2020-21 New Faculty
Because the quality of our faculty is integral to our mission of academic excellence, innovation, and outreach, the Provost’s Office seeks to recruit and hire passionate, forward thinking, and committed teachers, researchers and scholars. These new faculty members infuse the university community with fresh enthusiasm, talent and dedication.
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences
Animal, Dairy, and Veterinary Sciences
Chad Page, Assistant Professor
Mirella Meyer-Ficca, Assistant Professor
Alexis Sweat, Clinical Assistant Professor
Shawn Zimmerman, Assistant Professor
Applied Economics
Anastasia Thayer Hassett, Assistant Professor
Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education
Jessica Baxter, Lecturer
Kenna Kesler McMurray, Lecturer
Aviation and Technical Education
Shawn Barstow, Lecturer
Bryton Betty, Professional Practice Instructor
Henock Haile, Professional Practice Instructor
Nathan Madsen, Professional Practice Instructor
Cody Mecham, Professional Practice Instructor
Duke Papworth, Lecturer
Kari Phillips, Lecturer
John Redfield, Professional Practice Instructor
Spencer Spotted Elk, Professional Practice Instructor
Loran St. Clair, Professional Practice Instructor
Travis Whitfield, Professional Practice Instructor
Benjamin Wolford, Lecturer
Dianne Wright, Professional Practice Instructor
Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences
Jill Henderson, Temporary Instructor
Alyssa Reidhead, Temporary Instructor
Prateek Sharma, Assistant Professor
Plants, Soil, and Climate
Wei Zhang, Assistant Professor
Caine College of the Arts
Art and Design
Holland Larsen, Temporary Assistant Professor
Holly Murdock, Assistant Professor
Music
Allison Fox, Clinical Assistant Professor
Theatre Arts
Amanda Dawson, Assistant Professor
Paul Mitri, Department Head
Jon M. Huntsman School of Business
School of Accountancy
Kathryn Brightbill, Assistant Professor
Paul Campbell, Lecturer
Lacee Wilkey, Lecturer
Data Analytics and Information Systems
Andrew Brim, Professional Practice Instructor
Reagan Siggard, Temporary Instructor
Economics and Finance
Pedram Jahangiry, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Marketing and Strategy
Cassidy Creech, Lecturer
Susan Madsen, Professor
Doug Miller, Professional Practice Associate Professor
Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services
Human Development and Family Studies
Spencer Bradshaw, Assistant Professor
Andy Harris, Assistant Professor
Julia Yan, Assistant Professor
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences
Lisa Lundgren, Assistant Professor
Ramy Shaaban, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Hillary Swanson, Assistant Professor
Kinesiology & Health Science
James Morton, Assistant Professor
Nursing
Pamela Anderson, Professional Practice Associate Professor
Stan Johnson, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Psychology
Sara Boghosian, Clinical Assistant Professor
Katherine Brown, Assistant Professor
Jennifer Grewe, Assistant Professor
G. Tyler Lefevor, Assistant Professor
Crissa Levin, Assistant Professor
Daniel Piper, Professional Practice Instructor
Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling
Barbara Fiechtl, Clinical Instructor
Michael Gerald, Assistant Professor
Teacher Education and Leadership
Mitchell Colver, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Amanda Deliman, Assistant Professor
Sarah Sanders Jarnagin, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Rachel Turner, Assistant Professor
Katherine Vela, Assistant Professor
College of Engineering
Biological Engineering
Yingying Zheng, Assistant Professor
Civil and Environmental Engineering
Brady Cox, Professor
Kyle Moor, Assistant Professor
Shuna Ni, Assistant Professor
Colin Phillips, Assistant Professor
Engineering Education
Cassandra Groen-McCall, Assistant Professor
Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering
Tianyi He, Assistant Professor
Zachary Humes, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Nadia Kouraytem, Assistant Professor
Yanqing Su, Assistant Professor
Haoran Wang, Assistant Professor
College of Humanities and Social Sciences
English
Lianna Manibog, Lecturer
Afsaneh Rezaei, Assistant Professor
Jeremy Ricketts, Lecturer
Cree Taylor, Lecturer
Ashley Wells, Lecturer
History
Nichelle Frank, Assistant Professor
Eliza Rosenberg, Lecturer
Journalism and Communication Studies
Meredith Wang, Assistant Professor
Languages, Philosophy, and Communication Studies
Megan Fritts, Temporary Instructor
Sarah O'Neill, Lecturer
Sydney O'Shay-Wallace, Instructor
Michael Otteson, Temporary Assistant Professor
Rachel Robison-Greene, Assistant Professor
Political Science
Austin Knuppe, Assistant Professor
Sociology, Social Work, and Anthropology
Samuel Arungwa, Assistant Professor
Joslin Batty, Clinical Assistant Professor
Nathan Hadley, Clinical Assistant Professor
J. Tom Mueller, Assistant Professor
Jefferson Sheen, Assistant Professor
Mehmet Soyer, Assistant Professor
Stephen VanGeem, Assistant Professor
Jayme Walters, Assistant Professor
Samantha Yaussy, Temporary Assistant Professor
S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources
Environment and Society
Stefani Crabtree, Assistant Professor
Wayne Freimund, Professor
Gustavo Ovando-Montejo, Assistant Professor
Mariya Shcheglovitova, Assistant Professor
Watershed Sciences
Erin Rivers, Assistant Professor
Timothy Walsworth, Assistant Professor
Wildland Resources
Sunshine Brosi, Associate Professor
Erica Stuber, Assistant Professor Federal Cooperator
College of Science
Biology
Monica Borghi, Assistant Professor
Jennifer Burbank, Lecturer
Norah Saarman, Assistant Professor
Thayne Sweeten, Professional Practice Associate Professor
Molly Womack, Assistant Professor
Kevin Young, Lecturer
Computer Science
Soukaina Filali Boubrahimi, Assistant Professor
Joseph Ditton, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Mario Harper, Assistant Professor
Steve Petruzza, Assistant Professor
Shuhan Yuan, Assistant Professor
Geosciences
C. Evelyn Gannaway Dalton, Assistant Professor
Donald Penman, Assistant Professor
Katherine Potter, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Mathematics and Statistics
Jason Belnap, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Scott Jordan, Lecturer
Brent Thomas, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Matthew Young, Assistant Professor
University Libraries
Instruction, Collections and Patron Services
Nicole Fullmer, Assistant Librarian
Katie Strand, Assistant Librarian
Special Collections, Digital and Cataloging
Paul Daybell, Assistant Librarian
Terri Jordan, Assistant Librarian
Darcy Pumphrey, Assistant Librarian
L. Wynholds, Assistant Librarian
University Extension
Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources
Elizabeth Cohen, Extension Assistant Professor
Kalen Taylor, Extension Assistant Professor
Randall Violett, Extension Assistant Professor
Extension Home and Community
Steven Burge, Extension Assistant Professor
Jenna Dyckman, Extension Assistant Professor
Cindy Jenkins, Extension Assistant Professor
April Litchford, Extension Assistant Professor
Gabriella Murza, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
Rachel Myrer, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
Lisa Schainker, Extension Assistant Professor
Andrea Schmutz, Extension Assistant Professor
Jonathan Swinton, Extension Assistant Professor
Eva Timothy, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor