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ECONOMICS

Carl Bauer, associate professor of economics, coordinator of economics
Area of teaching: economics
Degrees:
B.A., Norwich University, Vermont
M.A., University of California (Berkeley)
Ph.D. Coursework/Exams completed, University of California (Berkeley)
Area of teaching specialization:
1. Macroeconomics
2. Microeconomics
3. Elements of Economics

Joyce Bremer, emeritus professor of economics
Area of teaching: economics
Degree: M.A., Economics, Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, IL
Area of teaching specialization:
1. Principles of Macroeconomics
2. Principles of Microeconomics
Oakton email address: jbremer@oakton.edu

Kevin Dunagan
Area of teaching: economics
Degrees:
A.B., Loyola University, Chicago
M.Divinity, Loyola University, Chicago
M.A., Economics, Columbia University, New York
Area of teaching specialization:
1. Principles of Macroeconomics
2. Principles of Microeconomics
Oakton email address: jbremer@oakton.edu

Elena Ermolenko Fein, instructor of economics
Area of teaching: economics
Degrees:
M.A., Economics, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Ph.D, Economics Coursework/Exams completed, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Area of Teaching specialization:
1. Microeconomics
2. Macroeconomics
3. Essentials of Economics

Paul Feng
Degrees:
Ph.D., Washington University, St. Louis, MO
M.B.A., University of Chicago
J.D,. DePaul University, Chicago

Eric Miller
Degree: M.A., University of Central Florida, Orlando

Jeffrey Ryan
Degrees:
M.A,. Economics, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale
M.B.A,. DePaul University, Chicago

 

GEOGRAPHY

Constantine Ress
Degrees:
Ph.D., Educational/Administration and Supervision, Loyola University at Chicago
M.A., Geography. Northeastern Illinois University
Oakton email address: conress@oakton.edu

James Zentefis
Degree: M.A., Geography, Western Illinois Universtiy, Macomb.
Oakton email address:jzentefi@oakton.edu

 

HISTORY

Erick J. Mann, professor of history
chair, historical and policy studies

Area of teaching: history 

Degrees: 

M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison - History

Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison - History

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. Precolonial, Colonial and Modern Africa
2. Germany (19th and 20th century) and former East Germany
3. Non-Western Civilizations (Middle East, Asia, Africa and Latin America)
Oakton e-mail address: emann@oakton.edu

Craig M. Cook
Area of teaching: history
Degrees: M.A., History, Roosevelt University
Area of teaching specialization:
1. World History Since 1945
2. African American History
3. American History: Discovery to Present
4. Race and Ethnicity
Oakton e-mail address: ccook@oakton.edu

Robert Gourley
Area of teaching: history

Degrees: M.A., History, Loyola University of Chicago

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. Ancient Rome: the Late Republic

2. Medieval Europe: the papacy (twelfth and thirteenth centuries); medieval monasticism

3. Modern Europe: the Stuart monarchy

Oakton e-mail address: rgourley@oakton.edu

Donald P. Jacobson
Area of teaching:history

Degree: M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago

Area of teaching specialization:

1. Modern European History (Post 1789) 

2. United States Foreign Policy (1776-present) 

3. European Diplomacy (1815-1957: Congress of Vienna to the Treaty of Rome)

Oakton e-mail: djacobso@oakton.edu

Michael Madill
Area of teaching: history

Degrees: M.Sc., Politics of Asia and Africa SOAS, University of London

Area of teaching specialization:

1. Decentralization and democratization of local government in sub-Saharan Africa and the European Union

2. Micro-level politics and transaction cost economics of bureaucratic reform in sub-Saharan Africa and the former Soviet Union

3. History of governmental participation, representation, and accountability in sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia
Oakton e-mail: mmadill@oakton.edu

Wendy A. Maier, associate professor of history
Area of teaching: history

Degrees: M.A., Roosevelt University, Chicago

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. American History (cultural and social) 

2.
European History (World War II, Nazi Germany, the Holocaust; role of female perpetrators; genocide; post-war Europe)
3. Women's History

Oakton e-mail address: wmaier@oakton.edu

Sue A. Marasco
Area of teaching: history
Degrees: M.A., University of Colorado
Ph.D. forthcoming, Vanderbilt University
Area of teaching specialization:
1. Atlantic World
2. Colonial America
3. Cultural Criticism
Oakton e-mail address: smarasco@oakton.edu

Maureen L. Melody
Area of teaching: history

Degrees: M.A., History, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. British History: Tudor England

2. Modern European History

3. Ancient and Medieval Civilizations

Oakton e-mail address: mmelody@oakton.edu

Frances H. Mitilineos
Area of teaching: history
Degrees: M.A., Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago

Area of teaching specialization:
1. Medieval Europe: Late medieval Britain, medieval women, Anglo-Jewry, Byzantium.
2. Ancient Greece and Rome.
3. Early Modern Britain: Tudor/Stuart.
Oakton e-mail address: fmitilin@oakton.edu

Kirsty Montgomery
Area of teaching: history
Degrees: M.A., Social Sciences (history), The University of Chicago
Area of specialization:
1. 19th century British Empire; paternalist politics and political economy
2. Non-western history prior to 1900: British India and Qajar Iran
3. WWI and non-western perspectives of the Arab Revolt
Oakton e-mail address: kmontgom@oakton.edu

James T. Owens
Area of teaching: history 

Degrees: M.A., University of Denver, Denver

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. European History: French Revolution and Napoleon

2. Military History: the Wars of the French Revolution and Napoleon;
World Wars I and II

Oakton e-mail address: jowens@oakton.edu

Toufic El Rassi
Area of teaching: history 

Degrees: M.A., History, DePaul University 

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. Modern Middle East 

2. Modern United States history 

3. Twentieth century United States Foreign Policy 

Oakton e-mail address: telrassi@oakton.edu

Richard Smelter
Area of teaching: history

Degrees:

M.A., History, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago

Ed.D, Northern Illinois University

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. United States Political History

2. Military History

3. Early and Modern Europe

Oakton e-mail address: rsmelter@oakton.edu

Annmarie Valdes
Area of teaching: history
Degrees: M.A., History, DePaul University, Chicago
Area of teaching specialization:
1. Latin American History: Pre-Colonial to Present
2. History of American Constitutional Law/United States History
4. Western Civilization: Ancient Near East to Exploration and Colonization
Oakton e-mail address: avaldes@oakton.edu

Barbara D. Vallaly
Area of teaching: history

Degrees: M.A., Education-History, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. Contemporary Non-western History: China, Africa, Japan, and Middle East

2. United States History

3. History of the American Indian

Oakton e-mail address: bvallaly@oakton.edu

George Van Dusen
Area of teaching: history

Degrees: M.A., History, Loyola University of Chicago

Ph.D., History Loyola University of Chicago

Area of teaching specialization: 

1. American Government (Federal and Local)

2. American History: Discovery to Reconstruction

3. Modern European History: 1648 to present

 

POLITICAL SCIENCE

Terry F. Hogan
Area of teaching: political science
Degree: M.P.A., Roosevelt University
Area of Specialization:
1. Public policy
2. Race relation in politics
3. Non-profit
Oakton e-mail address: thogan@oakton.edu

George Lungu
Area of teaching: political science
Degree: M.A., International Relations, University of Chicago
Area of teaching specialization:
1. International Relations
2. Middle East and Central Asia
3. Contemporary U.S. Foreign Policy
Oakton email address: lungu@oakton.edu

Cheryl Wollin
Area of teaching: political science
Degree: M.A.T. in American Studies, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago
Area of Teaching Specialization:
1. Bill of Rights
2. Civic Engagement
3. Current International Relations
Oakton email address: cwollin@oakton.edu

 

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