Ifill School Faculty

In the Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities and Social Sciences you will study with faculty who are thought-leaders and award winners, researchers, and professionals in their fields in the
Departments of:
Our Faculty and Staff
Meet the Dean

Ammina Kothari
Dean, Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities and Social Sciences
Full-time Faculty
Sam Hayes
Assistant Professor
Ifill School Staff

Kealyn Garner
Associate Director of Operations

Jillian Jiang
Faculty Support Coordinator

Bethany Merlin
Administrative Assistant

Luke Romanak
Associate Director, Student Driven Media and Academic Technology
Communications
Chair

Briana Martino
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty

Kat Lombard-Cook
Assistant Professor and Design and Integrated Media Tracks Director

Erica Moura
Associate Professor of Practice and Student-Driven Media Director and Journalism Track Director

Bob White
Professor
Part-time Faculty
Julia Barber
Assistant Teaching Professor
Humanities
Chair

Wanda Torres Gregory
Professor and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Jamie Lee Andreson
Assistant Professor

Renee Bergland
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Literature & Writing

Steve Berry
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of History

Danisa Bonacic
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Applied Spanish

Colleen Kiely
Professor

Sarah Leonard
Associate Professor

Yunxin Li
Assistant Professor and Interim Graduate Program Director of History

Cathryn Mercier
Professor and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature

Farooz Rather
Associate Professor of Practice

Patrick Sylvain
Assistant Professor
Part-time Faculty

Diane Grossman
Professor and Graduate Program Director of Gender and Cultural Studies

Shelley Isaacson
Assistant Teaching Professor

Katherine Magyarody
Assistant Teaching Professor
Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Chair

Dawna Thomas
Professor
Full-time Faculty

Tatiana M.F. Cruz
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Race, Gender, and Sexuality, and Interdisciplinary Program Director of Africana Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Suzanne Leonard
Professor

Becky Thompson
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Sociology
Part-time Faculty

Diane Grossman
Professor and Graduate Program Director of Gender and Cultural Studies
Education
Chair

Christine Evans
Professor of Practice and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Heather Fortin
Assistant Professor of Practice, Coordinator of NECC Practicum, and Educator Licensure Officer
Politics and Policy
Chair

Lena Zuckerwise
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty

Abel Djassi Amado
Associate Professor

Gregory Williams
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Master of Public Policy