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 Teaching Fellowship (TF)
2004-2005 Teaching Fellows
Basak, Chandramallika
Chandramallika Basak is a doctoral candidate in Experimental Psychology trying to configure theoretical details of human working memory system, especially how focus of attention varies with different types of tasks. She is originally from India where she received her B.Sc. (Mathematics) and M.Sc. (Psychology) from the University of Calcutta, followed by her dual M.S. in Applied Statistics and Experimental Psychology from Syracuse University. Her master’s thesis was on how we predict trajectories of two types of motions - uniform velocity and uniform acceleration. She loves to watch movies, read almost anything that she can lay her hands on, and hang around with her friends.
Beiseitov, Eldar
Eldar Beiseitov is a doctoral candidate in the Department of Economics. His fields of interest include Public Finance and International Economics. Over the past few years at SU he served as a TA and taught classes independently. He also worked as a research associate for the New York State Tax Study and received various awards including the European Union Commission summer research fellowship. Last year, Eldar helped in organizing the university forum on marriage equality and the ReelQueer film festival.
Calogero, Rachel
Rachel Calogero is a doctoral candidate in Social Psychology. She has taught introduction to psychology, statistics, workshops on eating disorders, and has worked extensively with women with eating disorders. Her research focuses on understanding the stereotyping of oneself and others and how that contributes to social injustices and psychological problems.
Calvert-Minor, Chris
Chris Calvert-Minor is a third-year Ph.D. graduate student in philosophy here at Syracuse University. While he loves to collect unique artifacts such as voodoo dolls and ritualistic religious items, his real passion is to bring philosophy out of the ivory tower and make it relevant and important to the everyday. He tries to accomplish this through his teaching introductory courses in philosophy and in his research on combating oppression and alienation through dynamics of social recognition and feminism. He currently lives in Canastota with his wife Deilee.
Charry, Brinda
Brinda Charry is a Ph.D. student in English. A native of India, she came to SU four years ago. Her area of research is English Renaissance Drama, which she also teaches. Her other interests include reading fiction from around the world, writing and listening to music. She loves animals - cats, dogs, almost anything and looks forwards to having many pets of her own.
Dobbins, Holly A.
Holly A. Dobbins originally hails from Huntsville, Alabama in the foothills of the Smokey Mountains. As the daughter of a rocket scientist and a NASA illustrator, she claims to be well balanced. Holly has a B.A. in International Studies from Texas State University, and an M.A. in International Affairs from George Washington University. Having served over a decade in the field of international exchange and cross-cultural training as a specialist in Central and Eastern Europe, Holly returned to university in 2001 to pursue a Ph.D. in Social Science at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School. In her work she combines the fields of International Relations, Indigenous Studies and Social Movement to focus on Aboriginal self-determination. The story of the Inuit of Nunavut and their thirty-year struggle to gain their own territorial government in Canada is the focus of her dissertation, and her interests extend to exploring what she calls the global indigenous movement. For the past eight months she has been conducting research in Canada’s arctic. Holly is a cat lover, a Shakespearian, a poet, writer and fencer.
Dunn, Shannon
Shannon Dunn received her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology/Art History at New College of Florida in 2002. She is currently pursuing doctoral research on the historical archaeology of rural 18th and 19th century Ireland in the Anthropology Department at Syracuse University. She has participated in archaeological research in Florida and New York as well as Ireland and Northern Ireland. Shannon’s academic interests include critical and social theories, identity formation, the construction and perceptions of landscapes, and the relationships between archaeological practice, subjects and modern communities. Her personal interests include most genres of music (both listening and playing) and being outdoors, whether to ski, bike, climb, or hike whenever Syracuse weather allows.
Evans, Melanie
Melanie Evans is a doctoral candidate in Child & Family Studies. She received her A.B. in Psychology from Vassar College in 1996 and her M.S. in Child & Family Studies from Syracuse University in 2003. Her research interests revolve around adolescent friendships, peer acceptance, and self-image. She has completed research projects looking at these issues among both public school and home school adolescents. She also coordinates an NIMH funded research project working with 3-4 month old infants. This past academic year, she has taught three classes in the Child & Family Studies program: The Developing Child within the Family, Family Development, and Children in Black Families. When she isn’t doing academic related things, she enjoys playing both sand and indoor volleyball competitively. She hopes to teach at a University somewhere warmer than Syracuse when she finishes (where she can play sand volleyball all year round instead of just in the summer!).
Gibson, Heather
Heather Gibson is a fourth-year Ph.D. student in the Department of Anthropology with a focus on historical archaeology of the african diaspora. Her dissertation looks at slavery in the French Caribbean during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, specifically participation in the island’s internal economy by enslaved laborers. In 1998, Heather graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a bachelor’s degree in Anthropology and French. She has served as a TA at Syracuse in cultural anthropology and archaeology and has past experience as an elementary school teacher. Heather is looking forward to starting her fieldwork soon. When she has free time, she enjoys movies, cooking, the outdoors, and (for stress relief) bad reality TV.
Herrald, Angela
Angela Herrald is beginning her sixth year of a Ph.D. program for cultural anthropology. Her academic interests include tourism, New Age spirituality, why India has become a popular destination for Americans who are spiritually seeking, and the processes of creating and maintaining stereotypes in popular culture. She recently returned from her fifth trip to India where she joined a group of spiritual seekers as part of her fieldwork. She is pursuing a career in research and teaching at the college level, especially on a campus that stresses the importance of both excellence in teaching as well as research.
Kolesnikova, Viktoria
Viktoria Kolesnikova is a Master’s student in the French Language program in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics. Originally from Voronezh, Russia, Viktoria got her first undergraduate degree in Instrumental Music from the Art Institute. She continued as an English linguistics major at Voronezh State University from where she transferred to Pittsburgh State University. While in the US, Viktoria completed her dual major in French and Communication (theatre and advertising) summa cum laude with a minor in psychology. At SU she teaches undergraduate French courses and conversations labs. She loves to create interactive classes and develop innovative techniques for teaching foreign languages. She helped organize the Sixth Annual French Graduate Student Colloquium. Viktoria’s research interests include 18th to 19th century French literature, language acquisition, international relations and interactive teaching. She speaks seven languages and is planning on learning more.
Liu, Xiaoyan
Xiaoyan Liu is a third-year graduate student from the People’s Republic of China. She is currently pursuing her doctoral study in Teaching and Curriculum in the School of Education at Syracuse University. Her research interests are in teacher education, inclusive education, second language learning, multicultural education and children’s literacy. She has been involved with pre-service teachers’ field placement, a multimedia case study, early childhood literacy, and reading programs during the past three years. With the help of her advisor, she teaches EDU 307/607 Learning and Learner Characteristics for students in their first-year to graduate students in the School of Education. In addition to academic study, her interests and hobbies are music, movies, traveling and meeting friends. Her enthusiasim for teaching and learning will hopefully keep her aware of new things and the world around.
May, Tina
Tina May is a social worker and therapist who is currently in the writing phase of her dissertation in the Social Sciences doctoral program. Her research explores the transmission of family values across generations in female-headed households by way of rituals, traditions and daily practices. Other research and teaching interests include the changing face and composition of American families, and the role of gender, class and race on the rights and privileges afforded each family form. Tina was a teaching associate in the Women’s Studies Program at SU, and currently teaches courses in Diversity and Human Services at Onondaga Community College.
She is raising a son, age 12 and a daughter, age 15, who are both ardent feminists and up and coming social activists.
Mukherjee, Sanjukta
Doctoral candidate, Sanjukta Mukherjee, is originally from Calcutta, India. She is currently pursuing a doctoral degree at the geography department. Her dissertation explores the changing geography of the software industry, particularly, the outsourcing of service related production functions to India and the attendant changes in the nature of work and work/home-spaces. This is Sanjukta’s third year as a Teaching Fellow. She has been involved with the Future Professoriate Program at Syracuse University, having assisted and taught introductory undergraduate courses like World Cultures and World Geography. In Fall 2004 she will be team-teaching Maxwell 132, Global Communities. She enjoys teaching, aiming to stimulate a student’s urge to think critically, and motivate them in a comfortable classroom atmosphere through interactive learning. In her spare time Sanjukta likes to travel, listen to a wide range of music, watch good films, and experiment with diverse cuisines.
Rahman, Jamshed
Jamshed Rahman is an international TA in the department of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science at Syracuse University. Jamshed comes from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, where he grew up amidst hot summers and short, pleasant winters. After receiving his B.S. in Electrical Engineering and working for the U.N. for a year in Dhaka, Jamshed moved to Syracuse in 2001 to pursue a Masters degree in Computer Engineering. He has now moved on to the Ph.D. program and his research interests include artificial intelligence and data mining. His Ph.D. dissertation is on “software agents in distributed environments” which came to him after being severely affected by the idea when he saw the movie “Matrix.” The only thing he likes doing more than software agents is spending time with his wife Hasina and daughter Lilac.
Reitenbach, Markus
Markus Reitenbach is a graduate student in Mathematics who has studied in Germany, Santa Barbara and Syracuse. A Fulbright scholarship lead him to SU. He is trying to write a great thesis, so that he can get the job of his dreams as a professor at a sunny place. His area of research is “homological aspects of poset representations” - whatever that is. To get his mind off abstract algebra, Markus enjoys doing fun things like driving from coast to coast, wine tasting and rock climbing.
Sengupta, Nandini
Nandini Sengupta is a fifth year doctoral student in the department of English at SU. Prior to joining SU, she completed her B.A. and M.A. in English Literature in India. She has been a teaching assistant in the Writing Program as well as a teaching associate in the English department at SU where she taught a number of courses such as Interpretation of Fiction, Gender and Literary texts and British Literary History. Her area of research is nineteenth-century British literature and culture. She is currently working on representations of inter-racial mixing in the literature emanating out of nineteenth-century colonial India. Her other areas of interest include the nineteenth-century British novel and gender and sexuality in Victorian literature and culture. When she is not busy with work, Nandini loves to cook (and eat!), read, watch movies, listen to music or just hang out with friends over coffee.
Singleton, Jon
Jon Singleton graduated from Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas, with a B.A. in English and Missiology. After graduation, Jon spent one semester teaching at Harding as an adjunct professor of Composition. He published an essay entitled “Hearing The Waste Land for All Its Worth” (2003) in the Philological Review. Jon currently pursues an M.A. in English at Syracuse University, where he also teaches in the University’s Writing Program.
Smith, Claudia
Claudia Smith was born in 1973 in St. Andrews, Jamaica. During her childhood she was always involved in educational and religious activities. She worshiped at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church and whilst there, in her early teens, was the president of the St. Patrick’s Catholic Youth Movement. She along with other dedicated members, gave the youths of this economically poor community the opportunity to contribute to their community and develop personally by conducting community service activities, participating in retreats and international youth movement exchange programs. Claudia’s commitment to youth and young adults’ participation in their communities has led her to the Co-chair position of the Graduate Catholic Community, Alibrandi Catholic Center, Syracuse University. Her educational achievements include a Bachelor of Arts and a Masters of Science from the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. In pursuing her masters degree in Economics she discovered a passion for teaching. This passion led her to become a lecturer at University of Science and Technology, Jamaica. In July 2001 she came to Syracuse University to pursue a Ph.D. in Economics, where she has obtained teaching and research experiences in several fields of economics and has earned several Graduate Awards, including the Phi Beta Delta Honor Society for International Scholars, 2003.
Smith, Kahsi
Kahsi Smith was born in Bangor, Maine, and raised in a large town on the southeast coast. She comes from a very large and very diverse family with eight brothers and sisters ranging in ages from 28 years to 12 months old. Kahsi completed her undergraduate degree at Syracuse University in the Child and Family Studies program in the spring of 2000. After graduation she moved to Miami, Florida where she completed a semester in a Post-Baccalaureate Pre-Medical Program. Kahsi then moved back to Central New York and started her graduate work in Child and Family studies at Syracuse University. She is currently completing her master’s thesis and Ph.D. coursework. She looks forward to completing her graduate work by the spring 2007 and moving to the coast of Maryland where she plans to work in academia.
Stanislawski, Bartosz
Bartosz Stanislawski is from Poland and is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science in the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Before coming to Syracuse, Bartosz studied Foreign Service and Government Administration in Warsaw, Poland, and Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. He studies International Relations with the focus on International Security.
Uludag, Nazan
Nazan Uludag is a third year doctoral student in the Department of Science Teaching. She completed her master’s in the same program at SU, in 2001. Her research interest is science teacher education, specifically conducting action research in preservice teaching settings. Prior to her graduate studies, she taught physics and general science at a private high school for four years in Turkey.
Voglewede, Paul
Paul Voglewede, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, is beginning his fifth year of doctoral studies in Clinical Psychology. He has been interested in college teaching since participating in the Teaching Assistant Orientation in 2000, and has worked with the TAOP for three summers. In his “spare” time, Paul is an avid birder and is a novice acoustic guitar player.
Wingard, Jennifer
Jennifer Wingard is currently a Ph.D. candidate in the Composition and Cultural Rhetoric program. Her academic areas of inquiry explore how issues of diversity are regulated and defined within institutional structures. As a teacher, she consistently pushes her students to identify and complicate their own position in the university, workforce, and society at large.
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