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Name: Amy Strahler Holzapfel
School: College of Arts and Sciences
Department: Theatre and Dance
Academic Title: Assistant Professor and Director of Graduate Study in Theatre
Academic Degrees: B.A., Brown University; M.F.A. and D.F.A., the Yale School of Drama
Areas of Special Interest: Theater and visual culture, theater and medicine, 19th century European theater, dramaturgy, German theater
I'm exploring the role of the anatomy of theater in contemporary performance. I'm working on a theater piece about Sudan and the genocide in Darfur.
Name: Robin M. Lally
School: School of Nursing
Academic Title: Research Assistant Professor
Academic Degrees: B.A, physiology; B.S.N., M.S. and Ph.D., nursing, University of Minnesota
Areas of Special Interest: Oncology
My area of research involves the refinement of my theory of acclimation in newly diagnosed breast cancer patients in order to eventually derive theory-based interventions to assist women post-diagnosis and ultimately improve their long-term survivor experience. I also am an advanced oncology certified nurse and clinical nurse specialist.
Name: Puneet Singla
School: Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department: Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
Academic Title: Assistant Professor
Academic Degrees: B.Tech, aerospace engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, India; M.S. and Ph.D., aerospace engineering, Texas A&M University
Areas of Special Interest: Autonomous systems, modeling of large-scale systems, nonlinear and adaptive control, astrodynamics
The thing I like most about teaching is observing and interacting with students. It provides me with an opportunity to enhance my knowledge of the subject matter. Aside from developing my own expertise, I consider teaching to be a forum in which students and professors develop ideas and notations that provide the foundation for a good research program.