2022-23 New Faculty

smahmed@hamilton.edu

B.S., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Texas at Arlington
Areas of expertise: noncommutative algebras, Lie (super)algebras, quantum (super) groups, and representation theory

parsenau@hamilton.edu

B.S., Merrimack College; Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany
Areas of expertise: organizational behavior; public and nonprofit management; sport management; paradoxical leadership; organizational identification, commitment and ideologies

abadue@hamilton.edu

B.M., Federal University of Paraná; M.M., Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, College-Conservatory of Music
Areas of expertise: musical theater, popular music, Latin American music, 20th- and 21st-century music, and popular-classical crossovers

ebarker@hamilton.edu

B.A., Concordia University; M.A., Ph.D., Queen’s University
Areas of expertise: industrial organization, health economics, economics of non-profits, applied econometrics.

B.A., Union College; B.A., M.A., Oxford University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Rochester
Areas of expertise European (principally Italian) immigration, urban politics, post-1870 U.S. history, and New York State history

jabutter@hamilton.edu

B.A., University of Colorado Boulder; M.F.A., University of Missouri-Kansas City; M.Ed., Concordia University
Areas of expertise: technical theatre education, lighting design, stage management, production management

B.A., Hartwick College; M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Leeds
areas of expertise: philosophy of science (esp. biology), metaphysics (esp. personal identity), death

B.A., California State University, Los Angeles; M.A.,Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
areas of expertise: rhetoric and statesmanship, classical political thought, executive power, American political thought

tclock@hamilton.edu

B.F.A., State University of New York, Oswego; M.F.A., Syracuse University
Areas of expertise: analog and digital photography workflows, studio lighting, image and society

Laurea & Licence, University of Bologna & University of Haute-Alsace; Laurea Magistrale, University of Bologna; M.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 
Areas of expertise: Italian literature, Italian cinema, migration studies, translation studies

B.A., University of California at Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of expertise: urban sociology with a focus urban poverty; homelessness and social policy; neighborhood collective efficacy; the intersection of housing, addiction and recovery

B.A., University of Bologna; M.A., Humboldt University of Berlin; Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of expertise: Russian language, 19th century Russian literature, history of medicine, affect theory, hysteria

M.S., American University

beischen@hamilton.edu

B.S., Dickinson College; M.S., Georgia State University

B.A., Regis University; M.A., Iliff School of Theology; Ph.D., University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology
Areas of expertise: cultural theory, comparative religion, Indigeneity, American Indian cultural traditions, federal Indian law, and environmental justice

jfeng@hamilton.edu

B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Areas of expertise: environmental and climate Justice, LGBTQ politics, and social movements

B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Areas of expertise: environmental history, social history, political economy, modern North Africa, modern Middle East, global history

B.A., Emerson College; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art & Design; Ph.D., University of Colorado Boulder
Areas of expertise: acting, directing, devising, playwriting, feminist theatre and performance, queer theatre and performance, performance theory, American theatre and performance, experimental theatre and performance

B.A., Plattsburgh State University; M.F.A., University of Maryland
Areas of expertise: sculpture, metal fabrication, wood working, drawing, painting, and 3D modeling

chutchin@hamilton.edu

B.A., Christopher Newport University; Ph.D., Iowa State University
Areas of expertise: analytical chemistry; environmental chemistry; mass spectrometry

B.A., Carleton College; M.F.A., University of California, Los Angeles

B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Areas of expertise: intellectual and developmental disabilities, assessment and treatment of challenging behavior, organizational change management

B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Areas of expertise: evolutionary biology, physiology, herpetology, comparative analyses

mkamil@hamilton.edu

B.A., University of Michigan; M.S., Oxford University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Areas of expertise: Latin poetry, emotion studies, textual transmission, Ovid, Sappho, classical reception

mkaplan@hamilton.edu

B.A., Vassar College; M.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Areas of expertise: decolonial feminism, feminist epistemologies and pedagogies, geopolitics of knowledge

skowell@hamilton.edu

B.S., SUNY Brockport; M.S., Old Dominion University

B.S., Chung Shan Medical University

B.A., Bucknell University; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University
Areas of expertise: History of political thought (Western and non-Western), American political thought and development, Native and Indigenous political thought

yli7@hamilton.edu

B.A., Southwest Petroleum University; M.A., Sichuan University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University

ksmartin@hamilton.edu

B.S., Drexel University; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Areas of expertise: biomedical engineering, exercise physiology, computational modeling

jmartin1@hamilton.edu

B.A., Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Areas of expertise: Latin American literatures, Andean literatures and cultures, 19th-century and contemporary narratives, literature and economics

amawani@hamilton.edu

B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., King’s College, University of London; M.Phil., Birkbeck College, University of London; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Toronto
Areas of expertise: South Asian religion and literature; Islamic studies; and religion, culture, and modern thought

nmcdanie@hamilton.edu

B.S., SUNY University at Buffalo; Ph.D., Syracuse University

jmoose@hamilton.edu

B.S., Nazareth College; M.Phil
Areas of expertise: chemical biology, medicinal chemistry, and organic chemistry

B.A., Marmara University; M.A., Bogaziçi University; Ph.D., University Madison-Wisconsin
Areas of expertise: political sociology, international migration, race and ethnicity, populism, social movements, research methods, cultural theory

smorriso@hamilton.edu

B.S., Montana State University; M.S., Colorado State University; Ph.D., University of Florida
Areas of expertise: computer science; human-computer interaction; accessibility; computer-supported cooperative work; gestural interactions; human subjects research.

I3, Master Recherche; Sorbonne Nouvelle
Area of expertise: French studies

tost@hamilton.edu

B.F.A., University of Michigan; M.F.A., Yale University
Areas of expertise: scenic design, costume design, period costume, architecture and décor, hand drafting and rendering, and scenic model construction

apenavas@hamilton.edu

B.A., University of Florida; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame
Areas of expertise: migration, citizenship, race and ethnic politics (REP), Black European studies, Iberia, Sub-Saharan Africa and the African Diaspora

jxpoveda@hamilton.edu

B.A., Universidad de Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia; M.A, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Bogotá, Colombia
Areas of expertise: humor in language class, Spanish as a foreign language, second language acquisition, linguistic pragmatism

B.A., Syracuse University; M.A., SUNY Albany

drabie@hamilton.edu

B.A., M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Areas of expertise: language and gender, semiotics, feminist anthropology, anthropology of infrastructure, media, digital ethnography, globalization, and neoliberalism in the Arabian Gulf, the Middle East at large, and Middle Eastern diasporas in the United States

nmrobert@hamilton.edu

B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

msanchez@hamilton.edu

B.A., National Autonomous University of Mexico; M.A., University of Connecticut; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., New York University
Areas of expertise: Medieval French and Occitan lyric, medieval and modern philosophy, Opera and Performance Studies, manuscript studies, and sound studies

yseverin@hamilton.edu

B.S., M.A., San José State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Areas of expertise: 20th-century Russian literature and culture; modernism; theater and performance; tableaux vivants; silent film; literary theory; Russian-Ukrainian literary relations

jtackes@hamilton.edu

B.A., Carthage College; M.A., M.Phil, and Ph.D., Columbia University
Areas of expertise: South Asian religions; anthropology of religion, medicine, and the environment; North Indian guru movements

stomaset@hamilton.edu

B.S., University of Central Florida; M.A., City University of New York—Hunter College; Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Areas of expertise: climate change, coastal ecology, environmental sensors, coastal and marine systems

bwolfel@hamilton.edu

M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University, Maxwell School
Areas of expertise: contemporary political philosophy, history of political thought, political economy, theories of social justice, American Transcendentalism, American political thought and development, American political institutions