2015-2016 New Faculty Luncheon - University of Denver

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2015-2016
New Faculty
Luncheon

Friday, October 2, 2015
12:00pm – 1:30pm
Governor’s Ballroom
Driscoll Student Center
ACADEMIC UNITS
Arts & Humanities
Social Sciences
Ritchie School of Engineering &
Computer Science
Natural Sciences & Mathematics
Morgridge College of Education
Josef Korbel School of International
Studies
Graduate School of Social Work
Daniels College of Business
Sturm College of Law
University Libraries
English Language Center
University Writing Program
University College
Arts & Humanities

Emergent Digital Practices
Program

Dan Wilcox, Visiting Teaching Assistant
Professor
MA, Fine Arts, Carnegie Mellon University
MS, Art and Technology, Chalmers University of
Technology – Sweden
BS, Computer Engineering, Iowa State University
– Ames

Dan is an artist, engineer, performer, and
musician who combines live performance
techniques with experimental electronics and
software for exploration into themes of science
fiction, space travel, cyborgification, and far
futurism.

Department of English

Nichol Weizenbeck, Visiting Teaching
Assistant Professor
PhD, English, University of Denver
MA, Literature, University of Colorado – Denver
BFA, Film Production, University of Colorado –
Boulder

Nichol’s primary areas of interest are Restoration
prose fiction and the eighteenth-century novel.
Most of her research has centered on eighteenth-
century women authors, in particular Mary Davys,
who was also the subject of her dissertation.
Nichol’s research and interests also include early
women Victorian novelists and film.

Lamont School of Music

Stephanie Cheng, Teaching Assistant
Professor
DMA, Piano, University of New York – Stony
Brook
MM, Piano, Peabody Conservatory of Music
BM, Piano, Peabody Conservatory of Music

Stephanie has performed in the US, France, Italy,
Japan, the Middle East and Taiwan. She has
distinguished herself by winning first prizes in the
IBLA Grand Prize Competition in Italy,
Kingsville International Competition and
Association of Pianists and Piano Teachers of
America International Piano Competition.

Johanna Frymoyer, Visiting Teaching
Assistant Professor
PhD, Musicology, Princeton University
MFA, Musicology, Princeton University
BM, Musical Arts – Violin, Vanderbilt University

Johanna specializes in music semiotics, topic
theory in modernist repertories, and the
historiography of Stravinsky. She is currently
preparing a book that will refine the analytic,
stylistic and interpretive applications of texture to
instrumental music. She teaches theories of
expression, ballet history, and representations of
Islam in western music.

Matthew Plenk, Assistant Professor
Artist Diploma, Opera, Yale University
MM, Vocal Performance, Yale University
BM, Vocal Performance, University of Hartford

Matthew performed at the Metropolitan Opera
for eight seasons, was a grand finalist in the 2007
Metropolitan Opera Auditions, first place winner
of the Five Towns Music Competition and grand
prize winner at the Music Lovers
Competition. He has performed at Carnegie Hall,
Tanglewood, and Aspen Music Festival.

Matthew Zalkind, Assistant Professor
DMA, Cello Performance, University of Michigan
MM, Cello Performance, The Julliard School
BM, Cello Performance, The Julliard School

Praised for his “impressive refinement, eloquent
phrasing, and singing tone” by The New York
Times, Matthew has performed throughout the US
and abroad as a recitalist, soloist, and chamber
musician. He was the top-ranked American and
one of the final eight concerto semi-finalists in
Moscow’s International Tchaikovsky
Competition.
Department of Languages &
Literatures

Yuki Arita, Teaching Assistant Professor
PhD, Japanese, University of Wisconsin-Madison
MA, Language and Culture, Osaka University,
Japan
MEd, Education, Middle Tennessee State
University
BA, English, Kansai Gaidai University – Japan

Yuki taught as a teaching assistant for all levels of
Japanese at University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Her dissertation focused on the use of enactment
in Japanese ordinary conversations. Research
interests also include native/non-native
interactions.

Mamadou Ly, Assistant Professor
PhD, Romance Languages & Literature,
University of Michigan
MA, Modern Languages – French, Kansas State
University
DEA, English & Anglophone African Literatures,
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar – Senegal
MA, English and Anglophone Literatures,
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar – Senegal
BA, English and Anglophone Literatures,
Université Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar – Senegal

Mamadou previously held a post-doctoral
fellowship position in romance languages and
literatures at the University of Michigan. His
research and teaching interests are French
Caribbean fiction, satire in the postcolonial
African novel of disillusionment, and postcolonial
and diaspora studies.

Ping Qui, Teaching Assistant Professor
MA, English, East China Normal University –
China
BA, English, Jiangsu Institute of Technology –
China

Ping taught Chinese language and literature at
Wofford College in South Carolina and
Valparaiso University in Indiana. Her research
focuses on Chinese and Chinese diaspora
literature and cultural studies with particular
interests in transnational movement and cross-
cultural aesthetics.

Jing Wang, Visiting Teaching Assistant
Professor
PhD, Applied Linguistics, University of
Pittsburgh
MA, Applied Linguistics, University of Kansas
MA, Chinese Linguistics, Beijing Normal
University
BA, Chinese Language & Literature, Beijing
Normal University

Jing is a language acquisition specialist with
extensive teaching experience. She will be in
charge of Chinese language instruction and
assessment at the introductory and intermediate
levels.
Social Sciences

Department of Anthropology

Esteban Gomez, Visiting Teaching Assistant
Professor
PhD, Anthropology, University of California –
Berkeley
MA, Anthropology, University of California –
Berkeley
BA, Anthropology, University of California –
Santa Cruz

Esteban previously taught in the Department of
Anthropology at Colorado College. He has done
archaeological research on Pre-Columbian and
historic sites in Mexico and Central America. His
research is concerned with colonial encounters in
the Americas, post-colonial narratives, cultural
representation, and rituals of citizenship
performed at museums and heritage sites.

Department of Communication
Studies

Armond Towns, Assistant Professor
PhD, Communication Studies, University of
North Carolina – Chapel Hill
MA, Communication Studies, University of North
Carolina – Greensboro
BA, Media Studies, University of North Carolina
– Greensboro

Armond previously served as an instructor at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His
scholarly work includes intercultural
communication, media theory, performance
studies, cultural studies, and black studies.

Department of Political Science

Jeffrey Chadwick, Visiting Teaching Assistant
Professor
PhD, Political Science, Purdue University
MA, Political Science, New York University
BA, Political Science and Philosophy, Fordham
University

Jeffrey studies social capital - the collective
benefits that we receive from cooperation
through our social networks. His recent work
focuses on a declining ability for citizens to
“read” each other and foster relationships, a
problem that cuts across political and
demographic divisions.

Shawn Fettig, Visiting Teaching Assistant
Professor
MPA, Public Administration, University of
Wisconsin – Milwaukee
BS, Political Science, University of Wisconsin –
Milwaukee
Shawn taught for several years at the University of
Wisconsin - Milwaukee, where he is now finishing
his doctoral studies. His research focuses on the
perceived legitimacy of different branches of
government, investigating why people might
perceive one branch (judicial, legislative, or
executive) to be more competent than others in a
given issue area.

Department of Psychology

Daniel Hipp, Visiting Teaching Assistant
Professor
PhD, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Binghamton
University – New York
MSc, Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Binghamton
University – New York
BA, Psychology, State University of New York –
Oswego

Daniel’s research is in the area of applied
neuroscience and developmental psychology. It
focuses on the use of developmental visual
psychophysics and novel imitation learning
methods to understand what aspects of the
learning environment control knowledge transfer
when learning from digital media.