Faculty & Staff
History - Anthropology - Philosophy
William Balco, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Anthropology Coordinator, Dahlonega Campus
706-867-2881
Barnes Hall, 327,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Anthropology, Archaeology
Jonathan Beall, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, History
706-864-1645
Barnes Hall, 302,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Military History
Martin Blackwell, Ph.D.,
Professor - History
706-864-1468
Barnes Hall, 325,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Russia, eastern Europe, the Caucasus
Paul Buell, Ph.D.,
Part Time Faculty
Area(s) of Expertise: Mongols, Central Asia, China, Japan, Korea, Indian Ocean, Age of Exploration, Medieval Europe
Michael Buseman, Ph.D.,
Limited Term Faculty - History
706-867-2700
Barnes Hall, 321,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: American history, Appalachian history
Richard Byers, Ph.D.,
Professor, History
706-867-2841
Barnes Hall, 311,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: German history, Southeast Asia, modern Europe, holocaust/genocide, aviation history, world history
Mr. Dexter Christian,
Part Time Faculty
University Center 400, 285,
Cumming
Area(s) of Expertise: History of philosophy, ethics, logic, social/political philosophy
Yi Deng, Ph.D,
Associate Professor, Philosophy
706-867-2745
Barnes Hall, 330,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Political and Social Philosophy, Ethics, Chinese Philosophy
Dr. Dee Gillespie,
Associate Professor, History
678-717-3487
Strickland Academic, 122,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: U.S. history , southern history, women's history, African-American history
James Grindeland, Ph.D.,
Lecturer, Philosophy
Strickland Academic, 205,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology
Phillip Guerty, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, History
678-717-3462
Strickland Academic, 120,
Gainesville
Mr. Patrick Hightower,
Lecturer, History
706-867-2716
Barnes Hall, 321,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental history, U.S. history
Victoria Hightower, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, History
706-867-2561
Barnes Hall, 328,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Middle east history, Persian Gulf history, pearl trade, gender studies, environmental history, nationalism, heritage studies
Christopher Jespersen, Ph.D.,
Dean, College of Arts & Letters
706-864-1771
Barnes Hall, 318,
Dahlonega
George Justice, Ph.D.,
Lecturer
706-310-6362
Classroom Building, 317,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: American South, Constitutional History, Political History , Georgia History, Nationalism
Ric Kabat, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters
678-717-3902
Nesbitt Academic Building, 4120,
Gainesville
Jonas Kauffeldt, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, History
678-717-3488
Strickland Academic, 121,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: History of the Middle East
Sung Shin Kim, Ph.D.,
Professor, History
706-867-2564
Barnes Hall, 307,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: East Asian history (China and Korea)
Cornelia Lambert, Ph.D.,
Lecturer, History
678-717-2361
Strickland Academic, 176,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: History of science and medicine
Dr. Johanna Luthman,
Professor - History
678-717-3566
Strickland Academic, 217,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: British Tudor and Stuart history (1500s and 1600s), gender history, history of love, sex, and marriage
Timothy May, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters, Professor of Central Eurasian History
706-864-1913
Barnes Hall, 314,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Mongol Empire, Mongolia, Central Eurasian history, Islamic history, the Crusades
Ms. Diane McEwan,
Lecturer, History
470-239-3109
University Center 400, 272,
Cumming
Area(s) of Expertise: World and U.S. history
Augustine Meaher, Ph.D.,
Part Time Faculty
Area(s) of Expertise: Modern Military History, British Imperial History
Heather Murray,
Senior Lecturer, History
678-717-3523
Strickland Academic, 176,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: New South social history, Appalachian history, WWII American home front, public history/museum studies
Steven Nicklas, Ph.D,
Associate Professor, Anthropology
678-717-3407
Strickland Academic, 140,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Archeology and Anthropology
Robin O'Day, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
706-867-2793
Barnes Hall, 303,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Cultural Anthropology, specialization in Japanese culture
Clay Ouzts, Ph.D.,
Professor, History
678-717-3651
Strickland Academic, 149,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: American History, Environmental History, Environmental Studies
Jeff Pardue, Ph.D.,
Department Head
678-717-3867
Strickland Academic, 126,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: 19th c. Britain & Empire, Slavery, Caribbean, Atlantic World
Renee Bricker, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, History
706-864-1905
Barnes Hall, 329,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: citizenship as democratic participation, using social media to politically engage, torture, religious reformations, Tudor-Stuart British history
John Pitts, Ph.D.,
Part Time Faculty
706-310-6253
Administration Building, 202,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: History of science, history of medicine, military history
Michael Proulx, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, History
706-867-2562
Barnes Hall, 305,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Roman History, Ancient Greek History, Late Antiquity, Medieval Europe, Early Christianity
Warren Rogers, Ph.D.,
Professor, History
706-310-6230
Faculty Center, 705,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: History, Reconstruction
Katherine Rohrer, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
706-867-2563
Barnes Hall, 309,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: 19th and 20th c. U.S. South, Race Relations, Women's History, Religion
Charles Rozier, M.A.,
Part Time Faculty
Strickland Academic,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
Robert H. Scott, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
706-946-5460
Area(s) of Expertise: Phenomenology, environmental ethics, History of Philosophy, Philosophy of Technology
Pam Sezgin, Ph.D.,
Professor, Anthropology
706-310-6229
Student Resource Center, 524,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Anthropology; World History; Museum Studies; Social History and Culture of the Late Ottoman Empire; History and Cultures of the Balkans and Anatolia; Sephardic Jewish Culture and Music; Historic Preservation
Tamara Spike, Ph.D.,
Interim Associate Department Head
706-864-1912
Barnes Hall, 319,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Latin America, Ethnohistory
Kenneth Taylor, M.A.,
Part Time Faculty
706-410-0295
Student Resource Center, 560,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Civil rights, religious history, U.S. South, hagiography, liturgics
Jessica Taylor, M.A.,
Part Time Faculty
Strickland Academic,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: World History
Ann Tucker, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-2263
Strickland Academic, 208,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: U.S. history, southern history, Civil War era, transnational history, nationalism
Barry Whittemore, D.A., M.Div.,
Lecturer, History
706-864-1541
Barnes Hall, 321,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Appalachian history, american history, religious history
Alexander Wisnoski, III, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, History
678-717-2272
Strickland Academic, 206,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Latin American History, Early Modern World
George Wrisley, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Philosophy
678-717-2261
Strickland Academic, 205,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Philosophy, Metaphysics (the relationship between language and ontology in particular), Philosophy of Language, Ethics, Wittgenstein, Buddhism, Nietzsche
Ben Wynne, Ph.D.,
Professor, History
678-717-3569
Strickland Academic, 123,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: History of American South, Southern history, Antebellum American History, Civil War history