LANCASTER, Pa.-Franklin & Marshall College President John Fry has announced the appointment of the following new faculty members at the college.
Named to tenure-track positions are: Scott Brewer, assistant professor, chemistry; Boubakary Diakité, assistant professor, French; Katie Ford, assistant professor, English; Nancy Khalek, assistant professor, religious studies; Giovanna Lerner, assistant professor, Italian; Gretchen Meyers, assistant professor, classical architecture and ancient history; Sofía Ruiz-Alfaro, assistant professor, Spanish; Jun Saito, assistant professor, government; and Brian Silberman, assistant professor, theater, dance and film.
Brewer earned his bachelor's degree in chemistry from James Madison University (1999) and his Ph.D. in chemistry from North Carolina State University (2004). He most recently completed post-doctoral research at Los Alamos National Laboratory titled “Infrared Evidence for Water Interaction with ?-Helical Proteins.” Diakite earned his bachelor's degree in lettres modernes and linguistics from the University of Abidjan (1992). He holds master degrees in modern French literatures from the University of Abidjan (1992), science du langage from the Université Paris VIII (1993) and Français langue etrangère from the Université de Grenoble (1995). He earned his Ph.D. in French studies from Louisiana State University. He has spent the last three years as a visiting assistant professor of French and Francophone studies at Franklin & Marshall. Ford earned her bachelor's degree in English from Whitman College (1997) and her master of divinity from Harvard University (2001). She received a master of fine arts in poetry from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop (2003). Her published works include Deposition, a volume of poems published by Graywolf Press; and Storm, a chapbook of poems published by Marick Press. Khalek earned her bachelor's degree in history from Princeton University (1999) and two master degrees, one in near eastern studies from the University of Michigan (2001) and the other in history from Princeton University (2003). She also earned her Ph.D. in history from Princeton University (2006). Her dissertation was titled "From Byzantium to Early Islam: Studies on Damascus in the Umayyad Era." Lerner earned a laurea in modern languages and literatures from the Catholic University of Milan (1996), a master’s in Italian from the University of Pennsylvania (2001) and a Ph.D. in Italian from the University of Pennsylvania (2005). Her dissertation was titled "Ogni segno è pittura: Carlo Levi’s Visual Poetics." She served as a visiting instructor of Italian at Franklin & Marshallfrom 1998-99, an adjunct instructor of Italian from 2004-05 and a visiting assistant professor of Italian from 2005-07. Meyers earned her bachelor's degree in classical studies from Duke University (1992) and her master's degree in Latin from the University of Texas at Austin (1994). She also earned her Ph.D. classics from the University of Texas at Austin (2003). Her dissertation was titled "Etrusco-Italic Monumental Architectural Space 900-400 B.C.: An Examination of Approach and Access." She has spent the last four years as a visiting assistant professor of classical studies at Rollins College and previously served as a visiting lecturer at John Cabot University, St. Mary’s College and Duquesne University. Ruiz-Alfaro earned her bachelor's degree in finance and marketing from Saint Louis University (1994) and two master degrees, one in romance languages from Saint Louis University (1995) and the other in cinematic arts: critical studies from the University of Southern California (2006). She earned her Ph.D. in Latin American literature and culture from the University of Southern California (2001). Her dissertation was titled "Diálogos textuales: cine y literature testimonials en América Latina (1950-1990)." She served from 1995-2006 as an assistant lecturer and lecturer of Spanish at the University of Southern California. Saito earned his bachelor's in international studies (1993) and master's in international relations (1995) from Sophia University. He earned his Ph.D. in political science from Yale University (2006). His dissertation was titled "Pork Barrel Politics in Contemporary Japan." He specializes in political clientelism, institutional design and the politics of East Asia. He previously taught at Wesleyan University and was a member of the Japanese house of representatives from 2002-03. Silberman earned his bachelor's degree in English and theater from Middlebury College (1989) and two master degrees, one in English literature from the University of Arizona (1990) and the other in fine arts: dramatic writing from Carnegie Mellon University (1994). He earned his Ph.D. in performance studies from New York University (2004). He previously served as an assistant and associate professor of English and creative writing at Old Dominion University. In addition, 19 new visiting and adjunct faculty members have been named. They are: M. Jill Ahlberg Yohe, visiting instructor of anthropology; Monica Cable, visiting assistant professor of anthropology; Michael Clark, visiting assistant professor of classical archaeology and ancient history; Adiel Coca, visiting instructor of chemistry; Tracey Davis, adjunct instructor of theater, dance and film; John DelliCarpini, adjunct assistant professor of english; Federica Francesconi, adjunct assistant professor of Judaic studies and history; David Freidenreich, visiting assistant professor of Judaic studies and religious studies; Carmen García Armero, visiting instructor of Spanish; Nicole Heller, visiting assistant professor of biology; Pablo Jenik, visiting assistant professor of biology; Mary MacAnsland, visiting instructor of business, organizations and society; Gerald Madden, visiting assistant professor of business, organizations and society; Yukie Mammoto, adjunct instructor and Japanese language fellow of international studies; Elizabeth Rice, adjunct assistant professor of biology; Athanassios Vergados, visiting assistant professor of classical archaeology and ancient history; Pavithra Vivekanand, visiting assistant professor of biology; Daniel Washburn, visiting assistant professor of religious studies; and J. Jeffrey Zink, visiting assistant professor of economics.
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