Lewis College welcomes new faculty members this fall

Hao Huang, Ph.D., joins Illinois Institute of Technology as Assistant Professor of Social Sciences. Most recently she was a postdoctoral research associate in the department of geography at the University of Utah specializing in economic geography and development, environmental geography and planning, and GIS.

Her research concerns globalization, urbanization, and sustainability. Specifically, she focuses on dynamics of global economic activities, and their effects on cities, regions, and places with respect to foreign direct investment (FDI) and trade, inequality and poverty, development and environment, and built environment and urban health.

Sam McAbee, Ph.D. is now Assistant Professor of Psychology at Illinois Institute of Technology, after spending one year here as a visiting scholar. His primary research interests are in the areas of psychometrics and individual differences, with an emphasis on the design and evaluation of psychological measures and their application to decisions in educational settings and the workplace. His research examines the role of personality traits in academic and workplace settings, particularly relating to issues surrounding college student employability and success.