Program.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/academics\/faculty\/amanda-printz-whooley\/\">Dr. Amanda Printz Whooley<\/a> was promoted from Assistant Professor of Philosophy to Associate Professor of Philosophy and granted tenure.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/academics\/faculty\/iona-wynter-parks\/\">Dr. Iona Wynter Parks<\/a> was promoted to Lecturer of French.<br \/><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/oglethorpe.edu\/faculty\/leahrzinnergottesman\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">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":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.5 - 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