Faculty & Staff
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Cécile Accilien
Cécile Accilien Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies Department
Position:
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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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 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 -
Holly Bradfield
Holly Bradfield Part-time -
Benjamin Brooks
Benjamin Brooks Assistant Professor
Position:
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 English
Position:
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 Associate Professor of English and Interdisciplinary Studies
Position:
Associate 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 Psychology
Position:
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, Staff
Position:
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 Chair
Position:
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 English
Position:
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 Studies
Position:
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 -
Edwin Hernandez
Edwin Hernandez 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 -
Daniel Horowitz
Daniel Horowitz Part-time, GWST -
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 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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Nathalia Jaramillo
Nathalia Jaramillo Coordinator, Latin American/Latino Studies; Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Position:
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 Studies
Position:
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 -
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 -
Alan Lebaron
Alan Lebaron Director, Maya Heritage Community Project; Professor of History and Latin American & Latinx Studies
Position:
Director, Maya Heritage Community Project; Professor of History and Latin American & Latinx StudiesPhone: (470) 578-2304
Email: alebaron@kennesaw.edu
Location: KC 324
Areas of expertise: History, Latino Studies, Guatemalan Maya, Latin American History -
Joan Ledbetter
Joan Ledbetter Limited Term -
Robbie Lieberman
Robbie Lieberman Coordinator, Peace Studies; Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Position:
Coordinator, Peace Studies; Associate 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 Professor
Position:
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 -
Felicia Mainella
Felicia Mainella Lecturer -
Ashley McFarland
Ashley McFarland Limited Term -
Mandy McGrew
Mandy McGrew Educational Specialist & Part-Time Instructor of American Studies
Position:
Educational Specialist & Part-Time Instructor of American StudiesPhone: (470) 578-6257
Email: alb1724@kennesaw.edu
Location: House 3211 - 109
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Sangeeta Mehra
Sangeeta Mehra Program Coordinator -
Elizabeth Miles
Elizabeth Miles Assistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies
Position:
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 Studies
Position:
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 Education
Position:
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 Studies
Position:
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 Professor
Position:
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, Staff
Position:
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 Studies
Position:
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 Professor
Position:
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 Professor
Position:
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 Professor
Position:
ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-6334
Email: dsmith1@kennesaw.edu
Location: LB 417
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: SO 2014
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 Professor
Position:
Associate ProfessorPhone: (470) 578-2499
Email: ntrived2@kennesaw.edu
Location: UC 105
Areas of expertise: Race and American imperialism, world literature, student success, English, American Studies -
Carlton Usher
Carlton Usher Associate Professor
Position:
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 Studies
Position:
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 -
Jonathan Wesley
Jonathan Wesley Part-time, RELS -
Kenneth Williamson
Kenneth Williamson Associate Professor of Anthropology and Interdisciplinary Studies
Position:
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
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