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Welcome, New 2016-2017 Hendrix Faculty

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CONWAY, Ark. (August 3, 2016) – New Hendrix College teaching faculty for the 2016-2017 academic year include the following [UPDATE: scroll down for a list of staff with new or changed status for the 2016-2017 academic year]:

  • Dr. Kane Anderson, Murphy Visiting Fellow in Literature and Language, Department of Theatre Arts and Dance
  • Rynnett Clark ’83, Instructor of Education
  • Hope Coulter, Assistant Professor of English
  • Dr. Adrienne Crowell ’07, Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
  • Dr. Eric Fattor, Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
  • Dr. Julie Gunderson ’06, Assistant Professor of Physics
  • Dr. William Gunderson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
  • Dr. Brenda Houck, Assistant Professor of Biology
  • Dr. John Reynolds, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
  • Elizabeth Rogers, Murphy Visiting Fellow in Literature and Language, Department of English
  • Drew Tomlin ’10, Visiting Instructor of Mathematics (spring semester)
  • Dr. Robyn Wright, Murphy Visiting Fellow in Literature and Language, Department of Foreign Languages
  • Dr. Michael Yanney, Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Faculty with new staff assignments for 2016-2017 include:

  • Dr. Jay Barth ’87, Director of Odyssey Program
  • Dr. Peter Gess, Associate Provost for Engaged Learning
  • Dr. Anne Goldberg, Associate Director of Odyssey Program
  • Dr. Dionne Jackson ’96, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion
  • Dr. Leslie Templeton ’91, Associate Provost for Faculty Development
  • Dr. Robert Williamson, Director of the Miller Center

Faculty with changed status for the 2016-2017 academic year include:

  • Dr. Ze’ev Barel began phased retirement
  • Gina Berfeld ’03, appointed to tenure-track status as Assistant Professor of Economics & Business
  • Dr. Todd Berryman, appointed Social Science Area Chair
  • Dr. Chris Camfield, received tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Mathematics
  • Dr. Andrea Duina, promoted to Professor of Biology
  • Dr. Peg Falls-Corbitt, appointed as Virginia A. McCormick Pittman Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
  • Dr. Gabe Ferrer and Ann Wright, awarded Cynthia Cook Sandefur Odyssey Professorship
  • Dr. Peter Gess, received tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of International Relations
  • Dr. Peter Gess and Jennifer Penner, awarded Dr. Brad P. Baltz & Rev. William B. Smith Odyssey Professorship
  • Dr. Dionne Jackson ’96, received tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of Education
  • Dr. Cathy Jellenik, received tenure and promoted to Associate Professor of French
  • Dr. Peter Kett, appointed to tenure-track status as Assistant Professor of Chemistry
  • Dr. Kiril Kolev, awarded James and Emily Bost Odyssey Professorship
  • Dr. Laura MacDonald ’06, appointed to tenure-track status as Assistant Professor of Biology
  • Dr. Robert Williamson and Dr. Leslie Zorwick, awarded Margaret Berry Hutton Odyssey Professorship

Academic & Student Affairs staff with new or changed status for the 2016-2017 academic year include:

  • Claudia Courtway, promoted to Assistant Director of International Programs
  • Jamie Groat, moved to Academic Affairs Career Services as Coordinator of Employment Connections
  • Dominique Kelleybrew ’11, Coordinator of Multicultural Student Services and Assistant Director of Student Activities
  • Leigh Lassiter-Counts ’01, moved to Academic Affairs Career Services as Interim Director of Career Services and Director of Career Discovery & Internships
  • Emilie Lavy, appointed French House Coordinator
  • Dr. Amanda Moore ’86, moved to Academic Affairs Career Services as Coordinator of Graduate School Programs
  • Aya Murata, Japan Outreach Initiative Coordinator
  • Dr. Felipe Pruneda Senties, appointed Interim Director of the Writing Center
  • Brandon Smith, appointed Technical Director for the Department of Theatre Arts & Dance

About Hendrix College

Hendrix College is a private liberal arts college in Conway, Arkansas. Founded in 1876 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church since 1884, Hendrix is featured in Colleges That Change Lives: 40 Schools That Will Change the Way You Think about Colleges and is nationally recognized in numerous college guides, lists, and rankings for academic quality, community, innovation, and value. For more information, visit www.hendrix.edu.