Centenary College adds new faculty

Hackettstown - Seven new faculty members have joined Centenary College this semester. They are: Emily Williams Anderson, assistant professor of education. Anderson’s previous positions include serving as an adjunct instructor at Centenary College, as well as certification coordinator in the Education Department. She also served as assistant director for academic transitions, first-year programs and was a research assistant for the Strategic Advancement Department. Aaron R. Bachstein - instructor of history. Previous positions include serving as adjunct professor of Western European and American History at Warren County Community College and Centenary College. Bachstein is currently researching newly discovered memoirs and papers of General Daniel E. Sickles. He has also researched, compiled and authored the Regimental history of the 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, using original correspondence, manuscripts, military documents and the personal diary of John Hazeltine, Captain, Company E. Frances Craig Congdon - assistant professor of Education. Congdon was an independent consultant, interim director of field placements and teaching assistant for Rutgers University. Congdon was also an assistant professor of Education at Centenary College from 1996 to 2001. In addition, she was a classroom teacher for the Tewksbury Township Schools in Califon and was a coordinator and teacher of the gifted and talented program. Stephen Davis - assistant professor of theatre. Davis has been a freelance director, actor, teacher and fight choreographer. He has directed educational tours for Kean University, the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey (STNJ), and the American Globe Theatre (AGT) in New York City. At Kean University, he taught acting improvisation, stage makeup, and a class entitled “Kean Players on Tour.” At the Shakespeare Theatre of New Jersey, he had been a stage combat instructor for the Summer Professional Training Program for five years. As a teaching artist for Playwright’s Theatre of New Jersey, he taught playwrighting, acting, and on-camera acting. Kitsy Dixon - assistant professor of sociology. Dixon previously served as a visiting assistant professor of Sociology and was a housemaster for the Summer Institute for the Gifted in Atlanta. She was also a lecturer at New Jersey City University, as well as a lecturer for Buffalo State College and an instructor for Niagara University. Dixon was also a youth coordinator for Longview United Medical Center and assistant hall director for State University at Buffalo. Heather Hamilton Pelletier - temporary assistant professor of business. Pelletier was an adjunct business professor at Centenary, as well as career services coordinator. She also was a business teacher for Mansfield High School in Mass. Krassi Lazarova - instructor of mathematics. Lazarova previously served as the assistant chair of Department of Liberal Arts and Science at Berkeley College and was a part-time consultant with W. W. Norton Publishing Company. She was also a faculty member at Pope John XXII High School in Sparta. She spent a year at the University of Houston as a postdoctoral research scientist and was an environmental scientist at the Air Protection Division, U.S. EPA, Region III, in Philadelphia.