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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
Degree
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
Degree
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

W. Jim Holderfield
Area of Teaching: History
Degree
M.A., Roosevelt University
Area of teaching specialization
1. Modern America: Chicago, Urban, Social/Cultural, 20th century
2. Public/Local: Oral History, GIS
3. Modern Europe
Oakton e-mail address: jholderf@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

Michal P. Kwiecien
Area of teaching: History
Degree
B.A., University of Illinois-Chicago - History, Gender Women’s Studies
Area of teaching specialization
1. Modern European History, Western Civilization
2. History of Poland and Germany
3. Central and East European borderlands
4. History of East European Jewry
5. History of Gender and Sexuality
Oakton e-mail address: (to come)

Michael Madill
Area of teaching: history
Degree
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

Maureen L. Melody
Area of teaching: history
Degree
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
Degree
Ph.D. Loyola University, 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
Degree
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 
Degree
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 
Degree
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

Wendy A. Sarti, professor of history
Area of teaching: history
Degree
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: wsarti@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
Degree
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
Degree
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

Emily I. Jansen
Area of teaching: political science
Degrees
M.A., Western Illinois University
Juris Doctorate, Chicago- Kent College of Law
Area of teaching specialization
1. American Government
2. Modern Campaign Finance Reform
3. Special Interest Group Lobbying
Oakton email address:(to come)

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

Jaleh Sherbini
Area of teaching: Political Science.
Degree
M.A., Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University, Chicago.
Areas of teaching specialization
1. Middle East and North African Politics: Democratization in Islamic Societies,
     Women’s Role in Arab politics, History and Culture of the Arab world
2. International Relations
3. American Government/Public Policy
Oakton email address: jsherbin@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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