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
Full-time Faculty
Sam Hayes
Assistant Professor
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 and Design and Integrated Media Tracks Director
Erica Moura
Associate Professor of Practice and Student-Driven Media Director and Journalism Track Director
Bob White
Professor
Part-time Faculty
Julia Barber
Assistant Teaching Professor
Humanities
Chair
Wanda Torres Gregory
Professor and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Jamie Lee Andreson
Assistant Professor
Renee Bergland
Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Literature & Writing
Steve Berry
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of History
Danisa Bonacic
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Applied Spanish
Colleen Kiely
Professor
Sarah Leonard
Associate Professor
Yunxin Li
Assistant Professor and Interim Graduate Program Director of History
Cathryn Mercier
Professor and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature
Farooz Rather
Associate Professor of Practice
Patrick Sylvain
Assistant Professor
Part-time Faculty
Diane Grossman
Professor and Graduate Program Director of Gender and Cultural Studies
Shelley Isaacson
Assistant Teaching Professor
Katherine Magyarody
Assistant Teaching 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
Part-time Faculty
Diane Grossman
Professor and Graduate Program Director of Gender and Cultural Studies
Education
Chair
Christine Evans
Professor of Practice and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Heather Fortin
Assistant Professor of Practice, Coordinator of NECC Practicum, and Educator Licensure Officer
Politics and Policy
Chair
Lena Zuckerwise
Associate Professor and Department Chair
Full-time Faculty
Abel Djassi Amado
Associate Professor
Gregory Williams
Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, Master of Public Policy