Meet our full-time faculty:
Kayla Mitchell
Chair, EGHPS (Economics, Geography, History, and Political Science)
Associate Professor, Economics
B.B. Western Illinois University
M.A. Western Illinois University
Areas of Specialization: Microeconomics and Macroeconomics
kmitchell@oakton.edu
847.376.7256
Office: 2602, Des Plaines
Wendy Adele-Marie
Coordinator, Jewish Studies
Distinguished Professor, History
A.A. William Rainey Harper College
B.A. Roosevelt University
M.A. Roosevelt University
Ph.D. University of the Cumberlands
Areas of Specialization: American History (cultural and social), Modern Europe (Holocaust, Nazi Germany, World War II) and Women's History (female perpetrators of genocide, women and work, imaging of women, and women and war)
wadelemarie@oakton.edu
847.635.1458
Office: B215, Skokie
George Lungu
Distinguished Professor, Political Science
A.A. Oakton College
B.A. University of Chicago
M.A. University of Chicago
Areas of Specialization: International Relations, Security Studies, American Foreign Policy, and Area Studies: Middle East and Central Asia
lungu@oakton.edu
847.376.7136
Office: 2831, Des Plaines
Erick Johann Mann
Professor, History
B.A. Loyola University - Chicago
M.A. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin-Madison
Areas of Specialization: Modern China, Vietnam War, U.S. History to 1877, History of Ancient and Modern Africa, Latin America to Independence and Modern Latin America, and surveys of Non-Western Civilizations Since 1945
emann@oakton.edu
847.376.7031
Office: 2714, Des Plaines
Michael D. Nicholsen
Professor, History
B.A. Hiram College
M.A. Duquesne University
Ph.D. Loyola University - Chicago
Areas of Specialization: Ancient, Medieval, and Modern Britain and Ireland, Traditional Music and Musicians, and US Ethnic and Immigration History
mnichols@oakton.edu
847.376.7174
Office: 2706, Des Plaines
Meet our part-time faculty:
Jeanine Clark Bremer
Lecturer
B.A. Aurora University
M.A. Northern Illinois University
A.B.D. Northern Illinois University
Areas of Specialization: US Environmental Policy, US 20th Century, Early American Religion, LAtin America, and the Ancient World
jclarkbremer@oakton.edu
847.635.1910
Office: B206, Skokie
Robert Gourley
Lecturer
B.A. Loyola University - Chicago
M.A. Loyola University - Chicago
Areas of Specialization: Ancient Rome (the Late Republic), Medieval Europe (the papacy of the 12th and 13th centuries and medieval monasticism) and Modern Europe (the Stuart monarchy)
rgourley@oakton.edu
847.635.1950
Office: 2430, Des Plaines