Faculty and Staff

College of Arts & Letters

Maria Borgstrom
Maria Borgstrom

Assistant to the Dean II

Phone706-864-1771

Office locationBarnes Hall, 316, Dahlonega

Elisabeth Burgess
Elisabeth Burgess

Dean, College of Arts and Letters

Office location Dahlonega

Ran Chen
Ran Chen, Ph.D.Profile page

Program Coordinator

Chinese Flagship Program

Phone706-867-2464

Office locationBarnes Hall, 313, Dahlonega

Jasmine Fausti
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Administrative Assistant III

Office location Dahlonega

Christopher Jespersen
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Director of Special Programs & Professor

Phone706-867-4422

Office locationBarnes Hall, 308, Dahlonega

Ric Kabat
Ric Kabat, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters

Phone678-717-3902

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4120, Gainesville

Timothy May
Timothy May, Ph.D.Profile page

Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters

Professor of Central Eurasian History

Phone706-864-1913

Office locationBarnes Hall, 314, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Mongol Empire, Mongolia, Central Eurasian history, Islamic history, the Crusades

Jeanine Merck
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Administrative Assistant III

Phone678-717-3593

Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4120, Gainesville

Edward Mienie
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Executive Director, Strategic Studies Program & Partnerships and Professor of Strategic & Security Studies

Phone706-867-4465

Office locationHansford Hall, 314, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise: Strategic & Security Studies; State Fragility; Why Nations Fail

Laura Ng
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Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Letters and Professor

Phone706-310-6217

Office locationFaculty Center, 721, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise: Gender, 20th Century literature, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Jordan Todden
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Program Coordinator-Project GO & SLI

Phone706-867-4511

Office locationBarnes Hall, 313, Dahlonega