Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty All New Faculty

All New Faculty 2023–2024

Carol Y. Bailey, professor of Black studies.  B.A. (1997) University of the West Indies; M.A. (1998) Clark University; Ph.D. (2007) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Allison Bair, visiting assistant professor of psychology.  B.A. (2003), M.A. (2007), Ph.D. (2017) York University.

Francesca Bellei, Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) Fellow and visiting lecturer in classics.  B.A. (2014) University of Cambridge; M.Litt. (2016) University of St Andrews; Ph.D. (2022) Harvard University.

Nataliia Bychkova, Karl Loewenstein Fellow and visiting associate professor of political science.  B.A. (2004), M.A. (2005) Odesa I.I. Mechnikov National University; Ph.D. (2012) European University.

Nicole A. Cox, Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) Fellow and visiting lecturer in anthropology.  B.A. (2012) Swarthmore College; Ph.D. (expected August 2023) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Mithi A. C. de los Reyes, assistant professor of astronomy.  B.S. (2016) North Carolina State University; M.Phil. (2017) University of Cambridge; M.S. (2019), Ph.D. (2022) California Institute of Technology.

Théophile Deslauriers, Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) Fellow and visiting lecturer in political science.  B.A. (2017) McGill University; M.A. (2020), Ph.D. (2023) Princeton University.

Michelle Fame, visiting assistant professor of environmental studies and geology.  B.S. (2011) University of Mary Washington; Ph.D. (2017) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University.

Mark Firmani, postdoctoral fellow and visiting assistant professor of law, jurisprudence, and social thought (tenure-track appointment to begin in a future academic year).  B.A. (2013) Quinnipiac University; M.A. (2017), Ph.D. (expected 2024) University of Pennsylvania; J.D. (2023) Yale Law School.

Xiaoqian Gong, assistant professor of mathematics.  B.S. (2011) Tianjin University; M.S. (2013) The University of Texas; Ph.D. (2019) Arizona State University.

* Alex He, Karl Loewenstein Fellow and visiting assistant professor of political science.  B.S. (2004), M.P.A. (2007) Xiamen University; Ph.D. (2001) National University of Singapore.

Jallicia A. Jolly, assistant professor of American studies and Black studies.  B.A. (2014) Williams College; M.A. (2016), Ph.D. (2020) University of Michigan.

Joseph Kraisler, assistant professor of mathematics.  B.S. (2013) Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. (2020) University of Michigan.

Ravi Krishnaswami, Joseph E. and Grace W. Valentine Visiting Assistant Professor of Music.  B.A. (1998) University of Virginia; M.A. (2023), Ph.D. (expected 2025) Brown University.

Miriam Kuzbary, postdoctoral fellow and visiting assistant professor of mathematics (tenure-track appointment to begin in a future academic year).  B.S. (2012) University of Texas at Dallas; M.A. (2014), Ph.D. (2019) Rice University.

Karin Lagergren, STINT fellow in music.  B.A., M.A. (1996), M.F.A. (1999), Ph.D. (2009) Gothenburg University.

Junghyun Georgia Lee, assistant professor of theater and dance.  B.F.A (1998) University of Alberta; M.F.A (2001) Yale University.

Ali Mirza, Center for Humanistic Inquiry (CHI) Fellow and visiting lecturer in history.  B.S. (2011), M.A. (2015) University of South Florida; Ph.D. (2020) Indiana University at Bloomington.

Meghana Mysore, postdoctoral fellow in English.  B.A. (2020) Yale University; M.F.A. (2022) Hollins University.

Daniela Narváez Burbano, lecturer in Spanish.  B.A. (2014) Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuador; M.Phil. (2019) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Nozomi (Nakaganeku) Saito, postdoctoral fellow and visiting assistant professor of English (tenure-track appointment to begin in a future academic year).  B.A. (2010) University of Colorado at Colorado Springs; M.A. (2016) Boston University; Ph.D. (2023) University of Pittsburgh.  

Gustavo Salcedo, Karl Loewenstein fellow and visiting associate professor of political science.  M.A. (2002) University of Bologna; M.A. (2004), Ph.D. (2009) University of Milan.

Jessica Sidman, professor of mathematics.  B.A. (1997) Scripps College; M.S (1999), Ph.D. (2002) University of Michigan.

Tommy Tashjian, lecturer in biology.  B.S. (2009) Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D. (2018) Northeastern University.

SEVAN Tavoukdjian, visiting assistant professor of theater and dance.  B.A. (1999), M.A. (2003) University of South Florida; M.F.A. (2015) Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

Jonathan Thai, visiting assistant professor of chemistry.  B.S. (2017) Western New England University; Ph.D. (2022) Colorado State University.

Cheikh A. Thiam, professor of English and Black studies.  B.A. (1999) University Cheikh Anta Diop; M.A. (2003) University of Provence; M.A. (2004), Ph.D. (2007) Binghamton University.

* Kelly J. Wallace, assistant professor of biology.  B.S. (2015) Cornell University; Ph.D. (2021) University of Texas at Austin.

Gilbert Wermeling, director of the choral program and lecturer in music.  A.B. (2019) Amherst College; M.M. (2023) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Matthew Westermayer, visiting assistant professor of religion.  B.A. (2012) Baylor University; M.Div. (2016) Princeton Theological Seminary; M.A. (2018) Yale University; Ph.D. (expected August 2023) Cornell University.

David Zureick-Brown, professor of mathematics.  B.S. (2003) The University of Arizona; Ph.D. (2010) University of California at Berkeley.

* Appointment begins January 2024.