Jersey City, NJ (August 22, 2005) Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College welcomes nine new full-time faculty members for the 2005-2006 academic year. They are:
* Vishwa Adluri, Ph.D., The New School, in the Philosophy Department. He is currently writing a book entitled “Return from Transcendence.”
* Kristina Chew, Ph.D., Yale University , in the Modern & Classical Languages Department. She recently published “Translation of Virgil’s Georgics” and specializes in comparative literature.
* James Clayton, Ed.D., Nova Southeastern University, in the Education Department. His areas of emphasis are curriculum and program development.
* Jessica Epstein-Toney, Ph.D., University of Maryland , in the Chemistry Department. She earned a teaching research fellowship from Harvard University and a grant from the National Institutes of Health.
* Maria Graziano, Ph.D., Columbia University , in the Modern & Classical Languages Department. She recently taught Italian literature at the University of Naples and Lycée Francais.
* Charles Smith, Ed.D., Fordham University , in the Education Department. He is the former superintendent of Palisades Park Public Schools.
* Jose Lopez, Ph.D., Stevens Institute, in the Physics Department. He is a graduate of Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s and has conducted extensive research in physics.
* Alex Trillo, Ph.D., SUNY-Stony Brook, in the Sociology Department. He received a grant to develop a Latino Studies Program.
* Cynthia Walker, Ph.D., Rutgers University , in the Communications Department. She is the former associate director of the media studies program at Rutgers.
Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s College is the Jesuit College of New Jersey. Founded in 1872, Â鶹ÊÓƵ’s has an enrollment of approximately 3,000 students in undergraduate and graduate programs. The main campus is located in Jersey City . The College has a branch campus for adults in Englewood Cliffs and also offers courses at various corporate sites at the Jersey City waterfront and in South Amboy.