Honors Program Faculty and Staff
Dean of Honors
Tanya Bennett, Ph.D.,
Professor & Dean of Honors
678-717-2292
Administration 111,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: American Literature, Gender Studies, Multicultural Literatures, The Novel
Staff
Candace Lovell,
Administrative Assistant to the Associate VP of Academic Affairs
678-717-2252
Administration Building 111,
Gainesville
Directors of Honors
Jennifer Graff,
Associate Professor
678-717-3693
Dunlap/Mathis 146,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Ceramics
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
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 & Natural Sciences 467,
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
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
706-867-2958
Dunlap Hall 206C,
Dahlonega
Area(s) of Expertise: Rhetoric and Composition
Gainesville Campus
Chris Bell, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor, English
678-717-3720
Nesbitt 4138,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: American Drama
Molly Daniel, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor Rhetoric and Composition
678-717-3869
Nesbitt 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 167,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Insect Diversity and Ecology, Multitrophic Interactions
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
David Osmond, Ph.D.,
Assistant Professor
678-717-3686
Nesbitt 5150,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Integrated Sciences, Physical Science, Life Science, Space Science
Charles Rozier, M.A.,
Part Time Faculty
Stickland Bldg,
Gainesville
Area(s) of Expertise: Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
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
