September 6, 2002

New faculty members' expertise is impressive and diverse

The faculty at Loyola this year has been enhanced with the arrival of a diverse group of scholars. This issue will highlight those new members in the College of Arts and Sciences. October's issue will focus on the four other colleges.

Biology

Dr. Rosalie Anderson received her Ph.D. from the Department of Cell and Molecular Biology at Tulane in 1992. She brings expertise in one of the hottest areas of molecular biology today. Her research has major implications determining what mechanisms are critical in the normal ­ or abnormal ­ development of an embryo.

Drama and Speech

Mr. Lane Savadove has a specialty in directing and acting. He received his M.F.A. in Theatre Directing at Columbia University in 1999. A Henry Luce Scholarship in 1995-96 enabled him to teach theatre directing in Indonesia where he was the Artist in Residence at the Central Javanese Cultural Center. He has directed 17 productions nationally and internationally, and 18 Off- and Off-Off Broadway productions.

Mathematics and Computer Science

Dr. Elias Khalaf received his Ph.D. from LSU in 2000 and remained at LSU to lecture and serve as the computer manager. Khalaf taught classes in programming languages and in operating systems. His research involves ways of making computer networks, like the Internet, faster and more efficient.

Philosophy

Dr. Mark Gossiaux received his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees from the Catholic University of America's School of Philosophy in 1998 with a specialty in Medieval Philosophy and Metaphysics.

He is the author of several publications and is completing the manuscript of a book for which he has a contract for publication.

Physics

Dr. John Whelan received his Ph.D. from the University of California at Santa Barbara in 1996. After receiving his degree, he was a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Utah and then the Universität Bern, Switzerland. He taught and continued his research in Gravitational Theory while collaborating with the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) laboratory in Livingston, Louisiana.

Extraordinary Faculty

Dr. Marge Wechter joined the Department of Chemistry as a one-year replacement for faculty on sabbatical. Dr. Wechter received a PH.D. from Iowa State University with a specialty in Analytical Chemistry. She had been a professor at University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth since 1983.

Dr. Yang Wang received his Ph.D. this June in Comparative Literature and Classical Studies from Indiana University. A native of China, he has received a number of awards for his teaching of English in China and as an instructor of classical studies at Indiana University.

Dr. Doug Cumming is a new Ph.D. graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Cumming established a distinguished career of almost 20 years in journalism with the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and the Providence Journal-Bulletin. His particular scholarly interests lie in journalism history, freedom of expression, and communication law and policy.

Ms. Uhnsook Park received an M.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures from Indiana University, and the master's degree in Japanese Literature from Columbia University. For the past three years she has served as the coordinator and interpreter for the Fordham University/Harvard University/Tokyo University of Social Welfare Joint Intensive Summer Seminar.

Dr. Elizabeth Deitch is replacing Dr. John Cornwell in the Department of Psychology this year. She received her M.A. in 2000 and her Ph.D. in May from Tulane University in Industrial/Organizational Psychology. Her area of research is the psychological and organizational bases for racial, gender, and sexual orientation discrimination in the workplace.

Dr. Michael Major, A'84, a practicing clinical psychologist, is joining us full-time this year. He studied at the Milltown Institute of Philosophy and Theology in Dublin Ireland and received his masters in theology degree from the Jesuit School of Theology at Berkeley in 1991. He received his Ph.D. from the California School of Professional Psychology at Berkeley in 1999. He has taught part-time in the psychology department for the past two years.

Ms. Emily Drew has returned from the Chicago branch campus of Loyola University. Drew received her B.A. degree in Sociology from Loyola New Orleans in 1997. She received her M.A. degree in Sociology in 2000 from Loyola University Chicago. She has now completed her course work and will be working on her dissertation whiles she teaches here this year.

Ms. Karoline Schleh joins the Department of Visual Arts where she will coordinate the freshman foundations courses. Schleh received her MFA degree with a specialty in printmaking from LSU in 1994. Schleh has had over 20 national and regional exhibitions and been awarded internships across the country.