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
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 & the Design Track Director and the Integrated Media Track Director
Erica Moura
Associate Professor of Practice
Bob White
Professor
Part-time Faculty
Dannie Annecston
Assistant Professor of Practice
Julia Barber
Assistant Teaching Professor
Humanities
Chair
Wanda Torres Gregory
Professor and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Richard Balzano
Assistant Teaching Professor
Renee Bergland
Professor
Steve Berry
Associate Professor
Danisa Bonacic
Associate Professor
Diane Grossman
Professor
Alister Inglis
Professor
Colleen Kiely
Professor
Sarah Leonard
Associate Professor and Graduate History Program Director
Yunxin Li
Assistant Professor
Cathryn Mercier
Professor and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature
Helen Popinchalk
Assistant Teaching Professor and Director, Trustman Art Gallery and University Art Collection
Farooz Rather
Associate Professor of Practice
Patrick Sylvain
Assistant Professor
Part-time Faculty
Shelley Isaacson
Assistant Teaching Professor
Katherine Magyarody
Assistant Teaching Professor
Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Chair
Dawna Thomas
Professor and Chair of the Department of Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Full-time Faculty
Tatiana M.F. Cruz
Assistant Professor and Interdisciplinary Program Director of Africana Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Diane Grossman
Professor
Foster Kamanga
Assistant Teaching Professor
Suzanne Leonard
Professor and Program Director for Gender and Cultural Studies
Saher Selod
Associate Professor
Becky Thompson
Professor
Education
Chair
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
Lena Zuckerwise
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Abel Djassi Amado
Associate Professor
Jeffrey DeLaurentis
Joan M. Warburg Professor of International Relations
Gregory Williams
Associate Professor and Program Director, Master in Public Policy