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New faculty members were welcomed to Dalton State College recently during a
week of faculty orientation activities on campus.
“We are eagerly looking forward to having these new individuals with us
as colleagues and showing them off to our students,” said Dr. John Hutcheson,
Vice President for Academic Affairs, noting that 25 new full-time teaching
faculty members have been hired along with four support staff members.
“The academic and professional credentials and the previous
accomplishments of this year’s group of new faculty members, whether they are
joining us as replacements for retirees or as additions to our corps of
instruction, show every promise of sustaining the high standards and superior
achievement set by their predecessors.”
The School of Natural Sciences and Mathematics will see
the largest increase in faculty because of the increase in enrollment in the
College’s new bachelor’s degrees in biology and mathematics, which were approved
by the Board of Regents in 2007. Three new biology instructors, three new
mathematics instructors, and one new physics instructor will begin teaching this
year.
Chenoweth, Ford, Cooley, Adhikari, Smitherman
Pratima Adhikari will serve as an Assistant Professor of Biology;
Matthew Chenoweth is a Temporary Assistant Professor of Biology; and Marina
Smitherman is an Assistant Professor of Biology. Robert Ford, Richard Hambrock,
and Irfan Okay are each Assistant Professors of Mathematics while Emma Cooley
will be an Assistant Professor of Physics.
Kim, Rutti, Connors, Trussel
Joining the
School of Business Administration will be Jamie
Connors, Dong-Gook Kim, Raina Rutti and John Trussel. Connors will serve as an
Instructor in Accounting; Kim and Rutti are each Assistant Professors of
Management, and Trussel will be the Dalton State College Foundation Chair and
Professor of Accounting.
Kennedy, Soto, Gregory, Pate
In the School of Education, Orenda Gregory is an Assistant Professor of
Education; both Susan Kennedy and Carol Pate will serve as Temporary Instructors
in Education; and Lourdes Diaz Soto will be the Goizueta Foundation Chair and
Professor of Education.
Trice, Lampley, Loughren, Mergel
New to the School of Liberal Arts will be three new English
faculty members reporting to the Department of Humanities and two new
instructors in the Department of Social Sciences. Jackie Daniels is a Temporary
Instructor in English. Jonathan Lampley and Natalie Trice are both Assistant
Professors of English. Doyle Loughren will be an Assistant Professor of
Geography and Sarah Mergel will serve as a Temporary Instructor in History.
Bledsoe
The School of Nursing will welcome Donna Bledsoe as an
Assistant Professor.
Johnson, Haire, Hunt, Dales
Joining the School of Technology will be Ray Dales, Instructor in
Computer Networking Technology; Marcye Haire, Temporary Instructor in Practical
Nursing; Lisa Hunt, Instructor in Practical Nursing; and Charles Johnson, Dean
of the School of Technology and Professor of Technical Studies.
Simones, Logan, Davis, Roberson
New staff members include: Donna Lee Davis, Assistant Director of
Student Activities; Katherine Mueller Logan, Admissions Recruiter; Andrea
Roberson, Disabilities Specialist; and Shawntay Simones, First-Year Experience
Seminar (FYES) Instructor and Academic Advisor.
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