Faculty

Dr. Rafizadeh received her Ph.D. from University of California- Riverside in 2011. Her research areas are low dimensional topology and knot theory. Specifically, she is interested in using twisted Alexander polynomials to investigate fiberedness, virtual fiberedness, and the Thurston norm. Dr...

At Jewell, Dr. Rigler teaches music history, hymnody, class piano and applied organ, and plays for weekly chapel services. Prior to her appointment to the Jewell faculty, she was Instructor in Music at the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University, where she taught applied organ...

Ryan holds a Master of Science in Nursing Family Nurse Practitioner degree from University of Central Missouri. She has experience as a family nurse practitioner at a rural family practice clinic. Her career focus has been in primary care and bioidentical hormone replacement therapy. Prior to...