New Standing Faculty Members
2005-2006
Anthropology
Claudia Valeggia, Francis E. Johnston Term Assistant
Professor of Anthropology: Human reproductive ecology, reproductive
physiology, and health of South American indigenous peoples.
Ph.D. from University of California, Davis.
Biology
Brent Helliker, Assistant Professor of Biology: Ecosystem
ecology, with a focus on biophysical and physiological responses
of terrestrial ecosystems and global climate change. Ph.D.
from the University of Utah.
Chemistry
Tobias Baumgart, Assistant Professor of Chemistry:
Biophysical chemistry, with a special interest in the structure
and function
of lipid membranes. Ph.D. from Max Planck Institute for Polymer
Research/Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz.
So-Jung Park, Assistant Professor of Chemistry: Nanoscale materials and surface chemistry, with a current interest in the synthesis of nanoscale inorganic solids with functional bioorganic materials. Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Classical
Studies
Campbell Grey, Assistant Professor of Classical Studies:
Roman social and economic history, with an emphasis on non-elite
and rural communities. Ph.D. from Cambridge University.
C. Brian Rose, James B. Pritchard Professor of Archaeology (Department of Classical Studies): Classical archaeology, with a focus on Troy; Roman art, especially sculpture. Comes to Penn from the University of Cincinnati. Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Economics
Aureo de Paula, Assistant Professor of Economics:
Econometrics and game theory, with a focus on the process
by which individuals
decide to leave a group. Ph.D. expected from Princeton University.
Guido Menzio, Assistant Professor of Economics: Macroeconomics, with a special interest in labor markets and contract theory. Ph.D. from Northwestern University.
Alvaro Sandroni, Professor of Economics: Economic theory, with a special interest in learning in markets and games. Comes to Penn from Northwestern University (Kellogg School ). Ph.D. from Penn.
Kyungchul Song, Assistant Professor of Economics: Microeconometric theory and labor economics. Ph.D. from Yale University.
English
David Kazanjian, Associate Professor of English: Transnational
American literary and historical studies through the nineteenth
century. Comes to Penn from Queens College and The Graduate
Center, City University of New York. Ph.D. from University
of California, Berkeley.
History of Art
Michael Leja, Professor of History of Art: Nineteenth- and
twentieth-century American art and visual culture. Comes
to Penn from the University of Delaware. Ph.D. from
Harvard University.
Gwendolyn DuBois Shaw, Associate Professor of History of Art: 19th- and 20th-century American art, with a special interest in African American art and issues of race, gender and identity. Comes to Penn from Harvard University. Ph.D. from Stanford University.
History and Sociology of Science
John Tresch, Assistant Professor of History and Sociology
of Science: History of science, with a focus on nineteenth-century
France. Ph.D. from Cambridge University.
Linguistics
Jiahong Yuan, Assistant Professor of Linguistics: Phonetics
and phonology, with a special interest in the interaction
of tones and intonation in Mandarin Chinese. Ph.D. from Cornell
University.
Mathematics
Werner Müller, Professor of Mathematics: Geometric analysis
and the theory of automorphic forms. Comes to Penn from University
of Bonn. Ph.D. from Humboldt University.
Political Science
Daryl Press, Associate Professor of Political Science:
International relations, with a focus on international
security, foreign
policy decision-making, and economic globalization. Comes
to Penn from Dartmouth College. Ph.D. from MIT.
Slavic Languages
and Literatures
Julia Verkholantsev, Assistant Professor of Slavic
Languages and Literatures: Slavic cultural history, early modern
and medieval Slavic literary and linguistic culture.
Ph.D. from
UCLA.
Sociology
David Gibson, Assistant Professor of Sociology:
Micro-level social interactions (especially conversational
interactions),
social networks and organizations. Comes to Penn from
Harvard University. Ph.D. from Columbia University.
Hyunjoon Park, Korea Foundation Assistant Professor of Sociology: Social stratification and comparative education, with special attention to Korea and Japan. Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin.