Faculty & Staff

Faculty

Hanada Al-Masri

Associate Professor

Director of Middle East & North African Studies

Chair, Department of Modern Languages

Faculty | Arabic / Modern Languages / International Studies / Middle East North African Studies

Fellows Hall - 301S

almasrih@denison.edu

740-587-6493

Gary Baker

Professor

Faculty | German / Modern Languages / International Studies / Global Commerce

Fellows Hall - 419

bakerg@denison.edu

740-587-6213

Hsun-Yu (Sharon) Chuang

Assistant Professor

Faculty | Communication / International Studies

Higley Hall - 315

chuangs@denison.edu

740-587-6210

Chris Crews

Visiting Assistant Professor

Faculty | International Studies

Fellows Hall - 421

crewsc@denison.edu

740-587-5309

Katy A. Crossley-Frolick

Executive Director, Center for Global Programs

Associate Professor

Faculty | Center for Global Programs / Politics and Public Affairs / International Studies / Philosophy, Politics, & Economics / Global Commerce / Study Abroad / Global Health / Political Science

Burton D. Morgan Center - 420

frolickk@denison.edu

740-587-5684

John Davis

Associate Professor

Chair of Anthropology & Sociology

Faculty | Anthropology & Sociology / Black Studies / East Asian Studies / International Studies

Knapp Hall - 103E

davisjh@denison.edu

740-587-5558

Quentin Hedges Duroy

Professor

Faculty | Economics / Environmental Studies / International Studies / Philosophy, Politics, & Economics

Higley Hall - 207

duroyq@denison.edu

740-587-6314

Alina Haliliuc

Associate Professor

Faculty | Communication / International Studies

Higley Hall - 313

haliliuca@denison.edu

740-587-8521

Zarrina Juraqulova

Associate Professor

Faculty | Economics / International Studies / Data Analytics / Global Health

Higley Hall - 229

juraqulovaz@denison.edu

740-587-6473

Fadhel Kaboub

Associate Professor

Faculty | Economics / International Studies / Philosophy, Politics, & Economics / Middle East North African Studies

Higley Hall - 204

kaboubf@denison.edu

740-587-6315

Sangeet Kumar

Associate Professor

Director of International Studies

Faculty | Communication / International Studies / Journalism / Data Analytics

Higley Hall - 302

kumars@denison.edu

740-587-8528

Veerendra Lele

Associate Professor

Faculty | Anthropology & Sociology / Global Commerce / International Studies

Knapp Hall

lelev@denison.edu

740-587-5765

Fran Lopez-Martin

Associate Professor

Faculty | Modern Languages / Spanish / Latin American & Caribbean Studies / International Studies

Fellows Hall - 301U

lopezf@denison.edu

740-587-6463

Diana Adesola Mafe

Professor

James and Carolyn Gillingham Endowed Chair

Faculty | English / Black Studies / International Studies / Women's & Gender Studies

Barney-Davis Hall - 306

mafed@denison.edu

740-587-6237

Isis Nusair

Associate Professor

Faculty | International Studies / Women's & Gender Studies / Middle East North African Studies

Knapp Hall - 210D

nusairi@denison.edu

740-587-8537

Hosna Sheikholeslami

Assistant Professor

Faculty | Anthropology & Sociology / Middle East North African Studies / International Studies

Knapp Hall - 103B

sheikholeslamih@denison.edu

740-587-8553

Catherine Stuer

Associate Professor

Faculty | Art History & Visual Culture / Environmental Studies / East Asian Studies / International Studies

Bryant Arts Center - 510

stuerc@denison.edu

740-587-6749

Taku Suzuki

Professor

Faculty | International Studies

Fellows Hall - 420

suzukit@denison.edu

740-587-6528

Joanna T. Tague

Associate Professor

Chair of History

Faculty | History / International Studies / Black Studies

Fellows Hall - 428

taguej@denison.edu

740-587-6588

Adrian Young

Assistant Professor

Faculty | History / International Studies

Fellows Hall - 405

younga@denison.edu

740-587-5326

Hoda Yousef

Associate Professor

Faculty | History / International Studies / Middle East North African Studies

Fellows Hall - 425

yousefh@denison.edu

740-587-8035

Staff

Meagan Tehua

Academic Administrative Assistant

Staff | International Studies

Fellows Hall - 422

tehuam@denison.edu

740-587-6369

Emeriti Faculty

John E. Cort

Professor Emeritus

Emeriti Faculty | Religion / East Asian Studies / Environmental Studies / International Studies

cort@denison.edu

Susan E. Diduk

Associate Professor Emerita

Emeriti Faculty | Black Studies / International Studies / Women's & Gender Studies / Anthropology & Sociology

diduk@denison.edu

Contact Us

Phone

740-587-6369

Fellows Hall

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Sangeet Kumar

Associate Professor

Director of International Studies

kumars@denison.edu

740-587-8528

Meagan Tehua

Academic Administrative Assistant

tehuam@denison.edu

740-587-6369

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