Faculty
Department of Art
Brian Carpenter, 2014, Assistant Professor, A.A., B.A., University of Toledo; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
Jason Cox, 2015, Assistant Professor, B.F.A., M.A.T., The Maryland Institute College of Art; Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Daniel Hernandez, 2012, Associate Professor, B.F.A, Northwest Missouri State University; M. F. A., American University
Thor J. Mednick, 2013, Professor, B.F.A., M.A., University of Southern California; Ph.D., Indiana University
Barbara W. F. Miner, 2000, Professor and Chair, B.F.A., State University of New York - New Paltz; M.F.A., Eastern Michigan University
Deborah Orloff, 1994, Professor and Associate Chair, B.F.A., Clark University; M.F.A., Syracuse University
Mysoon Rizk, 2000, Professor, B.A., Oberlin College; B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Arturo Rodriguez, 2001, Associate Professor, B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute; M.F.A., Indiana University – Bloomington
Barry Whittaker, 2011, Associate Professor, B.F.A., University of Texas; M.F.A., University of Colorado
Eric Zeigler, 2014, Assistant Professor, B.F.A., Bowling Green State University; M. F. A., San Francisco Art Institute
Department of Communication
Amy Capwell-Burns, 2003, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Baldwin-Wallace College; M.A., Cleveland State University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Dee Drummond, 2007, Senior Lecturer, B.A., The University of Toledo; M.A., Michigan State University
Tasha Dunn, 2019, Associate Professor, BA, Concordia College; MA, Eastern Illinois University; PhD, University of South Florida
Jason Hibbs, 2020, Assistant Lecturer, B.S., Western Kentucky University; M.S., Montana State University-Billings
Xianlin Jin, 2021, Assistant Professor, B.A., Journalism, Tianjin Normal University; M.A., Communication Studies, Arizona State University; Ph.D. Communication with Graduate Certificate in Risk Sciences, University of Kentucky
Eleanor Kostecki, 2013, Senior Lecturer, B.S., Eastern Michigan University; M.A., Western Michigan University
Jacqueline Layng, 1997, Professor, B.A., M.A., Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
Tisha Mays, 2021, Assistant Lecturer, B.A., Mass Media Radio/Television, University of Akron; M.A., Strategic Communication with Interactive Media, Bowling Green State University
W. Benjamin Myers, 2019, Professor and Chair, BA, Bluffton University; MA, Bowling Green State University; PhD, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale
Fatima A. Shousher Simon, 2004, Senior Lecturer, B.A., University of Toledo; M.A., Bowling Green State University
Sumitra Srinivasan, 2006, Associate Professor, B.Sc., M.A., The University of Madras; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., Georgia State University
Disability Studies Program
Allyson Day, 2014, Associate Professor, B.A., B.F.A., University of Maine at Framington; M.A., Simmons College; Ph.D., Ohio State University
James Ferris, 2008, Professor and Ability Center of Greater Toledo Endowed Chair in Disability Studies, B.A., Marquette University; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.
Rebecca Monteleone, 2020, Assistant Professor, B.A., The Ohio State University; M.A., University of Kent; Ph.D., Arizona State University
Kim E. Nielsen, 2012, Professor and Program Director; B.A., Macalester College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
Department of Economics
Abiye Alamina, 2018, Assistant Lecturer, B.Sc University of Lagos; M.Sc., University of Bristol; M.A., ABD, The Ohio State University.
Aliaksandr Amialchuk, 2007, Professor, B.A., Hrodno State University; M.A., National University Kyiv-Mohyla Academy; Ph.D., University of Houston
James Bland, 2016, Assistant Professor, B.S., M.A., The University of Melbourne; M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University
Larry Cook, 2006, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., The University of Toledo
Michael R. Dowd, 1989, Associate Professor, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York – Buffalo
Kevin Egan, 2005, Professor, B.A., Central College; Ph.D., Iowa State University
Kristen Keith, 1994, Professor and Associate Dean, B.A., University of Montana; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Onur Sapci, 2016, Associate Professor, B.A., Dokuz Eylul University; Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Oleg Smirnov, 2006, Professor, Chair, and Graduate Director, B.S. Novosibirsk State University; M.A., West Virginia University; Ph.D., West Virginia University
Department of English Language and Literature
Elliot Adams, 2008, Associate Lecturer, B.A., M.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Bashar Al-Hariri, 2018, Lecturer, B.A. Damascus University; MA Yarmouk University; MA-ESL University of Toledo
Elizabeth Anderson, 2015, Lecturer, BA Ohio State University; MA., University of Toledo
Sheri Benton, 2012, Lecturer, B.A., M.A. University of Toledo
Ayendy Bonifacio, 2020, Assistant Professor, B.A., City College of New York; M.A., Ph.D. The Ohio State University
Tyler Branson, 2017, Associate Professor, B.A., University of Oklahoma; M.A., University of Kansas; Ph.D., Texas Christian University
Daniel Compora, 1993, Associate Professor, A.S., Monroe County Community College; B.A., M.Ed., Ph.D., The University of Toledo
Paul Conner, 2007, Associate Lecturer, B.S., Indiana University Southeast; M.A., University of Louisville
Deborah Coulter-Harris, 2007, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Fitchburg State College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Toledo
Michelle Davidson, 2004, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., The University of Toledo
Alexandra DeRosa, 2018, Lecturer, B.A. Bennington College; M.A. City University of New York
Michael S. Dubose, 2005, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., University of North Florida; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Anthony Edgington, 2005, Associate Professor, B.A., University of Pittsburg; M.A. Slippery Rock University; Ph.D., University of Louisville
David L. Erben, 1997, Assistant Professor, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of South Florida
Christina M. Fitzgerald, 2003, Professor, B.A., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph Gamble, 2019, Assistant Professor, B.A. University of Alabama; Ph.D. University of Michigan
Timothy Geiger, 1997, Professor, B.A., West Chester University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., University of Alabama
Melissa Valiska Gregory, 2002, Professor and Interim Dean, B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Kevin W. Jett, 2003, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., Indiana State
Rosemary Johnson-Kurek, 2003, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., The University of Toledo
Laura S. Keller, 2005, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., The University of Toledo
Joey S. Kim, 2020, Visiting Assistant Professor, B.A. John Carrol University; M.A., PhD The Ohio State University
Kimberly Mack, 2015, Associate Professor, B.F.A., New York University; M.F.A., Antioch University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
Andrew Mattison, 2005, Professor and Chair, A.B., Vassar College; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University
Deirdre Perlini, 2015, Lecturer, B.A., DePaul University; MA, University of Toledo
Sabrina Peters-Whitehead, 2004, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Carson-Newman College; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic and State University
Michael V. Piotrowski, 1988, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Siena Heights College; M.A., The University of Toledo
Melinda Reichelt, 1997, Professor, B.A., Anderson University; M.A., Ph.D., Purdue University
Patricia M. Reid, 1991, Senior Lecturer, B.A., State University of New York - Plattsburg; M.A., State University of New York - Binghamton
Parama Sarkar, 2009, Associate Professor, B.A., Presidency College, India; M.A., Jadavpur University, India; Ph.D., Michigan State University
Barbara Schneider, 2001, Professor, B.A., Gonzaga University; M.A., Ph.D., Wayne State University
Suzanne E. Smith, 1989, Senior Lecturer, B.A., State University of New York - Brockport; M.A., The University of Toledo
Paul Stabile, 2013, Lecturer, B.S. Saint Louis University, M.A., University of Missouri-St. Louis; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Skaidrite Stelzer, 1985, Assistant Professor, B.A., M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., Kent State University
Benjamin Stroud, 2011, Professor, B.A., University of Texas, Austin; M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Mary B. Van Ness, 1989, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., The University of Toledo
Mary Beth Wetli, 2014, Lecturer, B.A., Villanova University; M.A., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Paul W. Wise, 2004, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Northern Michigan University; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University
Sara J. Yaklin, 2004, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Hiram College; M.A., University of Toledo
Department of Geography and Planning
Bhuiyan Alam, 2006, Professor, B.S., Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology; M.S., Asian Institute of Technology, Bangkok; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University
Kevin Czajkowski, 1998, Distinguished University Professor, B.S., State University of New York at Oneonta; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Daniel J. Hammel, 2005, Professor, B.A., Kansas State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Minxuan Lan, 2022, Assistant Professor, B.S., Sun Yat-Sen University; B.S., University of Cincinnati; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati
Patrick Lawrence, 1999, Professor and Chair, B.E.S., University of Waterloo; M.Sc., University of Guelph; Ph.D., University of Waterloo
David J. Nemeth, 1989, Professor, B.A., M.A., California State University - Northridge; Ph.D., University of California - Los Angeles
Neil Reid, 1991, Professor, B.A., M.A., University of Glasgow; M.A., Miami University; Ph.D., Arizona State University
M. Beth Schlemper, 2008, Professor, B.A., M.A., University of Missouri Columbia; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin Madison
Sujata Shetty, 2005, Professor and Director of the Urban Affairs Center, B.Arch., School of Planning and Architecture (New Delhi); M.U.P., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Department of History
Charles Beatty-Medina, 2003, Professor, B.A., Hunter College of The City University of New York; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Kristen Geamen, 2014, Associate Lecturer, B.A., University of Delaware; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Chelsea Griffis, 2014, Associate Lecturer, M.A., Ph.D., University of Toledo
Shingi Mavima, 2019, Assistant Professor, B.A., M.I.A. Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Michigan State University
Roberto Padilla, 2009, Associate Professor, B.A., M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Ami Pflugrad-Jackisch, 2014, Associate Professor and Chair, B.A., M.A., University of Maine; Ph.D., University at Buffalo (SUNY)
Michael Stauch, 2017, Assistant Professor, B.A. Wayne State University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Department of Music
Timothy D. Brakel, 2000, Professor, B.S., Jacksonville State University; M.S., Indiana State University; D.M.E., Indiana University
Norman Damschroder, 2002, Senior Lecturer, B.M., University of Toledo; M.M., Bowling Green State University
Lee Heritage, 1993, Professor and Interim Chair, B.M., Shenandoah University; M.M., University of Wisconsin; D.M.A., University of Illinois
Gunnar Mossblad, 2002, Professor, B.M., M.M., University of North Texas
Olman Piedra, 2011, Associate Professor, B.M., Baylor University; M.M.P., M.M., University of Michigan; D.M.A., Bowling Green State University
Andrew Rhodes, 2013, Associate Lecturer, B.M., Butler University; M.M., Ohio University; Ed.D., University of Illinois
Jason Stumbo, 2005, Associate Professor, B.S., M.M., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of Missouri
Jay Weik, 2010, Senior Lecturer, B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies
Ammon Allred, 2008, Associate Professor, BA, Brigham Young University; M.A., Ph.D., Villanova University.
Ovamir Anjum, 2009, Professor, B.E., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.A., University of Chicago; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
Jeanine Diller, 2010, Associate Professor, B.A., Wheaton College; M.A. Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Peter Feldmeier, 2011, Professor, B.A., Purdue University; M.A., University of St. Thomas; M.Div., St. Paul Seminary; Ph.D., Graduate Theological Union
Ben Grazzini, 2007, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Penn State University; M.A., Ph.D., The New School of Social Research
Christopher Martin, 2018, Associate Professor, B.A., Mary Washington College; M.A. Michigan State University; Ph.D., Purdue University
Madeline Muntersbjorn, 1994, Associate Professor, B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Ashley Pryor, 1997, Associate Professor, B.A., University of Delaware; M.A., DePaul University; Ph.D. The Pennsylvania State University.
John Sarnecki, 2002, Associate Professor and Chair, B.A., M.A., University of Calgary; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Daniel Boden, 2019, Associate Professor, B.A., Brigham Young University, Master of Public Administration, Virginia Tech, Ph.D. Virginia Tech
Jeffrey Broxmeyer, 2015, Associate Professor, B.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.Phil., Ph.D., The Graduate Center-CUNY
Jetsabe Caceres, 2011, Associate Professor and Chair, B.A., University of Puerto Rico; M.A., Ph.D., University of Florida
Anthony Daniels, 2016 Associate Lecturer, B.S., M.A. Eastern Michigan University; Ph.D. Wayne State University
Renee J. Heberle, 1997, Professor, B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Samuel P. Nelson, 2001, Associate Professor, B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin - Madison
Jami Taylor, 2009, Professor, B.A., M.P.A., Old Dominion University; M.L.I.S., University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Ph.D., North Carolina State University
Michael Joel Voss, 2015, Associate Professor, B.A., University of North Carolina, Wilmington; M.A., Arcadia University; LL.M, Universiteit Utrecht School of Law, The Netherlands; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Qun Wang, 2020, Assistant Professor, B.S., Law North China Electric Power University, M.A. Public Affairs, Indiana University Bloomington, Ph.D. Public Policy, Indiana University Bloomington
Department of Psychology
Wesley A. Bullock, 1988, Associate Professor, B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Oklahoma
Stephen D. Christman, 1989, Professor, B.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of California - Berkeley
Jon D. Elhai, 2009, Professor, B.A., University of Delaware; M.S., Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University
Sarah E. Francis, 2014, Associate Professor, B.A., Albany, SUNY; Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa
Andrew L. Geers, 2001, Professor, B.A., University of Cincinnati; M.S., Ph.D., Ohio University
Kim L. Gratz, 2016, Professor, B.A., Tulane University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts Boston
Henry E. Heffner, 1987, Professor, B.A., Trinity College; M.S., Ph.D., Florida State University
John D. Jasper, 2001, Professor and Chair, B.S., Kansas State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
Gregory J. Meyer, 2003, Professor, B.S., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign; M.S., Ph.D., Loyola University in Chicago
Peter G. Mezo, 2015, Associate Professor, B.S., University of Toronto; Ph.D., University of Hawaii-Manoa
Joni L. Mihura, 1996, Professor, B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Oklahoma State University
Kamala London Newton, 2005, Professor, B.A., Grand Valley State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wyoming
Jason Rose, 2009, Associate Professor, B.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Cin Cin Tan, 2019, Assistant Professor, B.A. Purdue University; M. S., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Dallas
Mojisola F. Tiamiyu, 1997, Associate Professor, B.Sc., Obafemi Awolowo University; M.Sc., University of Jos; Ph.D., University of Toronto
Matthew Tull, 2016, Professor, B.A. Wake Forest University; M.A., Southern Methodist University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts
Department of Sociology and Anthropology
Shahna Arps, 2014, Assistant Professor, B.A., Ohio University-Athens; M.A. Ph.D., Ohio State University
Melissa Baltus, 2014, Associate Professor, B.A., Minnesota State University-Morehead; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Patricia F. Case, 2004, Professor, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Wayne State University
Dwight N. Haase, 2007, Associate Professor and Chair, B.S.W., Purdue University; M.A., Clark University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison
Monita Mungo, 2014, Assistant Professor, B.A., Pepperdine University; M.A., Ph.D., Wayne State University
Karie Peralta, 2015, Associate Professor, B.A., Saint Xavier University Chicago; M.A., Loyola University Chicago; Ph.D., University of Miami
Angela Siner, 1989, Director of Africana Studies, B.A., Grambling State University; M.A., University of Southwest Louisiana
Jerry Van Hoy, 2000, Associate Professor, Co-Director of Law and Social Thought, Director of Master of Liberal Studies, B.A., University of California - Santa Cruz; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Thomas Zych, 2015, Lecturer, B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.S., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee.
Department of Theatre and Film
Matt Foss, 2018 Associate Professor, B.A., Northwestern College; M.F.A., The Theatre Conservatory of the Chicago College of Performing Arts at Roosevelt University; Ph.D., Wayne State University
Holly Hey, 2006, Professor, B.F.A., Ohio University; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Quincy Joyner, 2018, Assistant Lecturer, B.A., Columbia College Chicago; M.S. DePaul University; M.F.A., Vermont College of Fine Arts
Tammy A. Kinsey, 2000, Professor, B.A., Virginia Tech; M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University
Edmund Lingan, 2007, Professor and Interim Associate Dean, B.F.A., Texas State University; Ph.D., City University of New York
Kelly McBane, 2016, Associate Lecturer, B.A., Slippery Rock University; M.F.A. Ohio University
Christopher M. Montpetit, 2014, Associate Lecturer, B.A., Niagara University; M.F.A., Columbia University
Stephen Sakowski, 2015, Associate Professor and Chair, B.F.A., Otterbein College; M.F.A., University of California San Diego
Daniel Thobias, 2012, Associate Professor, B.F.A., University of California, Berkley; M.F.A., North Carolina School of Arts
Nathaniel White, 2016, Associate Lecturer, B.A., University of Nebraska-Kearney; M.F.A., The University of Alabama
Matt Yockey, 2010, Professor, B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., Indiana University
Department of Women’s and Gender Studies
Asma M. Abdel Halim, 2004, Professor, LL.B., LL.M., University of Khartoum; MAIA, Ph.D., Ohio University
Sharon Barnes, 2001, Associate Professor and Chair, B.A., Sienna Heights College; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Toledo
Shara Crookston, 2009, Associate Professor, B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Rachel Dudley, 2019, Assistant Professor, B.A., Grand Valley State University; M.A., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., Emory University
Shara Crookston, 2009, Associate Professor, B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D., University of Mississippi
Jeanne Kusina, 2011, Distinguished University Lecturer, B.A., Lourdes College; M.B.A., Tiffin University; M.A., University of Toledo; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Kimberly McBride, 2014, Associate Professor, B.A., California State University, Sacramento; M.A. Humboldt State University, Ph.D. Indiana University
Department of World Languages and Cultures
An Chung Cheng, 1998, Professor and Chair, B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University; M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign
Friederike Emonds, 1994, Associate Professor of German, M.A., Washington University; Ph.D., University of California – Davis
Michael A. Kistner, 1994, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., Bowling Green State University
Juan Martin, 1994, Associate Professor of Spanish, B.A., Complutense University of Madrid; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California
Mirta Parodi, 2007, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Universidad de la Republica (Montevideo); M.A., The University of Toledo
Laurie Puszczewicz, 2005, Senior Lecturer, B.A., M.A., The University of Toledo
Linda Rouillard, 2001, Professor of French, B.A., M.A.T., University of Vermont; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Gaby Semaan, 2007, Associate Professor of Arabic, B.A., Lebanese University; M.A., The University of Toledo; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
Kathleen Thompson-Casado, 1993, Associate Professor of Spanish, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University
Cheryl Wessel, 2003, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Luther College; M.A., The University of Toledo
Kasumi Yamazaki, 2016, Associate Professor of Japanese, B.A., M.A., Ph.D., the University of Toledo