{"id":54260,"date":"2023-09-16T08:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-09-16T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/?p=54260"},"modified":"2023-09-18T13:52:44","modified_gmt":"2023-09-18T17:52:44","slug":"emu-welcomes-new-faculty-for-2023-24-school-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2023\/emu-welcomes-new-faculty-for-2023-24-school-year\/","title":{"rendered":"EMU welcomes new faculty for 2023-24 school year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Eastern Mennonite University welcomes 13 new faculty members for the 2023-24 school year, as announced by <strong>Tynisha Willingham,<\/strong> provost, and deans <strong>Daniel Ott,<\/strong> School of Theology, Humanities and Performing Arts; <strong>Tara Kishbaugh,<\/strong> School of Sciences, Engineering, Art and Nursing; and <strong>David Brubaker,<\/strong> School of Social Sciences and Professions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Tenure<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>School of Theology, Humanities and Performing Arts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ben Guerrero, assistant professor of music. BM, Berklee College of Music; MM, New York University; PhD, Eastman School of Music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>School of Sciences, Engineering, Art and Nursing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Shravan Akula, instructor of engineering. BE, JNTU; MS, University of South Alabama; PhD (ABD), University of North Dakota.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kathryn Howard, instructor of psychology. BA, James Madison University; MA, Wake Forest University; PhD (ABD), University of Illinois Chicago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hongtao Li, assistant professor of biology. MD, Tongji Medical College; PhD, Indiana State University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Non-tenure<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>School of Theology, Humanities and Performing Arts<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jacob Cook, visiting assistant professor, seminary grant program director. BA, Friends University; MDiv, Mercer University; PhD, Fuller Theological Seminary. Started in January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Patricia Lehman, professor of communication. BA, Eastern Mennonite University; MA, Georgetown University; PhD, California Institute of Integral Studies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>School of Sciences, Engineering, Art and Nursing<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brandon Cunningham, clinical assistant professor of nursing. BSN, MSN, FNP, James Madison University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Monica Heck, assistant professor of nursing. BSN, Eastern Mennonite University; MSN, University of Virginia; DNP, Frontier Nursing University. Started in January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holly Herr Stravers, clinical assistant professor of nursing. BA, Eastern Mennonite University; MSN, NP, The University of Texas at Austin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lacey Johnson, instructor of mathematics. BA, Bridgewater College; MEd in piano performance &amp; MEd in mathematics, James Madison University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Samantha Johnston, instructor of nursing. MSN, Western Governor\u2019s University. \u200bStarted in January 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>School of Social Sciences and Professions<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Joe Cole, associate professor of restorative justice. BS, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Duke University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Holly Rusher, assistant professor of education. BS, MEd, James Madison University; MEd, EdD, Shenandoah University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nang Raw, visiting practitioner-in-residence. BAS, Yezin Institute of Agriculture; MA in public administration, Yangon Institute of Economics; MA in international development policy, Duke University; graduate certificate in international peace and conflict studies, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Eastern Mennonite University welcomes 13 new faculty members for the 2023-24 school year, as announced by Tynisha Willingham, provost, and deans Daniel Ott, School of Theology, Humanities and Performing Arts; <a href=\"https:\/\/emu.edu\/now\/news\/2023\/emu-welcomes-new-faculty-for-2023-24-school-year\/\" target=\"_self\" class=\"more-link\">... read more <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">about EMU welcomes new faculty for 2023-24 school year<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":292,"featured_media":54261,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4515,17562,5642,1],"tags":[],"feature":[17427,17426,17241],"class_list":["post-54260","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-academics","category-digest","category-faculty-and-staff","category-uncategorized","feature-emu-home-page-feature","feature-myemu-feature","feature-news-feature"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.6 - 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