UT Tyler Welcomes New Faculty 2013
August 23, 2013
UT Tyler Office of Marketing and Communications
UT Tyler Welcomes 24 New Faculty for 2013-14 Academic Year
August 23, 2013
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August 23, 2013
The University of Texas at Tyler officials introduced new faculty members at the 2013-14 Opening Convocation Aug. 23.
New faculty members, listed by college, are:
COLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES
- Rauf Arif, Senior Lecturer, Department of Communication
M.S. – University of Kansas
Former Position: Primary Instructor, University of Iowa, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
- William Grilliette, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D. – University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Former Position: Adjunct Professor, Tyler Junior College
- Richard Helfers, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
Ph.D. – UT Dallas
Former Position: Police Captain, Richardson Police Department
- Jonathan Hyde, Visiting Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
M.S. – Grambling State University
Former Position: Lecturer, Grambling State University
- Jeannette Larsen, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Ph.D. – University of North Texas
Former Position: Adjunct, University of North Texas
- Elizabeth Lisot, Visiting Assistant Professor in Art and Art History
Ph.D. – UT Dallas
Former Position: Visiting Assistant Professor of Art, University of Dallas
- Eric Lopez, Lecturer, Department of Political Science
M.A. – University of Arizona
Former Position: Instructor, University of Arizona
- Stephanie Odom, Assistant Professor in Literature and Languages
Ph.D. – UT Austin
Former Position: Assistant Instructor, UT Austin
- Meryem Saygili, Assistant Professor of Economics
Ph.D. – UT Austin
Former Position: Teaching Assistant, UT Austin
- Jon Seal, Assistant Professor of Biology
Ph.D. – Florida State University
Former Position: Research Associate, UT Austin
COLLEGE OF BUSINESS AND TECHNOLOGY
- Jana Belzer, Lecturer, Department of Management and Marketing
M.B.A. – UT Tyler
Former Position: Coordinator of Marketing for the College of Business and Technology, UT Tyler
- Kerrie Anne Clark, Lecturer, Department of HRD and Technology
M.B.A. – UT Tyler
Former Position: Program Coordinator, UT Tyler
- Ann Gilley, Professor of Management
Ph.D. – Iowa State University
Former Position: Professor of Management, Ferris State University
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY
- Christine McNichols, Lecturer in Counselor Education
Ph.D. – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Former Position: Assistant Professor of Counselor Education, Delta State University
- Karl Witt, Assistant Professor in Counselor Education
Ph.D. – Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi
Former Position: Assistant Professor, Div. of Counselor Education and Psychology, Delta State University
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER SCIENCE
- Harmonie Hawley, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Ph.D. – Rutgers University, Piscataway, N.J.
Former Position: Assistant Professor, California State University-Fullerton
- Gokhan Saygili, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Ph.D. – UT Austin
Former Position: Senior Geotechnical Engineer, Norwegian Geotechnical Institute Inc.
- Quoc-Nam Tran, Professor and Chair of Computer Science
Ph.D. – Johannes Kepler University of Linz, Austria
Former Position: Professor of Computer Science, Lamar University
COLLEGE OF NURSING AND HEALTH SCIENCES
- Marcie Crisp, Assistant Professor of Nursing
D.N.P. – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Former Position: Eaker Family Medicine, Sweetwater, Texas
- Rose Guidry, Clinical Instructor
M.S.N. – UT Tyler
Former Position: ETMC Kidney Transplant Coordinator and Clinical Dietitian
- Pamela Lake, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ph.D. – UT Tyler
Former Position: Clinical Instructor, UT Tyler
- Jerri Post, Assistant Professor of Nursing
Ph.D. – Capella University
Former Position: Nursing Instructor, Texas A&M University-Texarkana
- Carol Rizer, Assistant Professor of Nursing
DNP – Oklahoma City University
Former Position: Vice President, Carlton S. Rizer, CRNA-PC
- Angela Walters, Clinical Instructor
M.S.N. – UT Tyler
Former Position: Registered Nurse, Palestine Regional Medical Center
One of the 15 campuses of the UT System, UT Tyler offers excellence in teaching, research, artistic performance and community service. More than 80 undergraduate and graduate degree programs are available at UT Tyler, which has an enrollment of almost 7,000 high-ability students at its campuses in Tyler, Longview and Palestine.