USC Upstate Welcomes 22 New Faculty Members

August 28, 2018 at 2:58 pm

Spartanburg, S.C. –  Twenty-two new faculty members have joined the University of South Carolina Upstate for the 2018-2019 academic year. USC Upstate is pleased to welcome the following new faculty:

  • Chung-Yean Chiang, Assisant Professor of Management (Supply Chain)
  • Christa Christ, Assistant Professor of Psychology
  • Melissa Davis, Instructor of Computer Science
  • Daniel Davis, Assistant Professor of Management (Human Resources)
  • *Lindsay Grainer, Instructor of Nursing (begins spring semester 2019)
  • Brooke Hardin, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
  • Tracy Hudgins, Associate Professor of Nursing
  • Sharda Jackson-Smith, Assistant Professor of Elementary Education
  • Polinpapilinho Katina, Assistant Professor of Advanced Manufacturing Management
  • Lex Lancaster, Assistant Professor of Art History
  • Shuang Liu, Assistant Professor of Digital Studies and Mass Media
  • Alexander Lorenz, Assistant Professor of German
  • AKM Jahangir Majumder, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
  • Thanh Nguyen, Assistant Professor of Finance
  • *Laura Rickard, Assistant Professor of Theatre (begins spring semester 2019)
  • Lina Shu, Instructor of Nursing
  • John Siegel, Assisant Librarian and Coordinator of Information Literacy
  • Gerald Smalls, Associate Professor of Accounting
  • Alexander Tepperman, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
  • Lauren Vervaecke, Assistant Professor of Exercise Science – Medical Fitness
  • Tracey Woodard, Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice
  • Liang Zhao, Assistant Professor of Computer Science