David Paris, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty at Hamilton College, announced the appointment of new faculty for the 2004-2005 academic year, including two tenure-track appointments, 18 visiting professors, and 10 lecturers, teaching fellows and instructors.
The new faculty include two tenure track appointments. Stephen Ellingson, assistant professor of sociology, comes to Hamilton from Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary, Berkeley, Calif., where he was assistant professor of the sociology of religion. He 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 also taught at 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.
The other tenure-track appointment is Chad Williams, assistant professor of history. He earned a bachelor's degree in history and African-American studies from U.C.L.A. and a master's degree and Ph.D. in history from Princeton University. Williams' 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 during the war. In addition to revising his dissertation for book publication, WIlliams is editing a collection of W.E.B. Du Bois's writings and correspondence on World War I.
New visiting faculty members for the 2004-2005 academic year include Daryl Britton, sociology; Jessica Burke, Spanish; John Ceballes, philosophy; Wen-Hui Chen, East Asian languages; Carla Davis, sociology; Amber Douglas, psychology; Edward Gallagher, sociology; Gabriel Gould, music; Joy James, Africana studies; Karl Kirschner, chemistry; Rebecca Murtaugh, art; Anand Pandian, anthropology/history; Jennifer Phillips, French; Gita Rajan, women's studies; Matthew Romaniello, history; David Steitz, psychology; Philip Stewart, French; Katherine Terrell, English; and Kermit Dunkelberg, theatre and dance.
New lecturers are Robert Del Buono, rhetoric and communication; Sharon Kanfoush, geology; and Madeline Lopez, history/education studies. Returning lecturers are Nesecan Balkan, economics; Russell Blackwood, religious studies; Milton Bloch, art history; Austin Briggs, English; Sylvia de Swaan, art; Anat Glick, critical languages; Kevin Kwiat, computer science; Richard Lloyd, theatre & dance; Jeff McArn, sophomore seminar/oral communication; Jim Ring, physics; David Rivera, government; Eugenia Taft, critical languages; Giles Wayland-Smith, government; Sidney Wertimer, economics; Kim Wieczorek, education studies.
Diane Fox joined the faculty as Freeman Doctoral Fellow in Asian Studies, and Susan Prill is a Freeman Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in religious studies.
Five new teaching fellows have joined the foreign language departments: Hsiao-Yun Liang and Mei-Hsing Lin, Chinese; Masaka Murakami, Japanese; Cyprian Piskurek, German; and Fatma Said, French.
