Faculty & Staff
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Cécile Accilien
Cécile Accilien Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies DepartmentPosition:
Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies DepartmentPhone: (470) 578-2885
Email: caccilie@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 2002A
Areas of expertise: Haitian Studies, Gender Studies, Film Studies, African and African Diaspora Studies
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Rimona Afana
Rimona Afana Assistant Professor of Peace StudiesPosition:
Assistant Professor of Peace StudiesPhone: (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 StudiesPosition:
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Latin American and Latino StudiesPhone: (470) 578-4270
Email: raguila6@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 2017
Areas of expertise: Latino Studies, Latino music, American Studies
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Lynn Boettler
Lynn Boettler Assistant Professor -
Benjamin Brooks
Benjamin Brooks Assistant ProfessorPosition:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (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 EnglishPosition:
Program Coordinator of Native American & Indigenous Studies; Assistant Professor of American Studies and EnglishPhone: (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
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Theodore Bullard
Theodore Bullard Lecturer -
Laura Davis
Laura Davis Professor of English and Interdisciplinary StudiesPosition:
Professor of English and Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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
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Roxanne Donovan
Roxanne Donovan Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and PsychologyPosition:
Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and PsychologyPhone: (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 -
Jonathan Downs
Jonathan Downs Part-time -
Jessica Duvall
Jessica Duvall Part-time; AMST, GWST, StaffPosition:
Part-time; AMST, GWST, StaffPhone: (470) 578-7557
Email: jduvall6@kennesaw.edu
Location: UC 126A
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May Gao
May Gao Professor of Communication; SAUPO ChairPosition:
Professor of Communication; SAUPO ChairPhone: (470) 578-2145
Email: mgao@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 5084
Areas of expertise: Asian Studies, communication, Business Intercultural Communication -
Sara Giordano
Sara Giordano Assistant ProfessorPosition:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (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 -
Letizia Guglielmo
Letizia Guglielmo Professor of Gender and Women's Studies Program and EnglishPosition:
Professor of Gender and Women's Studies Program and EnglishPhone: (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 StudiesPosition:
Associate Professor of Adolescent Education and Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 -
Rebecca Hill
Rebecca Hill Professor of American StudiesPosition:
Professor of American StudiesPhone: (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 StudiesPosition:
Coordinator of Asian Studies and Associate Professor of Chinese and Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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
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Daisha Huiel
Daisha Huiel Program Coordinator -
Nathalia Jaramillo
Nathalia Jaramillo Coordinator, Latin American/Latino Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesPosition:
Coordinator, Latin American/Latino Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 StudiesPosition:
Director of M.A. in American Studies program; Professor ofGender and Women's StudiesPhone: (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 ProfessorPosition:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (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.
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Heeman Kim
Heeman Kim Associate Professor of CommunicationPosition:
Associate Professor of CommunicationPhone: (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 TermPosition:
Limited TermPhone: (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 -
Robbie Lieberman
Robbie Lieberman Coordinator, Peace Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesPosition:
Coordinator, Peace Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 ProfessorPosition:
Director of Diversity Initiatives; Associate ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-7783
Email: llyons5@kennesaw.edu
Location: UC 213B
Areas of expertise: Global learning, intercultural competence, multicultural education -
Xuefei Ma
Xuefei Ma LecturerPosition:
LecturerPhone: (470) 578-3857
Email: xma11@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 2019
Areas of expertise: Gender & Women's Studies, Asian Studies
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Felicia Mainella
Felicia Mainella Lecturer -
Ashley McFarland
Ashley McFarland Limited Term -
Mandy McGrew
Mandy McGrew Educational Specialist & Part-Time Instructor of American StudiesPosition:
Educational Specialist & Part-Time Instructor of American StudiesPhone: (470) 578-6257
Email: alb1724@kennesaw.edu
Location: House 3211 - 109
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Elizabeth Miles
Elizabeth Miles Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesPosition:
Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 -
Hellena Moon
Hellena Moon ASIA, GWST, RELS -
Julie Newell
Julie Newell Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesPosition:
Professor of Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 EducationPosition:
Coordinator of Religous Studies; Peace Corps Prep Advisor and Professor of EducationPhone: (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 -
Viktoriya Petrenko
Viktoriya Petrenko Part-time -
Karen Pressley
Karen Pressley Part-time, RELS -
Andrea Putala
Andrea Putala Part-time -
Trina Queen
Trina Queen Coordinator; Science, Technology, & SocietyPosition:
Coordinator; Science, Technology, & SocietyPhone: (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 StudiesPosition:
Professor of English and Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 -
Luciane Rocha
Luciane Rocha Assistant ProfessorPosition:
Assistant ProfessorPhone: (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, StaffPosition:
Part-time; LALS, AADS, StaffPhone: (470) 578-7667
Email: yrodrig1@kennesaw.edu
Location: ST 263A
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Federica Santini
Federica Santini Coordinator of GWST and Professor of Italian and Interdisciplinary StudiesPosition:
Coordinator of GWST and Professor of Italian and Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 ProfessorPosition:
Coordinator of Integrative Studies and Leadership Studies; Assistant ProfessorPhone: (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 ProfessorPosition:
Assistant Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies Department; Associate ProfessorPhone: (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
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Ernesto Silva
Ernesto Silva Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and SpanishPosition:
Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies and SpanishPhone: (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 ProfessorPosition:
ProfessorPhone: (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 -
Amy Stewart
Amy Stewart Part-time, GWST -
George Stickel
George Stickel Part-time, STS -
Griselda Thomas
Griselda Thomas Associate Professor of English and Interdisciplinary StudiesPosition:
Associate Professor of English and Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 HistoryPosition:
Limited-Term Assistant Professor of HistoryPhone: (470) 578-6754
Email: lthom182@kennesaw.edu
Location: SO 4117
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Nirmal Trivedi
Nirmal Trivedi Associate ProfessorPosition:
Associate ProfessorPhone: (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 ProfessorPosition:
Associate ProfessorPhone: (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 StudiesPosition:
Coordinator, African and African Diaspora Studies; Associate Professor of History and Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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 -
Mario Watkins
Mario Watkins Part-time, STS -
Kenneth Williamson
Kenneth Williamson Associate Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary StudiesPosition:
Associate Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary StudiesPhone: (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