Faculty Expansion Continues
Dear School of Liberal Arts Community,
Now that classes are launched and the fall semester is underway, I want to welcome you to a new academic year and share some of the exciting developments across the School of Liberal Arts. As I begin my sixth year at Tulane—and my second term as dean—one of our most notable achievements has been the growth of our world-class faculty.
In the past five years, we have hired 83 tenure-line and professor of practice faculty—the permanent faculty who make meaningful discoveries in their fields and who give Tulane students an educational experience that has lifelong impact.
We have professors joining us from some of the most eminent universities around the nation and abroad, drawn by a sense of excitement and our strategy for leadership. Our Political Science department alone welcomes four new tenure-track faculty (one jointly appointed in the Murphy Institute). The English and Spanish & Portuguese departments joined forces to recruit Zorimar Rivera Montes, our first faculty member in Latinx literature and culture.
Meanwhile, the Economics department collaborated with our Environmental Studies program to hire Felipe Gómez Trejos, our inaugural environmental economist. We also hired our first two full-time faculty in American Sign Language—an area of explosive growth and student interest.
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Peter Kunze
Assistant Professor
Communication
Muira N. McCammon
Assistant Professor
Communication
Watufani Poe
Assistant Professor
Communication
Daniella Zalcman
Professor of Practice
Communication
Jolene Pinder
Professor of Practice
Communication / SLAM
Felipe Gómez Trejos
Assistant Professor
Economics / Environmental Studies
Zorimar Rivera Montes
Assistant Professor
English / Spanish & Portuguese
Chelsea Stieber
Associate Professor
French & Italian
Shennette Garrett-Scott
Associate Professor
History / Africana Studies
Xiaoyue Li
Assistant Professor
History / MENA
Denise Crochet
Professor of Practice
Linguistics
Mario Juarez-Garcia
Assistant Professor
Philosophy / Murphy Institute
Lucia Schwarz
Assistant Professor
Philosophy / Murphy Institute
Allison N. Grossman
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Stan N. Oklobdzija
Assistant Professor
Political Science / Murphy Institute
Emily Rains
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Rachel J. Schoner
Assistant Professor
Political Science
Marcus Coleman
Professor of Practice
SLAM / Economics
Faculty in the field: Summer research
School of Liberal Arts faculty mentored students across the globe this summer, in activities ranging from excavating ancient Greek ruins to performing operas in Italy.
Emilia Oddo
Crete, Greece
Classical Studies Professor Emilia Oddo helmed a summer program in Crete, training undergraduate and graduate students in ceramic analysis and archival research as part of the Knossos Legacy and Sustainable Archaeology Project.
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Amy Pfrimmer
Urbania, Italy
Amy Pfrimmer, Associate Professor of Music & Lillian Gerson Watsky Professor in Voice, served as an Artist Faculty member at the FIO Italia Summer Festival, where she taught and collaborated on stage with 5 Tulane students and international emerging performers and colleagues.
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Chris Rodning
North Carolina, U.S.
Anthropology Professor Chris Rodning was joined by 2 students at the Berry site in the Catawba River Valley of North Carolina on an archeological dig to uncover the interactions between Native American groups and early Spanish colonists.
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Featured Event: An Evening with Walter Isaacson & Michael Lewis
Join Leonard Lauder Professor of American History and Values Walter Isaacson and esteemed American author and financial journalist Michael Lewis for a conversation about their respective new works: Elon Musk (released this week!) and Going Infinite. Books will be available for purchase with signing opportunities to follow the talk. Tickets Required
Other Can’t Miss Events: Learn more about all upcoming SLA events, including the first Black Studies Book CLub of the year, the Carole Barnette Boudreaux '65 Great Writers Series, upcoming concerts, and more to add to your calendar!
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