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BOISE STATE NEWS RELEASE/August 28, 2008

Boise State Welcomes 42 New Faculty Members

Boise State kicked off a new academic year on Monday with 42 new tenure-track faculty members on board. These new teachers from academic disciplines across the campus join a tradition of excellence in teaching that has produced 11 Carnegie Foundation Idaho Professors of the Year, including communication professor Heidi Reeder, who was named in November 2007.

Some new professors come to campus fresh from Ph.D. programs, while others are attaining permanent status following a stint as a guest lecturer, or entering academia from successful careers in the private sector or other prestigious universities.

In addition to Distinguished Educator in Residence Barbara Morgan, this year’s new instructors are listed below with their titles, disciplines, highest degrees completed and institutions where they earned those degrees:

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• Ellie Dworak, assistant professor, master of information and library services, University of Michigan
• Erin Passehl, assistant professor, master of science in information, University of Michigan

College of Arts and Sciences
• Andrés Caicedo, assistant professor, mathematics, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
• Jennifer Forbey, assistant professor, biological sciences, Ph.D., University of Utah
• James Fredericksen, assistant professor, English, Ph.D., Michigan State University
• Brian Hodges, assistant professor, music, DMA, University of North Carolina
• Brian Kierland, assistant professor, philosophy, Ph.D., Princeton
• Jeunghoon Lee, assistant professor, chemistry and biochemistry, Ph.D., University of Connecticut
• Hans-Peter Marshall, assistant professor, geosciences, Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder
• Edward McLean Test, assistant professor, English, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
• Philemon Theodorou, associate professor, music, DMA, University of Oklahoma

College of Business and Economics
• Karen Corral, assistant professor, information technology and supply chain management, Ph.D., Arizona State University
• Troy Hyatt, assistant professor, accountancy, Ph.D., University of Arizona

College of Education
• Mary Ann Cahill, assistant professor, literacy, Ed.D., Boise State University
• Sara Winstead Fry, assistant professor, curriculum, instruction and foundational studies, Ph.D., University of Wyoming
• Yong Gao, assistant professor, kinesiology, associate M.D., Wuhan University of Science and Technology Medical College (China)
• Jui-Long Hung, assistant professor, educational technology, Ed.D., Texas Tech University
• Tyler Johnson, assistant professor, kinesiology, Ph.D., Arizona State University
• Viviana Garcia López, assistant professor, bilingual education, Ph.D., New Mexico State University
• Louis Nadelson, assistant professor, curriculum, instruction and foundational studies, Ph.D., Portland State University
• Ross Perkins, assistant professor, educational technology, Ph.D., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Elva Reza-López, assistant professor, bilingual education, Ph.D., New Mexico State University
• Deborah Russell Carter, assistant professor, special education and early childhood studies, Ph.D., University of Oregon
• April Schottelkorb, assistant professor, counselor education, Ph.D., University of North Texas
• Shawn Simonson, assistant professor, kinesiology, Ed.D., University of Northern Colorado
• Eun Hye Son, assistant professor, literacy, Ph.D., Ohio State University

College of Engineering
• Casey Cline, assistant professor, construction management, Ph.D., University of Idaho
• Arvin Mohammad Farid, assistant professor, civil engineering, Ph.D., Northeastern University
• William Hughes, assistant professor, materials science and engineering, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
• Anthony Songer, associate professor, construction management, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
• Kotaro Sasaki, assistant professor, mechanical and biomedical engineering, Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

College of Health Sciences
• Abigail Gerding, associate chair of the graduate program and associate professor, nursing, Ph.D., Ohio State University
• Jayne Josephson, instructor, nursing, bachelor of science, Boise State University
• Patricia Lazare, assistant professor, nursing, MSN Education Certificate, University of Phoenix
• Sandra Nadelson, associate professor, nursing, Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas
• Jamie Sand, assistant professor, community and environmental health, master of arts, Boise State University
• Michael David Vallez, assistant professor, nursing, master of science, University of Maryland

College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs
• David Bailey, assistant professor, communication, Ph.D., Texas A&M University
• Margaret Barlow, assistant professor of psychology, Ph.D., University of Oregon
• Melissa Lavitt, dean, College of Social Sciences and Public Affairs, Ph.D., Tulane University
• Elizabeth Morgan, assistant professor, psychology, Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz
• David Solan, assistant professor, public policy and administration, Ph.D., University of Delaware

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Media Contact: Kathleen Craven, University Communications, (208) 426-3275, kcraven@boisestate.edu

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Last reviewed on Thursday, August 28, 2008