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
Strickland 170A,
Gainesville
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
UC400 Bldg 285,
Cumming
Area(s) of Expertise:History of philosophy, ethics, logic, social/political 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,
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 122,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise:U.S. history , southern history, women's history, African-American history
James Grindeland, Ph.D.,
Lecturer, Philosophy
Strickland 205,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise:Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology
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 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.,
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 176,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise:History of science and medicine
Dr. Johanna Luthman,
Professor - History
678-717-3566
Strickland 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
UC400 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, A.B.D.,
Senior Lecturer, History
678-717-3523
Strickland 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 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, 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.,
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
Area(s) of Expertise:Phenomenology, environmental ethics, History of Philosophy, 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
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
706-310-6253
Administration 202,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise:Civil rights, religious history, U.S. South, hagiography, liturgics
Jessica Taylor, M.A.,
Part Time Faculty
Strickland Bldg,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise:World History
Ann Tucker, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-2263
Strickland 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 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:History of American South, Southern history, Antebellum American History, Civil War history