Experts List
Experts - International Cultures
Moses Acquaah
Associate Professor, Business Administration
PhD University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
(336) 334-5305, acquaah@uncg.edu
- Strategic Management
- Family Business
- Management in Transition Economies
- Doing Business in Africa
Omar H. Ali
Associate Professor, African American Studies
Associate Professor, History
PhD Columbia University
(212) 226-5712, ohali@uncg.edu
- Independent Voters
- African American Politics
- Islam and the African Diaspora
- History
James A. Anderson
Associate Professor, History
PhD University of Washington
(336) 334-5209, jaander2@uncg.edu
- Modern China
Mikhail Balaev
Assistant Professor, Sociology
PhD University of Oregon
(336) 334-5295, mabalaev@uncg.edu
- International Trade and Political Process
- Democracy and Democratization (Global and American)
- Former USSR
Claudia Cabello Hutt
Assistant Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Rutgers University
(336) 334-3853, c_cabell@uncg.edu
- Latin American Literature (women writers, Chile, Gabriela Mistral)
- Latin American History of Feminism
Roberto E. Campo
Professor, International & Global Studies
Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD University of Pennsylvania
(336) 334-5557 or 334-3657, recampo@uncg.edu
- Internationalizing the campus and our 21st century students
- Bringing Asian Studies to our students and the greater-Greensboro community
- French Culture, History, Literature
- Phi Beta Delta International Scholars Honor Society
William Crowther
Professor, Political Science
PhD University of California, Los Angeles
(336) 256-0519, wecrowth@uncg.edu
- European Politics
- Central European Politics
- Russian Politics
- International Ethnic Conflicts
Stuart Dischell
Professor, English
MFA The University of Iowa
(336) 334-5459, dischell@uncg.edu
- Poetry and Literature
- Paris Travel and History
Gavin Douglas
Associate Professor, Music Studies
PhD University of Washington
(336) 334-5473, gdouglas@uncg.edu
- Burma/Myanmar
- Southeast Asian Music
Anthony N. Fragola
Professor, Media Studies
Atlantic World Research Network
MFA University of Southern California
(336) 334-4138, afragola@uncg.edu
- Italian Cinema and Literature
- Movies in General
- Mafia - Politics, Economics, Relationship to Sicilian and Italian Mafias
Robert Griffiths
Associate Professor, Political Science
PhD University of Connecticut
(336) 256-0518, rjgriffi@uncg.edu
- International Politics
- US and International Security Policy and American Foreign Policy
- The United Nations
- Politics of the Non-western World, Specialist in African Politics
William Hamilton
Assistant Professor, Master of Arts in Liberal Studies
Division of Continual Learning
PhD Tulane University
(336) 315-7028, bill_hamilton@uncg.edu
- Human Rights
- U.S. Foreign Policy in Latin American
- Terrorism, Political Violence, and Radical Orthodoxies
Belinda J. Hardin
Associate Professor, Specialized Education Services
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 256-1083, bjhardin@uncg.edu
- International Early Childhood Education
- Services for Young Children with Disabilities
- English Language Learners
Sherrill W. Hayes
Assistant Professor, Conflict & Peace Studies
PhD Newcastle University, Great Britain
(336) 908-0462, swhayes@uncg.edu
- Family Law and Dispute Resolution
- Mediation, Alternative Dispute Resolution
- International Disputes/Peace Efforts
Ana Hontanilla
Associate Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Washington University in St. Louis
(336) 210-6866, amhontan@uncg.edu
- Spanish Literature
- Spanish Culture
- Spanish Films, History, and Politics
Byoungho Jin
Professor, Consumer, Apparel & Retail Studies
PhD Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea
(336) 256-0251, b_jin@uncg.edu
- Apparel Industries in Emerging Markets Such as China and India
- Retail Consumers in Korea, China, India.
- Global Sourcing Strategies in the Apparel Industry
- Retail Internationalization/Going Global
Corey Johnson
Assistant Professor, Geography
PhD University of Oregon
(336) 334-3919, corey_johnson@uncg.edu
- The European Union
- German Unification
- Political Geography of International Disputes
- Geopolitics of Energy
- Natural Gas Pipelines
Jeffrey W. Jones
Associate Professor, History
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 334-4068, jwjones@uncg.edu
- Russian/Soviet history
- Middle Eastern history
- Afghanistan
Elizabeth Keathley
Associate Professor, Music Studies
Associate Professor, Women's and Gender Studies
PhD Stony Brook University
(336) 334-5911, elkeathl@uncg.edu
- Women/Gender/Sexuality and Music
- Music History, Especially Modern (20th Century)
- Mexican/Mexican-American Popular Music
- Women/Gender and Education, Especially Higher Education
Nir Kshetri
Associate Professor, Business Administration
PhD The University of Rhode Island
(336) 334-4530, nbkshetr@uncg.edu
- Cybercrime
- E-commerce
- Global entrepreneurship
- Asia Pacific economies
Fabrice Lehoucq
Associate Professor, Political Science
PhD Duke University
(336) 334-5989, f_lehouc@uncg.edu
- Latin American Politics
- Global Perspectives on Electoral Reform
- Dictatorships and Democracies
- Health Care in International Perspective
Po-Wen Liu
Lecturer, Art
MFA Northern Illinois University
(336) 772-4769, p_liu@uncg.edu
- Traditional and Contemporary Ceramics
- Traditional Asian Ceramics (Chinese, Korean, and Japanese)
- Glaze Chemistry
Andreas Lixl
Professor & Department Chair, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Research Fellow, Center for New North Carolinians
PhD University of Wisconsin-Madison
(336) 334-5427, a_lixl@uncg.edu
- Carolinian Immigrants: Literary and Historical Perspectives
- Germany after The Wall: Immigration and Integration
- Foreign Language Teaching Technologies: Online German
- Women of Exile: German-Jewish Autobiographies
Arthur D. Murphy
Professor, Anthropology
PhD Temple University
(336) 334-5132, admurphy@uncg.edu
- Mexico
- Immigration
- Economic Development Mexico/Latin America
- Culture and Natural Disasters
Joanne M.A. Murphy
Assistant Professor, Classical Studies
PhD University of Cincinnati
(336) 334-9904, jmmurph2@uncg.edu
- Greek Archaeology
- Archaeology of Death
- Bronze Age Mycenaean Palaces
- Archaeology of Religion
David Nelson
Professor, Music Studies
PhD Northwestern University
(336) 256-1229, david_nelson@uncg.edu
- Music of Vienna
- Mozart
- Musical Ensembles and Institutions of Vienna
Arndt Niebisch
Assistant Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Johns Hopkins University
(443) 604-1752, a_niebis@uncg.edu
- Science, Technology and Culture
- Media Theory
- European Avant-Garde
Jeanine Lino Perez
Lecturer, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
(336) 334-3524, jlcosta@uncg.edu
- Brazil
Elizabeth Perrill
Assistant Professor, Art
PhD Indiana University Bloomington
(812) 322-4189, eaperril@uncg.edu
- African Art
Jerry Pubantz
Professor, Political Science
Dean, Lloyd International Honors College
PhD Duke University
(336) 256-2579, j_pubant@uncg.edu
- American Foreign Policy
- The United Nations
- Middle East Politics, Including Arab and Islamic Politics
- International Affairs
Susanne Rinner
Assistant Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Georgetown University
(336) 256-1159, s_rinner@uncg.edu
- German Literature, Film, & Cultural Studies
- The Sixties
- Women Writers in German Speaking Countries
- Contemporary Germany
Riikka Sarala
Assistant Professor, Business Administration
PhD Swedish School of Economics
(908) 251-4294, rmsarala@uncg.edu
- International Business & Management
- Mergers and Acquisitions
- Cultural Differences
Karl Schleunes
Professor Emeritus, History
PhD University of Minnesota
(336) 334-3514, kaschleu@uncg.edu
- Holocaust
- Modern Germany
Svi Shapiro
Professor, Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations
EdD Boston University
(336) 334-3466, hsshapir@uncg.edu
- Violence & Schools
- Moral & Social Dimensions of Education
- Education & Democracy
- The Israeli / Palestinian Conflict
- Educational Reform
- Critical Perspectives on Standardized Testing
- Peace Education
- Jewish & Spiritual Perspectives on Education
Roch C. Smith
Professor Emeritus, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Emory University
(336) 282-3734, rochsr@earthlink.net
- Twentieth and Twenty-first Century French literature and Film
- Alain Robbe-Grillet (French author and filmmaker), Metafiction, and the French New Novel
- Andre Malraux (French novelist and former Minister in DeGaulle's cabinet)
- Albert Camus, Jean-Paul Sartre and Existentialism
- Literature and Society
- Quebec
Mark Smith-Soto
Professor, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
Director, Center for Creative Writing in the Arts
PhD University of California, Berkeley
(336) 334-4433, mismiths@uncg.edu
- Poetry Talk: "What Does it Mean to be a Latino Poet?"
- Poetry Recitals: Readings From My Work
- Editing a Literary Journal: "International Poetry Review"
Carmen Sotomayor
Professor & Department Head, Languages, Literatures, & Cultures
PhD Michigan State University
(336) 334-5655, ctsotoma@uncg.edu
- Spain: Twentieth Century and Contemporary Issues
- Spanish Civil War (1936-39) Visual Arts, Literature and History
Joan M. Titus
Assistant Professor, Composition, Ethnomusicology, Musicology and Theory
PhD The Ohio State University
(336) 334-3301, j_titus@uncg.edu
- Music and Film
- Music and World Politics
- Music and Cultural Policy
- Music and Russia; and Music and North Africa
Sarah Wagner
Assistant Professor, Anthropology
PhD Harvard University
(336) 256-1165, sewagner@uncg.edu
- Postwar Societies (Specifically Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- DNA Identification/Forensic Genetics
- Refugee/Asylum Issues
- US POW/MIA Issues
Susan M. Walcott
Professor, Geography
PhD Indiana University
(336) 334-5382, smwalcot@uncg.edu
- Furniture Industry
- East Asia
- Regional Economic Development