Guilford College Faculty Promoted
The Board of Trustees at the October meeting approved promotions in academic rank for five Guilford College faculty members, based on the recommendation of the Academic Affairs Committee and the endorsement of President Kent Chabotar.
Two faculty members were promoted to full professor from associate professor:
Nancy V. Daukas joined the Department of Philosophy in 1995. She is a past president of the N.C. Philosophical Society and her areas of specialization are feminist philosophy and epistemology. She is a graduate of the University of California at Berkeley, where she also earned her Ph.D.
Jerry W. Joplin came to the Department of Justice and Policy Studies in 1999 after 12 years as Justice Studies chair at N.C. Wesleyan College. A graduate of Central Washington University, he holds master’s and Ph.D. degrees from Southern Illinois University. He is a co-author of the textbook Foundations of Criminal Justice.
Two faculty members were promoted from assistant professor to associate professor:
Lisa J. McLeod has been with the Department of Philosophy since 1999. Her research areas include social and political philosophy, critical race theory, ethics of privilege, gender and sexuality. She holds the Ph.D. from Stanford University, the Juris Doctor from the UCLA School of Law and a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz.
Maria R. Rosales joined the Political Science faculty in 2005. She holds Ph.D. and master’s degrees from the University of California at Berkeley and bachelor’s from California State University at Stanislaus. Her areas of expertise are political theory, political behavior and American politics.
Gwen G. Erickson was promoted from associate to senior librarian at Hege Library, where she is librarian for the Friends Historical Collection and college archivist. She joined the library in 1995. A graduate of Earlham College, she holds master’s degrees from UNC Greensboro in history and library and information sciences.
