Victoria Allen, lecturer in education studies, has taught for13 years at the New York State School for the Deaf in Rome, where she developed and implemented the math/science enrichment program and is an instructor in the creative and performing arts program. She earned a master of education of the deaf from Smith College and a bachelor's degree from Montclair State College, and studied interpretive signing for the theater at the Juilliard School. Allen is a sign language interpreter and co-director of the Youth Interaction Through Theater at the Rome Art and Community Center.
Daryl Britton, visiting instructor of sociology, comes to Hamilton from the State University of New York at Cortland, where she was a lecturer. She was also a lecturer at SUNY IT at the Crouse School of Nursing and an adjunct faculty member at Onondaga Community College. Britton earned a bachelor's degree from Auburn University and a master's degree from the University of Illinois, and expects to complete work for a Ph.D. at Syracuse University's Maxwell School. Her research interests include representation, social crisis and cultural memory, community development and public policy analysis, and nonprofit management. Britton has many years of experience in academic and community development administration, having served as senior program director for the Syracuse University Continuing Education Program and executive director of the Metropolitan School for the Arts in Syracuse.
Jessica Burke, visiting instructor of Spanish, expects to receive her Ph.D. in Spanish from Princeton University later this year. She earned a master's from Princeton and bachelor's from Vanderbilt University. Her research and teaching interests include Latin American literature and culture with a special emphasis on Mexico. She has taught at Princeton and Rutgers universities and has lived and studied in Spain, Argentina and Mexico.
John Ceballes, visiting instructor of philosophy, is currently finishing his Ph.D. at Indiana University. He earned a master's degree in philosophy from the University of Colorado at Boulder. He has taught at Indiana University-Bloomington and at Indiana University-South Bend, where he was a Future Faculty Fellow. His current research is centered on the philosophy of Immanuel Kant. He is also interested in ethics, German idealism, aesthetics, political philosophy and philosophy of science. John's wife, Mary Robinson, is an artist and an assistant professor at the University of South Carolina. He is looking forward to hiking in the Adirondacks.
Wen-Hui Chen, visiting instructor in East Asian languages, earned a master's from the National Taiwan Normal University, where she taught in the international Chinese language program. She also taught at Taipei Language Institute.
Alexis Dankulic, assistant professor of physical education and head women's volleyball coach, was the top assistant women's volleyball coach at Syracuse University for the past six years, where she was the recruiting coordinator. She helped guide the program to a 24-10 record in 2000. Her other coaching experiences include two seasons as an assistant at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, La., and one year as a graduate assistant at her alma mater, Georgia Southern University. She graduated from Georgia Southern with a bachelor's degree in sports management in 1995 and went on to earn her master's degree. Dankulic earned the Southern Conference's player of the year award in 1994. When not coaching or teaching, she is busy planning her wedding for this fall.
Carla Davis, visiting assistant professor of sociology and a Grinnel Fellow, earned a doctorate in sociology from UCLA and master's and bachelor's degrees from American University. She was most recently a research associate at the Institute for Social Science Research at UCLA. Her research and teaching interests are the sociology of race, ethnicity and immigration; juvenile justice/juvenile delinquency; and sociology of gender.
Robert Del Buono, lecturer in communication, is a vice president and trainer for Fiber Instrument Sales, Inc., in Oriskany. He was formerly superintendent, principal and social studies teacher at Chadwicks Union Free School which later merged with Sauquoit High School. A master trainer in effective communication, Del Buono has taught in all major U.S. cities and Canada, as well as in both eastern and western Europe. He earned a bachelor's degree from Utica College of Syracuse University and a master's from New York University.
Amber Douglas, visiting instructor in psychology and Grinnel Fellow, is a candidate for a Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Connecticut. She was a presenter at the annual convention of the American Psychological Association in 2002 and 2001 and has published in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin. Douglas was project director for research investigation of Parsons Child and Family Center Child Trauma Study Center. She also held a research assistantship at the department of mental health and addiction service in Hartford, Conn.
Kermit Dunkelberg, visiting assistant professor of theatre and dance, was visiting instructor at Hamilton in 2002-03. Following that he was a Fulbright-Hays Doctoral Dissertation Research Associate at Wroclaw University and Jerzy Grotowski Center Archives in Poland. Most recently he taught acting at Wesleyan University. Dunkelberg earned his doctorate at New York University and a master's in drama at Tufts University.
Stephen Ellingson, assistant professor of sociology, earned a doctorate and master's degree in sociology from the University of Chicago. His research interests are the sociology of religion, sociology of culture, and social movements and collective behavior. He is co-author of The Sexual Organization of the City (University of Chicago Press, 2004); co-editor of Religion and Sexuality in Cross-Cultural Perspective (Routledge, 2002); and co-author of Organizational Ethics in Health Care: Principles, Cases and Practical Solutions (Jossey-Bass, 2001). He has taught at Lutheran Theological Seminary, the Park Ridge Center for the Study of Religion, Ethics and Health Care, and the University of Chicago. Ellingson has served as book review co-editor and associate editor of the American Journal of Sociology. Steve and his wife, the Rev. Jennifer DeWeerth, have a 2-year-old son, Zachary. His other interests include cycling, running and winetasting.
Diane Fox, teaching fellow in the Asian studies program, earned a master's from Portland State University and is working toward her doctorate at the University of Washington. She was most recently coordinator of the Agent Orange educational project for the Fund for Reconciliation and Development. Fox has written for Education About Asia, Viet Nam News and contributed to Synthetic Planet: Chemical Politics and the Hazards of Modern Life. While at Portland State she taught various courses on Viet Nam history. Diane is a mother and grandmother and enjoys the outdoors.
Edward Gallagher, visiting instructor in sociology, is completing work on his doctorate from Fordham University. He has taught sociology at Fordham and New York University, including courses in social deviance, race/class/gender and modern American social movements. Previously he was involved in legislative advocacy work on Capitol Hill. Currently his special interest is completing his dissertation, a social movement analysis of gay conservatives.
Gabriel Gould, visiting assistant professor of music, earned a D.M.A. and a M.M. in composition from the University of Michigan School of Music. He taught most recently at Indiana University, South Bend. Gould's work has been commissioned by the New York Youth Symphony, Ann Arbor Symphony, Albany Symphony Orchestra and Woodstock Chamber Orchestra.
Joy James, visiting professor of Africana studies, is professor of Africana studies at Brown University. She was Distinguished Visiting Scholar at Columbia University's Institute for Research in African-American Studies, and also taught at the University of Colorado-Boulder. She is the author of Shadowboxing: Representations of Black Feminist Politics (St. Martin's Press, 1999, paperback, 2002); Transcending the Talented Tenth: Black Leaders and American Intellectuals (Routledge, 1997); and Resisting State Violence: Radicalism, Gender and Race in U.S. Culture (Univ. of Minnesota Press). James has also edited many books and contributed numerous encyclopedia entries and book chapters, including 'The Academic Addict' to African Americans and Philosophy (2004).
Sharon Kanfoush, lecturer in geology, earned a Ph.D. in geological sciences from the University of Florida and a master's degree from the State University of New York College at Buffalo. She has taught geology at Utica College of Syracuse University and at the University of Florida, Gainesville. Kanfoush has published papers in such journals as Quaternary Research, Science and Paleoceanography. She is the co-recipient of a National Science Foundation grant to assess the mechanisms, source areas and implications of millennial ice-rafting events in the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans.
Karl Kirschner, visiting assistant professor of chemistry, earned a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia and bachelor's degree from Lake Forest College. Before coming to Hamilton, Kirschner held a post-doctoral assistantship at the University of Georgia's Complex Carbohydrate Research Center. He has published research in Journal of Computational Chemistry, Journal of Molecular Structure, Journal of Physical Chemistry and Chemical Physics Letters. His personal interests are in fine arts, rock climbing, ultimate Frisbee and fly-fishing.
Hsiao-Yun Liang, teaching fellow in Chinese, has taught at National Taiwan Normal University and National Central University, both in Taipei, Taiwan. She earned a bachelor's degree from National Chengchi University and completed a certificate in the teacher training program in Chinese as a foreign language in Taipei.
Mei-Hsing Lin, teaching fellow in Chinese, completed studies at the Graduate Institute of Teaching Chinese as a Second Language at National Taiwan Normal University. Lin also completed a certificate of teacher training program in Chinese as a foreign language at the Center for Chinese Language and Culture Studies in Taipei.
Madeline Lopez, lecturer in history and education studies, is a candidate for a Ph.D. at Princeton University. Most recently she taught in the department of Puerto Rican and Latin American studies at Lehman College/CUNY. Lopez was the recipient of an Andrew Mellon Foundation Fellowship and a Woodrow Wilson Fellowship. Her research interests are Puerto Ricans, language and race.
Masako Murakami, teaching fellow in Japanese, earned a master's degree from Ohio State University, where she was a graduate teaching associate in Japanese language. She has also taught in Osaka, Japan, and at Portland State University.
Rebecca Murtaugh, visiting assistant professor of art, earned a master's in fine arts from Virginia Commonwealth University. She most recently taught at College of the Redwoods in Eureka, Calif., where she was co-gallery director. Murtaugh has exhibited work at the Morris Graves Museum of Art in Eureka, the Artists' Museum in Washington, D.C., and galleries in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Richmond, Va. Her areas of specialization are ceramics, sculpture and installation art.
Anand Pandian, visiting assistant professor of anthropology and history, completed his Ph.D. in anthropology at the University of California, Berkeley. His dissertation was titled "Landscapes of Redemption: Cultivating Heart and Soil in South India." He also earned a bachelor's degree in political ecology at Amherst College. Pandian is the co-editor of Race, Nature and the Politics of Difference (Duke University Press, 2003).
Jennifer Phillips, visiting assistant professor of French, earned a Ph.D. and master's degree in French from Yale University. She taught at Rivier College and most recently at Oberlin College, where she was a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow. Phillips' teaching interests are French language, literature and culture, Orientalism in French literature and art. Her research interests include visual and verbal aspects of French exoticism and art criticism and painters' writings. Jennifer's interests include yoga, hiking, snowboarding and animal welfare.
Cyprian Piskurek, teaching fellow in German, studied at the University of Dortmund in Germany. He most recently taught German at the Langdon School in London, and previously was a tutor at the University of Dortmund's Institute for British and American Studies.
Susan Prill, Freeman Teaching Fellow in South Asian religions, completed her dissertation at the School of Oriental and African Studies of the University of London, and also holds degrees from the University of Michigan and Bard College. Her research interests include medieval Indian devotional and mystical movements; identity formation in religious movements; Hindu Bhakti and Sikhism. She and her husband, Gabriel, are both natives of upstate New York.
Gita Rajan, visiting associate professor of women's studies and Irwin Chair, is associate professor of English and director of literature at Fairfield University. She earned her doctorate from the University of Arizona and master's degree from the University of Oklahoma. She is the recipient of several awards from the Humanities Institute and from the Mellon Foundation. Rajan is co-editor of English Postcoloniality: Literatures from Around the World (Greenwood, 1996); A Cultural Studies Reader: History, Theory, Practice (Longman, 1995); and Postcolonial Discourse and Cultural Contexts: Criticism and Theory (Greenwood, 1995). She has written numerous articles for Concerns, South Asian Review, South Asian Popular Culture and Woman, A Cultural Review.
Matthew Romaniello, visiting assistant professor of history, most recently taught history at Oberlin College. He received his doctorate from Ohio State University, with a specialization in Russian history and early modern Europe. He has published articles in Central Asian Review, The Russian Review and The Sixteenth Century Journal.
Fatma Said is a teaching fellow in French and is currently working toward completing her Ph.D. Her major field of study is 18th century English literature, in particular Daniel Defoe's fiction. She attended Brown University as an exchange student and served as a teaching assistant in French department.
David Steitz, visiting assistant professor of psychology, earned his doctorate in experimental psychology from Syracuse University, where he served as a teaching associate. He has published research papers in Psychology and Aging, Using Writing to Teach and The Clinical Neuropsychologist. His research involves everyday memory in older adults as well as working memory and cognition. He is busy planning his wedding for next fall with his fiancé, Angela.
Philip Stewart, visiting professor of French, is the Benjamin E. Powell Professor of Romance Studies and Professor of literature at Duke University. He received his doctorate from Yale University. Stewart has taught at Harvard University and was a visiting professor at Universite Stendahl, Universite de Paris-Sorbonne and the University of South Carolina. Stewart was named to the Order of the Palmes Academiques by the French Ministry of Education in 1991. He received a Fulbright Fellowship, a Carnegie Teaching Fellowship, a National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship and a National Endowment for the Humanities Research Grant. Stewart is the author of many articles and several books including Imitation and Illusion in the French Memoir-Novel, 1700-1750: the art of make-believe (Yale University Press) and Half-Told Tales: dilemmas of meaning in three French novels (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill).
Eric Summers, assistant professor of physical education, crew coach, served as the men's crew coach at the University of Miami and at Colgate University from 1998-2000. He was associate director of the Colgate University annual fund and later served as senior assistant director of the Colgate Center for Career Services. He earned a bachelor's degree from Colgate and a master's degree from Syracuse University. Eric and his wife, Robin, have a 2-year-old son, William.
Katherine Terrell, visiting assistant professor of English, completed her Ph.D. from Cornell University in 2004. She earned a master's in English literature from the University of Toronto and studied English medieval literature at Oxford University. Terrell's research interests are Middle English and Middle Scots literature; medieval literary theory; and medieval women's writing. At Cornell she was an instructor in the John S. Knight Institute for Writing in the Disciplines, where she taught first-year students expository writing.
Corey Wenger, former assistant football coach at Villanova University, is the new offensive coordinator for the Hamilton football team. Wenger coached the tight ends and assisted with the offensive line in 2003 for Villanova. Wenger's other college coaching experiences include stops at Division I-AA Lafayette College (2002-03) and Division II schools, the University of Massachusetts-Lowell (2001-02) and Shippensburg University (1998-2001). He started his coaching career as an assistant at Coral Gables Senior High School in 1996. Wenger moved on to Miami-Coral Park Senior High School, where he was the passing game coordinator the following year. The native of Myerstown, Pa., played wide receiver at Pittsburgh's Robert Morris College from 1994-95 before earning his bachelor's from the University of Miami in 1998. Wenger received his master's in counseling from Shippensburg in 2001.
Chad Williams, assistant professor of history, earned a bachelor's degree in history and African-American studies from UCLA. He received a master's degree and Ph.D. in history from Princeton University. His teaching and research interests include modern U.S. and African-American history, World War I, African-American intellectual history and the African diaspora. His dissertation, "Torchbearers of Democracy: The First World War and the Figure of the African-American Soldier," examined the historical experiences and symbolic meanings of black servicemen. In addition to revising his dissertation for book publication, he is editing a collection of W.E.B. Du Bois's writings and correspondence on World War I. His wife, Madeleine Lopez, recently taught at Lehman College-CUNY and will teach a course in Latino history in the spring.
Mu-shaka Benson, safety officer, is a graduate of Proctor High School and went on to serve for two years in the Army, stationed at Fort Campbell, Ky. He has also worked at APAC Customer Services and the Turning Stone Casino. Mu-shaka and his wife, Aida, live in Utica with their two children, Joshua and Jaidan. (mbenson, ext. 4141)
Linda Brennan, circulation assistant, graduated from New Hartford High School and studied at The New York Restaurant School and the Institute for Integrative Nutrition. Linda acquired many years of customer service experience running her own catering business for 15 years and while working at Kaufmann's. She is also certified in holistic health counseling. (lbrennan, ext. 4479)
Jacqueline Brown, art intern, is a 2004 graduate of Hamilton College. In addition to her internship, she is in the process of developing her portfolio for application to graduate school. Jackie lives in Clinton. (jbrown, ext. 4269)
Katherine McMullen, co-director for the Antarctic Program, is a 2003 graduate of Hamilton College and also previously worked as a sediment lab analyst for the U.S. Geological Survey. Kate resides in Clinton. (kmcmulle, ext. 4699)
Patrick Ryan, custodian, graduated from MVCC with a degree in fire protection technology. He was a member of the Utica Fire Department for 29 years, retiring at the rank of Lieutenant. He was also an inspector of fire systems and extinguishers for 20 years. Pat's son, Shawn, is a recent graduate of Oriskany Falls schools and will be a freshman at SUNY Alfred this fall. Pat and his wife, Judy, live in Clinton.
Katrina Schell '03, circulation assistant, returns to the Hill to work in the public services area of the Burke Library. As a student, Katrina was a student assistant in Hamilton's Media Library. She has also worked at Rome Memorial Hospital and Sunset Hill Farm, a locally owned and operated hydroponic greenhouse. Katrina and David Kolb '02 were married in the Hamilton Chapel last December. They live in Utica. (kschell, ext. 4479)
Heather Wixson, career counselor, received a bachelor's in psychology from SUNY Brockport and a master's in adult education from Buffalo State. Heather's most recent position was AIM (Academics, Integration, Motivation) counselor for the Work and Learn Program at Monroe Community College. Heather lives in Utica with her husband, Colin, and their two dogs, Tulip and Maggie. (hwixson, ext. 4337)
Carol Young, executive assistant to the vice president for academic affairs and dean of the faculty, previously served as the vice president of administration and director of human resources at SUNY Cobleskill and most recently was a project analyst with the SUNY Systems Sponsored Programs Office. She received both her bachelor's and master's degrees in education from SUNY Albany. (cyoung, ext. 4611)
Associate Professor of Philosophy Kirk Pillow began a three-year term as associate dean of the faculty on July 1. He will work with VP/Dean David Paris on matters of the instructional budget, facilities, faculty grants, personnel and salary. He will also participate in the administration of academic advising in cooperation with Associate Dean of Students (Academic) Chris Willemsen. Kirk also serves as diversity coordinator for the College, facilitating the implementation of diversity initiatives regarding student recruitment, faculty and staff hiring, and curricular innovation. In 2002 Kirk, who has taught at Hamilton since 1996, received the Class of 1963 Excellence in Teaching Award, awarded each year to a Hamilton faculty member "who demonstrates extraordinary commitment to teaching." He has served as faculty secretary, chair of the Appeals Board, and has been active in Group Q and in advising the Rainbow Alliance.
Mike Mahanna has been promoted to the position of grounds foreperson. Mike has been a member of the grounds crew for 15 years both in grounds services and horticultural grounds. He is a certified arborist.
Pauline Caputi, formerly the office assistant in the Emerson Gallery, is now the gallery programming coordinator.
Sharon Rippey is now the associate director of donor relations. Sharon had served the College as director of media relations since 1998.
