Each fall brings not only a crop of new students to campus but also a new group of tenure-track faculty excited about helping those students learn and grow. Here’s the 2016 cohort.
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS
Dr. Darrell Carpenter
assistant professor of information systems and cyber security; director, Center for Cyber Security
Department: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Real Estate and ISCS
What he’ll be teaching: Network security, security incident response, security assessments and penetration testing, and malware analysis
Education: Ph.D., information technology, University of Texas-San Antonio
Areas of expertise: Behavioral and organizational aspects of cyber security, biometrics, information privacy, online deception, malware analysis
Dr. Justin Contat
assistant professor of economics
Department: Accounting, Economics, Finance, Real Estate and ISCS
What he’ll be teaching: Microeconomics and econometrics
Education: Ph.D., economics, University of North Carolina
Areas of expertise: Real estate economics, the economics of political lobbying, media markets
Dr. Hua “Meg” Meng
assistant professor of marketing
Department: Management and Marketing
What she’ll be teaching: International business and consumer behavior
Education: Ph.D., marketing, Kent State University
Areas of expertise: Consumer behavior, sensory marketing, brand personality, new product development and promotion
Dr. Yueming Zou
assistant professor of marketing
Department: Management and Marketing
What she’ll be teaching: Principles of marketing and marketing research
Education: Ph.D., marketing, Old Dominion University
Areas of expertise: Social media influence, promotion effectiveness, brand-consumer relationship
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND HUMAN SERVICES
Dr. Kyle Levers
assistant professor of exercise science
Department: Health, Athletic Training, Recreation and Kinesiology
What he’ll be teaching: Strength and conditioning
Education: Ph.D., exercise physiology, Texas A&M University
Areas of expertise: Strength and conditioning, sports performance
Troy Purdom
assistant professor of exercise science (title pending completion of doctorate)
Department: Health, Athletic Training, Kinesiology and Recreation
What he’ll be teaching: Exercise physiology and sports nutrition
Education: Ph.D., exercise physiology, University of New Mexico (ABD*)
Areas of expertise: Sports performance, sports nutrition
COOK-COLE COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
Benjamin Campbell
assistant professor of science education (title pending completion of doctorate)
Department: Biological and Environmental Sciences
What he’ll be teaching: Biology and science education for future teachers
Education: Ph.D., science education, University of Georgia (ABD*)
Areas of expertise: Early career teachers
Dr. Rebecca Coffin
assistant professor of nursing
Department: Nursing
What she’ll be teaching: Medical-surgical nursing
Education: Ph.D., nursing, University of Virginia
Areas of expertise: History of nursing
Dr. Kris Paal
assistant professor of communication studies
Department: Communication Studies
What he’ll be teaching: Public relations
Education: Ph.D., communication studies, Wayne State University
Areas of expertise: Socially supportive messages, spirituality in communication
Dr. Jacqueline Secoy
assistant professor of music education
Department: Music
What she’ll be teaching: Music education and world music
Education: Ph.D., music education, University of North Carolina-Greensboro
Areas of expertise: How ukuleles are used in music education and music making, informal music learning, musician identity formation, ethnomusicology
Dr. Erin Shanle
assistant professor of biology
Department: Biological and Environmental Sciences
What she’ll be teaching: Toxicology, genetics and cell biology
Education: Ph.D., molecular and environmental toxicology, University of Wisconsin
Areas of expertise: Cancer, toxicology
*ALL BUT DISSERTATION
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