New Faculty Debut 2023

The New Faculty Debut is a weekly gathering to welcome and learn about the research of our new faculty. Each week an hour is scheduled for two new faculty to present their research for about twenty minutes and discuss for about ten minutes. We gather in the Pub at St. Mary’s with appropriate beverages for the casual mood. The target audience is other faculty. Classes, students, and mentees are also welcome.

Dates

We gather every week in the fall semester, alternating between Wednesdays and Thursdays. Each gathering is 4:00-5:00pm (except as noted). The dates planned for 2023 are:

1. Wednesday, September 6
   • Michael SmithAssistant Professor of LawMoral Panics, Free Speech, and Constitutional Crimes
   • Sígrid Vendrell-PolancoVisiting Assistant Professor of LawDecolonization in Puerto Rico: No Remedy in Sight
2. Thursday, September 14, after the Provost’s meeting (about 5:00-5:30)
   • Nicole KirpalaniLecturer of MarketingSustainability and Marketing: A Critical Look at the Fashion Industry
3. Wednesday, September 20
   • Teri GrimmerAssistant Professor of AccountingThe Intersection of Gender and White Collar Crimes: Implications for Accounting
   • Adam MacLeodProfessor of LawClassical Legal Concepts for the Information Age
4. Thursday, September 28
   • Benjamin EnslowAssistant Professor of Biological Sciences (Anatomy)B cells and BMI: Obesity and the Adaptive Immune Response
   • Tanya GrantAssistant Professor of Criminal Justice
5. Wednesday, October 4
   • Damiano TorreAssistant Professor of Software EngineeringChallenges and Weaknesses in AI-based Cybersecurity Attack Detection
   • Adrian G. RuizAssistant Professor of MusicThe Improvisational Style of Trumpeter Claudio Roditi
6. Thursday, October 12
   • Ryan BowleyVisiting Assistant Professor of TheologyThe Letters of Ignatius of Antioch in Ancient Liturgical Context
   • Patricia A. JaramilloAssociate Professor of Political ScienceParticipatory Budgeting in San Antonio, Texas
7. Wednesday, October 18
   • Erika GrimmAssistant Professor of Philosophy
   • Patricia Wick MooreProfessor of LawA Retrospective on the 2015 Amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure
8. Thursday, October 26
   • Edward EpsenVisiting Assistant Professor of TheologyAI and the Politics of Information
   • Andres Aguirre-MesaVisiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical EngineeringComputational Fracture Mechanics and Sensitivity Analysis using Hypercomplex Numbers
9. Wednesday, November 1
   • Steven D. GlassnerAssistant Professor of CriminologyAdolescent Victimization, Deviant Behavior, and Criminological Theory
   • Jason KingBeirne Director of the Center for Catholic StudiesAliens, Monsters, Heroes, and Jesus
10. Thursday, November 9
    • Donna BadowskiVice Dean and Founding Director of Nursing, and Nanci ReilandAssociate Professor of NursingMotivational Interviewing Training in Nursing Education
11. Wednesday, November 15
    • Ying “Caroline” ChenAssistant Professor of Accounting
    • Siti Aqilah JahariAssistant Professor of Marketing

New Faculty

The faculty presenters for each date, along with their topics, will be updated. The new faculty we plan to welcome are as follows. Please update Todd Hanneken if you notice any missing new faculty. We are including all schools, those new to the faculty but not St. Mary’s, and administrators with faculty rank.

1. Andres Aguirre-MesaVisiting Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering
2. Muhammad Faisal AmjadAssistant Professor of Computer Science
3. Donna BadowskiVice Dean and Founding Director of Nursing
4. Teresa BeamDean of the School of Science, Engineering and Technology
5. Lori BoiesAssistant Professor of Biological Sciences (Bioinformatics)
6. Ryan BowleyVisiting Assistant Professor of Theology
7. Kevin Cedeño-PachecoVisiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
8. Ying “Caroline” ChenAssistant Professor of Accounting
9. Derek DelgadoVisiting Instructor of English Literature and Language
10. Benjamin EnslowAssistant Professor of Biological Sciences (Anatomy)
11. Edward EpsenVisiting Assistant Professor of Theology
12. Matthew GarciaMoody Foundation Visiting Assistant Professor of Law
13. Steven D. GlassnerAssistant Professor of Criminology
14. Tanya GrantAssistant Professor of Criminal Justice
15. Erika GrimmAssistant Professor of Philosophy
16. Teri GrimmerAssistant Professor of Accounting
17. Gustavo GuzmanAssistant Professor of Criminal Justice
18. Siti Aqilah JahariAssistant Professor of Marketing
19. Patricia A. JaramilloAssociate Professor of Political Science
20. Jason KingBeirne Director of the Center for Catholic Studies
21. Nicole KirpalaniLecturer of Marketing
22. Adam MacLeodProfessor of Law
23. ^†Delores MayerAssistant Service Professor in Law
24. Patricia Wick MooreProfessor of Law
25. Alison NixonAssociate Service Professor in Law
26. Nanci ReilandAssociate Professor of Nursing
27. Adrian G. RuizAssistant Professor of Music
28. Michael SmithAssistant Professor of Law
29. Damiano TorreAssistant Professor of Software Engineering
30. Sígrid Vendrell-PolancoVisiting Assistant Professor of Law

Questions

If you have any questions or would like to receive Outlook Calendar invites for the series, please contact Todd Hanneken.