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

Jonathan Beall, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History

706-864-1645

Barnes Hall 302, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Military History

Haider Bhuiyan, Ph.D., Part-Time Faculty

706-310-6253

Administration Bldg 202, Oconee

Martin Blackwell, Ph.D., Professor - History

706-864-1468

Barnes Hall 325, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Russia, eastern Europe, the Caucasus

Sherry Boatfield, Office Administrator

706-864-1903

Barnes Hall 317, Dahlonega

Lorraine Buchbinder, Lecturer, History

678-717-3767

Strickland 194, Gainesville

Paul Buell, Part Time Faculty

Dahlonega

Michael Buseman, Limited Term Faculty - History

Strickland 170A, Gainesville

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

Dexter Christian, Part Time Faculty

UC400 Bldg 285, Cumming

Area(s) of Expertise:Philosophy

David Connolly, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History

706-867-2563

Barnes Hall 309, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:United States History, Colonial and Antebellum Southern History, Georgia History, Legal History

Yi Deng, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Philosophy

706-867-2745

Barnes Hall 323, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Political and Social Philosophy, Ethics, Chinese Philosophy

Geran Dodson, Part-Time Faculty

678-717-3634

Gainesville and Cumming

Dee Gillespie, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History

678-717-3487

Strickland 122, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:U.S. History

James Grindeland, Ph.D., Lecturer, Philosophy

Strickland 205, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology

Phillip Guerty, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History

678-717-3462

Strickland 120, Gainesville

Patrick Hightower, Lecturer, History

706-867-2716

Barnes Hall 321, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Environmental 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

Joseph Johnson, Part-Time Faculty of Philosophy

Gainesville

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 Building 4120, Gainesville

Jonas Kauffeldt, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History

678-717-3488

Strickland 121, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:History of the Middle East

Sung Shin Kim, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History

706-867-2564

Barnes Hall 307, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:East Asian history (China and Korea)

Scott Kirk, Part-Time Temp Office Clerical Assistant

Dahlonega

Glen Kyle, Part-Time Faculty

Strickland 179, Gainesville

Cornelia Lambert, Ph.D., Lecturer, History

678-717-2361

Strickland 176, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:history of education, infancy, and the body; Scottish Enlightenment philosophy

Johanna Luthman, Ph.D., Professor - History

678-717-3566

Strickland 217, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:British history (1500s and 1600s), Queen Elizabeth I of England, James I of England, history of women (1500s - 1800s), history of gender in Europe, history of love, sex, and marriage in Europe (1500s - 1800s), history of nobility (noblewomen)

Timothy May, Ph.D., Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters

706-864-1913

Barnes Hall 314, Dahlonega

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

Diane McEwan, Lecturer, History, Full-time Faculty

470-239-3109

UC400 272, Cumming

Area(s) of Expertise:Early Modern English History

Augustine Meaher, Ph.D., Part-Time Faculty

Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Modern Military History, British Imperial History

Wayne Morris, Ph.D., Part-Time Faculty, Liaison, International Military Programs

Dahlonega

Heather Murray, A.B.D., Senior Lecturer, History

678-717-3523

Strickland 176, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:New South, Appalachian history, WWII American home front

Steven Nicklas, Ph.D, Associate Professor, Anthropology

678-717-3407

Strickland 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 149, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:American History, Environmental History, Environmental Studies

Jeff Pardue, Ph.D., Department Head

678-717-3867

Strickland 126, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:19th c. Britain & Empire, Slavery, Caribbean, Atlantic World

Stephen Peisher, Ed.D., Part-Time Faculty

706-310-6253

Administration 202, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise:History

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 202, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise:History of Science, Technology and Medicine, Military History, Cold War 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

Katherine Rohrer, Ph.D., Lecturer

678-717-2298

Strickland 170A, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:19th and 20th c. U.S. South, Race Relations, Women's History, Religion

Charles Rozier, M.A., Part-Time Faculty

Stickland Bldg, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion

Robert H. Scott, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Philosophy

706-946-5460

83 Dunbarton Farm Rd, Blue Ridge
Barnes Hall 303, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Continental Philosophy (especially phenomenology), Ethics, Environmental Philosophy, and Philosophy of Technology

Pam Sezgin, Ph.D., Professor, Anthropology

706-310-6229

Student Resource Ctr 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

Jennifer Smith, Ph.D., Associate Professor, History

706-867-2700

Barnes Hall 301, Dahlonega

Tamara Spike, Ph.D., Professor, History

706-864-1912

Barnes Hall 330, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Latin America, ethnohistory

Kenneth Taylor, M.A., Part-Time Faculty

706-310-6253

Administration 202, Oconee

Area(s) of Expertise:: Race, Religion, U.S. South, Liturgy, Hymnody, U.S. Presbyterian Church history

Jessica Taylor, M.A., Part-Time Faculty

Strickland Bldg, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:World History

Les Tofte, Ph.D., Part-Time Faculty

Strickland Bldg, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:Curriculum and Instruction in Science Education, Geology, and History

Ann Tucker, Assistant Professor

678-717-2263

Strickland 208, Gainesville

Eugene Van Sickle, Ph.D., Associate Department Head

706-864-1911

Barnes Hall 319, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Early American History

Barry Whittemore, D.A., M.Div., Lecturer, History

706-864-1541

Barnes Hall 321, Dahlonega

Area(s) of Expertise:Appalachian History

Alexander Wisnoski, III, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, History

678-717-2272

Strickland 206, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:Latin American History, Early Modern World

George Wrisley, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Philosophy

678-717-2261

Strickland 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 123, Gainesville

Area(s) of Expertise:Antebellum American History, Southern History, Civil War