Yeshiva College Adds New Professors

In the continued effort to improve upon and expand the breadth of Yeshiva College departments, several new professors, - full-time, as well as adjunct - have been hired for the 1998-1999 academic year.

Norman Adler, Dean of Yeshiva College, considers the new faculty essential to the continued improvement of Yeshiva College's academic standards and reputation. He asserts that these additions "will enable this institution to be viewed as a source of traditional Jewish intellectual ferment worldwide."

Although Yeshiva University has recently received much acclaim for being ranked "number forty-two" by U.S. News and World Report, Dean Adler has even higher expectations for the future. "These new appointments to the faculty are part of an ongoing effort to place Yeshiva University in the highest levels of American academics," he added that, "an honors program will infuse a sense of quality and intellectual stimulation."

Two full-time appointments have been made: Dr. Joshua Zimmerman and Dr. Richard Waxman. Zimmerman, who received his doctorate in history from Brandeis University, was recently granted the Zborowski Chair in Interdisciplinary Holocaust studies, a joint appointment between the Bernard Revel Graduate School and Yeshiva College. Professor Zimmerman, whose research interest lies primarily in Eastern European History, will teach an elective course on the Holocaust.

Waxman, has been appointed visiting full-time professor in psychology. He is a significant addition to the department, as he will teach four courses this semester. They include Introductory Psychology, Psychology of Language, Experimental Psychology, and Learning. Professor Waxman earned his Ph.D. from Yeshiva University's Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology. His primary research interest is in the field of cognitive neuropsychology. In addition to these full-time appointments, several new adjunct professors have recently joined the Yeshiva College faculty.

Frank Felsenstein, Ph.D., who is primarily interested in Eighteenth Century British literature and the perception of Jews in British literature, is a new addition to the English department. He received his doctorate in English literature from the University of Leeds, U.K.. He will teach a survey course in that same subject.

Warren Page, Ph.D., who received his doctorate in Mathematics from the Polytechnic University of New York, has been hired as an adjunct professor in Mathematics department. His research interests are primarily functional analysis, topology, and measure theory. He will teach two courses: Multivariable Calculus and Probability Theory.

Michael Yomi has recently been appointed an adjunct assistant professor in economics. Having received his Masters at the City College of New York, he is currently working on his Ph.D. in economics at that same institution. Professor Yomi, whose research interests are focused on the field of comparative economics, will teach Macroeconomics as well as Contemporary Macroeconomic Issues.