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Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences Welcomes New Faculty Members
The Farquhar College of Arts and Sciences welcomes 11 new faculty members this fall. Each brings to NSU noteworthy academic experience, both inside and outside of the classroom, in a variety of fields and interests. Over the next three weeks, the names and biographies of these faculty members will be shared in SharkBytes.
This week, the college introduces (in alphabetical order):
Bryan Armentrout, Ph.D., assistant professor, Division of Math, Science, and Technology
Armentrout received his Master of Science degree in physics in 2004 and his Ph.D. in physics in 2009 from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. His field of concentration is astrophysics, and his specific field of interest and research is the analysis of X-ray emission spectra. Armentrout has taught physics courses at the university level for several years, most recently at Montgomery College and Georgetown University.
Kelly Concannon Mannise, Ph.D., assistant professor, Division of Humanities
Concannon Mannise received her doctoral degree in composition and rhetoric from Syracuse University in 2008. Her scholarship is inextricably linked to her pedagogy and practice, as she examines how to utilize classroom spaces to produce powerful and complex conditions for teaching and learning. Concannon Mannise encourages global awareness and responsibility, which she situates as central to various literacy practices.
James Munoz, Ph.D., assistant professor, Division of Math, Science, and Technology
Munoz earned his Ph.D. in neuroscience with an emphasis in gene therapy from Tulane University in 2006. Since then, he has worked as a postdoctoral fellow in neuroscience at the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught a variety of biology courses as a visiting scholar and visiting assistant professor, including general biology, biochemistry, molecular biology, and neuroanatomy. Munoz has published multiple research papers in the areas of neurobiology and cellular/molecular biology.
Valerie Starratt, Ph.D., assistant professor, Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences
Starratt received her doctoral degree in psychology from Florida Atlantic University. For the past two years, she served as a visiting professor in the college’s Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences. Starratt’s research focuses on social psychological phenomena from an evolutionary psychological perspective. She uses evolutionary theory to investigate sexuality and conflict between the sexes, often in the context of intimate relationships.