New faces, new minds arrive on Hilltop for fall semester
More than 1500 first-years will begin their SMU careers nextweek, but they won’t be alone. Approximately 50 new full-timefaculty members will join the SMU community this fall. Fromassistant professors to full-time professors to endowed chairs todepartment chairs, there will be several new faces on campus. Hereare a few to look out for:
Harold W. Stanley, Guerin-Pettus Distinguished Chair inAmerican Politics and Political Economy.
Stanley was formerly a professor of political science at theUniversity of Rochester. His area of expertise is American nationalpolitics and electoral change in the South. His current researchcovers presidential nominations, partisan change and votingrights.
Jasper Neel, dean of Dedman College said that Stanley has 20years of experience in what is arguably the most influentialpolitical science department in the nation.
Ernest Jouriles, chair of the psychology department
Formerly the associate chair and director of Child and Familystudies for the clinical psychology program, Jouriles’s areaof expertise is in family and relational violence.
Jouriles’ current research includes the link betweendomestic violence and child agression and how to prevent abuse inadolescent relationships. He provides a significant boost in theresearch projects for SMU’s psychology department.
Panos Papamichalis, chair of the electrical engineeringdepartment
Papamichalis comes to SMU from a position as the director of theImaging and Audio Laboratory at Texas Instrument’s DSPResearch and Development Center. His expertise is in the field ofsignal processing. He holds four patents related to speechprocessing and has written several books on speech coding anddigital signal processing.
Ezra Greenspan, Edmund J. And Louise W. Kahn Chair inHumanities and Professor of English.
Greenspan was an English professor at the University of SouthCarolina and taught various courses in American literature bytheme, genre and period, also African-American writing and Jewishliterature at both the undergraduate and graduate levels.
Awards include the Award for Biography from the Association ofAmerican Publishers and scholarly publishing.
Tony Pederson, Belo Distinguished Chair inJournalism.
Pederson formerly served as senior vice president and executiveeditor of The Houston Chronicle. His career at the Chronicle lasted29 years.
His area of expertise is first amendment issues andinternational press freedom issues, especially in LatinAmerica.
Pederson served from 1992-1994 as chairman of Texas Media, acoalition of media groups formed to pursue access issues and opengovernment in Texas.
Steven Weisenburger, The Jacob and Frances Mossiker Chairin Humanities and professor of English.
Weisenburger formerly served as a professer of English at theUniversity of Kentucky and director of Program in AmericanCulture.
With two books in the works, Weisenburger also lectures atvarious universities along with appearances on radio and televisonshows.
Linda Stearns, department of sociology and director ofthe program in markets and culture
Stearns comes to SMU from positions as an associate professr atLouisiana State University and professor at the University ofCalifornia, Riverside.
Her research area includes economic sociology with an emphasison capital markets, financial decision making, and mergers.
Outside the classroom, new SMU staff members will be doing theirhomework to make students’ lives better.
While a large number of new staff members have been hired, thesefew people will become familiar faces quickly.
Thomas Hailey, assistant director of StudentActivities.
Hailey was the Director of the Performing Arts Series,co-advisor of the Campus Activities Board and event planner for thePresident’s office at Central Missouri State University.
At SMU, Hailey will advise Student Foundation, class of 2007,Mustang 11, Graduate Council and Student Organizations.
Carol L. Clyde, director of Leadership and CommunityInvolvement
Clyde was formerly the director of internships and assitantprofessor at Lynn University in Boca Raton, Fla.
She is expected to bring an impressive educational backgroundand applicable work experience. What she brings to the position: animpressive educational background and applicable workexperience.
Doug Hallenbeck, director of Resident Life and StudentHousing
Hallenbeck was the assistant director of Residential Life atOklahoma State University.
He said the best part of SMU so far is the family atmospherethroughout the University Community.
“I believe RLSH has the opportunity and responsibility toimpact the lives of our residents by providing them experiences,opportunities and challenges that help define who they are and whothey will become,” Hallenbeck said.
Elizabeth Wilson, director of Institutional Access andEquity.
Wilson was associate provost at Columbia University from1995-2000 and an adjunct faculty member at the University ofOklahoma and Oklahoma City University School of Law.
She will bring a strong background in law, education andaffirmative action administration to SMU.
Her responsibilites will include developng and implementingpolicies and programs that ensure both equal access and equitabletreatment for the diverse population of students, faculty, andstaff.
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New faces, new minds arrive on Hilltop for fall semester
New faces, new minds arrive on Hilltop for fall semester
