Faculty & Staff

• Cécile Accilien

  Cécile Accilien Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies Department

  Position:
  Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies Department

  Phone: (470) 578-2885
  Email: caccilie@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2002A

  
  

  Areas of expertise: Haitian Studies, Gender Studies, Film Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies

• Rimona Afana

  Rimona Afana Assistant Professor of Peace Studies

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Peace Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: rafana@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
  Areas of expertise: transitional justice, conflict transformation, Palestine/Israel, settler colonial studies, international law, environmental harms, animal ethics

• Rodolfo Aguilar

  Rodolfo Aguilar Assistant Professor of American Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of American Studies and Latin American and Latino Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-4270
  Email: raguila6@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2017

  
  

  Areas of expertise: Latino Studies, Latino music, American Studies

• Lynn Boettler

  Lynn Boettler Assistant Professor

  Position:
  Assistant Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-3668
  Email: lboettle@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 423

  
   

• Benjamin Brooks

  Benjamin Brooks Assistant Professor

  Position:
  Assistant Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-4830
  Email: bbrook77@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 411

  
  Areas of expertise: Leadership Studies, ethics, interdisciplinarity, metacognition teaching & learning 

• Miriam Brown Spiers

  Miriam Brown Spiers Program Coordinator of Native American & Indigenous Studies; Assistant Professor of American Studies and English

  Position:
  Program Coordinator of Native American & Indigenous Studies; Assistant Professor of American Studies and English

  Phone: (470) 578-6125
  Email: mspiers1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: EB 173

  
  

  Areas of expertise: Native American & Indigenous Studies, Science Fiction Studies, American Studies, Gender & Women's Studies 

• Theodore Bullard

  Theodore Bullard Lecturer

  Position:
  Lecturer

  Phone: (470) 578-4541
  Email: tbullar1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 414

  
   

• Laura Davis

  Laura Davis Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2001
  Email: ldavis1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: House 3201 - 101

  
  

  Areas of expertise: Gender & Women's Studies, Gender, Feminism, Diversity, US Southern Literature, Postcolonial Literature

• Roxanne Donovan

  Roxanne Donovan Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology

  Position:
  Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Psychology

  Phone: (470) 578-6920
  Email: rdonova4@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2016

  
  Areas of expertise: Well-being of Black women, mental health impact of gendered-racism, Gender Studies, social justice practices

• Jacqueline Dow

  Jacqueline Dow Part-time

  Position:
  Part-time

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: jdow6@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Jonathan Downs

  Jonathan Downs Part-time

  Position:
  Part-time

  Phone: (470) 578-6227
  Email: jdowns8@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 5045

  
   

• Jessica Duvall

  Jessica Duvall Part-time; AMST, GWST, Staff

  Position:
  Part-time; AMST, GWST, Staff

  Phone: (470) 578-7557
  Email: jduvall6@kennesaw.edu
  Location: UC 126A

  
   

• May Gao

  May Gao Professor of Communication; SAUPO Chair

  Position:
  Professor of Communication; SAUPO Chair

  Phone: (470) 578-2145
  Email: mgao@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 5084

  
  Areas of expertise: Asian Studies, communication, Business Intercultural Communication

• Sara Giordano

  Sara Giordano Assistant Professor

  Position:
  Assistant Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-3886
  Email: sgiordan@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 421

  
  Areas of expertise: Feminist Science Studies, Democratic Sciences, Bioethics, Critical Science Literacy

• Felecia Glover

  Felecia Glover Part-time

  Position:
  Part-time

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: fglover1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Letizia Guglielmo

  Letizia Guglielmo Professor of Gender and Women's Studies Program and English

  Position:
  Professor of Gender and Women's Studies Program and English

  Phone: (470) 578-6764
  Email: lgugliel@kennesaw.edu
  Location: EB 106

  
  Areas of expertise: English, Gender & Women's Studies, feminist rhetoric, gender & pop culture, computers & writing

• Nichole Guillory

  Nichole Guillory Associate Professor of Adolescent Education and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Adolescent Education and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2371
  Email: nguillo1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: BEB 364

  
  Areas of expertise: Secondary education, African and African Diaspora Studies, Gender & Women's Studies, social justice curriculum, urban education, multicultural education 

• Deniz Gumustekin

  Deniz Gumustekin Part-time

  Position:
  Part-time

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: dgumuste@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Rebecca Hill

  Rebecca Hill Professor of American Studies

  Position:
  Professor of American Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-7543
  Email: rhill54@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2008

  
  Areas of expertise: Social movement history, prison and policing, intersections of politics and pop culture, labor and working classes

• Sha Huang

  Sha Huang Coordinator of Asian Studies and Associate Professor of Chinese and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Coordinator of Asian Studies and Associate Professor of Chinese and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-6361
  Email: shuang5@kennesaw.edu
  Location: PS 249

  
  

  Areas of Expertise: Foreign Language Education, teaching Chinese as a foreign language, Asian Cultures, Chinese modern and contemporary poetry, translation studies

• Daisha Huiel

  Daisha Huiel Program Coordinator

  Position:
  Program Coordinator

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: dkuyken2@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Nathalia Jaramillo

  Nathalia Jaramillo Coordinator, Latin American/Latino Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Coordinator, Latin American/Latino Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2243
  Email: njaramil@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2012

  
  Areas of expertise: Decolonial theory and pedagogy, womanism, feminist theories and pedagogues, diversity and inclusion in higher education

• Stacy Keltner

  Stacy Keltner Director of M.A. in American Studies program; Professor ofGender and Women's Studies

  Position:
  Director of M.A. in American Studies program; Professor ofGender and Women's Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-6648
  Email: skeltner@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019B

  
  Areas of expertise: Gender & Women's Studies, social and political theory, continental philosophy, feminist theory

• Hye Won Kim

  Hye Won Kim Assistant Professor

  Position:
  Assistant Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-4284
  Email: hkim132@kennesaw.edu
  Location: EB 193

  
  

  Areas of expertise: K-pop and South Korean popular culture; modern and contemporary drama, theatre, and performance, with particular attention to the intersections between performance studies, Asian and Asian American studies, critical race theory and ethnic studies, gender and sexuality studies, visual culture and sound studies, and cultural studies.

• Heeman Kim

  Heeman Kim Associate Professor of Communication

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Communication

  Phone: (470) 578-2078
  Email: hkim21@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 5098

  
  Areas of expertise: Asian Studies, communication, digital media production, electronic media, Asian culture, research methods

• Maureen Kperogi

  Maureen Kperogi Limited Term

  Position:
  Limited Term

  Phone: (470) 578-6183
  Email: merinne@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 422

  
  Areas of expertise: Gendered peacebuilding, community-based development strategies as a tool for sustainable development, program evaluation, reintegration of ex-combatants and fighters

• Joan Ledbetter

  Joan Ledbetter Limited Term

  Position:
  Limited Term

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: jledbe11@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Robbie Lieberman

  Robbie Lieberman Coordinator, Peace Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Coordinator, Peace Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-7847
  Email: rlieberm@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2042

  
  Areas of expertise: American Studies, Peace Studies, music as a protest, anti-communism, the 1960's

• Linda Lyons

  Linda Lyons Director of Diversity Initiatives; Associate Professor

  Position:
  Director of Diversity Initiatives; Associate Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-7783
  Email: llyons5@kennesaw.edu
  Location: UC 213B

  
  Areas of expertise: Global learning, intercultural competence, multicultural education

• Xuefei Ma

  Xuefei Ma Lecturer

  Position:
  Lecturer

  Phone: (470) 578-3857
  Email: xma11@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
  

  Areas of expertise: Gender & Women's Studies, Asian Studies

• Felicia Mainella

  Felicia Mainella Lecturer

  Position:
  Lecturer

  Phone: (470) 578-4504
  Email: fmainell@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 412

  
   

• Ashley McFarland

  Ashley McFarland Limited Term

  Position:
  Limited Term

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: amcfarl7@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Mandy McGrew

  Mandy McGrew Educational Specialist & Part-Time Instructor of American Studies

  Position:
  Educational Specialist & Part-Time Instructor of American Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-6257
  Email: alb1724@kennesaw.edu
  Location: House 3211 - 109

  
   

• Elizabeth Miles

  Elizabeth Miles Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2504
  Email: emiles17@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2015

  
  Areas of expertise: Sociocultural anthropology, Gender & Sexuality Studies, modern & contemporary Japan 

• Steve Miller

  Steve Miller Part-time, RELS

  Position:
  Part-time, RELS

  Phone: (470) 578-6131
  Email: jmill214@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019A

  
   

• Hellena Moon

  Hellena Moon ASIA, GWST, RELS

  Position:
  ASIA, GWST, RELS

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: hmoon17@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Julie Newell

  Julie Newell Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-7481
  Email: jnewell2@kennesaw.edu
  Location: KH 3441

  
  Areas of expertise: Science, technology & society, Interdisciplinary Studies, American wilderness, environmental science, sustainability

• Daniel Paracka

  Daniel Paracka Coordinator of Religous Studies; Peace Corps Prep Advisor and Professor of Education

  Position:
  Coordinator of Religous Studies; Peace Corps Prep Advisor and Professor of Education

  Phone: (470) 578-6732
  Email: dparacka@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2011A

  
  Areas of expertise: Education, Interdisciplinary Studies, intercultural competence

• Kristin Petersen

  Kristin Petersen Part-time, GWST

  Position:
  Part-time, GWST

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: kpeter69@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Viktoriya Petrenko

  Viktoriya Petrenko Part-time

  Position:
  Part-time

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: vpetrenk@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Karen Pressley

  Karen Pressley Part-time, RELS

  Position:
  Part-time, RELS

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: kpressl1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Andrea Putala

  Andrea Putala Part-time

  Position:
  Part-time

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: aspivey7@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Trina Queen

  Trina Queen Coordinator; Science, Technology, & Society

  Position:
  Coordinator; Science, Technology, & Society

  Phone: (470) 578-7449
  Email: tqueen4@kennesaw.edu
  Location: J 221

  
  Areas of expertise: Science, technology & society, Interdisciplinary Studies, medical ethics, film

• Anne Richards

  Anne Richards Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2038
  Email: aricha31@kennesaw.edu
  Location: EB 171

  
  Areas of expertise: Peace Studies, English, Cultural Studies, Islam in America, Immigration Studies 

• Rebecca Robinson

  Rebecca Robinson Part-time, GWST

  Position:
  Part-time, GWST

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: rrobi106@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Luciane Rocha

  Luciane Rocha Assistant Professor

  Position:
  Assistant Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-2049
  Email: lrocha3@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2017B

  
  Areas of expertise: Gendered anti-blackness, Black mothers activism, black feminist activist research methods, anthropology of emotion 

• Yen Rodriguez

  Yen Rodriguez Part-time; LALS, AADS, Staff

  Position:
  Part-time; LALS, AADS, Staff

  Phone: (470) 578-7667
  Email: yrodrig1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: ST 263A

  
   

• Federica Santini

  Federica Santini Coordinator of GWST and Professor of Italian and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Coordinator of GWST and Professor of Italian and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2381
  Email: fsantini@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2010

  
  Areas of expertise: literary criticism, Italian modern and contemporary poetry, 20th century European women's writing, translation studies 

• Katharine Schaab

  Katharine Schaab Coordinator of Integrative Studies and Leadership Studies; Assistant Professor

  Position:
  Coordinator of Integrative Studies and Leadership Studies; Assistant Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-2126
  Email: kschaab@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 420

  
  Areas of expertise: Gender & Women's Studies, Cultural Studies, American Studies, Interdisciplinary and Integrative Studies 

• Heather Scott

  Heather Scott Assistant Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies Department; Associate Professor

  Position:
  Assistant Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies Department; Associate Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-6970
  Email: hscott18@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 419

  
  Areas of expertise: Women's leadership on governing boards at private colleges and universities, leadership identity development of girls and women, distance education, global education, study abroad
  
  

• Ernesto Silva

  Ernesto Silva Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Spanish

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and Spanish

  Phone: (470) 578-3208
  Email: esilva@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2002B

  
  Areas of expertise: Spanish, Latino Studies, Latino Film Studies, study abroad to Peru, Chile, Bolivia, and Ecuador

• Deborah N. Smith

  Deborah N. Smith Professor

  Position:
  Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-6334
  Email: dsmith1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2002

  
  Areas of expertise: Leadership, leadership education, students in transition, scholarship of teaching and learning

• Laurence Stacey

  Laurence Stacey Part-time, PAX

  Position:
  Part-time, PAX

  Phone: (470) 578-3569
  Email: lstacey1@kennesaw.edu
  Location: UC 122E

  
   

• Amy Stewart

  Amy Stewart Part-time, GWST

  Position:
  Part-time, GWST

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: astew185@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• George Stickel

  George Stickel Part-time, STS

  Position:
  Part-time, STS

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: gstickel@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Griselda Thomas

  Griselda Thomas Associate Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Associate Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2419
  Email: gthomas2@kennesaw.edu
  Location: EB 267

  
  Areas of expertise: English, Black Studies, Black women writers, Black feminism, African American Literature & Culture

• Lauren Thompson

  Lauren Thompson Limited-Term Assistant Professor of History

  Position:
  Limited-Term Assistant Professor of History

  Phone: (470) 578-6754
  Email: lthom182@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 4117

  
   

• Nirmal Trivedi

  Nirmal Trivedi Associate Professor

  Position:
  Associate Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-2499
  Email: ntrived2@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 415

  
  Areas of expertise: Race and American imperialism, world literature, student success, English, American Studies 

• Carlton Usher

  Carlton Usher Associate Professor

  Position:
  Associate Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-3540
  Email: cusher@kennesaw.edu
  Location: LB 422

  
  Areas of expertise: Global sustainability, civic engagement, pop culture, Africa and African Diaspora Studies, comparative political systems

• Seneca Vaught

  Seneca Vaught Coordinator, African and African Diaspora Studies; Associate Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Coordinator, African and African Diaspora Studies; Associate Professor of History and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2937
  Email: svaught3@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2013A

  
  Areas of expertise: History, African Studies, African American History, race and ethnicity, social movements

• Kristen Walker

  Kristen Walker Part-time

  Position:
  Part-time

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: kwalke13@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Mario Watkins

  Mario Watkins Part-time, STS

  Position:
  Part-time, STS

  Phone: (470) 578-2431
  Email: mwatki50@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2019

  
   

• Kenneth Williamson

  Kenneth Williamson Associate Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Position:
  Associate Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies

  Phone: (470) 578-2639
  Email: kwill254@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 4095

  
  Areas of expertise: Anthropology, African Studies, Afro-Brazilian Cultures, immigration

• Brian Wooten

  Brian Wooten Assistant Professor

  Position:
  Assistant Professor

  Phone: (470) 578-2198
  Email: bwooten@kennesaw.edu
  Location: SO 2013A