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Meet Our New Faculty

The College of Humanities and Sciences is full of talented faculty—an amazing group of educators, academics and researchers. We invite you to meet our newest faculty members for the 2022-23 academic year. Their disciplines and backgrounds are varied, and we have no doubt they will make their mark on the College, VCU and beyond.

African American Studies

lisa winn bryan

Lisa Winn Bryan, Ed.D.

Job title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of African American Studies

Bryan has research interests in historic preservation, community engagement, genealogy, African American Studies and the history of the enslaved.

cheryl montgomery

Cheryl Montgomery, Ph.D.

Job title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of African American Studies

Montgomery examines southern Black women’s practices of community, documenting the ways these women take up and transform physical and virtual spaces.

Biology

Gaston Ignacio Jofre-Rodriguez

Gaston Ignacio Jofre-Rodriguez, Ph.D.

Job title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of Biology

Jofre-Rodriguez is a biologist who specializes in evolutionary genomics and genomic signatures of speciation.

English

geoff bouvier

Geoff Bouvier, Ph.D.

Job title: Instructor
Affiliation: Department of English

Bouvier has previously published two books of prose poetry, including the APR/Honickman Prize-winning “Living Room.”

s.j. sindu

SJ Sindu, Ph.D.

Job title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of English

Sindu's research interests include queer studies, postcolonial studies and critical theory.

Forensic Science

stephen stockman

Stephen Stockman

Job title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of Forensic Science

Stockman has spent the past 18 years as an instructor for the Virginia Forensic Science Academy where he taught crime scene investigation skills to police personnel.

Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

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Travis Chezik

Job title: Instructor
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Chezik has been part of the VCU community since 2015 – first as a student, then as an instructor.

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Nick Wong, Ph.D.

Job title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics

Wong's research examines how the lack of prerequisite skills and concepts affects student success in math courses.

Psychology

alicia borre

Alicia Borre, Ph.D.

Job title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of Psychology

Borre's research aims to better understand individual and contextual factors that promote resilience among children, youth and families in the face of adversity.

ann haynos

Ann Haynos, Ph.D.

Job title: Assistant Professor
Affiliation: Department of Psychology

Haynos' research focus is on identifying and intervening upon the biological and behavioral decision-making mechanisms that promote the development and maintenance of psychological disorders of rigidity, especially anorexia nervosa.

World Studies

olivia landry

Olivia Landry, Ph.D.

Job title: Associate Professor
Affiliation: School of World Studies

Landry is a scholar of film, media, theater and performance studies, with a particular focus on the German speaking world.