
Hartwick Welcomes New Faculty for 2018-19
Hartwick College will welcome 18 new full-time faculty appointments for the 2018-2019 academic year. They are:
Marie Bashaw, Associate Professor of Nursing (tenure track)
B.S.N., SUNY Binghamton
M.S., D.N.P., Wright State University
Melody Best, Visiting Assistant Professor of Nursing (term appointment)
B.S., Hartwick College
M.S., University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Ph.D. (ABD), SUNY Binghamton
Kyle Burke, Assistant Professor of History (tenure track)
B.A., M.A., University of Southern Florida
M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Umayyah Cable, Assistant Professor of English (tenure track)
B.A., Smith College
M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Elena Chernyak, Assistant Professor of Sociology (tenure track)
B.A., M.A., St. Petersburg State University, Russia
M.A., Assumption University, Windsor, Canada
M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Windsor, Canada
Lynn DeMaria, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology (term appointment)
B.A., The College of St. Rose
M.D., Albany Medical College
Akhtar Ghassemi, Associate Professor of Nursing (tenure track)
M.S.N., Iran University of Medical Sciences and Health Services, Tehran, Iran
Ph.D., University of Rochester, Warner Graduate School of Education
Barbara Kahl, Assistant Professor of Theatre Arts (tenure track)
B.A., St. Mary’s College
M.F.A., University of Minnesota
Margaret Kiss, Visiting Assistant Professor of Nursing (term appointment)
M.N.E., South University, Savannah, GA
Jodi Krzyston, Assistant Professor of Nursing (tenure track)
A.A.S.N., SUNY Delhi
M.S.N., Walden University
Jaeseong Lim, Assistant Professor of Finance & Accounting (tenure track)
B.A., Korea University, Seoul, South Korea
M.S., KAIST College of Business, Seoul, South Korea
Ph.D., University of Hawaii – Manoa
Lorena Marra, Assistant Professor of Nursing (tenure track)
B.S., Utica College
M.S., Binghamton University
Steven Nanni, Visiting Assistant Professor of Music (term appointment)
B.Mus., The Giuseppe Verdi Conservatory of Music, Milan, Italy
Namita Sugandhi, Assistant Professor of Anthropology (tenure track)
B.A., New York University
M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Karina Walker, Assistant Professor of Spanish (tenure track)
B.A., M.A., SUNY Binghamton
Ph.D., SUNY Albany
Nicole Zhang, Assistant Professor of Nursing (tenure track)
B.A., B.S., Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton
Weiwei Zhang, Assistant Professor of Business Administration (tenure track)
B.A., HeiLongJiang University, Harbin, China
M.A., Jilin University, Changchun, China
Ph.D., Boston University
Yi Zheng, Assistant Professor of Finance (tenure track)
B.S., Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, China
M.S., University of Texas – Dallas
Ph.D., University of North Texas