Goucher College: Goucher College Announces Six New Faculty Members

Towson MD

11 June, 2021

4:09 PM

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Press release from Goucher College: June 11, 2021 Goucher College is proud to announce that six new tenure-track assistant professors have been hired this spring. These scholars and teachers represent a breadth of disciplines and their arrival underscores the college's commitment to a rigorous liberal arts education. In addition to bringing their expertise in data analytics, economics, business, Asian studies, dance, and digital media studies, these new faculty members also will contribute to Goucher's global education emphasis and bring a multitude of experiences and perspectives to inform their teaching and scholarship. "Our students will benefit tremendously from these new professors' interdisciplinary approach to learning as they provide a rigorous academic and co-curricular experience," said Elaine Meyer-Lee, Goucher College provost and senior vice president for academic affairs. "I am delighted that these outstanding professors will be added to the distinguished ranks of the Goucher College faculty." These new positions also highlight Goucher's long-term investment in endowed professorships and include the newly endowed professor in integrative data analytics and the Luetkemeyer Endowed Chair in Mandarin Chinese and Asian studies. It has been a momentous 2020-2021 academic calendar, in which Goucher has also tenured six faculty members, converted seven from short-term positions to tenure-track or professor of practice positions, and promoted four esteemed colleagues to the rank of full professor. The six new Goucher College faculty members include:     This press release was produced by Goucher College. The views expressed here are the author's own.