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September 11, 2009
2009-2010 Fall Semester Brings Six New Faculty Members to Marymount Manhattan
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CONTACTS:
Marguerita Grecco, Ph.D., Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, (212) 517-0522 mgrecco@mmm.edu
Megan Youngblood, Communications Specialist, Office of Institutional Advancement, 212) 517-0658, myoungblood@mmm.edu
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Front (L-R): Andrea Tsentides, M.B.A., C.P.A.; Jessica Blatt, M.A.; and Kimberly Howard, Ph.D.
Back (L-R): Zohn Rosen, Ph.D.; Erin O’Connor, Ph.D.; and Jennifer Brown, Ph.D.
| (New York, NY) – Marymount Manhattan College welcomes six new faculty members and one returning instructor in the areas of accounting, English, international studies, political science, psychology and sociology for the 2009-2010 year.
Assistant Professor Jennifer Brown, Ph.D., joins the English faculty after teaching medieval literature and culture at Fordham University and the University of Hartford. She recently published Three Women of Liège: A Critical Edition of the Middle English Lives of Elizabeth of Spalbeek, Christina Mirabilis, and Marie d'Oignies in October 2008. Brown received her Ph.D. in English and Doctoral Certificates in women’s and medieval studies from the CUNY Graduate Center. She earned a B.A. and M.A. at Georgetown University.
Erin O’Connor, Ph.D., assistant professor of sociology, joins MMC from the New School for Social Research where she recently completed her Ph.D. in sociology. Her research has centered on glassblowing, studying the material processes of creativity and relating how the processes contribute to the formation of a social world.
“This style of research will be put to use most in my Sociology of Culture and the Arts course,” said O’Connor, who also noted that her research shows how material cannot simply be reduced to capital. “We will not only study theories of culture and art, but also engage in fieldwork, so as to observe the ways through which practice and the material world constitute culture.”
Assistant Professors Kimberly Howard, Ph.D. and Zohn Rosen, Ph.D., join the psychology faculty. Howard, who has focused her research on the role of fathers in promoting children’s development, previously served as an adjunct assistant professor of psychology and education for Teachers College at Columbia University. Howard received her Ph.D. and M.A. in developmental psychology from the University of Notre Dame and her B.A. from Bethel College in Indiana.
Rosen, whose grant supported research has investigated drug use, youth smoking, and HIV/AIDS and intravenous drug use, served as a project director for Chameleon Communications International, a medical communications company, and as a research director at Mount Sinai School of Medicine.
“I hope to have the opportunity to work with interested students on new studies that I am currently designing—one of the most interesting being a study of body dysmorphic disorder and self-imposed stress associated with the self-perception of one’s weight,” Rosen said.
Rosen received his Ph.D. and M.A. in experimental psychology from the CUNY Graduate Center and his B.A. from Syracuse University. He has taught as an adjunct at the New School University and City College, CUNY.
Andrea Tsentides, M.B.A., C.P.A., assistant professor of accounting, previously taught economics at the American Academy in Limassol, Cyprus. Prior to embarking on a teaching career, Tsentides was a senior associate at PricewaterhouseCoopers in Limassol. She received her M.B.A. from the Zicklin School of Business at Baruch College and her B.A. in economics and management from Ohio Wesleyan University.
Instructor Jessica Blatt, M.A., will teach political science at MMC during the Spring semester. She previously taught in the CUNY system at Hunter and John Jay Colleges, and at the University of Michigan, The Technische Universitat in Dresden and Sarah Lawrence College. Her articles have appeared The Nation and Slate.
Instructor Ellen Houston, M.A., rejoins full-time faculty after spending two years as an economic policy consultant to The United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). Houston is currently finishing her Ph.D. in economics at the New School after receiving her B.A. in international studies from the University of Denver and her M.A. in economics from the New School for Social Research.
Marymount Manhattan College is an urban, independent, liberal arts college. The mission of the College is to educate a socially and economically diverse population by fostering intellectual achievement and personal growth and by providing opportunities for career development.
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