Faculty & Staff
History - Anthropology - Philosophy
William Balco, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, Anthropology, Anthropology Coordinator, Dahlonega Campus
706-864-2881
Barnes Hall 327,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Anthropology
Jonathan Beall, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor, History, Director of Strategic Studies Program
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
Charles Burchfield, Ph.D.,
Part-Time Faculty
Strickland 179,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Political Science and Philosophy
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
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
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
678-717-3412
Strickland 203,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Philosophy of Mind, Metaphysics, Epistemology
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
Patrick Hightower,
Lecturer, History
706-867-2716
Barnes Hall 321,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Environmental History
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.,
Associate Professor, History
706-867-2564
Barnes Hall 307,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: East Asian history (China and Korea)
Michael Law,
Part-Time Faculty
706-310-6253
Administration Building 202,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Labor, American South
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
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, 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
678-717-2261
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
Charles Rozier, M.A.,
Part-Time Faculty
Strickland 201,
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: 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
Tamara Spike, Ph.D.,
Professor, History
706-864-1912
Barnes Hall 330,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Latin America, ethnohistory
Jessica Taylor, M.A.,
Part-Time Faculty
Strickland 201,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: World History
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
Les Tofte, Ph.D.,
Part-Time Faculty
Strickland 179,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Curriculum and Instruction in Science Education, Geology, and History
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 310,
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
706-867-2793
Barnes Hall 303,
Dahlonega
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