Holy Cross Announces New Tenure-Track Faculty Hires for 2010-11 Academic Year

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Office of the Dean at the College of the Holy Cross announces the hiring of three new faculty members in tenure-track positions for the 2010-11 academic year and two new teaching fellows funded through a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. They are:

Florencia Anggoro (assistant professor, psychology) specializes in language and conceptual development, science learning, relational thinking, and culture and cognition.  She has presented her research at conferences around the world and published her work in academic journals, including Psychological Science.  Previously, Anggoro taught at Georgia State University and completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Chicago and the University of Illinois at Chicago.  She earned her B.A. in psychology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Northwestern University.

Amber Hupp (assistant professor, chemistry) focuses her teaching and research on analytical chemistry.  She has presented her work at scientific conferences throughout the U.S. and published papers in peer-reviewed journals.  Previously, she was a visiting assistant professor at Holy Cross in 2009-10.  She earned her B.A. in chemistry from Kalamazoo College and her Ph.D. in analytical chemistry from Michigan State University.

Michelle Mondoux (assistant professor, biology) specializes in cellular and molecular biology.  She is the recipient of several fellowships and grants, including the Nancy Nossal Fellowship Award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, where she was a postdoctoral fellow since 2007.  In addition to teaching positions with Princeton University and the National Institutes of Health, Mondoux conducted research in the department of pediatric oncology at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute.  She earned her B.A. in biological sciences from Smith College and her Ph.D. in molecular biology from Princeton University.

Brian Moskalik (Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, biology) focuses his teaching and research on behavioral ecology, animal behavior, evolution, invertebrate zoology, nutritional ecology and anatomy and physiology.  He has given numerous public lectures, as well as presentations at academic conferences, and has published his research in academic journals.  Moskalik earned his B.S. and M.S. in biology from the State University of New York at Fredonia, and his Ph.D. in biology from the University of Cincinnati.

Carolyn Richardson (Andrew W. Mellon Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, philosophy) has expertise in the philosophy of language, epistemology, 20th century continental philosophy and environmental philosophy.  She has presented her research at conferences throughout the world, and has published work (including original poetry) in academic and literary journals.  Earlier this year, she contributed a book chapter to Lyric Ecology: Twenty-five Meditations on the Work of Jan Zwicky (Cormorant Press).  Richardson earned her B.A. in philosophy and English from Mount Allison University (New Brunswick, Canada) and is completing her Ph.D. in philosophy from the University of Toronto.