Faculty and Staff
Faculty and Staff
This page contains a list of all full-time faculty members in the Department of Humanities, History, and Social Sciences, as well as their educational background and a link to their personal biography pages. The page also contains a list of full-time staff members and their contact information, and a link to a list of all adjunct faculty members in the department.
Full-time faculty members:
Jaafar Aksikas
Associate Professor
BA (with highest honors), English, Chouaib Doukkali University; MA, Humanities and Comparative Cultural Studies, Al Akhawayn University; PhD, Cultural Studies, George Mason University.
Kadji Amin
Assistant Professor
BA, French, New College of Florida; Graduate Certificate, Feminist Studies, Duke University; MA, Romance Studies (French), Duke University; PhD, Romance Studies (French), Duke University.
Sean Johnson Andrews
Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies, Internship Coordinator
BA, Communication, Southwestern University; MA, English Literature, George Mason University; PhD, Cultural Studies, George Mason University.
Stephen Asma
Professor of Philosophy
BA, Philosophy, Northern Illinois University; MA, Philosophy, Northern Illinois University; PhD, Philosophy, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale.
Rojhat Avsar
Assistant Professor of Economics
BA and MA, Economics, Hacettepe University, Turkey; PhD, Economics, University of Utah.
Andrew Causey
Associate Professor of Anthropology
BA, University of California, Santa Cruz; MA, Anthropology, University of Texas; PhD, Anthropology, University of Texas.
Wilfredo Cruz
Associate Professor of Sociology
BA, Sociology, Northeastern Illinois University; MA, Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University; PhD, Social Service Administration, University of Chicago.
Joan Erdman
Professor of Anthropology and Cultural Studies
BA, Social Relations, Radcliffe College; MA, Anthropology, University of Chicago; PhD, Anthropology, University of Chicago.
Carmelo Esterrich
Associate Professor of Spanish, Humanities, and Cultural Studies
BA, Film Studies, Pennsylvania State University; MA, Spanish, Pennsylvania State University; PhD, Spanish, University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Zack Furness
Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies
BA, English, Pennsylvania State University; MA Certificate, Women’s Studies; MA, Communication; PhD, Communication, University of Pittsburgh.
Rami Gabriel
Assistant Professor of Psychology
BA, Psychology (minor in Comparative Literature), University of California, Irvine; MA and PhD, Cognitive and Perceptual Sciences Psychology, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Glennon Graham
Associate Professor of History
BA, History, Morehouse College; MA, History of West Africa, Northwestern University; PhD, American History, Northwestern University.
Ann Hetzel Gunkel
Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and Humanities, Director of Cultural Studies
BA (cum laude), Philosophy, Foreign Languages and Literature, Marquette University; MA with Distinction, Philosophy, Loyola University Chicago; PhD, Philosophy, DePaul University.
Katharine Hamerton
Assistant Professor of History
BA (Honors), History and English Literature, University of Manitoba; MA and PhD, History, University of Chicago.
William Hayashi
Professor of Humanities
BA (with Great Distinction), English Literature, Stanford University; MA, English Literature, University of Chicago; PhD, Philosophy, University of Chicago.
Erin McCarthy
Associate Professor of History
BA, United States History, University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana; MA, Public History; PhD, United States Sports History, Loyola University Chicago.
Kimberly McCarthy
Associate Professor of Psychology
Certificate in Deep listening, Deep Listening Institute, Kingston, NY; Certificate in Women's Studies, University of Oregon, Eugene; BM, Music Composition, University of the Pacific; MM, Music Composition, University of Oregon; PhD, Educational Psychology, University of Oregon.
RoseAnna Mueller
Associate Professor of Foreign Languages and Humanities, Director of Women’s and Gender Studies
BA, Spanish, Hunter College; MA, Romance Languages, City College of New York; PhD, Comparative Literature, Graduate School, City University of New York.
Dominic Pacyga
Professor of History
BA, History, University of Illinois, Chicago; MA, History, University of Illinois, Chicago; PhD, History, University of Illinois, Chicago.
Teresa Prados-Torreira
Associate Professor of History
BA, History, Univesidad Autónoma de Madrid; MA and PhD, American Intellectual History, University of Missouri at Columbia.
Louis Silverstein
Distinguished Professor of Humanities
BBA, Public Administration (minor in Economics), City College of New York; MA Political Science (minor in Economics), University of Illinois at Urbana; PhD, Philosophy, Northwestern University.
Robert Watkins
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Cultural Studies
BA, Political Science, Johns Hopkins University; MA and PhD, Political Science, University of Pennsylvania.
Cadence Wynter
Interim Chair of the Department of Humanities, History, and Social Sciences, Associate Professor
BA, Social Sciences, The Open University; MEd, Educational Studies, Manchester University, England; PhD, History, University of Illinois at Chicago
Full-time staff members:
Christie Dal Corobbo
Academic Administrator, Cultural Studies & Minors Programs
312.369.7297
cdalcorobbo@colum.edu
Krista Rogers
Administrative Assistant
312.369.7535
krogers@colum.edu
Oscar Valdez
Administrative Assistant
312.369.7690
ovaldez@colum.edu
Regina Wellner
Academic Manager: Teaching, Evaluation, and Pedagogy
312.369.7891
rwellner@colum.edu
Adjunct faculty members:
For a list of adjunct faculty members in the Department of Humanities, History, and Social Sciences, please click here.
