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Oakton Welcomes New Faculty for the 2013-14 Academic Year

Oakton Community College recently welcomed new faculty members for the 2013-14 academic year, including: Zoran Miodragovic, professor of chemistry; Daniel Roth, assistant professor of English; Philip Sloan, associate professor of English; and John Smith, professor of graphic design.

Miodragovic, who resides in Chicago, received his doctorate in chemistry from the University of Belgrade, where he also served as an assistant professor of chemistry from 2000-08. Prior to Oakton, Miodragovic was a part-time chemistry faculty member at various community colleges in the Chicago area including Harry S Truman College, Wilbur Wright College, and Olive-Harvey College.

A Des Plaines resident, Roth earned a master’s degree in linguistics from the University of California, Santa Cruz. Roth spent time on the West Coast where he worked as an adjunct professor of English at Contra Costa College (San Pablo, California) and an adjunct professor of rhetoric and languages at the University of San Francisco.

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Sloan of Chicago is expected to earn his doctorate degree in rhetoric and written communication later this year from Kent State, where he also was an English teaching fellow. His teaching experience includes serving as a part-time English instructor at St. Clair Community College in Port Huron, Michigan.

Smith, who lives in Skokie, earned his master’s degree in design from the University of Iowa. Prior to his position at Oakton, Smith was a professor of graphic design at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point. His graphic design exhibitions have been featured in galleries in the United States and Canada.

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