August 16, 2007
Announcing new tenure-track scholar-teachers
Worcester, Mass. - The following tenure-track scholar-teachers will begin teaching this fall at Clark University.
Donald J. Crampton has been hired as assistant professor of chemistry. He previously served as a lecturer in biological chemistry and molecular pharmacology at Harvard Medical School.
Karen E. Frey has been named assistant professor of geography. She previously served as a postdoctoral research assistant in the Department of Physical Sciences at Virginia Institute of Marine Sciences and as a visiting assistant professor at the College of William and Mary.
Liza Grandia begins her post as assistant professor in the Department of International Development, Community and Environment (IDCE). Grandia was hired in August of 2006, and spent the past year working as a postdoctoral fellow in the Program of Agrarian Studies at Yale University. She is a resident of Worcester.
Dominik Kulakowski has been named assistant professor of geography. He previously worked as a research associate and lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Colorado in Boulder.
Stéphanie F. Larrieux joins Clark's Visual and Performing Arts Department as assistant professor of screen studies. Larrieux is in the process of obtaining her doctoral degree in American Civilization from Brown University.
Stephen M. Levin joins Clark as assistant professor of English. Levin previously served as assistant professor of English at Columbus State University in Georgia.
Ken MacLean has been named assistant professor in Clark's IDCE Department. MacLean just completed a post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for Comparative and International Studies (ICIS) at Emory University.
Ousmane K. Power-Greene joins Clark as assistant professor of history. He formerly worked as a teacher assistant in the African American Studies Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
In addition, Jennie C. Stephens, assistant professor of Environmental Science and Policy and Coordinator of the Graduate Program in Environmental Science and Policy, has been named to the tenure track. Stephens was hired in the fall of 2005. She teaches Environment, Society, and Technology; The Sustainable University; Global Warming: How to Respond? (a first-year seminar); and Climate Change, Energy, and Development. She is a resident of Worcester.
"These are nine wonderful young teacher-scholars who are joining the Clark community, individuals with a real commitment to students and to developing new knowledge that will make a difference in our world. We are proud to have them here in Worcester," said Clark University President John Bassett.