Welcome to CLA: New Faculty for the 2025–26 Academic Year
This year’s Fall Kickoff at McNamara Alumni Center brought together CLA faculty, staff, chairs, and directors to mark the start of a new academic year. The gathering offered a chance to welcome new colleagues, celebrate faculty promotions and tenure, and express gratitude to the community for the many ways they advance our mission every day.
Please join us in welcoming the following new faculty to the College of Liberal Arts:
- Associate Professor Eric Chi, Statistics
- Assistant Professor Patrick Chimenti, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
- Assistant Professor Andre Deckrow, History
- Associate Professor Isidore Dorpenyo, Writing Studies
- Assistant Professor Maxwell Elliott, Psychology
- Assistant Professor Tosin Gbogi, English
- Assistant Professor Matt Haimovitz, School of Music
- Assistant Professor Dominique Hazzard, African American & African Studies
- Assistant Professor Dingru Huang, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
- Assistant Professor Alaba Ilesanmi, School of Music
- Assistant Professor Anran Li, Economics
- Assistant Professor Samantha Majhor, American Indian Studies
- Assistant Professor Antonio Musto, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
- Assistant Professor Joo-hyeon Oh, History
- Assistant Professor Omotola Okunlola, Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
- Assistant Professor Sofía Pacheco-Fores, Anthropology
- Assistant Professor Olivia Polk, African American & African Studies
- Assistant Professor Sa’dia Rehman, Art
- Associate Professor Fernando Sanchez, Writing Studies
- Assistant Professor Evelyn Shih, Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
- Assistant Professor Samantha Stiepan, Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences
- Professor Kim Tallbear, American Indian Studies
- Assistant Professor Carolina Velloso, Hubbard School of Journalism and Mass Communication
