Hobart and William Smith Colleges

New Faculty hired into temporary positions July 1, 2025

Zachariah Barfield, Visiting Instructor of Physics
Ph.D. candidate, University of Rochester
B.A., State University of New York at Geneseo, 2018

Joshua Bastian Cole-Kurz, Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender, Sexuality, & Intersectional Justice
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2022
M.A., Cornell University, 2018
M.A., CUNY Brooklyn College, 2012
B.A., James Madison University, 2002

André de Oliveira Nascimento, Fisher Center Postdoctoral Fellow
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2025
M.A., University of New Mexico, 2019
B.A., Faculdade de Filosofia Campograndense, 2015

Harun Ercan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton, 2024
M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton, 2019
Master, Koç University, 2010
B.A., Koç University, 2007

Yuri Gama, Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Amherst, 2025
M.L.S., Rollins College, 2015
B.A., Federal University of Santa Catarina, 2011

Bridger Herman, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
Ph.D., University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2024
M.S., University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2020
B.S., University of Minnesota – Twin Cities, 2018

Patrick Kana, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Architecture
M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology, 2015
B.A., Hobart and William Smith Colleges, 2012

Do Hyoung Kim, Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Ph.D., Duke University, 2016
M.S., Korea University, 2009
B.S., Korea University, 2006

Alaa Murad, Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2025
M.A., Brandeis University, 2015
B.A., British University in Egypt, 2010

Kylie Smith, Visiting Instructor of Sociology
Ph.D. Candidate, University of Georgia
M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2019
B.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania, 2018

New Staff Teaching positions

Jason Hoppe, Director of the Writing Colleagues Program
Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University, 2012
M.A., Johns Hopkins University, 2004
B.A., Grinnell College, 2000

New Faculty hired into part-time positions

Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Trias Writer-in-Residence
Dona O’Neil, Public Health