Faculty Tenure Decisions Announced at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – This spring, seven members of the Holy Cross faculty have been promoted to the rank of associate professor, with tenure.

Loren R. Cass, of the political science department, earned a Ph.D. in political science from Brandeis University. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1999, he has served on multiple college committees and frequently advised student theses in the Washington Semester and College Honors programs. Cass’ research focuses on the relationship between international and domestic environmental politics. He is the author of the forthcoming The Failures of American and European Climate Policy: International Norms, Domestic Politics, and Unachievable Commitments (SUNY Press). He lives in Auburn with his wife, Lisa, and their children, Levi and Landon.

Sharon M. Frechette, of the mathematics and computer science department, earned a Ph.D. in mathematics from Dartmouth College. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 2000, she is the principal investigator for the National Security Agency Young Investigator Grant titled "Gaussian Hypergeometric Functions, Modular Forms and their L-functions, and Partition Functions," which runs through September 2007. She lives in Rutland, with her husband, Paul, and their two daughters, Claire and Olivia.

Andrew D. Hwang, of the mathematics and computer science department, earned his Ph.D. in mathematics in 1993 from the University of California, Berkeley. He is the author of more than 10 research articles on the geometry of surfaces and their higher-dimensional analogues. He has served on the common requirements committee since 2003 and the Diversity Task Force since 2004. He lives in Sterling with his wife, Connie.

Paige Reynolds, of the English department, earned her Ph.D. in English language and literature from the University of Chicago. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 2000, she has provided a number of services to the College, including serving as a speaker during the Ignatian Pilgrimage Panel, a member of the Faculty Affairs Committee, and mentor for the Mentor Program for ALANA, International, and Passport Students. Reynolds is the editor of the Pearson Custom Library Introduction to Literature, winner of the Roger McHugh Award for Outstanding Essay in Volume 7 (2003) of New Hibernia Review and author of the forthcoming The Audiences for Irish Spectacle: Drama and Modernism, 1890-1926. She lives in Providence, R.I., with her husband, Mario Pereira, and their son, Asher.

Maria M. Rodrigues, of the political science department, earned a Ph.D. in political science from Boston University. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1999, Rodrigues is the director of the Peace and Conflict Studies Concentration and former chair of the Committee on Fellowships, Research, and Publication. She is a member of the Faculty Advisory Committee for the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and a member of the Latin American Studies Concentration and Environmental Studies Concentration. She lives in Boston with her husband and their four children, Ravi, Diego, Jairam and Isabel.

Constance S. Royden, of the mathematics and computer science department, earned her Ph.D in neuroscience from the University of California, San Francisco. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 2000, she is on the Haberlin Building Committee, the Committee on Graduate Studies and Fellowships, and is co-facilitator of the College Committee on Collaborative Teaching. She is the principal investigator for a $297,365 National Science Foundation Grant titled "Cortical Processing of Moving Objects by Moving Observers" which runs through July 2007. She lives in Needham with her husband, Robert Colgrove, and their children, Caitlin and Thomas.

Stephanie E. Yuhl, of the history department, earned her Ph.D in history from Duke University. A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 2000, she has served on the Campus Center Advisory Board, the Community Standards Board, and the Cantor Art Gallery Acquisitions Board, the Curricular Goals Committee and as both president and vice president of the Holy Cross chapter of Phi Beta Kappa.  In addition to scholarly essays in American history, Yuhl is the author of A Golden Haze of Memory: The Making of Historic Charleston (University of North Carolina Press, 2005).  Yuhl lives in Worcester with her husband, Anthony Cashman, and their three children, Julia, Emmett and Phineas.