MCLA Welcomes Six New Assistant Professors
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NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts has welcomed six new, full-time assistant professors to five departments on campus.
Dr. David Cupery has joined the Department of History, Political Science and Public Policy as an assistant professor of political science. His primary areas of expertise are in comparative politics, international relations and research methodology. He comes to MCLA from the University of Colorado-Boulder, where he earned his Ph.D., and where he was a graduate instructor and teaching assistant.
Cupery earned a master’s degree in political science from the University of Colorado-Boulder, as well as a master’s degree in international sciences and diplomacy from the Instituto Superior de Posgrado en Ciencias at the Universidad de Guayaquil in Guayaquil, Ecuador. He completed his bachelor of arts degree in international studies and economics at Centre College in Danville, Ky.
Dr. Amber Engelson is an assistant professor of writing and rhetoric in MCLA’s Department of English/Communications. She comes to the College from the University of Colorado-Denver, where she taught in its writing program.
Engelson earned her Ph.D. in English with an emphasis on global literacies from UMass-Amherst, a master’s degree in English from UMASS-Amherst, and a bachelor of arts degree in English and comparative literary studies from Occidental College in Los Angeles, Calif.
Shawn T. McIntosh joined MCLA’s Department of English/Communications as an assistant professor of digital journalism and communications. He comes to the campus from New York University’s School of Professional Studies in New York, N.Y., where he was an adjunct faculty member in public relations and corporate communication, and also from Columbia University’s School of Continuing Education in New York, N.Y., where he was a lecturer and an adjunct faculty member in strategic communications.
McIntosh is completing his Ph.D. from Rutgers State University in New Jersey from the School of Communication and Information, and earned his master’s degree in journalism with a concentration in new media from Columbia University. He earned a bachelor of science degree in microbiology with a minor in journalism from the University of Idaho in Moscow, Idaho.
Joshua Ostraff has joined the College’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts as an assistant professor of art. He comes to MCLA from the Community College of Rhode Island, where he was a visiting professor in the art department. He earned his Master of Fine Art degree in studio art, painting and drawing from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, and his bachelor of fine art degree in studio art, painting and drawing with a minor in art history and curatorial studies from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah.
Dr. Ruby I. Vega has joined MCLA’s Department of Psychology as an assistant professor of educational/school psychology. She comes to the College from the University of Arizona-Tucson where she was a curriculum development and research associate in the Department of Educational Psychology, and where she also taught courses in gender psychology and in human development and learning.
Vega earned her Ph.D. in educational psychology with a minor in language, reading and culture from the University of Arizona-Tucson, where she also earned her master’s degree in educational psychology and her bachelor of arts degree in psychology.
Dr. Kebra Ward has joined MCLA’s Department of Physics as an assistant professor. She comes to the College from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa., where she was a teaching and research assistant.
Ward earned her Ph.D. in physics from Lehigh, as well as her master of science in physics. She completed continuing education in secondary science education at East Stroudsburg University in East Stroudsburg, Pa., and earned her bachelor of science degree in astronomy from the University of Southern California-Los Angeles.
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