New Faculty 2007-2008
Dr.
Glenn Beamer
Assistant Professor of
Political Science and Director of Margaret
Chase Smith Policy Center
Dr.
Ian Bicknell
Professor of Aquaculture
Professor Ian Bricknell is about to join SMS from
his position as Group Leader, Immunological Diagnostics in the
Fisheries Research Service Laboratory, Aberdeen, Scotland. He
works on the developmental immunity of larval fishes and with
host-pathogen interactions. His interests include: the
interaction of parasites with their host and the mechanisms they
employ to avoid the host's defence mechanisms; immunological
detection of fish diseases; the development of the immune system
of larval fishes and the onset of immunocompetence; and, the
mechanisms that larval fish use to contain or resist infection.
Ph.D (Lancaster 1990 ), BSc (Zoology with Geology, 1st Class
Hons, Reading 1986)
Dr.
Catherine Burns
Research Assistant Professor of Wildlife Ecology
Professor Burns received her
Ph.D. in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology from Yale University in
2004. Her dissertation research focused on understanding the
impacts of habitat loss on small mammals. Subsequently, Dr.
Burns has conducted research on the impacts of urbanization on
wildlife communities in the New York metropolitan region, and on
the effects of prescribed burning on large mammals in African
savannas and North American tallgrass prairie. Dr. Burns is
developing a wildlife conservation-based research program that
aims to understand how and why animals respond to anthropogenic
landscape changes. She will be teaching Ecology during the
fall 2007 semester, and is interested in developing courses in
behavioral ecology and environmental problem solving.
Wendy Coons
Lecturer in Accounting
Professor Coons received her
Masters of Science in Accountancy from the University of Maine,
and her Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of
Vermont. She will teach cost and managerial accounting in the
Maine Business School, as she has done as an adjunct instructor
since 2001. Previously, she was a CPA in public practice
specializing in tax and business consulting services for small
business. Professor Coons is interested in sustainable business
practices, Corporate Social Responsibility reporting and
environmental accounting.
Dr.
Ann Dieffenbacher-Krall
Assistant Research Professor of Climate Change Institute
Professor Dieffenbacher-Krall received her
Ph.D. in Plant Biology from the University of Maine in the area
of paleoecology. As an associate research associate with the
Climate Change Institute, she developed a research program
focusing on long term impacts of climate change on aquatic and
terrestrial ecosystems. She will expand upon these interests as
a research professor and serve as director of the Institute’s
Paleoecology Research Laboratory.
Dr.
Nuri Emanetoglu
Assistant Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor Emanetoglu received his PH.D. in
Electrical and Computer Engineering from Rutgers University. At
Rutgers, he worked on the novel multifunctional wide bandgap
semiconductor zinc oxide, ZnO, and its ternary magnesium zinc
oxide, MgxZn1-xO, for both piezoelectric
and optoelectronic devices and nanotechnology. As a
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at the US Army Research
Laboratory, he focused on the InGaAs based optoelectronic mixers
for LADAR applications, covering device and system level issues.
His research interests cover semiconductor devices, with
emphasis on optoelectronics, multifunctional materials and
devices for sensors, and RF and microwave systems. He will be
teaching in the area of solid state electronics.
Caragh Fitzgerald
Assistant Extension Educator in Agriculture and Assistant
Extension Professor
Dr.
Leslie Forstadt
Cooperative Extension Specialist of Child and Family
Development
Professor Forstadt received her Ph.D. from The
University of Iowa Department of Psychological and Quantitative
Foundations in Educational Psychology. At UIowa, she focused on
at-risk high schools students and high school dropout
prevention. Now at the University of Maine’s Cooperative
Extension, she is focusing on child and family development,
specifically parenting education and family relationships. Dr.
Forstadt is affiliated with the Margaret Chase Smith Policy
Center and the Institute for the Study of Students at Risk.
Dr.
Susan Gardner
Assistant Professor of Higher Education Leadership
Susan received her
PH.D. in Higher Education-Student Affairs from Washington State
University in 2005 where she was also and administrator at the
university for several years. Prior to that she served as a high
school Spanish teacher in rural Wisconsin for five years. She
has just moved from Louisiana, completing her second year as
assistant professor of Higher Education at Louisiana State
University. Her main areas of research center around doctoral
education, issues of social justice in higher education, and
connections among the K-20 system. Susan is now completing a
grant project focusing on doctoral student completion sponsored
by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Dr.
Christopher Gerbi
Assistant Professor of Earth Science
Jefferson Goolsby
Assistant Professor of Digital Art
Professor Goolsby received
his Master of Fine Arts in Digital Arts from the University of
Oregon, and his Master of Arts from California State University,
Chico. His work in image, video, and sound includes
multi-channel, surround, and interactive installations and
research in alternative presentation and distribution systems.
Paul J. Myer
Executive in Residence Lecturer of Marketing
Professor Myer received his B.S. degree from Kean University.
Prior to coming to Maine, he was a senior marketing executive in
the technology sector focused on global business development.
He has lived and worked in Europe and Asia. His concentration
is global marketing strategy and communications.
Professor Myer also
served as Assistant Director of the Domestic Council under
President Ford and represented ABC as Vice President of
Government Relations. He hopes to help students understand and
appreciate the business challenges and opportunities they will
face here and abroad as a result of globalization, rapid
technological change, and the empowerment of consumers.
Caroline Lundquist Noblet
Lecturer of Resource Economics and Policy
Ms. Noblet received her M.S.
in Resource Economics and Policy from the University of Maine.
She will be teaching principles of economics courses and
introductory environmental economics. Ms. Noblet will
supervise the new Economics Laboratory and Advising Center.
She previously served the University as a Research Associate,
and will continue her work with colleagues, in the School of
Economics and the Margaret Chase Smith Policy Center, on social
marketing and economic impact research.
Dr.
John J. Peters
Instructor and Coordinator of Bachelor of Arts in Social Work Program
Dr.
Collin Roesler
Associate Research Professor of Oceanography
Dr.
Jasmine Saros
Assistant Professor of Paleoecology
Dr.
Mohsen Shahinpoor
Chairperson and Richard C. Hill Professor of Mechanical
Engineering, and Professor Mechanical Engineering
Dr.
Ferdinand Siagian
Assistant Professor of Accounting
Dr.
Valerie Smith
Assistant Research Professor of Community Inclusion
Dr.
G. Peter van Walsum
Associate Professor of Chemical and Biological Engineering
