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While students were enjoying their hard-earned summer break, Hood faculty and staff were hard at work preparing for the new fall semester and school year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In addition to welcoming more than 400 new undergraduate students to campus, Hood brings 13 new professors in 11 different fields this fall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The new professors are: Aaron Angello, assistant professor of English; Ashley Coen, assistant professor of education; Tim Coffin, visiting assistant professor of computer science,;Jacqueline Doug\u00e9, assistant professor of nursing; Yanting Guo, assistant professor of biology; Stephanie Masters, assistant professor of psychology; Kimberly Morse Jones, associate professor of art history; Jacob Muldowney, assistant professor of studio arts; Evelyn Nieves, assistant professor of nursing; Nicole Pullchene, professor of humanities; Cheng Qian, assistant professor of computer science; Adelmar Ram\u00edrez, visiting professor of Spanish; and Naeem Shalkh, visiting professor of social work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are also eight new academic affairs staff members who will be working behind the scenes to help students succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They are: Marissa Bleller, access services librarian; Caitlin Duke, library technician; Sarah Fisher-Burke, enrollment coordinator; Haroun Hallack, Frederick Food Security Network manager; Myron Mansfield, ROTC; Shella Pierre-Louis, nursing lab instructor; Camella Rubalcada, dean of Student Success; and Stephanie Snyder, NeighborHOOD Counseling Training Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Three professors are on sabbatical. Katherine Orloff, associate professor of journalism, and Tamelyn Tucker-Worgs, associate professor of political science, will be absent for the 2023 fall semester. Christy Graybeal, professor of education, will be away for the entire academic year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Two Hood Professors retired after last year– Laura Moore, professor emerita of sociology and Griselda Zuffi, <\/a>professor emerita of Spanish. Moore and Zuffi had nearly 50 years of experience combined.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"