Faculty Directory
Dr. Katie Angus
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
L2 Pedagogy; L2 Program Administration; Teacher Training
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 419
Mrs. Cyndi Baertich
Senior Lecturer
Areas of Expertise
Spanish, TESOL, Instructional Technology & Design
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 445
Dr. Perry Ballard
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Political Science
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 424
Dr. Mehdi Barati
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
Economics of Crime, Health Economics, Policy Analysis
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Economics
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 408
Dr. Ryan Begley
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Anthropology
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 423
Dr. Joanne Burnett
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Second language teaching, French cultural studies, Online learning
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 452
Dr. Carmen Carracelas-Juncal
Associate Professor
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 412
Dr. Marie Danforth
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, human osteology, dental anthropology, Mesoamerica, Southeastern US
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Anthropology
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 430
Dr. Dana Fennell
Professor
Areas of Expertise
health, deviance, communication, environment, sociology of knowledge
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Sociology
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 441
Dr. Elif Filiz
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Applied Economics, Labor Economics, Applied Econometrics
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Economics
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 407
James Flanagan
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Anthropology and Sociology
Leah Fonder-Solano
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Hispanic literature
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Giovanni Fontecchio
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Dr. K. Chimene Gecewicz
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
TESOL, International Education, Instructional Design, Active Learning, Sojourners
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 432
Dr. Troy Gibson
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
American Politics; Public Law and Policy
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Political Science
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 418
Dr. Jeanne Gillespie
Professor
Areas of Expertise
Amerindian letters and cultures, Latin American Colonial Letters, Early Modern Women's Voices,
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 460
Frank Glamser
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Anthropology and Sociology
Dr. Bridget Hayden
Professor
Areas of Expertise
cultural anthropology, migration, Central America, United States, identity
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Anthropology
Liberal Arts Building (LAB)
Dr. Laurel Hodges
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Linguistics, pedagogy, Spanish, teacher education
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 414
Mary Holt
Senior Lecturer
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: World Languages
Elizabeth Hall (EH) 215
Dr. Iliyan Iliev
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Legislative Behavior; Lobbying; Social Media; Terrorism; Voting; Electoral Participation; Research Methodology (Bayesian Time Series; Natural Language Processing; Non-Parametric Dynamic Clustering; Machine learning)
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Political Science
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 442
Ed Jackson
Emeritus
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Anthropology and Sociology
Dr. Kari Kozlowski
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise
Sociology of Education (Socioeconomic and Racial Educational Inequality)
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Sociology
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 5108
Dr. Daniel LaDu
Assistant Professor
Areas of Expertise
The archaeology of complex societies in the southeastern United States; Ceramic Analysis; Mississippi Dugout Canoes
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Anthropology
Liberal Arts Building (LAB) 439
Tom Lansford
Professor
Areas of Expertise
International Security; the U.S. presidency; homeland security.
College: Arts and Sciences
School: School of Social Science and Global Studies
Discipline: Political Science
Elizabeth Hall (EH) 309