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

Kealyn Garner

Associate Director of Operations

Jillian Jiang

Faculty Support Coordinator

Bethany Merlin

Administrative Assistant

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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