José Bento Ayres Pereira, assistant professor of computer science, A&S. Ph.D.: Stanford University. Interests: Machine-learning; probabilistic graphical models; distributed and parallel optimization algorithms. Author of: “Support Recovery for the Drift Coefficient of High-Dimensional Diffusions” (with M. Ibrahimi), IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 2013.

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Marie Boltz, associate professor of adult health, CSON. Ph.D.: New York University; previously tenured at New York University. Interests: Caregiving efficacy and coping with dementia and delirium; aging-related care issues. Author of: “Basic Physical Capability Scale: Psychometric Testing with Cognitively Impaired Older Adults” (with B. Resnick and E. Galik), in American Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Dementias, 2014.

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Sean Clarke, professor, Connell School of Nursing (CSON). Ph.D.: McGill University; previously tenured at the University of Toronto. Interests: Organizational aspects of healthcare safety and quality; nursing administration research; occupational health and safety of nurses. Author of: “Organizational Climate and Hospital Nurses’ Caring Practices: A Mixed-methods Study” (with G. Roch and C.A. Dubois), Research in Nursing and Health, 2014.

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Andrew Davis, assistant professor of Old Testament, School of Theology and Ministry. Ph.D.: Johns Hopkins University; previously tenured at Seattle University School of Theology and Ministry. Interests: Israelite religion; sacred space; Jewish-Christian dialogue. Author of: “The Literary Effect of Gender Discord in the Book of Ruth,” Journal of Biblical Literature, 2013.

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Adam Lewis, assistant professor of English, College of Arts and Sciences (A&S). Ph.D.: University of California, San Diego. Interests: 19th-century American literature; early African-American literature. Author of: “Naturalization, Empire, and the Pacific Historical Romances of James Fenimore Cooper and James Jackson Jarves,” in Literature in the Early American Republic, 2013.

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Patricia McCoy, professor of law, the Law School. J.D.: University of California, Berkeley, School of Law; previously tenured at the University of Connecticut School of Law. Interests: Insurance law and banking regulations. Author of: “Barriers to Foreclosure Prevention During the Financial Crisis,” Arizona Law Review, 2013.

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Jordan Nickerson, assistant professor of finance, CSOM. Ph.D.: University of Texas, Austin. Interests: Corporate finance; executive compensation; credit ratings. Author of: “Rating Shopping or Catering? An Examination of the Response to Competitive Pressure for CDO Credit Ratings” (with J. Griffin and D. Y. Tang), Review of Financial Studies, 2013.

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Nailya Ordabayeva, assistant professor of marketing, Carroll School of Management (CSOM). Ph.D.: INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France. Interests: Visual and luxury marketing. Author of: “Predicting and Managing Consumers’ Package Size Impressions” (with P. Chandon), Journal of Marketing, 2013.

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Lindsey O’Rourke, assistant professor of political science, A&S. Ph.D.: University of Chicago. Interests: U.S. foreign policy; military strategy; the Cold War. Author of: “What’s Special about Female Suicide Terrorism?” Security Studies, 2009.

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Michael Russell, professor of educational research, Lynch School of Education; Ph.D.: Boston College; previously senior vice president at Measured Progress, Inc. Interests: Technology and assessment. Author of: The Paradoxes of High-Stakes Testing (with G. Madaus and J. Higgins), 2009.

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Erika Sabbath, assistant professor, School of Social Work. Sc.D.: Harvard School of Public Health and Université Paris XI-Sud. Interests: contributions of workplace exposures on health disparities at older ages. Author of: “The Diverging Topography of Work-Family Life Among U.S. Women by Educational Level” (with J. Montez, M. Glymour, and L. Berkman), Population Research and Public Policy Review, 2013.

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Natalya Shnitser, assistant professor of law, the Law School. J.D.: Yale Law School. Interests: Retirement security; business law. Author of: “Funding Discipline for U.S. Public Pension Plans: An Empirical Analysis of Institutional Design,” Iowa Law Review, forthcoming, 2014.

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