Honors Program Faculty and Staff
Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
William Gash,
Associate VP for Academic Affairs
678-717-2357
Administration Building, 102,
Gainesville
Staff
Candace Lovell,
Administrative Assistant to the Associate VP of Academic Affairs
678-717-2252
Administration Building, 111,
Gainesville
Directors of Honors
Royce Dansby-Sparks,
Director of Honors & Associate Professor
706-864-1492
Barnes Hall, 119,
Dahlonega
Jennifer Graff,
Professor
678-717-3693
Dunlap-Mathis, 146,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics
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
Faculty by Campus
Dahlonega
Ellen Best, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor - Accounting
706-864-1597
Barnes Hall, 125,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Taxation, Managerial Accounting
Kimberly Castle, PT, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
706-867-2945
Health and Natural Sciences, 468,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Neurology (Pediatric)
Christopher Dant,
Assistant Professor
Area(s) of Expertise: Digital Photography, Film Photography, Digital Printing and Output, Darkroom Printing and Film Developing, Studio Lighting, Alternative Photographic Processes, Photographic History
Bryan Dawson, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Psychological Science, Coordinator of Leadership Program
706-867-4514
Barnes Hall, 210,
Dahlonega
Dr. Donna Gessell,
Professor, English
706-864-1528
Dunlap Hall, 206B,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: ): Eighteenth C. British, Milton, and Contemporary Literature; English Linguistics; English Pedagogy
Dr. Laura Getty, Ph.D.,
Professor, English
706-867-2772
Dunlap Hall, 201B,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: World literature, British Literature, Chaucer, Medieval Literature, Mythology, and Composition
Cristian Harris, Ph.D.,
Assoc Prof, Political Science, M.A.I.A. Program Coordinator
706-867-3251
Hansford Hall, 316,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: International Political Economy, Comparative Global Development, Latin American Politics, Global Governance
Anastasia Lin, Ph.D.,
Assistant Vice President - Research & Engagement., Assistant Dean of Student Research and Scholarship
706-867-3234
Price Memorial, 102,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Undergraduate Research, Nationally Competitive Scholarships, Multi-Ethnic Literature, Asian American Poetry, Orientalism, Literary Cartography
Joshua Martin, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
706-864-2725
Dunlap Hall, 322A,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: U.S.-Mexico Border Literature and Cultural Production, Latin American literature (20-21st centuries), Gender Studies and Masculinity Studies, Social Theory
Maryna Murdock, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor - Finance
706-864-1615
Newton Oakes Center, 117,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Corporate Finance, Financial Institutions
Dr. Michael Rifenburg,
Associate Professor - English, Interim Assistant Director, Center for Teaching, Learning, and Leadership
706-867-2958
Dunlap Hall, 206C,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Rhetoric and Composition
Wendy Walker, Ph.D.,
Associate Dean, Mike Cottrell College of Business
706-867-2583
Newton Oakes Center, 126,
Dahlonega
Gainesville Campus
Chris Bell, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, English
678-717-3720
Nesbitt Academic Building, 4138,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: American Drama
Molly Daniel, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor Rhetoric and Composition
678-717-3869
Nesbitt Academic Building, 4112,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Rhetoric and Composition: performance, embodiment, digital writing/composing, and multimodality
Evan Lampert, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, Biology
678-717-3804
Science, Engineering, Tech, 167,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Insect Diversity and Ecology, Multitrophic Interactions
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
David Osmond, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-3686
Nesbitt Academic Building, 5150,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Integrated Sciences, Physical Science, Life Science, Space Science
Connie Ringger, Ph.D.,
Professor, Psychological Science
678-717-3689
Strickland Academic, 161,
Gainesville
Jennifer Schneider,
Assistant Professor - Accounting
678-717-3470
Nesbitt Academic Building, 5132,
Gainesville
Oconee Campus
Dr. Laura Ng,
Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Letters
706-310-6217
Faculty Center, 721,
Oconee
Area(s) of Expertise: Gender, 20th Century literature, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
