Bridgewater College welcomes eight new faculty members

Bridgewater College welcomes eight new full-time faculty members for the 2016-17 academic year. The faculty members, who will arrive on campus in mid-August for meetings before the start of classes on Aug. 30, will join the departments of health and human sciences, history and political science, mathematics and computer science, physics, sociology and world languages and cultures.

The new faculty members, announced by Leona Sevick, provost and vice president for academic affairs, are as follows:

The department of health and human sciences welcomes three new faculty members – Minhyun Kim as assistant professor and Thomas Campbell and Carolyn Grasse-Bachman as visiting assistant professors.

Kim earned a B.A. in golf management and sports administration from Kyunghee University and an M.A. in kinesiology from California State University. He is a doctoral candidate in physical education and teacher education from the University of New Mexico.

Campbell received B.S. and M.S. degrees in athletic training from East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania.

Grasse-Bachman earned a B.S. in home economics education from Eastern Mennonite University, an M.Ed. in home economics education from Oregon State University and a Ph.D. in individual and family studies from the University of Delaware.

Joining the department of history and political science is Kevin Pallister as assistant professor of global studies. He received a B.A. in political sciences from the University of Rhode Island, an M.A. in international relations from Boston University and a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Massachusetts.

The department of mathematics and computer science welcomes Arnold Yim as assistant professor of mathematics. He received a B.S. in mathematics from Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology and is a doctoral candidate in mathematics from Purdue University.

Gregory Tait will join the department of physics as assistant professor. He earned a B.S. in physics from Amherst College, an M.S. in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland and a Ph.D. in electrical engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

Jessica Perez has received a teaching fellowship in the department of sociology. She earned a B.S. in psychology from the University of Central Florida and M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in social ecology from the University of California at Irvine.

Joining the department of world languages and cultures is Alma Ramirez-Trujillo. She earned a B.A. in economics from Benemérita Universidad Autónoma de Puebla and an M.A. in Spanish and a Ph.D. in Hispanic studies (linguistics) from the University of Western Ontario.

Bridgewater College is a private, four-year liberal arts college located in the Central Shenandoah Valley of Virginia. Founded in 1880, it was the state’s first private, coeducational college. Today, Bridgewater College is home to more than 1,800 undergraduate students.