{"id":5000,"date":"2015-04-14T11:40:41","date_gmt":"2015-04-14T16:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/?p=5000"},"modified":"2015-04-14T11:54:06","modified_gmt":"2015-04-14T16:54:06","slug":"canadian-mennonite-university-announces-three-new-faculty-appointments","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cmu.ca\/media_archive\/2015\/canadian-mennonite-university-announces-three-new-faculty-appointments\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Mennonite University announces three new faculty appointments"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canadian Mennonite University (CMU) is pleased to announce three new faculty appointments.<\/p>\n

Rachel Krause and Matthew Pauls will join CMU\u2019s main campus faculty as Assistant Professor of Biology and Assistant Professor of Music, respectively. Jobb Arnold will join the faculty of Menno Simons College (MSC), a college of CMU, as Assistant Professor of Conflict Resolution Studies.<\/p>\n

All of the positions are tenure-track, and each person will begin work in time for the 2015-16 school year.<\/p>\n

Gordon Zerbe, Vice President Academic at CMU, says he is pleased to have Krause, Pauls, and Arnold join the university.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m excited about the way they will make their own unique contribution to CMU\u2019s faculty culture and our programs,\u201d Zerbe says. \u201cThey all fill in gaps in our program, and at the same time, they each bring something fresh and new.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zerbe adds that with these new hires, CMU has 31 full-time faculty members, 93 per cent of whom have earned PhDs.<\/p>\n

\u201cAs evidenced by CMU\u2019s number one ranking for academic quality in the recent CUSC survey of Canadian universities, we are dedicated to academic excellence,\u201d Zerbe says. \u201cEach of these professors brings an academic quality and background that will enhance our already robust interdisciplinary-minded faculty. They will provide our students with exciting new learning opportunities and expand the institution\u2019s scope of research.\u201d<\/p>\n

About CMU\u2019s new faculty:<\/p>\n

\"Matthew<\/a>Matthew Pauls<\/strong> is a CMU alumnus currently completing his Doctor of Musical Arts degree at the University of Western Ontario. Pauls\u2019 speciality is Voice Performance and his research focuses on Argentine Art Song, a body of repertoire that is virtually unknown in the greater performance and scholarly communities.<\/p>\n

An accomplished baritone, Pauls has performed as a featured soloist with ensembles such as the Orquesta Sinf\u00f3nica Nacional del Paraguay, Windsor Symphony, Canadian Chamber Choir, Winnipeg Singers, Guelph Chamber Choir, Windsor Classic Chorale, and the Windsor Symphony Chorus.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe way that CMU makes an intentional effort to create a caring, supportive environment that really helps encourage intellectual and interpersonal growth in terms of relationships was one of the reasons I wanted to come back and be a part of the community again,\u201d Pauls says. \u201cI\u2019m excited to be part of students\u2019 experience at CMU and to try to make their experience as good as the one I had.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Rachel<\/a>Rachel Krause<\/strong> recently completed her PhD dissertation at the Institute of Parasitology at the McGill School of Environment at McGill University, and will defend it next month. For her doctoral research, Krause looked at how the health of preschool children in extremely poor rural communities in Panama has been affected by their families\u2019 participation in a food security intervention based on agricultural development.<\/p>\n

Krause\u2019s background in ecology and environment has also led to broad experiences ranging from salmon habitat evaluation and restoration in her native British Columbia, to parasitism and pollution studies of fish in the St. Lawrence River.<\/p>\n

Krause says she was impressed by the community she experienced during a campus visit while applying for the job.<\/p>\n

\u201cI get the sense that at CMU, there\u2019s a strong desire to collaborate formally and informally across disciplines, which I love to do,\u201d Krause says.<\/p>\n

\"Jobb<\/a>Jobb Arnold<\/strong> holds a PhD in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University and has research expertise in the comparative study of post-conflict cultures. Arnold specializes in genocide studies, the dynamics of social movements, and the role of aesthetics and public emotion in community building practices.<\/p>\n

Arnold has a background in conflict studies theory and social psychology. His doctoral research took him to Rwanda and Northern Ireland.<\/p>\n

Arnold\u2019s research and teaching is motivated by a concern for social justice. He has taught in Conflict Resolution Studies, Development Studies, and Psychology departments.<\/p>\n

\u201cMSC has been a ground-breaking institute in developing Winnipeg\u2019s reputation for progressive and engaged scholarship in the areas of conflict studies, human rights, and intercultural reconciliation,\u201d Arnold says, adding that MSC\u2019s core values of peace, service, and justice lie at the heart of much of his work. \u201cI look forward to upholding these values and furthering the causes of peace and social justice in all my activities.\u201d<\/p>\n

About CMU
\n<\/strong>A Christian university in the Anabaptist tradition, CMU\u2019s Shaftesbury campus offers undergraduate degrees in arts, business, humanities, music, sciences, and social sciences, as well as\u00a0graduate degrees in theology,\u00a0ministry, peacebuilding and collaborative development, and an MBA. CMU has over about 900 full-time equivalent\u00a0students, including those enrolled in degree programs at the Shaftesbury and Menno Simons College campuses and in its Outtatown certificate program.<\/em><\/p>\n

For information about CMU visit www.cmu.ca.<\/em><\/p>\n

For additional information, please contact:
\nKevin Kilbrei, Director of Communications & Marketing
\nkkilbrei@cmu.ca; 204.487.3300 Ext. 621
\nCanadian Mennonite University
\n500 Shaftesbury Blvd., Winnipeg, MB\u00a0 R3P 2N2<\/p>\n

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