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Heather L. Bennett
\nAssistant Professor of Biology
\n<\/strong>Previous Position: Assistant Professor of Biology, Bard College<\/em>
\nPh.D., Molecular Biology, Cellular Biology, and Biochemistry, Brown University; Dissertation: \u201cLoss of Notch or JNK Signaling Results in FOXO Dependent Compensatory Sleep in C. elegans<\/em>\u201d
\nB.S., Biology, Stockton University<\/p>\n

Jordan T. Camp
\nAssistant Professor of American Studies
\n<\/strong>Previous Positions: Visiting Scholar, Charles Warren Center for Studies in American History, Harvard University, and Lecturer, School of Public and International Affairs, Princeton University<\/em>
\nPh.D., Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara; Dissertation: \u201cThe Sound Before the Fury: A Genealogy of Neoliberal Racial and Security Regimes\u201d
\nM.A., Sociology, University of California, Santa Barbara
\nM.A., Sociology, Humboldt State University
\nB.A., Sociology, University of Mississippi<\/p>\n

Elise Castillo
\nAssistant Professor of Educational Studies
\n<\/strong>Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Studies and Public Policy and Law, Trinity College
\n<\/em>Ph.D., Policy, Organizations, Measurement, and Evaluation, University of California, Berkeley; Dissertation: \u201cProgressive Education Meets the Market: Organizational Survival among Independent Charter Schools\u201d
\nM.A., Policy, Organizations, Measurement, and Evaluation, University of California, Berkeley
\nM.S., Teaching (Adolescent English), Pace University
\nB.A., English and Creative Writing, Barnard College<\/p>\n

Chandranil \u201cNil\u201d Chakraborttii
\nAssistant Professor of Computer Science
\n<\/strong>Ph.D., Computer Science, University of California, Santa Cruz; Dissertation: \u201cPerformance Improvement of Storage Systems Using Machine Learning\u201d
\nM.S., Computer Science, University of California, Santa Cruz
\nBachelor of Technology in Information Technology, West Bengal University of Technology, India<\/p>\n

Amanda Guzm\u00e1n
\nAssistant Professor of Anthropology
\n<\/strong>Previous Position: Ann Plato Fellow in Anthropology and American Studies, Trinity College
\n<\/em>Ph.D., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley; Dissertation: \u201cFrom Island to Museum: Narrating Puerto Rican Museum Object Itineraries\u201d
\nM.A., Anthropology, University of California, Berkeley
\nA.B., Anthropology, Harvard University<\/p>\n

Christina Heatherton
\nAssistant Professor of American Studies and Human Rights
\n<\/strong>Previous Position: Assistant Professor of American Studies, Barnard College, Columbia University
\n<\/em>Ph.D., American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California; Dissertation: The Color Line and the Class Struggle: The Mexican Revolution and Convergence Spaces of Radical Internationalism, 1916\u20131946
\nM.A., American Studies and Ethnicity, University of Southern California
\nB.A., Interdisciplinary Studies, University of California, Berkeley<\/p>\n

Kelly M. Patton
\nAssistant Professor of Physics<\/strong>
\n<\/strong>Previous Position: Faculty Fellow, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Colby College
\n<\/em>Ph.D., Physics, North Carolina State University
\nDissertation: \u201cInvestigating Nuclear and Astrophysical Systems Using Neutrinos\u201d
\nB.A., Physics, The College of Wooster<\/p>\n

Sally B. Seraphin
\nAssistant Professor of Neuroscience
\n<\/strong>Previous Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, Trinity College
\n<\/em>Ph.D., Anthropology, Emory University; Dissertation: \u201cThe Neuroendocrinology, Neuroanatomy, and Behavior-Pharmacology of Dopamine in Juvenile Nursery-Reared and Mother-Reared Rhesus Monkeys (Macaca mulatta)\u201d
\nM.Sc., Human Biology, Exeter College, Oxford University
\nB.S., Psychology, University of Massachusetts-Boston<\/p>\n

Leniquca Welcome
\nAssistant Professor of International Studies and Urban Studies
\n<\/strong>Ph.D., Cultural Anthropology, University of Pennsylvania; Dissertation: \u201cWhere Life is Precious: The Terrains of Criminalization, Violence, and Freedom in Trinidad\u201d
\nB.Arch., Architecture, University of Arkansas<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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