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
Ifill School Staff
Kealyn Garner
Associate Director of Operations
Bethany Merlin
Administrative Assistant
Luke Romanak
Associate Director, Student Driven Media and Academic Technology
Art
Full-time Faculty
Colleen Kiely
Professor
Loretta Park
Assistant Teaching Professor of Art and Director of the Trustman Art Gallery
Communications
Chair
Briana Martino
Associate Professor and Integrated Media Track Director
Full-time Faculty
Carla Kath
Associate Professor of Practice and Public Relations and Marketing Communications Track Director
Kat Lombard-Cook
Assistant Professor and Design Track Director
Erica Moura
Associate Professor of Practice and Student-Driven Media Director and Journalism Track Director
Bob White
Professor
Part-time Faculty
Hogan Seidel
Assistant Teaching Professor
Education
Chair
Christine Evans
Professor of Practice and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Heather Fortin
Assistant Professor of Practice and Associate Director of Practicum and Licensure Officer
Daren Graves
Professor
History
Chair
Sarah Leonard
Associate Professor and Department Chair of History, and Graduate History Program Director
Full-time Faculty
Jamie Lee Andreson
Assistant Professor
Steve Berry
Associate Professor
Cait Parker
Assistant Teaching Professor
Literature and Writing
Chair
Cathryn Mercier
Professor and Chair of the Department of Literature and Writing and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature
Full-time Faculty
Renée Bergland
Professor
Danisa Bonacic
Associate Professor and Coordinator of Advanced Spanish Certificate for Nursing and Healthcare Professionals
Farooz Rather
Associate Professor of Practice
Part-time Faculty
Katherine Magyarody
Assistant Teaching Professor
Politics and Policy
Chair
Lena Zuckerwise
Associate Professor
Full-time Faculty
Abel Djassi Amado
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Politics and Policy, and Program Director for the Master of Public Policy Program
Sam Hayes
Assistant Professor
Gregory Williams
Associate 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