
Forty-eight new faculty members start teaching on campus in fall 2012.
August 31, 2012
Writer: Hayden Coombs
Kelly Burgener explained that this fall BYU-Idaho hired the largest group of faculty in the history of the institution. Eighteen new faculty members were hired on a permanent basis and thirty were on a temporary basis. He further described the group by saying "I sense a great investment of experience and talent coming to us with these new faculty members."
An interesting fact is that the combined number of children from the group totals 147 children. Faculty members relocated from numerous states across the country such as Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, Washington, and New York. Some unique hobbies of group members include; writing film critiques, making soap, skateboarding, and android app creation. You can learn more about the new faculty members by viewing slides highlighting each individual that will be shown before the faculty meeting starts at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, September 4th.
Twenty-seven new departments are represented by new faculty as noted below:
2012 New Permanent Faculty
Academic Support | John P. Sloop |
Animal & Food Services | Zeph B. Quirl |
Biology | Holden R. Higginbotham |
Chemistry | Jared N. Bowden Aaron M. Johnson |
Communication | Melissa Merrill |
Design & Construction Management | C. Nathan Allen Justin B. Morris |
Health, Recreation, & Human Performance | Bertha K. Bowen |
Mathematics | Lawrence K. Chilton Elaine R. Wagner |
Mechanical Engineering | James J. Lawrence |
Music | Adam B. Ballif |
Religious Education | Michael K. Bolingbroke Ryan S. Gardner |
Sociology & Social Work | Clint C. Elison |
Teacher Education | Sandro G. Benitez |
Theater & Dance | Katherine T. Schmidt |
2012 New Temporary Faculty
Academic Support | Stephan J. O'Shaughnessy |
Animal & Food Sciences | Amanda N. Christensen Shaun M. Harris |
Art | David L. Jones Scott R. Wheeler |
Chemistry | Megan E. Browning Matthew S. Heywood |
Communication | Eric C. Lybbert |
Economics | Peter M. Staples |
English | Anthony M. Potter Russell D. Shaffer Trulee Ann Stocking Roy D. Turner Lyle K. Wakefield |
Geology | Barry C. Miller Christopher J. Sant |
History, Geography, & Political Science | Richard H. Kelly |
Humanities & Philosophy | Brent J. Schmidt |
Languages & International Studies | Penny Wang |
Psychology | Bradford J. Wiggins |
Mathematics | Kristen L. Montague John J. Snell |
Music | Darrell L. Brown Golden A. Lund Joshua W. Skinner |
Nursing | Linda L. Ward |
Religious Education | David J. Garmon R. Jacob Romney |
Teacher Education | David G. Nagata |
Theater & Dance | Ashley R. Hoopes |