For Immediate Release
Sept. 1, 2006
BLOOMSBURG—Forty-two new teaching and administrative faculty began their duties at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania this fall. New faculty include:
College of Business
Monica Favia, instructor of marketing
Victoria Geyfman, assistant professor of finance and legal studies
Jonathan Ohn, associate professor of finance and legal studies
John Okpara, associate professor of management
Gary Robson, associate professor of accounting
College of Liberal Arts
David Bradbury, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre arts, 2006-07 only
Amy Covill, assistant professor of psychology
Mark Decker, assistant professor of English
Sheng Ding, assistant professor of political science
Andrea Fradkin, assistant professor of exercise science and athletics
Gifford Howarth, assistant professor of music
Elizabeth Kreydatus, assistant professor of history, 2006-07 only
Ethan Krupp, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre arts
Kunyoung Kim, assistant professor of music
Kenneth Brandon Lang, assistant professor of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice
Molly Monahan Lang, assistant professor of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice, 2006-07 only
James Purdy, assistant professor of English
Marilee Salvator, assistant professor of art and art history
Mehmet Safe Saracoglu, assistant professor of history
Michael Shim, instructor of philosophy, 2006-07 only
Jennifer Stotter, assistant professor of sociology, social welfare and criminal justice
Melissa Taylor, assistant professor of communication studies and theatre arts
Kelly Van Gorden, assistant professor of exercise science and athletics
College of Science and Technology
Michael Anthony Allar, assistant professor of biological and allied health sciences
Muhammad Aslam, instructor of mathematics, computer science and statistics, 2006-07 only
John Bowersox, instructor of geography and geosciences, 2006-07 only
Petar Boyadzhiev, assistant professor of mathematics, computer science and statistics, fall 2006 only
Jeffrey Brunskill, assistant professor of geography and geosciences
Bushra Hussain, instructor of physics, 2006-07 only
Martin Kokus, instructor of physics and engineering technology, fall 2006 only
Joseph Larkin, assistant professor of chemistry
Christine Mehlbaum, assistant professor of biological and allied health sciences
Douglas O’Neal, assistant professor of physics and engineering technology, 2006-07 only
Michael Stephans, assistant professor of mathematics, computer science and statistics, fall 2006 and spring 2007 only
College of Professional Studies
Russel Bachert, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education
Davene Heckman, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education
Todd Hoover, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education
Lori Metzger, instructor of nursing
Dianna Cherie Roberts, assistant professor of early childhood and elementary education
Maureen Walsh, assistant professor of exceptionality programs
Mark Williams, instructor of exceptionality programs, 2006-07 only
Other
Tara Diehl, instructor of developmental instruction
Bloomsburg University is one of 14 universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. The university serves approximately 8,000 students, offering comprehensive programs of study in the colleges of Professional Studies, Business, Liberal Arts and Science and Technology.
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