University Daily Kansan / Friday, February 13, 1987
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College gets new faculty
By PAUL SCHRAG Staff writer
The recent appointments of three new College of Liberal Arts and Sciences faculty members prove that KU is attracting outstanding scholars during a competitive time in higher education, college officials said Wednesday.
"We're getting the cream of the crop, nationally," said Robert Lineberry, dean of lithium.
The new faculty members all are candidates for doctoral degrees this spring and will begin teaching at KU this fall. Diana Alvarez accepted a position on Tuesday to teach in the department of Spanish and
The department of political science in January appointed two new professors to its faculty. They are Robert Kleinberg, a specialist in Chinese politics and economics; and Paul Johnson, a specialist in U.S. group politics and political science methodology.
Portuguese. She will be the first Latin American female member of the college's faculty.
Lineberry said the quality of the new faculty members was exceptional. The English department also has offered a position to an excellent scholar, he said.
Lineberry said the fruits of the departments' faculty searches proved that KU could compete with any public university in
Michael Doulderoff, associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese, said that Alvarez's appointment was especially good news because the number of students enrolled in the department had doubled in the last 10 years without any additions in faculty.
the country.
Alvarez specializes in what scholars call the Golden Age of Spanish literature, which includes the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries.
"We're delighted, because she'll be covering a field that hasn't been fully covered here for a number of years," Doudoroff said.
Douloreff said that Alvarez was the strongest candidate in the field that his department had seen in several years. She is
scheduled to graduate from Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., with a doctorate this spring.
The two new members of the political science faculty will make important contributions to the department, said Burdett Looms, associate professor of political science.
Johnson is one of the four or five best U.S. political science candidates in the country this year. Loomis said, Yale, Princeton and University also tried to hire Johnson, he said.
Kleinberg will become an assistant professor of political science and East Asian studies.
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