2024-2025 New Faculty

Because the quality of our faculty is integral to our mission of academic excellence, innovation, and outreach, the Office of the Provost & Executive Vice President 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

Katherine Kennedy, Assistant Professor
Joseph Okoh, Assistant Professor
Jason Romney, Professional Practice Associate Professor

Applied Sciences, Technology, and Education

Bekka Israelsen, Extension Assistant Professor

Aviation and Technical Education

Thomas Hicken, Professional Practice Assistant Professor

Nutrition, Dietetics and Food Sciences

Jose Luis Brandaeo Delgado, Assistant Professor
Holly Hopkins, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Lea Palmer, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
Namhyeon Park, Assistant Professor

Plants, Soils, and Climate

Pamela George, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Colleen Jones, Research Associate Professor

Technology, Design and Technical Education

Tyson Brinkerhoff, Lecturer
Ben Clement, Lecturer
Mark Larese-Casanova, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Kari Cook, Lecturer
Christine Haskell, Lecturer
Lana (Tiffanie) Holt, Lecturer
Derrick Hendry, Temporary Instructor
Heidi Jewkes, Lecturer
Jerald Keller, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Timothy Kelley, Lecturer

Caine College of the Arts

Art and Design

Erin DiGiovanni, Temporary Assistant Professor
Ryker Kimball, Professional Practice Assistant Professor

Music

Corinne Picket, Temporary Assistant Professor
Daniel Wachs, Temporary Assistant Professor
Andrew Stonerock, Temporary Assistant Professor

Theatre Arts

Chelsea DuVall, Assistant Professor
Stefan Espinosa, Temporary Assistant Professor
Phillip Lowe, Assistant Professor

Jon M. Huntsman School of Business

Data Analytics and Information Systems

Marc Dotson, Assistant Professor
Morgan Diederich, Lecturer

Marketing and Strategy

Boyd Craig, Senior Lecturer

Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services

Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education

Bobbie Liechty, Clinical Assistant Professor

Human Development and Family Studies

Takoma Linsday, Temporary Assistant Professor
Robert Stawski, Professor and Department Head

Psychology

David Longhurst, Clinical Assistant Professor
Erik Reinbergs, Assistant Professor
Anjanette Todd, Assistant Professor

School of Teacher Education and Leadership

Cherish Sarmiento, Assistant Professor
Qi Si, Assistant Professor

Special Education and Rehabilitation Counseling

Naima Bhana Lopez, Assistant Professor
Jennifer Hunsaker, Professional Practice Assistant Professor

College of Engineering

Biological Engineering

Lukas Buecherl, Assistant Professor

Civil and Environmental Engineering

Sarah Grajdura, Assistant Professor
Matthew Hebdon, Associate Professor

Engineering Education

Yashin Brijmohan, Assistant Professor

Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Larry Gardner, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Jackson Kulik, Assistant Professor
Jennifer van Rij, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Ziyu Wang, Assistant Professor

College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Communication Studies and Philosophy

Michael Otteson, Assistant Professor

English

Taylor Dougherty, Assistant Professor
Sophia Martinez-Abbud, Assistant Professor
Charles McMartin, Assistant Professor
Xiao Tan, Assistant Professor

History

Chad Ford, Associate Professor
Taylor Gombos, Temporary Assistant Professor
Sauda Nabukenya, Assistant Professor

Journalism and Communication Studies

Erin Cox, Professional Practice Assistant Professor

Political Science

Lauren Van De Hey, Assistant Professor

Social Work

Maureen Boyle, Assistant Professor
Tami Curtis, Clinical Assistant Professor
Denise Rice-Prior, Instructor
Chesney Ward, Assistant Professor

Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice

David Baca, Lecturer
Rashad Flournoy, Professional Practice Assistant Professor
Anwesha Pan, Assistant Professor

World Languages and Cultures

Marcela Lemos, Assistant Professor
Masaki Minobe, Assistant Professor
Sarah O’Neill, Assistant Professor
Lucia Sanchez-Gilbert, Assistant Professor

S.J. & Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources

Environment and Society

Aishwarya Chandrasekaran, Lecturer
Zhijie Zhang, Professional Practice Assistant Professor

Watershed Sciences

Jaron Adkins, Research Assistant Professor
Julianne Scamardo, Assistant Professor

Wildland Resources

Miles Becker, Assistant Professor
Christopher Keyes, Professor and Department Head

College of Science

Biology

Christopher Smith, Professor and Department Head
Emane Vieria-Neto, Temporary Assistant Professor
Wei Wei, Research Assistant Professor

Chemistry and Biochemistry

Yunfan Qiu, Assistant Professor
John Russell, Lecturer
Jeremiah Scepaniak, Temporary Assistant Professor

Computer Science

Wen Li, Assistant Professor
Yang Shi, Assistant Professor

Geosciences

Gary O’Brien, Lecturer
Derrick Vaughn, Assistant Professor

Mathematics and Statistics

Joshua Cruz, Temporary Assistant Professor
John Lawson, Research Assistant Professor

College of Veterinary Medicine

Veterinary Clinical and Life Sciences

Ammon Brown, Professional Practice Associate Professor
Michael McEntire, Assistant Professor
Alexis Moore, Assistant Professor
Allison Willoughby, Professional Practice Associate Professor
L. Marie Yamane, Professional Practice Associate Professor

University Libraries

Library Public Services

Rachel Blume, Assistant Librarian
Kirsten Cox, Assistant Librarian
Shawn Hall, Assistant Librarian
Yassin Nacer, Assistant Librarian
Cameron Nielsen, Assistant Librarian
Sara Szobody, Assistant Librarian

Collections and Discovery

Joe Kinzer, Assistant Librarian

University Extension

Extension Agriculture and Natural Resources

Sarah Erwin, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
Allison Garlick, Extension Assistant Professor
Brooke Holgate, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
Makena Pahlke, Extension Assistant Professor

Extension Home and Community

Troy Allan, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
Matt Huntington, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor
Kristen Koci, Extension Assistant Professor
Cara Murray, Professional Practice Extension Instructor
Yvette Rea, Professional Practice Extension Assistant Professor