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New Tenure-Track Faculty at Macalester2005-06

Winston KyanAssistant Professor of Art

BA Brown UniversityMA & PhD U Chicago

Asian art, Buddhist art, silk road studies, theories of the body, cultural

interaction and identity

Chris WellsAsst Professor of Environmental Studies

BA Williams CollegeMA & PhD U of WI, Madison

Asst Professor at Northland College& Davidson College

Environmental history, history of technology, the automobile

and the American environment

Roopali PhadkeAsst Professor of Environmental Studies

BA Wellesley CollegeMA Cornell University

PhD Univ of California, Santa CruzKennedy School of Government

Environmental politics, international development, science and technology

Holly BarcusAsst Professor of GeographyBA & MA UNC at Charlotte

PhD Kansas StateInstitute for Regional Analysis &

Public Policy, Morehead, KYRural community change, rural

population dynamics, Great Plains, Mongolia, GIS

Ayse CelikkolAssistant Professor of English

BS (Electrical Engineering) BilkentUniv, Ankara Turkey

BA BeloitMA & PhD, Rice UniversityNineteenth century British

literature, theories of nationhood & globalization

Ahmad Atif AhmadAsst Professor of Religious Studies

BA & MA Cairo UniversityPhD Harvard

Islamic intellectual history, Islam and

the West, Qur’an and its interpretations

Cary FranklinAssistant Professor of Music

BA MacalesterMaster of Music University of MN

Music Director- Civic Orchestra of MplsConductor - Greater Twin Cities Youth

SymphonyComposer-in-Residence-Vocal Essence

Asst Conductor - Opera Theatre of St. LouisMusic theory, orchestra, wind ensemble

Kim DicksonAssistant Professor of Biology

BA Smith CollegeScM Johns HopkinsPhD U of Wisconsin

Protein biochemistry, cell biology of cancer and other diseases

Lynn HudsonAssociate Professor of History

BA Univ California, Santa CruzMA UNC Chapel Hill

PhD Indiana UniversityAsst-Assoc Prof California Polytechnic

State UniversityAmerican slavery, US women’s history,

sex & gender in African-American communities

Jane RhodesDean for the Study of Race & Ethnicity, &

Professor & Chair of American StudiesBS and MA Syracuse University

PhD UNC, Chapel HillPrint & radio journalist

Faculty positions at SUNY Cortland, Indiana U, & UC San Diego

African-American history & culture, comparative ethnic studies, media & society