In a competitive job market, Emory graduates find positions.

May 15, 2009

Even in the difficult economic climate that has made job markets extraordinarily difficult, many Emory graduates are finding success.  Below is a sample of positions obtained by Emory graduates this spring.

Art History

• Amy Sowder, tenure track position at Towson University in Maryland.
• John Stephenson, tenure track position at Appalachian State University in North Carolina.

Business

• Adina Barbulescu, Marketing, University of Tennessee
• Scott Hayward, Organization & Management, Appalachian State University
• Byoung-Hyoun Hwang, Finance, Purdue University
• Seoyoung Kim, Finance, Purdue University
• Marcus Kirk, Accounting, University of Florida
• Chad Navis, Organization & Management, University of Wisconsin
• David Reppenhagen, Accounting, University of Florida
• Ivo Tafkov, Accounting, Georgia State University
• David Tan, Organization & Management, Georgetown Univeresity
• Martha Tipton, Marketing, Singapore Management University
• Sascha Vitzthum, Information Systems, Illinois Wesleyan University

Comparative Literature

• Brooke Campbell has won a Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program at Colby College.
• In January, Leah Wolfson began a position as Applied Research Scholar at the Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Economics

• Alysa Shcherbakova has accepted the position of a Financial Economist with the Credit Risk Analysis Division of The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC).  OCC is a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury that charters, regulates, and supervises all national banks.

English

• Rachel Bowser has accepted a tenure-track position at University of South Carolina Beaufort.
• Jennifer Hughes has accepted a tenure-track position at Young Harris College.
• Erin Sells has been offered a Visiting Assistant Professorship in English at Emory.

French

• Olivia Jones Choplin has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in French at Elon University. 
• Lucie Knight has accepted a position as Fellow in Arabic at Franklin and Marshall College, where she was hired to build the Arabic program.
• Domenica Newell-Amato has accepted a tenure-track assistant professor position in French and Italian at Eastern Illinois University.

ILA (Graduate Institute of the Liberal Arts)

• Folashade Alao: Post Doctoral Fellowship, African American Literature, Rutgers University
• Brittney Cooper: tenure track position in the  University of Alabama Women’s Studies Department
• Michelle Hite: Lecturer, English Department, Spelman University
• Elizabeth Milewicz: Post Doctoral Fellowship, History Department, Emory
• Veerle Poupeye: appointed Director of the National Gallery of Jamaica
• Ryan Hays: Assistant Dean to Faculty, Princeton University
• Philip Webb: Lecturer, American Studies, DePaul University

Philosophy

• Kelly Arenson, Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
• Catalina Gonzalez, Assistant Professor, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, Colombia
• Anthony K. Jenson, Assistant Professor, Lehman College, City University of New York
• Ericka Tucker, Assistant Professor, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Physics

• Miao Wang, Product Development/Support Manager at Wilmad-Labglass

Political Science

Five student accepted tenure-track offers this spring:

• Bethany Blackstone: University of North Texas
• Maryann Gallagher: DePauw University
• Andrew Kerner: University of Michigan
• Amy Liu: University of Colorado at Boulder
• Amanda Murdie: Kansas State University

Religion

• Amy Allocco accepted a one-year position at Elon University, teaching World Religions, Gender and Ethnography, and Hindu Goddesses in Text & Practice.
• Bo-Rah Chung has accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care at Asian Life University in Daejeon, South Korea.
• Nathan Digby accepted a teaching position at La Universidad San Francisco de Quito in Ecuador.
• Jocelyn Hendrickson accepted a tenure track position at Whitman College in Washington. 
• Amy Levad accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Moral Theology at the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota.
• Antoinette de Napoli accepted a Visiting Assistant Professorship at Grinnell College in Iowa.
• Anjulet Tucker accepted a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Sociology of Religion at Boston University School of Theology.
• Benjamin Stewart accepted a position teaching liturgy and theology at the Lutheran Seminary in Chicago.  
• Almeda Wright is taking a position as the Assistant Professor of Youth Ministry in the Religion Department of Pfeiffer University in Misenheimer, NC. 

Sociology

• Barret Michalec accepted a tenure-track position at the University of Delaware.
• Shelley Matthews accepted a tenure-track position at Mississippi State University.
• Beth Tarasawa accepted a tenure-track position at St. Norbert College.
• Sherod Thaxton is a research and writing attorney in the Capital Habeas Unit (CHU) of the Office of the Federal Defender for the Eastern District of California (Sacramento).

Spanish

• Ryan Davis accepted a tenure-track position at Illinois State University.
• Matt Edwards has accepted a tenure track position in the Division of Languages and Literatures at Concord University.
• Orosman Lopez accepted a tenure-track position at Mercer University.
• María del Mar Rosa Rodríguez accetped a tenure-track position as Assistant Professor of Golden Age Literature at Purdue University-Calumet.