New Faculty 2020-2021

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College of Arts & Sciences

Dmitriy Beznosko
Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook, 2012, Physics

Edward "Drew" Case
Assistant Professor of Legal Studies
J.D., Emory University, 2015, Law

Keira C. Davis
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, 2017 Biological Sciences

Shannon N. Glanton
Lecturer of Biology
M.D., Meharry Medical College, 2010, Medicine

Nayab Hakim
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2017, Criminology and Criminal Justice

Grace Sara Harwood
Lecturer of English (one year appointment)
Ph.D., Georgia State University, 2018, English

Stephen M. Klusza
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Florida State University, 2011, Biological Sciences

Vivian Padin-Irizarry
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., University of Puerto Rico, 2015, Microbiology

Kayla B. Rodney
Lecturer of English
M.F.A., San Diego State University, 2016, Poetry

Sarah Rogers
Lecturer of English (Fall Semester)
M.A., Georgia College and State University, 2019, English Literature

Lisa Saye
Lecturer of Political Science (half-time appointment)
D.P.A., The University of Alabama, 2000, Public Administration

Michael I. Sitvarin
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D., Miami University, 2014, Zoology

Kavita Surya
Assistant Professor of English
Ph.D., New Mexico State University, 2019, Rhetoric and Professional Communication

Kayla Stanford
Lecturer of Political Science (one year appointment)
J.D., Georgia State University, 2020, Law

College of Business

Anthony L. Hannah
Assistant Professor of Accounting
D.B.A., Jacksonville University, 2018, Accounting

Earl Howell
Lecturer of Management
D.B.A., Kennesaw State University, 2013, Management

Md Rokonuzzman
Assistant Professor of Marketing
Ph.D., University of North Texas, 2017, Marketing

College of Health

Chyrel L. Panlilio
Instructor of Nursing
M.S., Walden University, 2019, Nursing

Naquilla Thomas
Assistant Professor of Dental Hygiene
Ed.D., Argosy University, 2014, Instructional Leadership

College of STEM

Ebrahim Khosravi
Professor and Department Chair of Computer Sciences
Ph.D., Louisiana State University, 1998, Computer Science

Cassandra Parker
Lecturer of Mathematics
M.S., Clark Atlanta University, 2006, Applied Mathematics

Jessica Showell
Lecturer of Mathematics
M.S., Georgia State University, 2019, Mathematics