For Immediate Release

Sept. 1, 2006

BLOOMSBURG—Forty-two new teaching and administrative faculty began their duties at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania this fall. New faculty include:

College of Business

Monica Favia, instructor of marketing

Victoria Geyfman, assistant professor of finance and legal studies

Jonathan Ohn, associate professor of finance and legal studies

John Okpara, associate professor of management

Gary Robson, associate professor of accounting

College of Liberal Arts

David Bradbury, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre arts, 2006-07 only

Amy Covill, assistant professor of psychology

Mark Decker, assistant professor of English

Sheng Ding, assistant professor of political science

Andrea Fradkin, assistant professor of exercise science and athletics

Gifford Howarth, assistant professor of music

Elizabeth Kreydatus, assistant professor of history, 2006-07 only

Ethan Krupp, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre arts

Kunyoung Kim, assistant professor of music

Kenneth Brandon Lang, assistant professor of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice

Molly Monahan Lang, assistant professor of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice, 2006-07 only

James Purdy, assistant professor of English

Marilee Salvator, assistant professor of art and art history

Mehmet Safe Saracoglu, assistant professor of history

Michael Shim, instructor of philosophy, 2006-07 only

Jennifer Stotter, assistant professor of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice

Melissa Taylor, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre arts

Kelly Van Gorden, assistant professor of exercise science and athletics

College of Science and Technology

Michael Anthony Allar, assistant professor of biological and allied health sciences

Muhammad Aslam, instructor of mathematics, computer science and statistics, 2006-07 only

John Bowersox, instructor of geography and geosciences, 2006-07 only

Petar Boyadzhiev, assistant professor of mathematics, computer science and statistics, fall 2006 only

Jeffrey Brunskill, assistant professor of geography and geosciences

Bushra Hussain, instructor of physics, 2006-07 only

Martin Kokus, instructor of physics and engineering technology, fall 2006 only

Joseph Larkin, assistant professor of chemistry

Christine Mehlbaum, assistant professor of biological and allied health sciences

Douglas O’Neal, assistant professor of physics and engineering technology, 2006-07 only

Michael Stephans, assistant professor of mathematics, computer science and statistics, fall 2006 and spring 2007 only

College of Professional Studies

Russel Bachert, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education

Davene Heckman, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education

Todd Hoover, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education 

Lori Metzger, instructor of nursing

Dianna Cherie Roberts, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education

Maureen Walsh, assistant professor of exceptionality programs

Mark Williams, instructor of exceptionality programs, 2006-07 only

Other

Tara Diehl, instructor of developmental instruction

Bloomsburg University is one of 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university serves approximately 8,000 students, offering comprehensive programs of study in the colleges of Professional Studies, Business, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology.

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