The following are among the new faculty members at the University. Others will be introduced periodically in this space.
Robert Walker, Ph.D., joins the Department of Political Science and the Program in Applied Statistics and Computation, both in Arts & Sciences, as assistant professor. He earned a doctorate in political science from the University of Rochester in 2005. His general research interests are political methodology, international relations and political economy. A peripheral research project examines the political economy of European football (American soccer) with a focus on industrial organization and the intertwined national and European regulation of sport.
Ignacio Miguel Sanchez Prado, Ph.D., joins the Department of Romance Languages & Literatures in Arts & Sciences as assistant professor, with a joint appointment in international and area studies. He earned a master’s and a doctorate in Hispanic languages and literatures from the University of Pittsburgh. He earned a bachelor’s in literature from Universidad de las Américas-Puebla. Prado is the author of 14 articles on Latin American literature and cultural studies, all in referred journals. He also has published two books, in addition to being an accomplished translator and creative writer. Areas of research include Mexican literary, film and cultural studies, canon theory, world literature theory, Latinamericanist theory and criticism and Latin American film.