New Faculty Introductions

New Full-Time Faculty Joining Fordham in 2023-2024

Endowed Chairs | Arts and Sciences | Gabelli | GSE | Law | GSS | Non-Tenure Track

Arts and Sciences

KATHRYN BLAKELY English 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., Rutgers University 

TAMAR BLANKS Mathematics 
Peter M. Curran Visiting Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., Rutgers University 

SEBASTIAN BOZLEE Mathematics 
Peter M. Curran Visiting Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder 

NUSHELLE DE SILVA Art History and Music Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., MIT 

BRIAN DUNKLE, S.J. History 
St. Ignatius Loyola Chair Visiting Professor 
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame 

FAARIA FASIH-AMAD Biological Sciences Lecturer 
Ph.D., Fordham University 

GOUTAM GAJULA Sociology & Anthropology Lecturer 
Ph.D., Columbia University 

SARA HANABURGH Languages and Cultures Lecturer 
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center 

XUMIN JIANG Mathematics 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., University of Notre Dame 

PAUL JUNG Mathematics 
Professor 
Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles 

NOJANG KHATAMI Political Science Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of British Columbia

DANIEL KOHN Chemistry 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., Harvard University 

KAVITA KULKARNI Communication and Media Studies Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., New York University 

CHRIS LAKEY Art History and Music Lecturer 
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley 

SARAH MADY Sociology & Anthropology Lecturer 
Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center 

CHINDU MOHANAKUMAR Mathematics 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., Duke University 

UPONITA MUKHERJEE History 
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., Columbia University 

KAOUTSAR NASRALLAH Biological Sciences Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of Paris Descartes 

HAMIDREZA NASSIRI Communication and Media Studies Lecturer 
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison 

MIGUEL PALEY Philosophy 
Post-Doctoral Teaching Fellow 
Ph.D., The New School University 

ALEXANDER PERKINS Theology 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., Fordham University 

SARA PFAFF English 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., Brown University 

CAMELIA PRODAN Physics & Engineering Physics Professor & The Kim D. and Stephen E. Bepler Chair in Physics Ph.D., University of Houston

MARIE-ANGE RAKOTONIAINA Theology 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., Emory University 

ELIZABETH RAMÍREZ SOTO Communication and Media Studies Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of Warwick 

MICHAEL REICH English 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., St. John's University 

DAVID ROSENKRANZ Economics 
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., Columbia University 

JOHN RUPPERT Natural Sciences Lecturer 
Ph.D., Rutgers University 

GERARDO SAMANO CORDOVA English 
Writer-in-Residence 
M.F.A., University of Michigan 

FADI SKEIKER Theatre and Visual Arts Professor 
Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin 

JACOB SMITH Political Science Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill 

ERIC STUDT, S.J. Philosophy 
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of St. Andrews 

JING TIAN Psychology 
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University 

ELLEN VAN WILGENBURG Natural Sciences Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of Melbourne 

EMILY WEISS Psychology 
Visiting Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

SYED ZAIDI Theology 
Lecturer 
Ph.D., Emory University 

MENG ZHENG Chemistry 
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., University of Konstanz 

YIYIN ZHOU Computer and Information Sciences Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., Columbia University

Gabelli School of Business

MATTHEW CAULFIELD Law & Ethics
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

SUZY D'ENBEAU Communications and Media Management Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Purdue University

YANG LIU Strategy and Statistics Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Cornell University

PETER MUELLER Finance & Business Economics Assistant Professor
Ph.D., University of Oklahoma

JIQIU RACHEL XIAO Finance & Business Economics Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Georgia State University

SHEN ZHANG Finance & Business Economics Visiting Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Auburn University

Graduate School of Education

JENNIFER COOPER Psychological and Educational Services Assistant Professor
Ph.D., Ohio State University

KATHERYN ROBERSON-MIRANDA Psychological and Educational Services
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., SUNY University at Albany

EMMA PORTER Psychological and Educational Services Visiting Assistant
Professor
Ph.D., University of Denver

YUKI YAMAZAKI Psychological and Educational Services Assistant Clinical
Professor
Ph.D., Fordham University

School of Law

HARLAN GRANT COHEN
Professor
J.D., New York University

ANIKET KESARI
Associate Professor
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

CHINMAYI SHARMA
Associate Professor
J.D., University of Virginia

Graduate School of Social Service

MOLLIE CHARTER
Online Instructor
Ph.D., University of Connecticut

JOHN HOLLAND
Online Instructor
Ph.D., Boston College