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JPDDP Post Doctoral Profiles

The following is a listing of the institutions and individuals that have participated in the Jesuit Post Doctoral Diversity Consortium. We are still finalizing details for the 2019 - 2020 academic year.

To learn more about the candidates, please click on the respective institution:

The College of the Holy Cross had two participating Post Doctoral candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. Their next cohort of two Post Doctoral candidates started in Fall 2018.  No additional Post Doctoral Candidates at this time.

Name Department Start End Current Status
Nurhaizatul Jamil Anthropology 2016 2018 Starting Tenure Track position in Fall 2018 at Pratt
Ke Ren History (East Asia) 2016 2018 Starting Tenure Track position in Fall 2018 at Holy Cross
         
Evyn LeEspiritu Asian Studies 2018 2019 Left a year early to start Tenure Track position in Fall 2019 at UCLA 
Jameliah Shorter-Bournahou Philosophy/Center for Interdisciplinary Studies 2018 2020 Starting Tenure Track position in Fall 2020 at Holy Cross 

John Carroll University had four participating Post Doctoral candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. Each of their candidates will be returning for the 2018-2019 academic year. 

Name Department Start End Current Status
Sean Chaplin Sociology & Criminology 2016 2019 On Fulbright for 2018-2019 academic year and then returning back to John Carroll in Fall 2019 in a full-time position
Ficawoyi (Charles) Donou-Adonsou Economics & Finance 2016 2019 Completed 3-yr Post Doc and now serving as a Visiting Assistant Professor at John Carroll 
Nathalie Nya Philosophy 2016 2019 Completed 3-yr Post Doc and now serving as a part-time lecturuer at John Carroll 
Kal Tuominen Biology 2017 2020 Completed 3-yr Post Doc.  
         
Aaryn Green Student Diversity and Inclusion 2018 2021 Currently in final year of 3-yr Post Doc 
Krista Stevens Diversity and Christian Social Ethics 2018 2021 Currently in final year of 3-yr Post Doc 

Fordham University has one participating Post Doctoral candidate during the 2018-19 academic year.

Name Department Start End Current Status
Muhammad Faruque Theology 2018 2020  

Gonzaga University is looking at including the participants in their Underrepresented Minority (URM) Postdoctoral Fellowship as part of the Jesuit Post-Doctoral Diversity Program.

Please check back for more details.

Loyola Maryland had two participating Post Doctoral candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. The Post Doctoral candidates are continuing for their second year.

Name Department Start End Current Status
Tommy Ender Teacher Education 2017 2019 Will be starting Tenure Track position at Rhode Island College 
Boni Wozolek Teacher Education 2017 2019 Will be starting Tenure Track position at Penn State, Abington 

Regis University had one participating Post Doctoral candidates during the 2017-2018 academic year. The opportunity concluded in March 2019.

 

Name Department Start End Current Status
Brittany Davis Environmental Justice (based in Peace & Justice Dept.) 2017 2019 Post Doc concluded in March 2019 

Saint Louis University is finalizing plans for 4 Post Doc positions for the 2022-2023 academic year.

Timelines and job descriptions are being finalized. More details to be available in Fall 2021.

Santa Clara University has partcipated in the Consortium since the beginning in Fall 2017, and had had new Post Doctoral opportunities each year.

 

Name Department Start End Current Status
Linda Burks Mathematics & Computer Science 2017 2019 Completed Post Doc and shifted to Lecture role at Santa Clara 
Jesica Fernandez Ethnic Studies 2017 2018 Shifted to Tenure Track position for Fall 2018 at Santa Clara
Matthew Lesenyie Political Science 2017 2019 Shifted to Lecturer role in Fall 2019 at Santa Clara; Starting Tenure Track position at CSU-Long Beach in Fall 2020
         
Julio Puente Garcia Spanish 2018 2020 Completed Post Doc and working abroad in Europe 
David Tamayo History 2018 2020 Completed Post Doc and in a Post Doc/Tenure Rank role at the University of Michigan 
Yue Zhang Psychology 2018 2020 Completed Post Doc; on parental leave and will be job searching
         
Roya Ebtehaj Art & Art History 2019 2022  
Veronica Miranda Anthropology 2019 2022 Shifted to TT in Anthropology at SCU (Fall 2021) 
Joanna Nuñez   Women and Gender Studies  2019 2022  Shifted to TT role (Fall 2021) 
Daniella De Sousa Moura  Biology 2019 2022   
Claudia Zielke  Chemistry 2019 2022  
         
Erin Knutson Physics 2020 2023  
Johnathan Kwan Philosophy & Ethics 2020 2022  

 

The University of San Francisco has a pre-Doctoral program and there students have participated in the Consortium

 

Name Department Start End Current Status
Karishma Desai International and Multicultural Education 2017 2018 Starting Tenure Track position at Rutgers in Fall 2018
David Philoxene  Teacher Education  2020 2021