Oberlin OnCampus features brief bios of faculty and staff members new to the campus community. New employees who have not completed the New Employee Information form that was included in their human resources packet can still submit information by e-mailing oncampus@oberlin.edu. Others who want to supplement the information they have already provided may do so by e-mail. All new employees should e-mail a digital portrait-style photo to Oberlin OnCampus, or contact us to arrange to have a photo taken.
Sharon Johnson began her duties as manager of employee and labor relations on September 1, 2012. She brings with her 13 years of experience, including extensive contract negotiation and implementation experience. She was director of human resources at Allen Medical Center/Community Health Partners (now Mercy Allen Hospital/Mercy Regional Medical Center) from 1995 to 2003. Since that time, she has served as a consultant to Our Lady of the Wayside in Avon, Ohio; human resources manager for People Premier in St. Petersburg, Florida; and director of human resources for HELP Foundation, Inc., in Cleveland. She earned a bachelor of arts degree at Baldwin Wallace College. ?Please help me welcome Sharon Johnson to Oberlin College,? says Ron Watts, vice president for finance. ?Her experience in human resources and labor relations, as well as her familiarity with Oberlin from her time at Allen, will serve the college well.?
New Faculty and New Visiting Faculty
Crystal Biruk
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Crystal Biruk teaches introduction to cultural anthropology, culture theory, and Empires of Science in the anthropology department. In the future, she hopes to teach courses on medical anthropology, global health issues, humanitarianism, anthropology of Africa, and transnational sexual politics. Biruk earned a BA in anthropology at Bryn Mawr College and a PhD in anthropology at University of Pennsylvania. Prior to Oberlin, Biruk was a postdoctoral fellow at the Pembroke Center for Teaching and Researching on Women at Brown University. Her research centers on the ethics and politics of intervention in the global South, specifically sub-Saharan Africa. She is interested in how the increasing presence of foreign humanitarian, development, and scientific projects in this region reconfigures local social geographies, producing new kinds of status, mobility, expertise, and exclusions. Biruk grew up in New Jersey, but has spent much of the past decade in either Philadelphia or Malawi. She enjoys spending time with her cat Gimlet, playing tennis, skiing, Scrabble, running, food, travel, and living variously.
Omar Tonsi Eldakar
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Omar Tonsi Eldakar is teaching evolution and behavioral ecology in the biology department. Eldakar earned BS, MS, and PhD degrees at Binghamton University in biology. He then worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Insect Science at the University of Arizona.
Dane Karl Imerman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics
Dane Imerman teaches courses in the politics department, specifically focusing on international politics. Imerman earned a bachelor?s degree at the University of Missouri at Columbia and went a PhD at the Ohio State University in international relations, with a minor in comparative politics. In his spare time, he enjoys reading, football, and backpacking.
Sachiko Kondo
Visiting Instructor of Japanese
Sachiko Kondo is teaching all levels of Japanese in the East Asian studies department. Born and raised in Tokyo, Kondo earned a BA in social behavioral science at Soka University of America and an MA in Japanese at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Jessica Elaine Kuskey
Visiting Assistant Professor of Nineteenth-Century British Literature
Jessica Kuskey is teaching courses in the English department, including the history of science fiction, Victorian ?others,? and Victorian literature and science. Kuskey earned a BA in English at Central Connecticut State University and an MA in English at New York University. She is pursuing a PhD at Syracuse University. She says she is excited to have interesting conversations with Oberlin students and to share with them her research interests in the histories of science, technology, and print culture.
Chelsea Ram El Martinez
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Oberlin graduate Chelsea Martinez is teaching organic chemistry classes during the fall semester. Before coming to Oberlin, she was a Congressional Hispanic Caucus Fellow at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, where she assisted in developing presidential policy around science and engineering education and the bioeconomy. She completed a PhD in bioorganic chemistry at the University of Texas at Austin in 2011 after teaching high school algebra, geometry, and chemistry, and she took time off from graduate school to write for the LA Times health desk and develop a networking community for the National Academy of Engineering?s diversity efforts.
Jason Petrulis
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Jason Petrulis teaches courses on politics and capitalism in the United States and the world, including The U.S. since 1945, U.S. Foreign Policy since 1898, Gender and the Suburbs, U.S.-Asia Wars in History and Memory, and Commodities and Commoditization in U.S. History. Petrulis earned a BA at Harvard University and an MA and PhD at Columbia University. He is completing his first book, America the Brand: How Government and Business Learned to Sell America, as well as his current research project, ?The Rise and Fall of the Asiatic Wig, 1958-1979.?
Irene Sunwoo
Visiting Instructor of Art
Irene Sunwoo is teaching courses in modern and contemporary architectural history. She is a PhD candidate at the Princeton University School of Architecture. Her current research focuses on the history of architectural education during the late 20th century. She earned a BA in art history at New York University, an MA in the history of design at the Bard Graduate Center, and an MA in architectural history and theory at the Architectural Association.
New Staff
Caroline Marie Floyd
Campus Coordinator for Shansi
Caroline Floyd returned from two years of working abroad in China to begin working for Shansi as its Campus Coordinator. Caroline will be engaging with the Oberlin community to promote Shansi?s grants and fellowships abroad and is responsible for maintaining Shansi?s social media presence. Caroline is a Florida native and spent her college years in North Carolina where she earned a BA at Guilford College in religious studies and East Asian studies.
Lucy Gelb
GIS Research Assistant
Lucy Gelb maintains hardware and software related to GIS, GPS, and surveying for the geology department. In addition, she assists with classes, labs, winter term projects, and student projects involving GIS. Gelb earned a BA in geology and biology at Oberlin in 2012. She is returning to Oberlin after a semester abroad in New Zealand.
James Klaiber
Controller, Office of Finance
When James Klaiber began his duties as controller on July 1, 2012, he also began his second stint as an employee of Oberlin College. He previously worked for the college from 1994 to 1998 as the accounts payable manager. He then joined SunGard Higher Education, where he was a systems consultant and team manager. In that position, he worked with higher education clients to implement ERP systems, implemented finance/accounting systems, and designed training for IT and finance staff. His experience also includes working as a staff auditor with KPMG Peat Marwick and teaching accounting and management information systems at Bowling Green State University, where he had earlier earned the BA and MBA degrees. He is also a Certified Public Accountant. ?Please help me welcome James Klaiber to Oberlin College,? says Ron Watts, vice president for finance. ?Jim?s past experience and his knowledge of the Banner system will serve the College well.?
Angela LaGrotteria
College Access Coordinator for Oberlin College and the city of Oberlin school district
Angie LaGrotteria works with the Ninde Scholars Program to promote college access and success among Oberlin City School District middle and high school students. Some of her main responsibilities include supervising Oberlin College students who serve as Ninde tutors and planning college preparation and financial aid workshops for historically underserved students and their families. Originally from Elyria, LaGrotteria earned a BA in English and Spanish at Ohio University. She went on to earn an MA in women?s studies at San Diego State University and a PhD in women?s, gender, and sexuality Studies at Emory University. She says she is excited to return to northeast Ohio and be part of the vibrant Oberlin community. In her spare time, she enjoys practicing yoga, jogging, and reading.
Miriam Rothenberg
Laboratory Technician
Miriam Rothenberg is running geology Professor Amanda Schmidt?s research lab while Schmidt is on leave this semester. Rothenberg is responsible for processing soil and loess samples, using GIS to analyze spatial data, working with research students, and preparing for Professor Schmidt?s 2013 field season in China. Originally from Ithaca, New York, Rothenberg earned a BA in archaeological studies and anthropology at Oberlin, graduating in 2012. Her hobbies include circus and aerial arts, geocaching, linguistics, and, of course, geology.
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