A snapshot of (a few) new
humanities professors
Emory Report continues its series on tenure-track faculty with
a look at several graduate school and Emory College professors in the humanities.
Annabel Martin
Assistant professor of Spanish
Teaching experience?
Assistant professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature at North Carolina
State University from 1994-1997.
Education?
Licenciada degree-Universidad de Deusto, Bilbao, Spain
PhD-University of Oregon
Significant awards?
At N.C. State, research funds and a provost grant for curriculum development;
selected as a the Junior Faculty Nominee for this year's NEH Grant.
Preferred teaching style?
Small-group, seminar-style setting with active student involvement in course
structure.
What courses will you be teaching?
Contemporary Spanish peninsular literature, contemporary Spanish culture,
Spanish film, Spanish women writers, gender representations in theater and
film.
Where were you born?
New Jersey in 1961. My family moved back to Spain (Bilbao) when I was very
young and I lived there until moving to Oregon in 1988 for graduate school.
Current family?
Husband Txetxu Aguado ("A dog is on the way.")
Intellectual interests?
Working on a book on the role gender played in the articulation of Spanish
national identity during the Franco regime's early years by looking at film.
Personal interests?
Gardening, cinema ("And whenever possible, I sit in Spanish cafés
and enjoy "tapas" and people.")
Neighborhood
Lake Claire
Favorite local restaurant?
The Flying Biscuit for breakfast and Terra Cotta for special occasions.
Last book you read for fun?
Memorias de una vaca (The Memoirs of a Cow) by Bernardo Atxaga.
Favorite artist?
Aliseda, a Basque painter.
Favorite cultural icon?
In the Spanish context, I would have to say Pedro Almodóvar.
Favorite historical figure?
Virginia Woolf
Bonnie Pomfret
Assistant Professor of Music
Teaching experience?
Wellesley College, 1980-81
Queens College, 1983-4
Illinois State University, 1986-97
Education?
BM - Staatliche Hochschule fuer Musik Freiburg, Breisgau, Germany
M Mus - Boston Conservatory
DM -Indiana University-Bloomington
Significant awards?
Rotary Fellow, 1980
NEH Fellow, 1994
What courses will you be teaching?
Voice, music theater performance class, diction.
Where were you born?
Fall River, Mass., 1955.
Current family?
Husband Arthur Lewis, violist; daughter Cara Lewis, 2;
Yellow Labrador Retriever, Sol, 4 1/2.
What are your intellectual interests?
"Right now, child development! I read all I can to get into my daughter's
mind."
Personal interests?
Reading, gardening, walking, biking, cooking.
Neighborhood?
Tucker.
Favorite local restaurant?
"With a 2-year old, we don't eat out much, but we liked the Indigo
Coastal Grill. I missed fresh seafood in the Midwest."
Last book you read for fun?
John Grisham's The Partner
Favorite artist?
Visual artist-Botticelli. Musical artist-"Pinchas Zukerman, maybe."
Favorite cultural icon?
Luciano Pavarotti
Favorite historical figure?
Leonardo da Vinci
Thomas Looser
Instructor in Japanese
Teaching experience?
Two years at McGill University and University of Chicago
Education?
Bachelor's - University of California, Santa Cruz
PhD - University of Chicago
Significant awards?
Fulbright Scholar
Preferred teaching style?
Generally seminar style with a good deal of class participation
What courses will you be teaching?
Math Culture/Modern Times Japan, Introduction to Japanese Culture, Film
and Performativity-Asia, Survey of Modern Japanese Literature
Where were you born?
Los Angeles, 1957.
Current family?
Wife Andrea and 4-year old daughter Ariel.
Intellectual interests?
Cultural anthropology, performance, critical theory and literature
Personal interests?
Music, pottery/ceramics, bicycling
Neighborhood?
Candler Park
Favorite local restaurant?
The Flying Biscuit
Last book you read for fun?
Giants and Toys
Favorite artist?
Wassily Kandinsky
Eric Nelson
Assistant professor of music
Teaching experience?
Three years at Houghton College; seven at Bloomsburg University
Education?
BM - Houghton College
M Mus - Westminster Choir College
DM - Indiana University
Significant awards?
Bloomsburg Concert Choir won first prize at the National Collegiate Choral
Competition, 1992
Preferred teaching style?
Seminar style
What courses will you be teaching?
Choral Conducting and Choral Literature. Also will conduct Emory Concert
Choir and University Chorus
Where were you born?
Erie, Pa., 1959.
Current family?
Wife Susan and 10-year old son Matthew
Intellectual interests?
"The nature of my field presupposes that I live in all areas of choral
music and anything related to the field of choral music I find fascinating,
from conducting technique to vocal production to music history and literature."
Neighborhood?
Mountain Park, Gwinnett County
Favorite local restaurant?
"We're still looking."
Last book you read for fun?
Letters of Felix Mendelssohn to Ignaz and Charlotte Moscheles by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy-"I
haven't done a Grisham or Clancy in a long time."
Favorite artist?
Rembrandt
Favorite cultural icon?
Mickey Mouse
Favorite historical figure?
Thomas Jefferson
Faculty profiles are compiled and researched by Camille Shearouse.
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