Archaeology

Barbara Borg
Associate Professor, Anthropology
843.953.5738
borgb@cofc.edu

• Ancient and modern Maya archaeology, history and culture

James Newhard
Assistant Professor, Classics
Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology
843.953.5485
newhardj@cofc.edu

• Archaeology (specifically classical archaeology)
• The archaeology of Albania
• Classical Greek and Roman archaeology
• The archaeology of Turkey
• Landscape (a.k.a. survey) archaeology
• Computer applications in archaeology
• Cultural resource management
• Antiquities trade
• Archaeological ethics
• Archaeological looting
• Archaeology and science
• Environmental archaeology
• Geoarchaeology
• Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Periods in Greece, Albania,and Turkey
• Mycenaean and Minoan archaeology

Peter A. Piccione
Associate Professor, Comparative Ancient History; Egyptology
843.953.4861
piccionep@cofc.edu

• Ancient Egypt (esp. religion and medicine)
• Ancient Near East: Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria, Anatoli, Persia
• Sports, games, and medical practices in Egypt and Near East
• Archaeology: Old World and Nubia

Architecture/Historic Preservation

Jennifer McStotts
Assistant Professor, Historic Preservation and Urban Studies
843.953.5419
mcstottsj@cofc.edu

• Heritage interpretation
• Heritage resources law and land use law
• Preservation and conservation planning
• Urban and land use planning

Gene Waddell
College Archivist
843.953.8016
waddelle@cofc.edu

• Charleston architecture

Athletics/Sports

Marie “Scooter” Barnette
Senior Instructor, Physical Education and Health
843.953.6747
barnettes@cofc.edu

• Coaching basketball

William R. Barfield
Associate Professor,Physical Education and Health
843.953.6746
barfieldw@cofc.edu

• Biomechanics in sports
• The role of biomechanics in rehabilitation
• Biomechanics and applications in orthopedics

Vincent Benigni
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.7019
benigniv@cofc.edu

• Sports communication
• Sports history

Chris Lamb
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.6591
lambc@cofc.edu

• Jackie Robinson
• Baseball
• Sportswriting and race relations

Peter A. Piccione
Associate Professor, Comparative Ancient History; Egyptology
843.953.4861
piccionep@cofc.edu

• Origins of baseball
• Ancient Egyptian sports, games, and athletics
• Coaching fencing
• Fencing history

Hugh Wilder
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.5687
wilderh@cofc.edu

• Sports ethics
• Masters sports

Jeffrey L. Wragg
Senior Instructor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.5781
wraggj@cofc.edu

• Skydiving

Books/Writing/Publishing

Katina Strauch
Librarian
843.953.8020
strauchk@cofc.edu

• Getting published
• Publishing and copyright
• Acquisitions and electronic resources

Business - Accounting

Steven J. Arsenault
Associate Professor, Accounting and Legal Studies
843.953.7990
arsenaults@cofc.edu

• Taxation
• Employee benefits
• Estate planning

Michael Cipriano
Assistant Professor, Accounting and Legal Studies
843.953.7166
ciprianom@cofc.edu

• Financial statement auditing
• Financial statement analysis

Business - Economics/Finance

Calvin Blackwell
Assistant Professor, Economics and Finance
843.953.7836
blackwellc@cofc.edu

• Economics of taxation
• Tax evasion
• Public spending
• Environmental economics

Ben R. Lever III
Executive-in-Residence, School of Business and Economics
843.953.7273
leverb@cofc.edu

• International business
• International marketing
• Trade
• Globalization
• Automotive industry
• Marketing research

Mark Pyles
Assistant Professor of Finance
843.953.7991
pylesm@cofc.edu

• Investment: IPO’s, venture capital, options
• Corporate: capital budgeting, capital structure
• Economic effects of tobacco smoking bans
• Banking: syndicated loans

Business - Marketing

John Clarkin
Assistant Professor, Entrepreneurial Studies
Director, Tate Center for Entrepreneurship
843.953.4999
clarkinj@cofc.edu

• Entrepreneurship
• Small business
• Family business
• Franchising

Kent Gourdin
Professor, Management and Supply Chain Management
843.953.5327
gourdink@cofc.edu

• Transportation issues
• Logistics
• Service quality

Tom Kent
Associate Professor, Management and Entrepreneurship
843.953.2658
kentt@cofc.edu

• Leadership
• Teams
• Motivation
• Productivity

Business - Hospitality/Tourism

John C. Crotts
Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953.6916
crottsj@cofc.edu

• Tourism marketing
• Crime on visitors
• Consumer behavior

Stephen Litvin
Associate Professor, Hospitality and Tourism Management
843.953.7317
litvins@cofc.edu

• Hospitality
• Tourism
• Cruise ship industry

Business - Others

Jennifer Baker
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
843.953.7272
bakerja@cofc.edu

• Business ethics

Denny Ciganovic
Director, Career Services
843.953.5692
ciganovicd@cofc.edu

• Company recruiting of college students
• Experiential education – internships, cooperative education, volunteering

Stephen Della Lana
Professor, German
843.953.5774
dellalanas@cofc.edu

• German Business
• German business ties with South Carolina

Ben R. Lever III
Executive-in-Residence, Business and Economics
843.953.7273
leverb@cofc.edu

• International business
• International marketing
• Trade
• Globalization
• Automotive industry
• Marketing Research

Richard Nunan
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.6522
nunanr@cofc.edu

• Political philosophy/philosophy of law/legal ethics
• Business ethics

Martin Perlmutter
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.5682
perlmutterm@cofc.edu

• Ethics and medicine

Godwin O. Uwah
Professor, French
843.953.5723
uwahg@cofc.edu

• Business opportunities in West Africa
• French for business and marketing

Communications/Media/Journalism

Vincent Benigni
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.7019
benigniv@cofc.edu

• Public relations and PR campaigns
• Sports communication
• Sports history and heritage
• Public relations education/service learning

Jeri Cabot
Adjunct Professor, Women’s Studies and Political Science
843.953.5522
cabotj@cofc.edu

• Media, government, and politics
• Media and South Carolina politics

Lynn Cherry
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.5674
cherryl@cofc.edu

• Political rhetoric and discourse
• Interpersonal communication
• Listening
• Argumentation and debate

Julie Davis
Assistant Professor, Communication
843.953.8289
davisj@cofc.edu

• Organizational communication
• Organizational culture
• Rhetoric of the women’s suffrage movement
• Lyndon Johnson’s rhetoric

Doug Ferguson
Professor, Communication
843.953.7854
fergusond@cofc.edu

• Mass media effects
• Mass media research
• Television and movie violence
• New communication technologies
• Network and cable television

Anne Fox
Senior Instructor, Communication
843.953.7305
foxa@cofc.edu

• Readers’ theatre in college communities as an interdisciplinary tool
• Readers’ theatre in the schools (K–12) to teach literature, history, and performance

Patrick Harwood
Adjunct Professor, Communication
843.953.7017
harwoodp@cofc.edu

• TV and radio news

Celeste Lacroix
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.5654
lacroixc@cofc.edu

• Media criticism
• Race, class, gender, and sexuality in the media
• Cross-cultural communication
• Images of Native Americans in media

Chris Lamb
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.6591
lambc@cofc.edu

• Editorial cartoons
• Humor
• Opinion writing
• Sports writing and race relations
• Mass media and society

Brian McGee
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.5906
mcgeeb@cofc.edu

• Political communication
• Presidential and campaign debates
• Leadership
• Ku Klux Klan and racism

Deborah McGee
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.5635
mcgeed@cofc.edu

• Physician-patient communication
• Public speaking
• Interpersonal conflict management

Michael Reardon
Assistant Professor, Communication
843.953.7599
reardonm@cofc.edu

• Organizational communication
• Virtual teams; working virtually
• Communication and technology

Gregory Schmitt
Assistant Professor, Communication
843.953.5787
schmittg@cofc.edu

• Photography
• News photography/photojournalism

Computer Science

Lancie Affonso
Adjunct Instructor, Computer Science
843.953.7542
affonsol@cofc.edu

• Information technology literacy
• Student information technology fluency
• Wireless communications
• International business and technology

Chris Starr
Associate Professor, Computer Science
843.953.8150
starrc@cofc.edu

• Graduate computer science and engineering education in the Lowcountry
• Wireless local area networks
• Portable computing devices
• Digital security and privacy

Education/Teaching

Mary E. Blake
Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
843.953.8042
blakem@cofc.edu

• Literacy
• Content area reading for middle school and high school
• Children’s literature

Carla Maria Breidenbach
Assistant Professor, Hispanic Studies
(843)953-5762
breidenbachc@cofc.edu

• Non-standard dialects
• Linguistic anthropology
• Sociolinguistics with emphasis on Hispanic sociolinguistics and Chicano
• English and Spanish
• Racism and racialization
• Portrayals of Hispanics in the American media

Diane Cudahy
Associate Professor, Foundations, Secondary, and Special Education
843.953.6354
cudahyd@cofc.edu

• Teacher education reform
• South Carolina Teaching Fellows Program
• Culture/values acquisition
• Systemic poverty

Sara Calhoun Davis
Director, Center for Faculty Development
843.953.8060
daviss@cofc.edu

• Classroom assessment
• Technology and assessment

Linda H. Fitzharris
Associate Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
843.953.4900
fitzharrisl@cofc.edu

• Assessment
• Effective instructional strategies
• Curriculum development and analysis
• Literacy development pre-K–8

Susan Gurganus
Professor, Foundations, Secondary, and Special Education
843.953.8058
gurganuss@cofc.edu

• Learning disabilities (K–12)
• Mathematics disabilities (K–12)
• Special education trends and issues

Dorinda Harmon
Director, Transfer and Adult Student Services
843.953.5620
harmond@cofc.edu

• Adult education

Robyn A. Holman
Associate Professor, French
843.953.5459
holmanr@cofc.edu

• Teacher education
• French linguistics

Susan Kattwinkel
Associate Professor, Theatre
843.953.8218
kattwinkels@cofc.edu

• Computers in teaching
• Teaching and technology

Denis W. Keyes
Associate Professor, Education
843.953.5703
keyesd@cofc.edu

• Death penalty and mental retardation
• Legal rights and mental retardation
• Inclusion of children with disabilities in schools
• Testing and assessment and disabilities

David Mann
Professor, Political Science
843.953.5703
mannd@cofc.edu

• Criminal justice law
• Pre-law careers

Robert Mignone
Professor, Mathematics
843.953.5740
mignoner@cofc.edu

• S.C. higher education performance funding
• Role of research in colleges and universities

J. Frank Morris
Associate Professor, Classics
843.953.5713
morrisf@cofc.edu

• Latin in elementary and middle school

John H. Newell
Director, Honors College
Professor, History
843.953.7154
newellj@cofc.edu

• Why an honors education
• Summer enrichment: Governor’s School of South Carolina at the College of Charleston

Jack Parson
Professor, Political Science
843.953.7662
parsonj@cofc.edu

• Education for a global age
• Study abroad

Bob Perkins
Associate Professor, Foundations, Secondary, and Special Education
843.953.5699
perkinsr@cofc.edu

• Technology in education
• Teacher education

Michael E. Skinner
Professor, Foundations, Secondary, and Special Education
843.953.8044
skinnerm@cofc.edu

• Strategies for working with “hard-to-teach” children
• College students with learning disabilities
• Preparation of high school students with learning
• disabilities for college

Meta Van Sickle
Professor, Foundations, Secondary, and Special Education
843.953.6357
vansicklem@cofc.edu

• Science education

William R. Veal
Assistant Professor, Elementary and Early Childhood Education
843.953.8045
vealw@cofc.edu

• Science education
• Rural science education in South Carolina
• Science teacher development

Frances Welch
Dean, School of Education
843.953.5613
welchf@cofc.edu

• Time management
• Stress management
• Teacher leadership
• Education policy
• Attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder

Employment/Careers/Workplace

Denny Ciganovic
Director, Career Services
843.953.5692
ciganovicd@cofc.edu

• Company recruiting of college students
• Experiential education – internships, cooperative education, volunteering

Sara Calhoun Davis
Director, Center for Faculty and Development
843.953.8060
daviss@cofc.edu

• Classroom assessment
• Technology applications for classroom teachers

David Mann
Professor, Political Science
843.953.5703
mannd@cofc.edu

• Criminal justice, law, pre-law careers

Frances Welch
Dean, School of Education
843.953.5613
welchf@cofc.edu

• Time management
• Stress management

Victor Wilson
Senior V.P., Student Affairs
843.953.5522
wilsonv@cofc.edu

• Student development theory
• Greek organizations
• New student orientation
• African-American/students of color issues
• Student conduct/judicial processes
• Campus safety
• Counseling issues
• College student programming/campus life
• Parent Issues

English/Literature

Paul Allen
Associate Professor, English
843.953.5659
allenp@cofc.edu

• Poetry writing and reading

Terence Bowers
Associate Professor, English
843.953.6382
bowerst@cofc.edu

• Literature of war
• 18th-century British literature
• Travel writing
• Writing – family and memoirs

Conseula Francis
Assistant Professor, English
843.953.1921
francisc@cofc.edu

• African-American literature

Joseph Kelly
Professor, English
843.953.4815
kellyj@cofc.edu

• Irish literature and history
• Modern British literature
• Local Catholic history

Simon Lewis
Associate Professor, English
843.953.1993
lewiss@cofc.edu

• South African literature

Scott Peeples
Associate Professor, English
843.953.1993
peepless@cofc.edu

• Edgar Allan Poe
• Literary history of the U.S. (pre–Civil War)

Darryl Phillips
Associate Professor, Classics
843.953.8205
phillipsd@cofc.edu

• Latin literature
• Roman history
• Ancient voting
• Roman architecture

Alison Piepmeir
Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Assistant Professor, English
843.953.2280
piepmeiera@cofc.edu

• 19th century American women’s writing and activism

Noelle K. Zeiner
Assistant Professor, Classics
843-852-8062
zeinem@cofc.edu

• Latin language and translation
• Ancient Roman life and culture
• Classical Mythology

Fine and Performance Arts - Art

Matthew Canepa
Assistant Professor, Art History
South Carolina Chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America
843.953.2294
canepam@cofc.edu

• Art objects/archeological sites used to create and maintain cultural identity
• Cross-cultural interaction in the ancient world; Silk Road
• Art and archeology of Near East, Mediterranean and Central Asia

Karen A. Chandler
Associate Professor, Arts Management
843.953.5474
chandlerk@cofc.edu

• Arts and nonprofit management
• Fund raising for artists, arts, and cultural organizations
• Case study research in arts and cultural oganizations
• African-American jazz history in Charleston

Frank Cossa
Professor, Art History
843.953.8226
cossaf@cofc.edu

• Art (painting)

Tessa Garton
Associate Professor, Art History
843.953.5683
gartont@cofc.edu

• Medieval art

Michael W. Haga
Adjunct Faculty, Art History
843.953.7766
hagam@cofc.edu

• Art of ancient Egypt
• Art of ancient Greece
• Contemporary craft
• Arts advocacy

Anna Krauth-Ballinger
Assistant Professor, French
843.953.6721
krautha@cofc.edu

• French art
• French cinema

Valerie Morris
Dean, School of the Arts
843.953.8222
morrisv@cofc.edu

• Arts policy
• Arts education
• Arts management training

James Newhard
Assistant Professor, Classics
Director, Interdisciplinary Program in Archaeology
843.953.5485
newhardj@cofc.edu

• Classical Greek, Roman, and Byzantine art

Michael Phillips
Professor, Studio Art
843.953.8230
phillipsm@cofc.edu

• Understanding modern art
• Philosophy of modernism

Peter Piccione
Associate Professor, Comparative Ancient History; Egyptology
843.953.4861
piccionep@cofc.edu

• Ancient Egyptian drama and theater

Dale Rosengarten
Curator and Historian, Special Collections, Addlestone Library
843.953.8028
rosengartend@cofc.edu

• Lowcountry baskets

Hugh Wilder
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.5687
wilderh@cofc.edu

• Philosophy of art
• Aesthetics
• Public art

Fine and Performance Arts - Theatre

Franklin Ashley
Professor, Theatre
843.953.8149
ashleyf@cofc.edu

• The current New York theatre scene
• Politics
• Jazz
• Musical comedy
• Screenwriting, playwriting

Robert Ivey
Associate Professor, Theatre
843.953.5860
iveyr@cofc.edu

• Dance at the College of Charleston

Susan Kattwinkel
Associate Professor, Theatre
843.953.8218
kattwinkels@cofc.edu

• Theatre history
• Performance theory
• Popular culture
• Computers in teaching
• Teaching and technology

Todd McNerney
Associate Professor, Theatre
843.953.7735
mcnerneyt@cofc.edu

• Acting, performance
• Piccolo Spoleto – Theatre Series
• Theatre – generalist

Laura Turner
Associate Professor, Theatre
843.953.7733
turnerl@cofc.edu

• Theatre
• Music

Fine and Performance Arts - Film

Frank Cossa
Professor, Art History
843.953.8226
cossaf@cofc.edu

• Film and/or popular culture

Anna Krauth-Ballinger
Assistant Professor, French
843.953.6721
krautha@cofc.edu

• French cinema

John Bruns
Director of Film Studies Program
843.953.4957
brunsj@cofc.edu

• Film and Media
• Comedy

Fine and Performance Arts - Voice

Deanna McBroom
Associate Professor, Music
843.953.5440
mcbroomd@cofc.edu

• Singing technique
• Singing voice rehabilitation and care of the professional voice

Health/Physical Education

William R. Barfield
Associate Professor, Physical Education and Health
843.953.6746
barfieldw@cofc.edu

• Biomechanics in sports
• Role of biomechanics in rehabilitation
• Changing role of the physical educator
• Biomechanics and applications in orthopedics

Marie “Scooter” Barnette
Senior Instructor, Physical Education and Health
843.953.6747
barnettes@cofc.edu

• Secondary – college-level instruction in P.E. courses
• Fitness for 40 year olds
• Strength training and more

Robert Lindsey
Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Health
843.953.7291
lindseyl@cofc.edu

• Health education
• Evaluation of health education
• Programs
• African-American health issues

Deborah A. Miller
Professor, Physical Education and Health
843.953.8248
millerd@cofc.edu

• Comprehensive health education
• Human sexuality
• Women’s health issues
• HIV/AIDS education

Timothy P. Scheett
Assistant Professor, Physical Education and Health
843.953.6538
scheettt@cofc.edu

• Exercise physiology
• Optimal athletic performance
• Sport nutrition
• Exercise immunology
• Thermoregulation
• Exercise training/fitness

Robert Westerfelhaus
Assistant Professor, Communication
843.953.6533
westerfelhausr@cofc.edu

• Human sexuality

History

Jack Bass
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences
843.953.7018
bassj@cofc.edu

• History of the American South since World War II
• Orangeburg Massacre
• Southern federal judges and civil rights

Richard Bodek
Associate Professor, History
843.953.8030
bodekr@cofc.edu

• Modern Germany: politics and history
• Modern Western Europe: politics and history

Tim Carmichael
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.7326
carmichaelt@cofc.edu

• African history
• Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia: history and current events
• Amharic and Swahili languages

Timothy Coates
Associate Professor, History
843.953.8031
coatest@cofc.edu

• Early Modern Portugal (1500–1800)
• Colonial Brazil (1500–1800)
• Early modern crime, criminality

Jason Coy
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.8273
coyj@cofc.edu

• Renaissance and Reformation Europe (1450–1650)
• Crime and punishment in Early Modern Europe

Jeffrey M. Diamond
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.7328
diamondj@cofc.edu

• Modern South Asia – India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh
• Islam and the Muslim world
• Comparative imperialism
• Gender

David T. Gleeson
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.1915
gleesond@cofc.edu

• American South
• 19th-century U.S.
• Irish America
• Modern Ireland

Harlan Greene
Director, Archival and Reference Services
Avery Research Center for African American History & Culture
843.953.7613
greeneh@cofc.edu

• Charleston history
• Archival topics, book preservation, disaster preparedness and response
• Charleston literary history
• Charleston Jewish history
• Slave badges and the slave hire system

George W. Hopkins
Professor, History
843.953.8103
hopkinsg@cofc.edu

• Charleston: from naval pauper to naval power
• Vietnam War

L. Wayne Jordan
Professor, History
843.953.5940
jordanl@cofc.edu

• South Carolina
• Colonial America
• 19th century
• American Revolution

Anna Krauth-Ballinger
Assistant Professor, French
843.953.6721
krautha@cofc.edu

• French Revolution
• French Renaissance
• 19th-century France (economy, arts, architecture)
• French art
• French cinema

Amy Thompson McCandless
Professor, History
843.953.8025
mccandlessa@cofc.edu

• Women’s higher education in the 20th-century South
• Southern women
• Tudor and Stuart England

Peter McCandless
Professor, History
843.953.8032
mccandlessp@cofc.edu

• History of disease and medicine
• Modern Britain
• British imperialism

J. Frank Morris
Associate Professor, Classics
843.953.5713
morrisf@cofc.edu

• Classical Greek temples (slide lecture)
• Classical Greece (slide lecture)
• Minoan and Mycenaean palaces (slide lecture)

John H. Newell
Director, Honors College
Professor, History
843.953.7154
newellj@cofc.edu

• Arthur’s Britain
• Romanesque and Gothic
• Monastic and cathedral schools in the 12th century
• In the footsteps of Tamburlaine: Samarakand and Istanbul

James Newhard
Assistant Professor, Classics
843.953.5485
newhardj@cofc.edu

• Archaeology (specifically classical archaeology)
• Archaeology of Albania
• Classical Greek and Roman archaeology
• Archaeology of Turkey
• Landscape (a.k.a. survey) archaeology
• Computer applications in archaeology
• Cultural resource management
• Antiquities trade
• Archaeological ethics
• Archaeological looting
• Archaeology and science
• Environmental archaeology
• Geoarchaeology
• Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic Periods in Greece, Albania, and Turkey
• Mycenaean and Minoan archaeology

William Olejniczak
Associate Professor, History
843.953.9530
olejniczakb@cofc.edu

• Contemporary Western Europe
• Modern France since 1789
• European Union

Martin Perlmutter
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.5682
perlmutterm@cofc.edu

• An academic view of the Old Testament

Darryl Phillips
Associate Professor, Classics
843.953.8205
phillipsd@cofc.edu

• Roman history
• Ancient voting
• Roman architecture
• Latin literature

Peter A. Piccione
Associate Professor, Comparative Ancient History; Egyptology
843.953.4861
piccionep@cofc.edu

• Ancient Egypt (esp. religion and medicine)
• Ancient Near East: Sumeria, Babylon, Assyria, Anatoli, Persia
• Sports, games, and medical practices in Egypt and Near East
• Archaeology: Old World and Nubia

Scott Poole
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.4862
poolews@cofc.edu

• South Carolina history
• Southern history
• Confederacy
• Confederate flag/monuments
• Southern religion

Bernard E. Powers Jr.
Professor, History
843.953.8127
powersb@cofc.edu

• African-American history

Dale Rosengarten
Curator and Historian, Special Collections, Addlestone Library
843.953.8028
rosengartend@cofc.edu

• Southern Jewish history and culture

International/Cultural Studies

Mikhail M. Agrest
Senior Instructor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.1359
agrestm@cofc.edu

• Russian studies

Stephen Della Lana
Professor, German
843.953.5774
dellalanas@cofc.edu

• German business
• German business ties with South Carolina
• German Internships
• German club events

Arthur A. “Andy” Felts
Professor, Political Science
843-727-6480
feltsa@cofc.edu

• Wine – products and cultural influences

Douglas Friedman
Associate Professor, Political Science
843.953.5701
friedmand@cofc.edu

• Latin American politics
• U.S. foreign policy – Latin America
• Political economy – Latin America
• Cuba

David T. Gleeson
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.1915
gleesond@cofc.edu

• American South
• Modern Ireland
• Irish America

Robyn A. Holman
Associate Professor, French
843.953.5459
holmanr@cofc.edu

• French linguistics

Anna Krauth-Ballinger
Assistant Professor, French
843.953.6721
krautha@cofc.edu

• French Revolution
• French Renaissance
• 19th-century France (economy, arts, architecture)
• French art
• French cinema

Jack Parson
Professor, Political Science
843.953.7662
parsonj@cofc.edu

• Education for a global age
• Study abroad

Dale Rosengarten
Curator and Historian, Special Collections, Addlestone Library
843.953.8028
rosengartend@cofc.edu

• Southern Jewish history and culture

Godwin O. Uwah
Professor, French
843.953.5723
uwahg@cofc.edu

• Business opportunities in West Africa
• French for business and marketing
• French/Caribbean affairs
• African affairs

Languages

Carla Maria Breidenbach
Assistant Professor, Hispanic Studies
(843)953-5762
breidenbachc@cofc.edu

• Non-standard dialects
• Linguistic anthropology
• Sociolinguistics with emphasis on Hispanic sociolinguistics and
• Chicano English and Spanish
• Racism and racialization
• Portrayals of Hispanics in the American media

Robyn A. Holman
Associate Professor, French
843.953.5459
holmanr@cofc.edu

• French linguistics

Joseph R. Weyers
Associate Professor, Hispanic Studies
843.953.6748
weyersj@cofc.edu

• Spanish linguistics
• General linguistics
• U.S. Latino/Hispanic population

Noelle K. Zeiner
Assistant Professor, Classics
843-852-8062
zeinern@cofc.edu

• Latin language and translation

Tim Carmichael
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.7326
carmichaelt@cofc.edu

• Amharic and Swahili languages

Law

Denis W. Keyes
Associate Professor, Education
843.953.4840
keyesd@cofc.edu

• Death penalty and mental retardation
• Legal rights and mental retardation

David Mann
Professor, Political Science
843.953.5703
mannd@cofc.edu

• Criminal justice law
• Pre-law careers

Mathematics

Gary W. Harrison
Professor, Mathematics
843.953.5734
harrisong@cofc.edu

• Mathematical modeling
• Mathematical models of population dynamics
• Mathematical models of patient occupancy times in hospitals
• Evacuation and parameter estimation of mathematical models

Thomas Ivey
Associate Professor, Mathematics
843.953.7276
iveyt@cofc.edu

• Geometry
• Topology
• Knots
• Applications of mathematics to music

Alex Kasman
Associate Professor, Mathematics
843.953.8018
kasmana@cofc.edu

• Mathematical physics
• Algebraic geometry
• Solitons
• Mathematical themes in fictional writings

Robert Mignone
Professor, Mathematics
843.953.5740
mignoner@cofc.edu

• Mathematical logic
• Set theory
• Nonstandard analysis

Robert M. “Mick” Norton
Professor, Mathematics
843.953.5741
nortonr@cofc.edu

• Statistical process control (SPC)
• Probability and statistics
• Teaching probability and statistics

Herb Silverman
Professor, Mathematics
843.953.5728
silvermanh@cofc.edu

• Complex analysis
• Paradoxes

James E. Young
Assistant Professor, Mathematics
843.953.7295
youngj@cofc.edu

• Statistics, probability, and stochastic processes
• Statistical learning and information theory
• Algorithmic and statistical complexity
• Dynamical systems and ergodic theory
• Emergent behavior of complex systems

Philosophy/Religion

Jennifer Baker
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
843.953.7272
bakerja@cofc.edu

• Business ethics
• Ethics in society
• Ethical instruction in schools

Zeff Bjerken
Associate Professor, Religious Studies
843.953.7156
bjerken@cofc.edu

• Buddhism
• Tibetan history and religions of Tibet
• Religion, nationalism, violence
• Asian religious syncretism

John R. Huddlestun
Associate Professor, Religious Studies
843.953.4996
huddlestunj@cofc.edu

• The Bible (Old Testament/Hebrew and New Testament)
• Ancient Middle East
• Jewish traditions
• Archaeology and the Bible

Lee Irwin
Professor, Religious Studies
843.953.5686
irwinl@cofc.edu

• Native American culture and religions
• Contemporary spirituality
• Western esotericism 

Denis W. Keyes
Associate Professor, Education
843.953.4840
keyesd@cofc.edu

• Death penalty and mental retardation
• Legal rights and mental retardation

June McDaniel
Professor, Religious Studies
843.953.5956
mcdanielj@cofc.edu

• World religions
• Women and religion
• Hinduism
• Mysticism
• Religious experience

James Newhard
Assistant Professor, Classics
843.953.5485
newhardj@cofc.edu

• Ancient Greek religion
• Late antique paganism
• Early Christianity

Martin Perlmutter
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.5682
perlmutterm@cofc.edu

• Jewish studies as an academic program
• Hebrew Bible (Old Testament)
• Medical ethics (selected topics)
• An academic view of the Old Testament

Scott Poole
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.4862
poolews@cofc.edu

• Southern religion

Elijah Siegler
Assistant Professor, Religious Studies
843.953.3910
sieglere@cofc.edu

• Religion in America
• Religion and popular culture (film, tv, etc.)
• New religious movements (a.k.a. cults)
• Asian religions in America
• Religion in China

Herb Silverman
Professor, Mathematics
843.953.5728
silvermanh@cofc.edu

• Secular Humanism

Robert Westerfelhaus
Assistant Professor, Communication
843.953.6533
westerfelhausr@cofc.edu

• Catholicism

Politics/Government

Jack Bass
Professor, Humanities and Social Sciences
843.953.7018
bassj@cofc.edu

• Southern politics
• South Carolina politics
• Strom Thurmond
• Southern federal judges and civil rights

Richard Bodek
Associate Professor, History
843.953.8030
bodekr@cofc.edu

• Modern Germany: politics and history
• Modern Western Europe: politics and history

Jeri Cabot
Adjunct Professor, Women’s Studies and Political Science
843.953.5522
cabotj@cofc.edu

• Media and South Carolina politics
• Media, government, and politics

Lynn Cherry
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.5674
cherryl@cofc.edu

• Political rhetoric and discourse

Arthur A. “Andy” Felts
Professor, Political Science
843-727-6480
feltsa@cofc.edu

• Local government organization and management
• Public finance/taxes

Lynne Ford
Associate Professor, Political Science
843.953.6531
fordl@cofc.edu

• Women and politics
• Political participation/community service
• Political attitudes/public opinion

Douglas Friedman
Associate Professor, Political Science
843.953.5701
friedmand@cofc.edu

• Latin American politics and economy
• U.S. foreign policy – Latin America

Sylvia H. Gamboa
Assistant Professor, English
843.953.5409
gamboas@cofc.edu

• Vietnam War

Chris Lamb
Associate Professor, Communication
843.953.6591
lambc@cofc.edu

• Political cartoons

Guoli Liu
Professor, Political Science
843.953.5883
liug@cofc.edu

• Chinese politics
• Russian politics
• International relations in East Asia and Russia

David Mann
Professor, Political Science
843.953.5703
mannd@cofc.edu

• Criminal justice, law, pre-law careers
• U.S. Supreme Court; judiciary
• Issues in American government
• U.S. Constitution; constitutional law 
• Campaigns, elections, and voting behavior

William V. Moore
Distinguished Professor, Political Science
843.953.5724
moorew@cofc.edu

• South Carolina politics
• Southern politics
• Extremist politics

Richard Nunan
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.6522
nunanr@cofc.edu

• Political philosophy/philosophy of law/legal ethics

Alison Piepmeir
Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program; Assistant Professor, English
843.953.2280
piepmeiera@cofc.edu

• Feminism
• Young feminism activism
• 19th century American women’s writing and activism

Scott Poole
Assistant Professor, History
843.953.4862
poolews@cofc.edu

• Confederacy
• Confederate flag/monuments

Psychology/Sociology

Von Bakanic
Associate Professor, Sociology
843.953.7105
bakanicv@cofc.edu

• Prejudice (race, class and gender)
• Gender stratification
• Sociology of science

Mary L. Capers
Counselor, Counseling and Psychological Services
843.953.5640
capersm@cofc.edu

• Assertiveness training
• Eliminating self-defeating behaviors
• Taking control of your life through reality therapy

Heath C. Hoffmann
Assistant Professor, Sociology
843.953.8182
hoffmannh@cofc.edu

• Alcohol and drug use
• Crime and delinquency

Charles Kaiser
Professor, Psychology
843.953.5705
kaiserc@cofc.edu

• Stress management
• Coping with natural disasters
• Health psychology

Denis W. Keyes
Associate Professor, Foundations, Secondary, and Special Education
843.953.4840
keyesd@cofc.edu

• Mental disabilities/mental retardation
• Mental retardation and criminal justice
• Assessment and mental retardation
• Mental retardation and the death penalty

Alison Piepmeir
Director, Women’s and Gender Studies Program
Assistant Professor, English
843.953.2280
piepmeiera@cofc.edu

• Feminism
• Young feminism activism

Lisa Thomson Ross
Associate Professor, Psychology
843.953.6776
rossl@cofc.edu

• Family chaos and unpredictability
• Risk-taking behaviors
• Psychology of gender 

Susan J. Simonian
Professor, Psychology
843.953.8271
simonians@cofc.edu

• Child behavior problems
• Child/clinical psychology
• Parenting
• Pediatric psychology
• Depression and anxiety
• Behavioral health
• Health psychology

Brian K. Sullivan
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
843.953.5640
sullivanb@cofc.edu

• Personality types
• Interpersonal relations
• Psychotherapy and psychopathology (e.g., clinical depression, anxiety disorders)
• Trauma and crisis

Karen Hyde Weissman
Adjunct Professor, Sociology and Anthropology
843.953.6684
weissmank@cofc.edu

• Cultural studies
• Southern highland culture
• Ethnic groups in the United States

Hugh Wilder
Professor, Philosophy
843.953.5687
wilderh@cofc.edu

• Artificial intelligence, philosophy of the mind
• Civil liberties

Science - Anthropology

Dana A. Cope
Associate Professor, Anthropology
843.953.1353
coped@cofc.edu

• Human/primate evolution and paleontology
• Science and evolutionary theory
• Human biological diversity
• Vertebrate paleontology

Science - Astronomy/Physics

Mikhail M. Agrest
Senior Instructor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.1359
agrestm@cofc.edu

• General physics
• Fluid mechanics

Robert J. Dukes Jr.
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.8073
dukesr@cofc.edu

• Observational astronomy
• Automated astronomy
• Light pollution
• Extraterrestrial life
• Cosmology

James R. Frysinger
Physics Lab Manager
843.953.7644
frysingerj@cofc.edu

• Metric system
• Nuclear reactors
• Submarines
• Celestial navigation
• Certified advanced metrication specialist (USMA)
• Submarines (LCDR, USN-Ret.)

Timothy W. Giblin
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.5061
giblint@cofc.edu

• Gamma-ray bursts and afterglows
• Gamma-rays and X-ray astronomy
• High-energy astrophysical processes

Jon Hakkila
Professor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.5593
hakkilaj@cofc.edu

• Astrophysics
• Computational astrophysics and physics

B. Lee Lindner
Associate Professor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.8288
lindnerb@cofc.edu

• Hurricanes
• Meteorology
• Mars
• Antarctic ice
• Ozone
• Remote sensing

Sorinel Adrian Oprisan
Assistant Professor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.0780
oprisans@cofc.edu

• Computational neuroscience
• Neural networks
• Nonlinear dynamics
• Artificial intelligence
• Statistical mechanics
• Thermodynamics

Terry R. Richardson
Senior Instructor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.8071
richardsont@cofc.edu

• Light pollution
• Observational astronomy
• Telescopes

Jeffrey L. Wragg
Senior Instructor, Physics and Astronomy
843.953.5781
wraggj@cofc.edu

• Lasers
• Science education
• Physics

Science - Biology

Joseph Bernardo
Assistant Professor, Biology
843.953.5451
bernardoj@cofc.edu

• Vertebrate biology
• Herpetology (amphibians, reptiles)
• Ecology
• Evolution
• Genetics
• Southern Appalachians
• Population genetics
• Global warming

Lou Burnett
Professor, Biology
843.953.9170
burnettl@cofc.edu

• Animal physiology
• Environmental physiology
• Low oxygen in marine ecosystems

Isaure de Buron
Assistant Professor, Biology
843.953.5848
deburoni@cofc.edu

• Parasites

Phillip Dustan
Professor, Biology
843.953.8086
dustanp@cofc.edu

• Marine ecology and conservation
• Coral reef ecology
• The Biosphere

Jean Everett
Senior Instructor, Biology
843.953.7843
everettj@cofc.edu

• Southeastern native flora

Tony Harold
Associate Professor, Biology
843.953.9180
harolda@cofc.edu

• Biology of fishes – especially teleosts
• Phylogenetic analysis
• Biogeography

Melissa Hughes
Assistant Professor, Biology
843.953.6557
hughesm@cofc.edu

• Animal behavior
• Animal communication: honesty and deception
• Bird song

David W. Owens
Professor, Biology
843.953.9176
owensd@cofc.edu

• Sea turtle biology
• Turtle physiology and behavior
• Marine biology

Gorka Sancho
Assistant Professor, Biology
843.953.9194
sanchog@cofc.edu

• Marine fish ecology and behavior
• Fisheries conservation
• Tropical marine biology

Brian Scholtens
Associate Professor, Biology
843.953.8081
scholtensb@cofc.edu

• Insects – especially moths and butterflies

D. Reid Wiseman
Associate Professor, Biology
843.953.8082
wisemand@cofc.edu

• Marine biology
• Algal booms
• Coastal marsh – estuarine ecosystems
• Demography – coastal development
• Protein from the sea
• Invasive species
• Global issues

Science - Chemistry

Michelle M. Brooks
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
843.953.1405
brooksm@cofc.edu

• Photosynthesis
• Magnetic resonance spectroscopy

Frederick J. Heldrich
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
843.953.5515
heldrichr@cofc.edu

• Undergraduate research at the College of Charleston

W. Frank Kinard
Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
843.953.5587
kinardf@cofc.edu

• Nuclear energy
• Nuclear technology/issues
• Energy technology
• Environmental chemistry/issues

Justin K. Wyatt
Assistant Professor, Chemistry and Biochemistry
843.953.6587
wyattj@cofc.edu

• Synthetic organic chemistry
• Synthesis of natural products
• Methodology development

Science - Geology

Erin Beutel
Assistant Professor, Geology
843.953.5591
beutele@cofc.edu

• Plate tectonics and structural geology
• Pacific plate motions and ridge reorganizations
• Mesozoic rifting in South Carolina
• Finite element modeling

James L. Carew
Professor, Geology
843.953.5592
carewj@cofc.edu

• Coral reef ecology
• New global tectonics
• Evolution of life on Earth

Mitchell Colgan
Associate Professor, Geology
843.953.7171
colganm@cofc.edu

• Galapagos Islands
• Charles Darwin, evolution
• Global and environmental change
• Coral reefs
• Russia: research or Siberia

Steven C. Jaume
Assistant Professor, Geology
843.953.1802
jaumes@cofc.edu

• Earthquakes and earthquake hazards
• Earthquake prediction
• Physics of earthquake fault systems

Michael Katuna
Professor, Geology
843.953.5588
katunam@cofc.edu

• Coastal processes
• Geology – Charleston area

Norman S. Levine
Assistant Professor, Geology
843.953.5308
levinen@cofc.edu

• Natural and environmental hazards
• Charleston earthquake hazards
• Geospatial technology (GIS, GPS, remote sensing)
• Web-based mapping and information technologies

Robert L. Nusbaum
Professor, Geology
843.953.5596
nusbaumr@cofc.edu

• Volcanism
• Planetary geology
• Geologic safari to Tanzania and Kenya
• Science and pseudoscience

Cassandra Runyon
Associate Professor, Geology
843.953.8279
runyonc@cofc.edu

• Planetary geology
• NASA-related missions
• Geomorphology
• Remote sensing
• Volcanology

Science - Others

Todd A. Grantham
Associate Professor, Philosophy
843.953.5687
granthamt@cofc.edu

• Role of science in society

Norine Noonan
Dean, School of Sciences and Mathematics
843.953.5991
noonann@cofc.edu

• NASA
• Canine genetics and health
• Funding for scientific research
• Federal budget policy and process
• Environmental policy and regulation

Students/Student Life/Admissions

Stephanie Auwaerter
Director of Orientation, New Student Programs
843.953.5557
auwaerters@cofc.edu

• Millennnial students
• Parents of college students
• College student orientation

Donald C. Burkard
Associate V.P., Admissions and Enrollment Planning
843.953.1432
burkardd@cofc.edu

• Admissions
• Enrollment management
• History of higher education

Jeri Cabot
Adjunct Professor, Women’s Studies and Political Science
843.953.5522
cabotj@cofc.edu

• Student and campus life
• Academic integrity

Lauren Collier
Coordinator, Service Learning
843.953.5522
collierl@cofc.edu

• Students and volunteerism 

Debbi Fetner
Associate Director, Center for Student Learning
843.953.5635
fetnerd@cofc.edu

• College Study Skills
• Children’s Literature

Sylvia H. Gamboa
Professor, English
Dean of Maymester/Summer Programs
843.953.5409 or 953-4942
gamboas@cofc.edu

• Maymester and summer courses

Steve Gibson
Director, Center for Student Learning
843.953.5635
gibsons@cofc.edu

• Four year college/university academic support programs

Rew “Skip” Godow
Executive Director, Lowcountry Graduate Center
Dean, College of Charleston North Campus
843.953.4723
godowr@cofc.edu

• The Lowcountry Graduate Center
• Graduate education
• Higher education as a tool for economic development

Susan Hallatt
Assistant Director, Admissions
843.953.7354
hallats@cofc.edu

• Personality theories
• Goal setting
• Personal and organizational change
• Greek letter organizations

Dorinda Q. Harmon
Director, Transfer and Adult Admissions, Undergradua