Antioch Welcomes New Faculty

Julie Gallagher will be joining the faculty as Assistant Professor of History. Gallagher has received an MA in history from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, and an MA in education from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She expects to receive her Ph.D in history from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, during Spring 2003. For the past several years, Gallagher has been a teaching assistant and instructor at the University of Massachusetts. She was the recipient of the James Z. Naurison Scholarship for 2001-02, and also received the University of Massachusetts Graduate School Fellowship for 1999-2000 as well as the Graduate Student Travel Grant for 2000, 2001 and 2002 from the University of Massachusetts.

Chris Hill has been a valuable member of the Antioch community for several years but is now joining the faculty as Associate Professor of Communications: Video. She has an MFA in Photography and Media from SUNY, Buffalo, and a BA with Honors in Psychology from the University of Michigan, where she also received the Muenzer Award (presented to an undergraduate woman psychology major). Hill has worked as a media curator, artist, and educator for over two decades. She worked in upstate New York and in the Czech Republic prior to joining Antioch in 1997 as a Visiting Associate Professor of Media Arts. Hill was a member of the founding collective that established the Buffalo Cable Access Media (BCAM), Buffalo’s public access organization that operated a full-time cable TV channel and supported the production of independent programming reaching 70,000 homes. For the first three start-up years, Hill served as president of its Board of Directors.

David Kammler, who Antioch was fortunate to have as a visiting professor of chemistry in 2002-03, will now join the faculty as Assistant Professor of Chemistry.

Kammler received his Ph.D in Organic Chemistry from Indiana University. He did his undergraduate work at Harvard University. Prior to coming to Antioch, Kammler taught chemistry for several years at Indiana University. He is also the recipient of the Teaching Excellence Recognition Award, the Kratz Fellowship and the Metzner Award.

Janice Rye Kinghorn, who has been a visiting professor at Antioch for several years, is now stepping into the role of Assistant Professor of Economics. Kinghorn received her Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Washington University, St. Louis. Before joining Antioch, she taught at The School of Social Research, University of Munich, and Washington University. She is the recipient of the Bradley Fellow, 1995-96, The Alfred P. Sloan Doctoral Dissertation Fellow, 1994-95, and the University Fellowship from Washington University, 1991-94. Her research interests are in industrial organization, economic history and political economy. Kinghorn is also a consultant for the Equal Exchange Fair Trade Delegation to Nicaragua.

Matthew MacKenzie joins the Antioch faculty as Assistant Professor of Philosophy. MacKenzie defended his Ph.D in May 2003 in Philosophy at the University of Hawaii. He received his MA in Philosophy, with distinction, from the University of Hawaii, Mãnoa, and his BA in Philosophy, magna cum laude, from Fort Lewis College. He is currently teaching at the University of Hawaii where he also serves as the Coordinator for the UH Center for South Asian Studies. His areas of specialization include Indian Philosophy and Philosophy of Mind and Language. In 2002 MacKenzie was awarded the G.J. and Ellen Watumull Foundation Scholarship for Study in India. He also received the Outstanding Senior in Philosophy Award from Fort Lewis College in 1995.

Lea Millay joins Antioch as the Program Director for AEA’s Buddhist Studies in Japan Program and as Assistant Professor of Japanese Studies. Millay received her Ph.D in Comparative Literature and Japanese from the University of Oregon. Both her MA and BA are from the University of Washington in Comparative Literature and Japanese and French respectively. Most recently she has taught Japanese Language and Literature at the University of Oregon and developed and taught courses in Religious Studies focusing on Buddhism and East Asian Culture. Her articles have been published by St. Martin’s Press, Osaka University, and the Association for Asian Studies on the Pacific Coast. Her book, Izumi Shikibu’s Buddhist Poems: A Translation and Study, is currently under consideration by St. Martin’s Press. Millay spent a number of years in Japan both as a student and a teacher.

Colette Palamar joins the faculty as Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. Palamar received her Ph.D and MA from Bowling Green State University, her MS in Environmental Science from the University of Idaho and her BA in Environmental Studies from East Stroudsburg University. She received her MFA in Ceramics in May 2003. Prior to joining Antioch, Palamar taught courses at Bowling Green State University and managed the Campus Prairie Restoration Project. Her areas of specialization are global and local environmental problems/solutions, environmental ethics, prairie/savanna restoration, ecofeminism, environmental phenomenology, environmental aesthetics, art and environment, and nature writing/environmental literature.

Christine Smith joins the faculty as Assistant Professor of Psychology. Smith received her Ph.D in Philosophy, Personality and Social Psychology and her MS from the University of Pittsburgh, and her BA in Psychology from Duquesne University. Before coming to Antioch, Smith taught at Minnesota State University, Moorhead. Smith’s current research interests include collective self-esteem and gender, empathy and rape victim blame, social stigma and weight, and self-presentation and partner preferences in personal advertisements. She has written several articles, book chapters and reviews.

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