Liberal Arts

Chairs, Coordinators and Full-time Faculty

Art and Design

Lou Pierrozzi, Professor of Art
Chair, Art and Design
lpierozz@oakton.edu

Moritz Kellerman, Professor of Art
mkellerm@oakton.edu

Mark Palmeri, Professor of Art
mpalmeri@oakton.edu

Erick Rohn, Associate Professor of Art
Coordinator, Graphic Design & Multimedia
erohn@oakton.edu


Anthropology, College Studies, Education, Psychology, Sociology, and Social Sciences 
(ACEPSS)

Michelle Naffziger-Hirsch, Professor of Sociology
Co-chair, ACEPSS
mnaffzig@oakton.edu

Katherine Schuster, Distinguished Professor of Education
Co-chair, ACEPSS
Coordinator, Education and Global Studies
schuster@oakton.edu

Julio Capeles, Assistant Professor of Social Science
jcapeles@oakton.edu 

Eva de la Riva, Professor of Psychology
delariva@oakton.edu

Greg Hamill, Distinguished Professor of Sociology
ghamill@oakton.edu

Lindsey Hewitt, Professor of Anthropology and Humanities
Coordinator, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
lhewitt@oakton.edu

Michelle James, Distinguished Professor of Psychology
mjames@oakton.edu

Mary Johannesen-Schmidt, Distinguished Professor of Psychology
mjohanne@oakton.edu

Paul Johnson, Distinguished Professor of Psychology
pjohnson@oakton.edu

Anika Jones, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology
ajones@oakton.edu

Megan Klein, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Sociology
mklein@oakton.edu

Joan Warmbold-Boggs, Distinguished Professor of Psychology
jwarmbol@oakton.edu

Education and Global Studies

Katherine Schuster, Distinguished Professor of Education
Co-chair, ACEPSS
Coordinator, Education and Global Studies
schuster@oakton.edu 

English

English, English as a Second Language, Reading, Business and Technical Writing, and WSAT

Donovan Braud, Professor of English
Chair, English
dbraud@oakton.edu

Olabisi Adenekan, Professor of English
adenekan@oakton.edu 

Danielle Aquiline, Professor of English
aquiline@oakton.edu

Carol Bustamante, Associate Professor of English
cbustama@oakton.edu

Stacy Cameron, Associate Professor of English
Coordinator, English as a Second Language (ESL)
scameron@oakton.edu

Will Crawford, Professor of English
crawford@oakton.edu

Madhuri Deshmukh, Professor of English
Coordinator, Literature
Coordinator, Peace & Social Justice
mdeshmuk@oakton.edu

Tina Fakhrid-Deen, Associate Professor of English
tfakhrid@oakton.edu

Kristen Hren, Associate Professor of English
khren@oakton.edu

Scott Johnson, Professor of English
sjohnson@oakton.edu

Daryl Long, Associate Professor of English
dlong@oakton.edu

Kate Magnuson, Assistant Professor of English
magnuson@oakton.edu 

Michael Mauritzen, Associate Professor of English
Coordinator, Great Books
mmauritz@oakton.edu

Lori Oster, Professor of English
loster@oakton.edu

Daniel Roth, Professor of English
Coordinator, Developmental English
droth@oakton.edu

Philip Sloan, Professor of English
psloan@oakton.edu

Marian Staats, Professor of English
Co-coordinator, Environmental Studies
mstaats@oakton.edu

Cecy Villarruel, Assistant Professor of English
cvillarruel@oakton.edu 

Historical and Policy Studies

Economics, Geography, History, and Political Science

George Lungu, Distinuished Professor of Political Science
Chair, Historical and Policy Studies
lungu@oakton.edu

Wendy Adele-Marie, Distinguished Professor of History
Coordinator, Jewish Studies
wadelemarie@oakton.edu

Elena Ermolenko-Fein, Professor of Economics
eermolen@oakton.edu

Erick Mann, Professor of History
emann@oakton.edu

Kayla Mitchell, Assistant Professor of Economics
kmitchell@oakton.edu 

Michael Nicholsen, Associate Professor of History
mnichols@oakton.edu

Humanities and Philosophy

Thomas Bowen, Professor of Philosophy
Co-chair, Humanities and Philosophy
tbowen@oakton.edu 

Mohamed Mehdi, Professor of Humanities and Philosophy
Co-chair, Humanities and Philosophy
mmehdi@oakton.edu

Carlos Briones, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
cbriones@oakton.edu

Lindsey Hewitt, Professor of Anthropology and Humanities
Coordinator, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies (WGS)
lhewitt@oakton.edu 

Peter Hudis, Professor of Philosophy and Humanities
phudis@oakton.edu

Kristin McCartney, Professor of Philosophy
Co-coordinator, Honors 
kmccartn@oakton.edu

Ahayla Satkunaratnam, Associate Professor of Humanities
asatkunaratnam@oakton.edu 

Charles Townsend, Professor of Humanities and Philosophy
townsend@oakton.edu

Amy Zumfelde, Professor of Humanities and Modern Language
azumfeld@oakton.edu

Modern Languages

Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish, and Urdu

Camille Harrison, Professor of Modern LanguagesChair, Modern Languages
harrison@oakton.edu

Michael Kristiansen, Professor of Modern Languages
mkristia@oakton.edu

Amy Zumfelde, Professor of Humanities and Modern Languages
azumfeld@oakton.edu

Music, Speech and Theater

John Frisco, Professor of Speech and Theater
Chair, Music, Speech and Theater
Coordinator, SpeakEasy (Speech Assist Center)
jfrisco@oakton.edu

Veronda G. Carey, Professor of Speech and Theater
vcarey@oakton.edu

Robert Gynn, Professor of Speech and Theater
bgynn@oakton.edu

Mary Ringstad-Gagliano, Professor of Speech and Theater
ringstad@oakton.edu

Glenna M. Sprague, Professor of Music
Coordinator, Music
gsprague@oakton.edu