Ifill School Faculty

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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 
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Our Faculty and Staff


Meet the Dean

Ammina Kothari

Ammina Kothari

Dean, Gwen Ifill School of Media, Humanities and Social Sciences

Ifill School Staff

Jillian Jiang

Faculty Support Coordinator

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Luke Romanak

Associate Director, Student Driven Media and Academic Technology

Communications


Chair

Briana Martino

Briana Martino

Associate Professor and Department Chair

Full-time Faculty

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Kat Lombard-Cook

Assistant Professor & the Design Track Director and the Integrated Media Track Director

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Erica Moura

Associate Professor of Practice

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Bob White

Professor

Part-time Faculty

Dannie Annecston

Dannie Annecston

Assistant Professor of Practice

Julia Barber

Assistant Teaching Professor

Humanities


Chair

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Wanda Torres Gregory

Professor and Department Chair

Full-time Faculty

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Renee Bergland

Professor

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Steve Berry

Associate Professor

Danisa Bonacic

Danisa Bonacic

Associate Professor

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Diane Grossman

Professor

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Alister Inglis

Professor

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Colleen Kiely

Professor

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Sarah Leonard

Associate Professor and Graduate History Program Director

Faculty member Yunxin Li

Yunxin Li

Assistant Professor

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Cathryn Mercier

Professor and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature

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Helen Popinchalk

Assistant Teaching Professor and Director, Trustman Art Gallery and University Art Collection

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Farooz Rather

Associate Professor of Practice

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Patrick Sylvain

Assistant Professor

Part-time Faculty

Shelley Isaacson

Shelley Isaacson

Assistant Teaching Professor

Katherine Magyarody

Katherine Magyarody

Assistant Teaching Professor

Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies


Chair

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Dawna Thomas

Professor and Chair of the Department of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Full-time Faculty

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Tatiana M.F. Cruz

Assistant Professor and Interdisciplinary Program Director of Africana Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

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Diane Grossman

Professor

Foster Kamanga

Foster Kamanga

Assistant Teaching Professor

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Suzanne Leonard

Professor and Program Director for Gender and Cultural Studies

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Saher Selod

Associate Professor

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Becky Thompson

Professor

Education


Chair

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Christine Evans

Professor of Practice and Department Chair

Full-time Faculty

Heather Fortin

Assistant Professor of Practice and Coordinator of NECC Practicum

Politics and Policy


Chair

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Lena Zuckerwise

Associate Professor and Department Chair

Full-time Faculty

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Abel Djassi Amado

Associate Professor

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Jeffrey DeLaurentis

Joan M. Warburg Professor of International Relations

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Gregory Williams

Associate Professor and Program Director, Master of Public Policy