McDaniel College welcomes five new full-time faculty members. They come from diverse backgrounds and have earned teaching recognitions including "Best Professor," and honors for outstanding teaching.

These newcomers to the Hill join the faculty of whom 98 percent hold the highest degree in their fields from major universities in the U.S. and around the world. In the most recent academic year, McDaniel faculty received 19 faculty awards, attended 132 professional conferences, gave a total of 64 professional presentations, published three books and 55 articles.

Stephen Feeley will join McDaniel College as History instructor. Before coming to McDaniel, Feeley taught in the History department at the College of William and Mary, where he won several fellowships and grants to further his research on Colonial American history and Native Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Kevin Harrison will become the assistant professor of Environmental Policy and Science. Before coming to McDaniel, Harrison taught at Boston College and most recently Northeastern University, where he instructed students in Earth and Environmental Sciences courses and published numerous articles on carbon dioxide's effect on the ecosystem. Harrison earned his Ph.D. in geological sciences from Columbia University. His studies have been funded by grants from The U.S. Department of Agriculture, the U.S. Department of Energy, the National Science Foundation, and NASA.

McDaniel College welcomes Assistant Professor Wendy Morris to the College's Psychology department. Morris comes from the University of Virginia, where she earned her doctorate and most recently taught a graduate seminar examining romantic relationships. Much of Morris' work focuses on the stigma of being single, and she has published numerous articles on the subject. Her other research interests include stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination.

Pavel Naumov joins McDaniel College as assistant professor of Computer Science. For the past five years, Naumov taught Penn State students courses across the very broad spectrum of Computer Science- everything from "Foundations of Mathematics" to "Advanced Artificial Intelligence." Naumov earned his doctorate from Cornell University, where he researched logic in computer science and the language of computer programming.

McDaniel College welcomes Linda Semu as assistant professor of Sociology. Professor Semu earned her doctorate from Indiana University , where she taught "Introduction to Sociology" and "Social Inequality." Semu's work focuses on globalization, social policy, family, and gender in the African nation of Malawi. Her research has been commissioned by Oxfam International, the Global Campaign for Education, and the World Bank and United Nations Development Program.