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New BYU faculty members announced for 2010-2011 academic year

The following is a list of faculty members who have been appointed at BYU since January 2010. For more information on this list, please contact the Office of Associate Academic Vice President for Faculty at (801) 422-3567:

  Mehrsa Baradaran, assistant professor, law school; former Academic Research Fellow, New York University Law School.
   Shima Baradaran, associate professor, law school; former Fulbright Senior Scholar, University of Malawi.
   Candace Berrett, assistant professor, statistics; The Ohio State University.
   Lincoln H. Blumell, visiting assistant professor, ancient scripture; former faculty at Tulane University.
   Rachael Boch, visiting assistant professor, philosophy; former adjunct faculty at UVU.
   Brooke Clayton Boyer, visiting assistant professor, law school; former adjunct faculty at the Georgetown University Law Center.
   Scott R. Braithwaite, assistant professor, psychology; Florida State University.
   Gregory Busath, visiting assistant professor, psychology; former contract evaluator for Western Governor's University.
   Steven K. Charles, assistant professor, mechanical engineering; former post-doctoral research fellow at Johns Hopkins University.
   Rachel Cope, assistant professor, Church history and doctrine; former research editor, BYU Studies.
   Eric C. Dahlin, visiting assistant professor, sociology; University of Minnesota.
   E. Brigham Daniels, associate professor, law school; former faculty at the University of Houston Law Center.
   Michael DeGruccio, visiting assistant professor, history; former post doctoral fellow at Notre Dame University.
   Shannon K. Dulaney, assistant professor, educational leadership and foundations; former director of special programs for Iron County School District.
   Wm. Justin Dyer, visiting assistant professor, family life; former post doctoral fellow at Auburn University.
   Daniel H. Ess, assistant professor, chemistry and biochemistry; former post doctoral fellow at the University of North Carolina.
   Cortney Evans, visiting assistant professor, family life; former post doctoral fellow at the University of Pennsylvania.
   Daniel Everett, visiting assistant professor, visual arts; digital technician and art database manager at The Art Institute of Chicago.
   Elisa Findlay, visiting instructor, English; BYU.
   Tyler J. Griffin, assistant teaching professor, ancient scripture; former CES faculty at Logan LDS Institute of Religion.
   Leslie Hadfield, assistant professor, history; Michigan State University.
   William M. Hall, visiting assistant professor, English; University of California-Santa Barbara.
   Jacob R. Hickman, instructor, anthropology; University of Chicago.
   W. Benjamin Hill, visiting assistant professor, psychology; BYU.
   Jamie Horrocks, assistant professor, English; Indiana University.
   Zachary Hutchins, visiting instructor, English; The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
   Tracy Jackson, visiting instructor, English; former adjunct faculty at BYU.
   Jamie L. Jensen, assistant professor, biology; former adjunct faculty at Chandler-Gilbert Community College.
   Amy Jeppsen, visiting instructor, mathematics education; University of Michigan.
   James R. Krause, visiting instructor, Spanish and Portuguese; Vanderbilt University.
   Han-gyu Lee, visiting professor, Asian and Near Eastern Languages; faculty at Kyung Hee University, Korea.
   Yu Liu, visiting instructor, Asian and Near Eastern Languages; Indiana University-Bloomington.
   Yu Liu, visiting assistant professor, Chinese Flagship Center; Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou, China.
   Samuel Lopez Alcala, assistant professor, Spanish and Portuguese; Universidad Pontifica Comillas, Spain.
   Wei Lu, visiting instructor, Chinese Flagship Center; Nanjing University.
   Meredith Marshall, visiting instructor, Asian and Near Eastern Languages; University of Utah.
   Teresa Martin, visiting instructor, linguistics-English Language Center; BYU.
   Stephanie K. Matsumura, visiting assistant professor, social work; Columbia University.
   David R. McClellan, visiting instructor, visual arts; freelance illustrator and senior artist for Avalanche Software.
   Jessica McGovern, visiting instructor, linguistics-English Language Center; former adjunct faculty at BYU.
   Katreena Merrill, assistant professor, nursing; former adjunct faculty at BYU.
   JoAnn H. Munk, visiting assistant clinical professor, counseling psychology and special education; former adjunct faculty at BYU.
   Rex P. Nielson, visiting assistant professor, Spanish and Portuguese; Brown University.
   Mark D. Ogletree, visiting associate professor, Church history and doctrine; former marriage and
family therapy private practice.
   Megan Oka, visiting instructor, family life; Texas Tech University.
   Jonathan W. Ostenson, assistant professor, English; University of Utah.
   Jaren C. Pope, assistant professor, economics; former faculty at Virginia Tech.
   Jessica R. Preece, assistant professor, political science; University of California-Los Angeles.
   Sarah T. Ridge, visiting assistant professor, exercise sciences; University of Delaware.
   David W. Rivera, visiting assistant professor, political science; faculty at Hamilton College.
   Robin O. Roundy, professor, mathematics; former faculty at Cornell University.
   Jamin C. Rowan, assistant professor, English; former faculty at Wake Forest University.
   Dale C. Rowe, assistant professor, technology; University of Kent, England.
   Daniela Schmeiser, visiting instructor, Germanic and Slavic Languages; lecturer at the University
of Tubingen, Germany.
   Robert J. Schonlau, instructor, finance; University of Washington-Seattle.
   Daniel C. Snow, associate professor, business management; former faculty at Harvard Business School.
   Janet Tanner, visiting assistant professor, accountancy; former adjunct faculty at BYU.
   Kara C. Thompson, visiting assistant clinical professor, Counseling and Career Center; former adjunct faculty at BYU.
   Tadd T. Truscott, assistant professor, mechanical engineering; former Research Engineer, Naval Undersea Warfare Center.
   Aaron M. Wells, assistant teaching professor, exercise sciences; former adjunct faculty at BYU.
   D. Pauline Williams, assistant teaching professor, nutrition, dietetics and food science; former clinical nutrition manager at Primary Children's Medical Center.
   Jennifer Wimmer, visiting assistant professor, teacher education; University of Nevada-Las Vegas.
   Debra K. Wing, visiting assistant teaching professor, nursing; former staff nurse at Timpanogos Hospital.
   Jessie Wirkus, visiting instructor, English; former adjunct faculty at BYU.
   Alexander G. Woods, visiting assistant professor, music; freelance violinist, New York City.
   Lori Yancey, visiting instructor, English; former adjunct faculty at BYU.

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