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Faculty Focus: Fall 2025
Tony Haouam is a new Assistant Professor in the Romance Studies Department; Demond Hill is a new Assistant Professor in the Eliot-Pearson Department of Child Study and Human Development; and Randi Rotjan is a new Associate Professor of Biology
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