Dr. Glenn Sharfman, provost and vice president for academic affairs, has announced eight new full-time faculty starting this fall. Below are the faculty members who will either be new to the Oglethorpe community, or will be returning but in a different capacity. “I thank all of you who were instrumental in recruiting them and know they will do an outstanding job in the classroom,” wrote Dr. Sharfman in his announcement. “What a great group of teachers and scholars!”

Dr. Christine Basil
Lecturer, Core Studies
Ph.D., M.A., Political Science, Baylor University
B.A., Government and Political Philosophy, Belmont Abbey College

Ms. Jessica Handler
Visiting Lecturer, English
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Queens University of Charlotte
B.S., Mass Communication, Emerson College

Ms. Ann-Kristin Hensen
Instructor, German
Ph.D. candidate, English and American Studies
M.A., B.A., Applied Literary and Cultural Studies, Technische Universität Dortmund, Germany

Ms. Marisela Martinez-Cola
Instructor, Sociology
Ph.D. candidate, Emory University
J.D., Loyola University Chicago School of Law
B.A., African American Studies and Psychology, The University of Michigan

Dr. Jeanette K. Miller
Lecturer, Finance/Business Analytics
Executive Doctorate of Business, Georgia State University
M.A., International Business and International Relations, Webster University, Vienna, Austria
B.A., Economics, University of Texas at Austin

Mr. Michael Shiroya
Visiting Assistant Professor, Economics
Ph.D. candidate, M.S., Applied Economics, Texas Tech University—will defend this summer
B.A., Finance, B.A. Economics, Valdosta State University

Dr. James Terry
Lecturer, Modern Languages
Ph.D., M.A., French Studies, University of Washington, Seattle
B.A., Music, B.A., French, University of California, Berkley

Dr. Matthew Wild
Lecturer, Core Studies
Ph.D., M.A., Hispanic Studies, University of Kentucky
B.A., History and Spanish, M.A., Spanish, Auburn University