New Faces on Campus

Rebecca Black Assistant Professor ofOrganic Chemistry “I climbed Mount Fuji and I have two brown Tabby cats (Zoeand Willow).”

Athena Rycyk Assistant Professor of Biology and Marine Science “I went to the Galápagos Islands earlier this year.”

Nicolas Delon Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies “I’m vegan. I like animals and I teach about ethics and moral obligations to animals. One of the main historic reasons why I turned vegetarian was listening to some vegan straight edge punk bands in the nineties.”

Nassima Neggaz Assistant Professor of Religion and Islamic Studies “I just moved here from the UK.” “I’ve lived in 11 countries already, in Europe, the Middle East, Southeast Asia and America.”

Tania Roy Assistant Professor of Human Centered Computing “I love Marvel movies and the only video game I play is Stardew Valley.”

Ilaria Giglioli Assistant Professor of Geography and International Studies “In some places you’re inserted into a very structured system. It seemed to me that coming here, if you want to develop a new subject or a new area, they encourage you to go for it.” “I speak 5 languages, I like sailing and I make some of my own clothes.”

Lin Jiang Assistant Professor of Bioorganic Chemistry “I love my last name which is beautiful in my language, but I found it’s much easier to let my students call me “Dr. Lin” in the past few years :)”

Mark Paul Assistant Professor of Economics “I was really excited about admission to New College, both as a public institution and also as a way to radically revision how we think about educating students and preparing them to be active members of our democracy. It’s a really fantastic alternative vision of education that I deeply believe in.”

Lauren Hansen Visiting Assistant Professor of German Language and Literature “I can speak some Polish and Russian.”

Jessica Young Assistant Professor of English

Gerardo Toro-Farmer Assistant Professor of Coastal and Marine Sciences

Nick Clarkson “I think teaching Gender Studies on a campus this queer is the dream. I’m so happy to be here at New College for this reason.” “I grew up in Indiana and my main area of work is in trans studies.”

Diego Villada Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies “I love sci-fi fi lms and stories related to time-space. My favorite film is Back to the Future, Part I (1985).”

Kathleen Casto Assistant Professor of Psychology “I am a competitive Olympic weightlifter (a type of weightlifting, not that I compete at the Olympics or anything crazy like that), I ran cross-country and track in college, generally love sports, I have a twin sister, I’m a super dog-mom and run an Instagram account for my dog Piper (@Piggypiper_pup).”