2019-2020 Faculty Senate Candidate Biographies

Maricelle Abayon Assistant Professor, Dentistry M&D, SMD

https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/26879253-maricelle-uy-abayon

Jonathan Baldo Professor, English, ESM

Jonathan Baldo is Professor of English at the Eastman School of Music. His most recent books are a monograph, Memory in Shakespeare’s Histories: Stages of Forgetting in Early Modern England (2012), and a co-edited volume, Forms of Faith: Literary Form and Religious Conflict in Early Modern England (2017). His articles on Shakespeare and early modern culture have appeared in Borrowers and Lenders: A Journal of Shakespeare and Appropriation, English Literary Renaissance, Renaissance Drama, Shakespeare Quarterly, Shakespeare: The Journal of the British Shakespeare Association, and numerous other journals. In recent years he has received the Eisenhart Award for Excellence in Teaching and the Edward Peck Curtis Award for Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching.

Loisa Bennetto, Associate Professor, Clinical and Social Psychology, SMD https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/22095176-loisa-bennetto

Mary G. Carey Associate Professor, SON

Mary Carey is an Associate Professor in the School of Nursing. An intensive care nurse by background, she earned a PhD in Nursing from the University of California San Francisco. Mary’s program of research has improved ECG monitoring so that disease conditions are better detected. Her University Service includes membership and chair service at both the school and university level, e.g., Academic Appointment, Promotion and Tenure Committee, Commission on Women and Gender Equity in Academia, etc. She would be delighted to serve as a Senator for Faculty Senate at the University of Rochester https://son.rochester.edu/search-results.html?q=Mary+Carey

P. Christopher Cook Professor, Orthopedic M&D, SMD

After residency at the University of Alberta, Dr. Cook completed a fellowship in Trauma at the University of Alberta and then a fellowship in Pediatric Orthopedics at Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard. He subsequently became an attending at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, where he became Program Director of the Orthopedic Residency Training Program. In addition to his clinical practice, his career has been focused on resident and medical student education. He has won the Resident Education Teaching Award eight times at three different institutions. He has been an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. Dr. Cook has also participated in numerous committees, including Promotions Committee at Dalhousie University, Chair of the Curriculum Committee at Dartmouth College, and Chair of the Clinical Competency Committee at the University of Rochester. He has been involved in numerous national committees and is now a professor and chief of Pediatric Orthopedics at the University of Rochester. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/27905579-peter-c-cook

2019-2020 Faculty Senate Candidate Biographies

Colleen O. Davis Professor, Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, SMD

Colleen O. Davis, MD, MPH is Professor of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics, Chief of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and a core Pediatric EM faculty Member. She is currently completing her first term as a Faculty Senator and is running for a second term. Dr. Davis also serves as a member of the UR Commission on Women and Gender Equity, Committee to revise Policy 106 and the Advisory Committee to consider arming Public Safety officers https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/21150159-m-colleen-o-neil-davis

Joshua Dubler Assistant Professor, Religion and Classics, College

My name is Joshua Dubler, and I am an Assistant Professor of Religion. I direct the Rochester Prison Education Project, and I am a member of the Rochester Decarceration Research Initiative. I am committed to community engagement and shared governance, and I would be honored to serve on the Faculty Senate. www.sas.rochester.edu/rel/people/faculty/dubler_joshua/index.html

Bryan Gopaul Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, Warner

My teaching and research focus on exploring how privilege, hierarchy, advantage, and marginalization are manifested in various higher educational contexts. Specifically, I have assessed the socialization of doctoral students in Engineering and Philosophy, governance reform and decision-making processes at universities in Kazakhstan, and the changing academic profession. My current research seeks to examine the experiences of post-doctoral researchers, links between faculty mobility and institutional leadership, and civic engagement priorities at research universities. My interest to join the Faculty Senate is rooted in my commitment to link my scholarship with institutional efforts to examine and to advocate for inclusive practices. https://www.warner.rochester.edu/facultystaff/who/gopaul

Nicholas Gresens Associate Professor, Religion and Classics, College

I have been teaching at the University of Rochester in the Department of Religion and Classics since 2009, after receiving my PhD in Classical Studies from Indiana University. My primary research interests are in ancient Greek and Roman mythology and folklore, although I have recently developed an interest in epigraphy and the use of technology to enhance our ability to read graffiti and inscriptions. My primary focus at the university, as an Associate Professor of Teaching (formerly a Senior Lecturer), is on teaching ancient Greek and Latin as well as an assortment of ancient Greek and Roman culture courses, and I am proud to have been twice named SA Humanities Professor of the Year. Outside the classroom, I dedicate myself to improving the undergraduate experience, serving on the Board of Academic Honesty, working with CETL and the Center for Education Abroad, and offering extra- curricular events for our Religion and Classics students www.sas.rochester.edu/rel/people/.../gresens_nicholas/index.html

Harry Groenevelt Associate Professor, Operations Management, Simon https://www.simon.rochester.edu/programs/executive-mba/academics/world-class-faculty/faculty-directory/faculty- profile/index.aspx?Username=harry.groenevelt

2019-2020 Faculty Senate Candidate Biographies

Valentin Guset Assistant Professor, Clinical Medicine, SMD

Dr. Guset is a board certified internist and a full-time Academic Hospitalist at Highland Hospital. Dr. Guset has a penchant for patient and public advocacy. In his prior role at Rochester Regional Health System he was as an elected member of the Rochester General Hospitalist Group Governance Board and served as a co-chair of Patient Experience Committee. Most recently, Dr. Guset was part of the Opioid Taskforce and Medication Reconciliation Project at Highland Hospital. He is an active member of the American College of Physicians (ACP) since residency and serves at present in the New York ACP Chapter Quality & Patient Safety Committee. Dr. Guset and his spouse have Eastern European roots and he sees the opportunity to represent Highland Hospital and the Department of Medicine in the Faculty Senate as a perfect platform to further his ongoing commitments to patients, education and community service. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/30638396-valentin-guset

C. Douglas Haessig Associate Professor, Mathematics, College

I joined the Math Department faculty in 2010. My research is in number theory, specifically the interplay between arithmetic, geometry, and analysis. In addition to research and teaching, I am active in outreach and supervising undergraduate research. I have regularly attended the Faculty Senate meetings over the past three years. My motivation to join the Faculty Senate at this time stems from the need for faculty engagement related to policy decisions surrounding recent events at the University. I hope to work hard at making the University a place that everyone is proud to be a part of. https://web.math.rochester.edu/people/faculty/chaessig/

Orit Hilewicz Assistant Professor, Music Theory, ESM

Orit Hilewicz is a second-year Assistant Professor of Music Theory at Eastman School of Music. Her research interests include post-tonal music and visual arts, and analytical approaches to music in multimedia works. Her article, "Reciprocal Interpretations of Music and Painting: Representation Types in Schuller, Tan, and Davies after Paul Klee" appears in Music Theory Online 24.3 (2018). Orit is currently serving as co-editor of Theory and Practice, the peer-reviewed journal of the Music Theory Society of New York State. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/hilewicz_orit/

James Johnson Professor, Political Science, College

Jim Johnson - PhD Chicago, 1991. I have been on the faculty in the Department of Political Science for nearly three decades. I have served on Faculty Senate several times in the past as well as a number of College and University Committees – College Faculty Council; UCTP; President’s Commission on Race & Diversity; Search Committee for Director of the Frederick Douglass Institute, etc. https://rochester.academia.edu/JamesJohnson

Henry Klumpenhouwer Professor, Music Theory, ESM

Henry Klumpenhouwer is Professor of Music Theory at the Eastman School of Music. He came to Eastman in 2013 after teaching at the University of Alberta. At Alberta, his service included terms on the University’s General Faculties Council and the Faculty of Arts Faculty Evaluation Committee; he also chaired the Faculty of Arts Academic Affairs Committee. Since coming to University of Rochester he has served on the Senate and the Senate Executive Committee. https://www.esm.rochester.edu/faculty/henry-klumpenhouwer 2019-2020 Faculty Senate Candidate Biographies

Antonia Kolokythas Department Head and Program Director, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, SMD

Born and raised in Sparta, Greece to a family of three children. Moved to Thessaloniki, northern part of Greece and spend almost 6 years there for professional school prior to moving to the United States. Completed residency training in Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery at the University of Illinois at Chicago, followed by two surgical fellowships in Head and Neck-Maxillofacial oncology and Reconstruction at the University of Maryland at Baltimore and the University of California at San Francisco. Immediately after the fellowship training returned to the University of Illinois as full time faculty in the tenure track. Joined the University of Rochester-EIOH as the Chair and Program Director of the Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery Department. My goal, if elected, is to serve the faculty and our organization to the best of my abilities. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/29749171-antonia-kolokythas

Maria Marconi Assistant Professor, Faculty Education, SON https://son.rochester.edu/faculty/detail/mmarconi/

Kevin McFarland Professor, Physics, College

I’ve served as a past chair of the Faculty Senate, and am currently chair of the University Committee on Tenure and Privileges. Shared governance, the process by which faculty provide advice and consent on some administrative decisions, takes on particular importance because we work at an institution where we do not collectively bargain for our workplace rights as faculty. My work in the Senate and UCTP has focused on strengthening shared governance, and I am proud of my role in the Senate’s recent successes: instituting a new faculty grievance policy that provides for peer input; negotiating a clear faculty role on searches for and reviews of senior administrators; adding faculty representatives to Board of Trustees committees; and strengthening the faculty voice in setting regulations that govern faculty promotions. I look forward to continuing this work with the Senate. https://www.pas.rochester.edu/people/faculty/mcfarland_kevin/

Michael L. Scott Professor, Computer Science, College

Michael Scott is a Professor in the Computer Science Department on the River Campus. He is running for a second 3-yr term. He has been a member of the Senate Executive Committee since 2016, and was also a member from 2011 to 2014. He has served on many committees at the University level; most recently, he co-chaired the University Advisory Committee for the Presidential search. http://www.cs.rochester.edu/u/scott

Jinjiao Wang Assistant Professor, SON

I am an Assistant Professor at the University of Rochester School of Nursing. My educational and training background is focused on gerontological nursing and health services research. My area of expertise is using home- based interventions and home health services to improve the quality of care and health outcomes among older adults with chronic medical conditions, particularly cardiovascular disease. More information can be found on my website:

https://son.rochester.edu/faculty/detail/jwang7/

2019-2020 Faculty Senate Candidate Biographies

Mitchell J. Wharton Assistant Professor of Clinical Nursing, SON

Mitchell Wharton joined the nursing faculty in the fall of 2018. There he teaches in the Master’s Nurse Practitioner programs, serves as faculty advisor for the student-led Leading with Integrity For Tomorrow (LIFT) program and co-facilitator of the Racial Equity Series. His research scholarship focuses on identifying asset based-modalities of HIV prevention and health maintenance in marginalized populations by examining the intersectionalities of age, race, sexual identity and behaviors, and human rights. In addition to his academic role, he maintains an active clinical practice in the Center for Perioperative Medicine at Strong Memorial Hospital and serves as the national treasurer for the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care (ANAC). https://son.rochester.edu/faculty/detail/Mwharton/

AnnMarie White Associate Professor, Psychiatry, SMD

Ann Marie White, Ed.D. is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Office of Mental Health Promotion (OMHP) at the University of Rochester Medical Center? She has secondary appointments in Public Health Sciences and the Center for Community Health and Prevention. She teaches in the undergraduate public health program and has led projects in data science. In her university faculty roles, she leads change initiatives to deepen community engagement and public health approaches to mental health promotion via service, education and research. OMHP also has overseen community, consumer and diversity affairs for the Department of Psychiatry faculty and staff. Prior to her faculty appointment at URMC, she was an AAAS/SRCD fellow of the U.S. Senate and then of the National Institutes of Health from 2002-04. Dr. White is currently a member of the research and education cores of the University of Rochester's Injury Control Research Center for Suicide Prevention. She was a visiting scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2017 to foster the implementation of systems science approaches in suicide prevention https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/people/20693992-ann-marie-white

Vera Tilson Associate Professor, Operations, Simon

Tenured Associate Professor of Operations at the Simon School. At UofR since 2006. Primary research interest: healthcare operations. Taught classes in Simon's undergraduate, full-time and part-time MBA, specialized Master's, Masters of Medical Management, and PhD programs. Recipient of the UofR non-tenured teaching award in 2016 and Simon MBA 2009 teaching award. Chair of INFORMS Committee on Professional Development. Associate Editor of INFORMS Transactions on Education. Served on Simon PhD, MBA, Graduate curriculum committees, on the 2018 Dean's Review Committee, and various Simon task forces. Participated in the UofR Developing From Within Leadership Program 2015. Member of the 2017-2019 University of Rochester Commission on Gender Equity, the Commission is the recipient of the 2018 UofR Diversity award. Prior to becoming an academic worked as a software engineer, and a project manager in the US and abroad in multiple industries: medical devices, consumer and business software, telecommunications. Married to a UofR faculty member: David Tilson, Clinical Professor of Information Systems at Simon, Simon MBA Dean 2014-2017. Mother of two daughters: Hannah -- a final year student in economics and management in the UK, Leah -- a first- year student majoring in Industrial and Labor relations. Immigrated to the US from the former Soviet Union; BSEE from MIT, PhD from the Weatherhead School at CWRU. www.simon.rochester.edu/programs/phd/academic.../index.aspx?...vera.tilson