University Times » What’s New at Pitt: People The hustle and bustle that marks the beginning of the academic year returned last week: The proliferation of laundry carts and upperclass student volunteers pointing the way to newcomers and their families during Arrival Survival. But for many at Pitt, the hazy days of summer have been anything but lazy: Facilities were renovated; faculty and staff came and went; academic programs were established. The University Times asked deans, unit heads and others: “What’s New at Pitt?” The summaries that follow are overviews of school news based on material submitted by the units. Information previously published in the University Times was not included here. The listings were coordinated by Kimberly K. Barlow and Marty Levine. Photo by Mike Drazdzinski/Photographic Services. ARTS AND SCIENCESGraham Beattie and Michell Chresfield have been named Dietrich School of Art and Sciences postdoctoral fellows in the social sciences. Beattie received a Ph. D in economics at the University of Toronto and will teach in the Department of Economics. Chresfield earned a Ph. D in history at Vanderbilt and will teach in the Department of History. Sarah Joshi joined the film studies program this summer from Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image where she was a manager. Joshi completed her Ph. D in humanities and cultural studies from the University of London- Birkbeck. She will coordinate Pitt’s film studies program in London at the Derek Jarman Lab. Robin Brooks, whose Ph. D is from the University of Florida, has joined the Department of Africana Studies as an assistant professor. New faculty in the Department of Anthropology include assistant professor Emily Wanderer, whose Ph. D is from MIT, and advanced assistant professor Heath Cabot, whose Ph. D is from the University of California- Santa Cruz. Joining the biological sciences faculty as assistant professors are Martin Turcotte, whose Ph. D is from the University of California- Riverside, and Jacob Durrant, whose Ph. D is from University of California- San Diego. Other new faculty are lecturer 2 Burhan Gharaibeh, whose Ph. D is from Texas Tech, and lecturer Tiffaney Czapski, whose Ph. D is from Duquesne. Jennifer Laaser joins the Department of Chemistry as an assistant professor. She comes from the University of Minnesota where she was a postdoctoral associate. She earned her Ph. D in physical chemistry from the University of Wisconsin- Madison. Laaser is proposing to study how the structural, chemical and dynamical features of polymer molecules determine their physiochemical properties, impact their stimulus- responsive behavior and can be used to promote their organized self- assembly. The Department of Classics welcomes Carrie L. Sulosky Weaver as a visiting assistant professor and Andrew J. Korzeniewski as a visiting lecturer. Summer Undergraduate Research Program http:// In past years, the NYU Hospital for Joint Diseases Musculoskeletal Research Center (MRC) of the New York University School of Medicine has offered a Summer. Common Conceptual Frameworks Wiliam Purkey (1992) put forward invitational theory as an educational framework of learning and teaching relationships based on human value, responsibility and capabilities. Invitational learning is observed in social context, where. Weaver completed her undergraduate degree at Pitt, and received her MA and Ph. D in classical art and archaeology from the University of Virginia. She will be teaching Greek Civilization, Death in the Ancient Greek World, Classical Archaeology and The Archaeology of the Body. Korzeniewski completed his MA at Villanova and his Ph. D at Pitt. He will be teaching Advanced Readings in Latin Epic, Ancient Epic and Beginning Latin I. Eric English is a new lecturer in the Department of Communication. He earned his Ph. YWCA STEM/TechGYRLS Programs In 1997, a program called TechGYRLS was developed by the YWCA USA in order to address the still-evident and significant gender gap in girls’ development of interest and skills in the areas of science, technology, engineering. Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar (Arabic: . It is Carnegie Mellon's first undergraduate branch campus, is a member of the Qatar Foundation, and. Tips for Writing a Personal Statement Some Words on Structure Structure refers to how you choose to present the information in your personal statement. Good structure will make your piece flow, and enhance the reader's ability to understand what you are trying.D at Pitt. The Department of Computer Science welcomes visiting lecturer William Garrison III and lecturer William Laboon. Garrison earned his Ph. D in computer science at Pitt. His research interests are based in the formal study of computer systems to better understand the practical implications in security decisions as well as web privacy and mobile malware- risk estimation. Laboon earned his bachelor’s degree in computer science at Pitt and received his MS in information technology (software design and management) from Carnegie Mellon. He has held a variety of roles in the software industry — including test lead, manager, software engineer and field engineer — at companies such as Northrop Grumman, General Dynamics and UPMC. His classes will focus on teaching modern software engineering practices to develop high- quality software. Faculty member Alexandros Labrinidis was appointed the tutorials chair for the 2. ACM SIGMOD conference, an international research conferences on data management. Faculty members Adriana Kovashka and Jingtao Wang were awarded Google Faculty Research Awards. Alumna Elizabeth Oyler is a new associate professor in the Department of East Asian Languages and Literatures. She received her Ph. D from Stanford. She spent 1. University of Illinois where, in addition to her teaching responsibilities, she served as director for the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies. She specializes in medieval Japanese literature and performing arts, particularly war tales and the Noh theatre. She will be teaching courses on early Japanese literature and theatre as well as classical language. This semester, in addition to a survey course of early Japanese literature, she will be offering a seminar on Japan’s most famous classical work, “The Tale of Genji.”Stefania Albanesi joins the Department of Economics as a professor. She comes from Ohio State, where she was a visiting associate professor. Albanesi previously held positions at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York as well as at Columbia, Duke and Bocconi universities. She earned her Ph. D in economics from Northwestern. She is a theoretical macroeconomist who also pursues hypothesis- driven empirical work in multiple areas. Her graduate teaching will be in consumer finance and her undergraduate teaching will be in the areas of monetary theory and policy. Andrea La Nauze, whose Ph. D is from Melbourne University, has joined the economics faculty as an assistant professor. Her research in energy and environmental economics is predominantly empirical and guided by several years of policy work. She will teach classes in environmental and resource economics at both the undergraduate and graduate level. David Hewitt and Kevin Shaver are new lecturers in economics. Hewitt’s Ph. D is from the University of California- Irvine. He joins the department from Whittier College. His research lies in the areas of microeconomic theory and experimental economics. He will be teaching classes in game theory and macroeconomics. Shaver comes from Duquesne University. He earned his Ph. D at Washington University in St. His research falls in the areas of industrial organization, public economics and political economy. She will be a faculty member in writing with a specialty in digital storytelling. Rodriguez Fielder will be a faculty member in literature with a specialty in American ethnic, minority or indigenous literature. She completed a year at the University of Copenhagen’s Centre for Transnational American Studies as a guest researcher and earned her Ph. D at the University of Mississippi this year. Her research focuses on 2. U. S. She will continue to explore issues related to 2. U. S. His Ph. D is from the University of California- Santa Barbara. Doug Swanson joins the department as a part- time research assistant professor. Formerly an investigative journalist at The Dallas Morning News, Swanson most recently was the professional- in- residence at the University of Texas- Austin, his alma mater, where he taught investigative reporting combined with data mapping. Irish writer Patrick Mc. Cabe will join the English department in spring as a visiting associate professor. His books, “The Butcher Boy” and “Breakfast on Pluto,” were made into films. Writer Mary Gaitskill is a visiting professor in English in this term. The author of six books, including “Veronica,” which was nominated for the National Book Award, Gaitskill has taught at Brown, San Francisco State, Hollins College, the University of California- Berkeley and New York University. Sarah Leavens and Angela Farkas have been appointed lecturers in English. Leavens, who earned her MFA from Chatham, brings with her several years of part- time teaching experience as well as one year as a visiting lecturer. She has developed a course on professional uses of social media and has taught courses in the public and professional writing program. Farkas, who earned an MA and Ph. D in English from Pitt, intermittently has taught courses in the department since the early 1. April Flynn, Katie Homar, Cumi Ikeda, Megan Kappel, Katherine Kidd and Tim Maddocks have been appointed visiting lecturers in English. Flynn, who earned her MFA in creative writing from Pitt, has been a part- time faculty member in the department since 2. Seminar in Composition and Written Professional Communication. Homar, a Pitt Ph. D, recently completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Mercyhurst University. Ikeda earned her MFA in nonfiction writing in April; she also holds an MA in English literature from Western Washington University. In the past three years, she has led sections of Introduction to Journalism and Nonfiction as well as Seminar in Composition. Kappel received her MFA in screenwriting from Hollins University. Since 2. 01. 2 she has taught at Pitt, Robert Morris and Point Park. At Pitt, she has primarily taught courses on the public and professional writing track. Kidd defended her dissertation in the department this summer and has taught a variety of courses over the past five years, including Working Class Literature and Short Story in Context: Science Fiction. Maddocks, who has an MFA in creative writing from Pitt, has taught courses including Written Professional Communication, engineering’s freshman writing and Seminar in Composition. Veronica Fitz. Patrick and Jessica Fitz. Patrick are new visiting instructors in English. Veronica Fitz. Patrick is a Ph. D candidate who expects to defend her dissertation, “The Rehearsal for Terror: Sexual Trauma and Modern Horror,” this fall. At Pitt, she has taught sections of Seminar in Composition: Film, Introduction to Film, Film Analysis and The Horror Film.
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