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faculty/staff NEWS
Casey Hayes, assistant professor of fine
arts in music, teaches the Franklin College
choral ensembles, music appreciation
courses and private voice lessons. He
holds a doctorate in music education
from New York University. His master’s
degree in choral conducting and his
bachelor’s degree in music education
are from Butler University.
Heather Mollé, assistant professor of
mathematics, teaches a variety of math
courses, including functions and models,
calculus, quantitative reasoning and
differential equations. She is currently
pursuing a doctorate of philosophy in
mathematics from the University of Iowa.
Her bachelor of science degree in mathematics
and physics, and her bachelor of
arts degree in mathematics are from
Truman State University.
Casey Hayes Heather Mollé Dianne Moneypenny
Christine Nemcik Randall Smith Kristin Wasielewski
Dianne Moneypenny, instructor of modern
languages, teaches Spanish 100- and
300-level courses. She is currently pursuing
a doctorate in Spanish literature from
the University of Kentucky. She holds
a master’s degree in Spanish from the
University of Louisville and a bachelor’s
degree in biology and Spanish from
Indiana University Southeast.
Sarah Mordan-McCombs, assistant
professor of biology, teaches principles
of biology, anatomy and physiology,
genetics and molecular biotechnology.
She holds a doctorate in biology from
Notre Dame University. Her bachelor’s
degree in biology is from DePauw
University.
Christine Nemcik, assistant professor of
history, teaches courses in the liberal arts
core curriculum, including The Self in
Society: Thinking, Reading, and Writing
Critically and The Past and Present:
The World Since 1750, as well as courses
in Latin American history. She holds both
a doctorate and master’s degree in Latin
American history from Indiana University.
Her bachelor’s degree in history and
German is from Illinois Wesleyan
University.
Sarah Mordan-McCombs
Randall Smith, assistant professor of
political science, teaches Introduction to
International Relations, International Law
and Organizations, Social and Political
Thought, Climate Change and You:
Making A Difference and American
Constitutional Law. He holds a doctorate
in political science from the University of
Illinois at Chicago and a master’s degree
in political science from the University of
Illinois at Springfield. His bachelor’s
degree in political science is from Quincy
University.
Kristin Wasielewski, assistant professor
of modern languages, teaches a variety
of French courses, ranging from
intermediate- to career-level as well as
advanced grammar and composition.
She also teaches Introduction to French
Culture. She holds a doctorate, master’s
and bachelor’s degrees from the
University of Wisconsin-Madison.
She taught part-time at Franklin College
for six years prior to accepting a full-time
appointment this academic year.
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