Trustees Grant Faculty Promotions
The Alma College Board of Trustees has approved faculty promotions effective with the 2008-09 academic year.
Robert Cunningham, Assistant Professor of Economics, was
promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. Hired in 1999, Cunningham
has a Ph.D. from Binghamton University. He has research interests in
labor economics, the economics of sports, international trade and
finance, environmental economics, urban economics and economic
education.
Robert Cunningham
Carol Fike,
Associate Professor of Theatre and Dance, was promoted to the rank of
full Professor. Hired in 1984, Fike has a master of fine arts degree in
dance from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro. Her research
focuses on the creative process of choreographers, performers and
humans. She also is a certified Yoga teacher.
Carol Fike
Robert Molina,
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, was promoted
to the rank of full Professor. Hired in 1993, Molina has a Ph.D. from
Colorado State University. He has research interests in graph theory
and combinatorics, which is the study of discrete and usually finite
objects.
Robert Molina
Trustees awarded emeriti status to the following retiring faculty:
• Margarita Krakusin, Professor of Modern Language. Hired in
1998, she has a Ph.D. from Michigan State University. She has conducted
research on Hispanic American literature, Hispanic women writers and
Afro-Hispanic authors.
• Jim Mueller, Associate Professor of Economics. Hired in 1976,
Mueller has a bachelor’s degree from Cornell College with graduate work
at Columbia University and the University of California at Irvine. His
academic interests have focused on dollarization and globalization in
Latin America, European economic integration and the evolution of the
euro, and local economic development.
• Larry Wittle, Professor of Biology. Hired in 1970, Wittle has
a Ph.D. from the University of Virginia. His research has focused on
comparative endocrinology. Recent courses taught include genetics,
histology and histological techniques, and general physiology.
Posted: Sat, February 9th, 2008 at 2:20PM
