{"id":23788,"date":"2016-08-18T15:37:52","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T21:37:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23788"},"modified":"2018-01-03T16:23:18","modified_gmt":"2018-01-03T23:23:18","slug":"new-faculty-join-campus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23788","title":{"rendered":"New faculty join campus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Forty-nine new faculty members joined UCCS for the fall semester. Over the next few weeks, those who hold instructor, assistant professor or associate professor positions will be introduced to the campus. Today\u2019s introductions include\u00a0nine assistant and associate professors from the College of Business, College of Engineering and Applied Science, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Education and School of Public Affairs.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23790\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23790\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6368.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23790 \" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6368-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Jonathan Caudill\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6368-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6368-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6368-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6368-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23790\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jonathan Caudill<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Jonathan Caudill<\/strong>, associate professor, School of Public Affairs. Caudill was previously an assistant and associate professor at the University of California, Chico, and a research fellow and teaching associate at the University of Texas at Dallas. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Dallas and bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees at Sam Houston State University, Huntsville, Texas.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23791\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23791\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6450.jpg-C.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23791\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6450.jpg-C-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"David Diamond\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6450.jpg-C-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6450.jpg-C-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6450.jpg-C-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6450.jpg-C-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23791\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Diamond<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>David Diamond<\/strong>, assistant professor, English Department, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Diamond was previously a fellow at the Chicago Center for Teaching at the University of Chicago and a lecturer in the Department of English at the University of Chicago. He earned a master&#8217;s degree and Ph.D. from the University of Chicago and a bachelor&#8217;s from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23793\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23793\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6415.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23793\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6415-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Jacobs\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6415-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6415-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6415-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6415-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23793\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Robert Jacobs<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Robert Jacobs<\/strong>, assistant professor, Biology Department, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Jacobs was previously an assistant professor and adjunct professor at Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, North Carolina, and a post-doctoral fellow at the University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Zurich and bachelor&#8217;s and master&#8217;s degrees from Colorado State University, Fort Collins.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23792\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23792\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6480.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23792\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6480-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Esther Lamidi\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6480-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6480-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6480-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6480-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23792\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Esther Lamidi<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Esther Lamidi<\/strong>, assistant professor, Sociology Department, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Lamidi was previously an instructor and guest lecturer at Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green, Ohio, and a teaching assistant and guest lecturer at Western Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois. She earned a Ph.D. from Bowling Green State, a master&#8217;s from Western Illinois University and a bachelor&#8217;s degree from University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23794\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23794\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6517.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23794\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6517-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Judith Martin\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6517-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6517-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6517-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6517-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23794\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Judith Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Judith Martin<\/strong>, assistant professor, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences. Martin was previously an assistant and associate professor at Point Loma University, San Diego, California, and held a teaching position at Azusa Pacific University, San Diego campus. She earned a Doctorate of Nursing Practice degree from the University of San Diego, San Diego, California, a master&#8217;s degree from Phoenix University, Phoenix, Arizona, and a bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of New Hampshire, Durham.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23795\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23795\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6586.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-23795\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6586-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Ji Hyun Oh\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6586-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6586-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6586-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6586-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23795\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ji Hyun Oh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Ji Hyun Oh<\/strong>, assistant professor, College of Education. Oh was previously a researcher and research assistant at the University of Florida, Gainesville. She earned a Ph.D. from the University of Florida, Gainesville, a master&#8217;s degree from the University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, and a bachelor&#8217;s degree from Korea National Open University, Seoul, South Korea.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23796\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23796\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6509.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23796\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6509-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Max Shulman\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6509-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6509-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6509-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6509-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23796\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Max Shulman<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Max Shulman<\/strong>, assistant professor, Visual and Performing Arts Department, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Shulman previously was a researcher and assistant to the curator at the Center for Jewish History, New York, as well as a workshop coordinator and literary associate. He earned master&#8217;s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Chicago and a bachelor&#8217;s degree from Bowdoin College, Brunswick, Maine.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23797\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23797\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6475.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23797\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6475-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Stephen Cho Suh\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6475-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6475-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6475-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6475-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23797\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Stephen Cho Suh<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Stephen Cho Suh<\/strong>, assistant professor, Sociology Department and Women&#8217;s and Ethnic Studies program, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Suh was previously an instructor and teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. He earned master&#8217;s and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and bachelor&#8217;s degrees from the University of California, San Diego.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_23798\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-23798\" style=\"width: 130px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6618.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-23798\" src=\"http:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6618-300x450.jpg\" alt=\"Lei Zhang\" width=\"130\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6618-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6618-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6618-750x1125.jpg 750w, https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6618-100x150.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 130px) 100vw, 130px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-23798\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lei Zhang<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Lei (Frank) Zhang<\/strong>, assistant professor, Sociology Department, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences. Zhang was previously a graduate instructor and teaching assistant at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and at Xi&#8217;an Jiaotong University, China. He earned a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, master&#8217;s degrees from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Peking University, China, and bachelor&#8217;s degrees from Peking University.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Forty-nine new faculty members joined UCCS for the fall semester. Over the next few weeks, those who hold instructor, assistant professor or associate professor positions will be introduced to the campus. Today\u2019s installment includes 10 assistant and associate professors from the College of Business, College of Engineering and Applied Science, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Helen and Arthur E. Johnson Beth-El College of Nursing and Health Sciences, College of Education and School of Public Affairs. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/?p=23788\" title=\"New faculty join campus\">(More)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":23803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1,9],"tags":[39],"class_list":["post-23788","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all","category-personnel","tag-college-of-public-service"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/IMG_6368-300x450-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1mBpJ-6bG","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=23788"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23920,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23788\/revisions\/23920"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/23803"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=23788"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=23788"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/communique.uccs.edu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=23788"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}