Florida Tech Announces 18 New Faculty Members

MELBOURNE, FLA. — Eighteen new faculty members will greet students on Aug. 18, the start of the 2008-2009 Florida Institute of Technology academic year.

New faculty are:
Guy Bruce, assistant professor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Catherine Cook, associate professor, University College
Cindi Courbat, visiting instructor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Steve Cusick, associate professor, College of Aeronautics
Julie Gross, assistant professor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Jason Harris, assistant professor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Andrew Knight, associate professor, College of Science
John Lavelle, assistant professor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Taeyoung Lee, assistant professor, College of Engineering
Kevin Mulligan, professor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Joann Parla Palumbo, assistant professor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Todd Poch, assistant professor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts
Christin Pruett, assistant professor, College of Science
Martha Sale, associate professor, College of Business
Timothy Rosser, assistant professor, College of Aeronautics
Winston Scott, dean, College of Aeronautics
Joan Wiggenhorn, associate professor, College of Business
Wanfa Zhang, assistant professor, College of Psychology and Liberal Arts

Located in Melbourne, Fla., the university was founded in 1958 to train professionals working in the space program at what is now Kennedy Space Center. It
is the only independent, technological university in the Southeast. It was also named a Barron’s Guide “Best Buy” in College Education, is listed among
America’s best colleges in U.S. News & World Report, is among the top Southeastern colleges according to the Princeton Review Rating and was rated a
top private university in Florida by the Washington Monthly College Ranking. More information is available at www.fit.edu