New Faculty Member Directory

Becker, Michael
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Slavery, abolition, and resistance in 18th and 19th century Atlantic world
Email: [[mjbecker]]

Berndt, Nathaniel
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of the Department of History
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: The cultural and intellectual history of Niger and the broader Sahel
Email: [[naberndt]]

Brix, Catherine
Assistant Teaching Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Intersections of literature, art, and human rights issues to specialize in contemporary Latin American literature and cultural studies, particularly Southern Cone testimonial literature from the Dirty War
Email: [[cmbrix]]

Caggiano, Stephanie
Visiting Professor
Area: Mason School of Business
Research Focus: Operations and Information Systems Management
Email: [[srcaggiano01]]

Caligiuri, Stephanie
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Unraveling the intricate neurobiology underlying eating behavior
Email: [[scaligiuri]]

Chambers, LaToya
Clinical Assistant Professor in Counselor Education
Area: School of Education
Research Focus: Mental health and substance use disorders with diverse populations, including active duty military and veterans
Email: [[lchambers]]

Chapman, Matthew
Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Cyber Defense Education
Email: [[machapman]]

Choi, Yoonjin
Assistant Professor of Management
Area: Mason School of Business
Research Focus: How culture and its various components such as values and narratives affect individual and organizational outcomes
Email: [[ychoi08]]

Cole, Geneva
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Government
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Understanding social and political identities and how they shape political behavior and support for racial inclusion
Email: [[gvcole]]

da Silva Campos dos Santos, Fabiana
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Global Studies (Latin America Studies)
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Afro-Latinx literature, Brazilian literature and culture, and comparative literature
Email: [[fdasilvacampos]]

Doherty, Daniel
Visiting Instructor of Government
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: American politics, political polarization, and research methods
Email: [[djdoherty]]

Dustan, Andrew
Assistant Professor of Economics
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Economics of education in Latin America
Email: [[addustan]]

Ferrillo, Vivian
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Race, ethnicity, and politics; online political identity; and social media mobilization and radicalization
Email: [[vferrillo]]

Fischbach, Rahel
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: The Quran and Islam
Email: [[rfischbach]]

Fitzgerald, Brian
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Area: Mason School of Business
Research Focus: Factors that influence the quality of auditor judgment and decision-making and the effect of client relationship factors on audit quality
Email: [[bcfitzgerald]]

Ford, Trenton W.
Assistant Professor of Data Science
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Media and misinformation
Email: [[twford]]

Gao, Ashley (Ye)
Assistant Professor of the Department of Computer Science
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: The intersection of domain generalization and how to apply novel techniques in this field in cyber-physical system applications
Email: [[ygao18]]

Harrigan, Kate
Assistant Professor of Linguistics
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: First language acquisition, specifically on word learning in preschool-aged children
Email: [[kharrigan]]

Hiriscau, Andra
Assistant Teaching Professor of Economics
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: The impact of paid maternity leave on fertility and mother's labor force participation
Email: [[ahiriscau]]

Ickes, Scott
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: The socio-cultural, behavioral, and structural causes of poor nutrition and seeks to identify and evaluate strategies to improve nutrition and health in low-resource contexts
Email: [[sbickes]]

Jackura, Andrew
Assistant Professor of Physics
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Nuclear and particle theory, primarily focusing on few-particle reactions
Email: [[awjackura]]

Jaeseok, Cho
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: International Conflict, International institutions, and East Asia
Email: [[jcho08]]

Kaku, Archana
Assistant Professor of Government
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Political Theory, Comparative Politics, and Postcolonial Theory
Email: [[abkaku]]

Kunda, Lily
Lecturer of Africana Studies and American Studies
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Media Studies, New Media, Popular Culture, Black Studies, Gender Studies, and Digital Media
Email: [[lkunda]]

Lu, Sidi
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Edge computing, emerging mobility, and applied AI & data science
Email: [[slu08]]

McCartney, Sarah E.
Assistant Teaching Professor of History and the National Institute of American History and Democracy (NIAHD)
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Material culture, the Atlantic World, colonial Virginia, and the revolutionary-era backcountry
Email: [[semcca]]

McGill, Caitlin
Lecturer of English and Creative Writing
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Writing to resist inherited silences, archival silences, and silencing tactics used on victims
Email: [[cmcgill]]

Medved, Nicole
Professor of the Practice of Law
Area: School of Law
Research Focus: Immigration law
Email: [[jnalanko]]

Michaelis, Adriane
Assistant Professor of Marine Science
Area: VIMS
Research Focus: Cultural ecosystem services associated with coastal systems, fisheries, and aquaculture; social license and acceptability for aquaculture; livelihood diversification within aquaculture and commercial fisheries; the social impact of aquaculture development
Email: [[akmichaelis]]

Odhiambo, Julius
Assistant Professor of Kinesiology
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: The application of spatial and spatio-temporal methods to better understand the geographical patterns of maternal and child health outcomes, assess their relationship with potential risk factors, identify clusters and measure inequalities both at small-area resolution as well as at country scales
Email: [[jnodhiambo]]

Olya, Najee
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Mediterranean Art and Archaeology
Email: [[nsolya]]

Palencia Frener, Sergio
Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Native Studies
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Historical and Visual anthropology; Critical Theory; Indigenous memories of the Cold War; Caste, ground-rent, and state formation in Latin America; Mesoamerican studies; Revolution and Genocide in 20th century Latin America
Email: [[sgpalenciafren]]

Perrault, Katelynn A.
Assistant Professor in Chemistry
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: The chemical analysis of odors using multidimensional chromatography in forensic science, biomedical sensing, natural product analysis and other life science applications
Email: [[kaperrault]]

Sanford, Mei Mei
Associate Teaching Professor of Africana Studies
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Gender, arts, and religion in West Africa and the African diaspora
Email: [[mesanf]]

Schmidt, Bryan
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Theatre
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Postcolonial studies, the creative economy, and performance from the Global South
Email: [[bwschmidt]]

Shimoura, Shinji
Assistant Teaching Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Japanese language pedagogy, with a particular focus on how learners’ individual differences influence their second language acquisition
Email: [[sshimoura]]

Sleeth, Rachel
Visiting Instructor
Area: School of Education
Research Focus: School psychologists’ role in advocating for evidence-based and socially just reading instruction for all students
Email: [[rachel.sleeth]]

Smit, Abhiprerna
Assistant Professor of Economics
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Different channels through which fiscal policy transmits to the aggregate economy, monetary economics, and the macroeconomic effects of climate change
Email: [[asmit]]

Smith, Chelsea
Clinical Assistant Professor of Higher Education
Area: School of Education
Research Focus: Black women in higher education, graduate student development, and pedagogical training
Email: [[csmith12]]

Smith, Kevin Michael
Associate Teaching Professor of Film and Media Studies
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Film history, screenwriting, and film production
Email: [[kmsmith05]]

Sommers, Tim
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of Philosophy
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Political philosophy and ethics and is currently focused on how various kinds of equality (formal, moral, and substantive) are related to justice
Email: [[tsommers]]

Speight, Isaiah R.
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Organic synthesis and catalysis using mechanochemistry, sustainable chemistry, and 3D printing for new technologies
Email: [[irspeight]]

Sun, Yuming
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Statistical machine learning, survival analysis, semi/nonparametric models, and high dimensional data
Email: [[ysun30]]

Swenson, Jennifer
Associate Professor of Data Science
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Climate and land cover change and the effects on biodiversity using the tools of geospatial analysis and remotely-sensed Earth observations
Email: [[jjswenson]]

Taylor, Terrell
Assistant Teaching Professor of Speech
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: African-American rhetoric in essays, public address, and literature
Email: [[tataylor01]]

Tucker, Sarah
Clinical Assistant Professor
Area: School of Education
Research Focus: ADHD, Autism, person-centered counseling, and child-centered play therapy
Email: [[sktucker]]

Uwamahoro, Olivia
Clinical Assistant Professor
Area: School of Education
Research Focus: Virtual simulation in counselor education and counseling, client outcome, counseling student development, and clinical supervision
Email: [[ouwamahoro]]

Waas, Sabine
Visiting Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literature
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Migration, sports, media, and film studies
Email: swaas@wm.edu

Wheaton, Jim
Director of William & Mary Law School’s Special Education Advocacy Clinic and Clinical Associate Professor of Law
Area: School of Law
Research Focus: Special education and disabilities-related law
Email: [[jjwheaton]]

Xiong, Yanhai
Assistant Professor of Data Science
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Artificial Intelligence for cyber-physical systems, including decision making and cybersecurity
Email: [[yxiong05]]

Yin-Herr, Liang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Economics of crime, causal inference, and empirical microeconomics
Email: [[lyinherr]]

Young Kim, Eun
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Wealth inequality, political behavior, and domestic and foreign economic policy
Email: [[ekim14]]

Yu, Na
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Environmental and sustainability communication
Email: [[nyu02]]

Zhang, Jinghong
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: The social and cultural history of modern China, the history of medicine, gender history, and Science and Technology Studies (STS)
Email: [[jzhang60]]

Zhang, Yanfu
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Graphing neural networks, efficient and robust representation learning, and fairness-aware machine learning
Email: [[yzhang105]]

Zhang, Yixuan (Janice)
Clinical Associate Professor, OISM
Area: Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Research Focus: Human-computer interaction (HCI), data visualization (VIS), equitable computing, and the interdisciplinary fields of crisis informatics and health informatics
Email: [[yzhang104]]