UM welcomes 20 new faculty

We are delighted to welcome 20 new faculty members for the 2012-2013 academic year. New faculty members are:
• Alexander Beringer, assistant professor of English — B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan;
• Susan Culpepper, associate professor of family and consumer sciences — B.A., University of Montevallo; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Alabama at Birmingham;
• Clint Dillard, assistant professor of business — B.S., Birmingham-Southern College; M.Ac., University of Alabama at Birmingham;
• Pearce Durst, assistant professor of English — B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A., Old Dominion University; Ph.D., Washington State University;
• Anna Rebecca Halliday, assistant professor of music — BMUS., MMED., University of Georgia; Ph.D., The University of Southern Mississippi;
• Lillian Dalila Mathews, assistant professor of chemistry — B.S., University of Montevallo; Ph.D., The University of Georgia;
• Virginia Ochoa-Winemiller, assistant professor of geography — B.A., Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan; M.A., Ph.D., Louisiana State University and A & M College;
• Patricia Petitt, instructor of dietetics — B.S., Auburn University; M.S., The University of Alabama;
• Catherine Raulston, assistant professor of elementary education — B.S., M.A., Ph.D., The University of Alabama;
• Jennifer Rickel, assistant professor of English — B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University;
• Joseph Sargent, assistant professor of music — B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University;
• Christine Sestero, assistant professor of biology — B.S., The College of Idaho; Ph.D., Idaho State University;
• Lee Somers, assistant professor of art — B.F.A., M.F.A., Alfred University;
• Meredith Tetloff, instructor of social work — B.A., Birmingham-Southern College; M.S., Columbia University in the City of New York;
• Scott Varagona, assistant professor of mathematics — B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Auburn University;
• Lauren Wallis, assistant professor and reference-instruction librarian — B.A., The College of William and Mary; M.A., M.L.I.S., The University of North Carolina at Greensboro;
• Catherine Walsh, instructor of art — B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A., Boston University;
• Tiffany Wang, assistant professor of communication studies — B.S., M.S., Texas Christian University; Ph.D., University of Nebraska-Lincoln;
• Michael Willett, assistant professor of art — B.F.A., University of Montevallo; M.F.A., University of Cincinnati;
• Cynthia Wilson, assistant professor of family and consumer sciences — B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University