CIS Faculty Directory
Faculty Affiliates
Center for International Studies Faculty Affiliates are OHIO faculty and staff members who are currently engaged in international research and teaching in collaboration with the center. Currently, center faculty and staff affiliates represent the College of Arts & Sciences, Scripps College of Communication, College of Health Sciences and Communications, Patton College of Education, University Libraries, and Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine. Affiliates include tenure-track faculty, instructional faculty, visiting professors, or instructors. Faculty and staff interested in becoming affiliated with the center or proposing new research or teaching projects are encouraged to contact the center director.
Associate Professor & Director of War and Peace Studies
email address
agensky@ohio.edu
School of International Studies and Languages
International Studies
International Development Studies
War and Peace Studies
Political Science
building location
Bentley Annex 211
Visiting Assistant Professor, Social Medicine
email address
alemu@ohio.edu
International Studies
African Studies
Professor
email address
barr-mel@ohio.edu
phone number
740-597-1851
History
International Studies
Latin American Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 435
Professor, Health Communication
email address
batesb@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-9163
International Studies
Communication and Development
Latin American Studies
building location
Schoonover Center 418, Athens Campus
Associate Professor
email address
brobst@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-0221
History
International Studies
War and Peace Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 447
Associate Professor of Anthropology
email address
ciekawy@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1386
International Studies
African Studies
Communication and Development
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 127
Professor & Drs. Ram and Sushila Gawande Chair in Indian Religion and Philosophy
email address
collinb1@ohio.edu
phone number
740-597-2103
Classics and Religious Studies
International Studies
Asian Studies
building location
Ellis 234
Associate Professor
email address
curp@ohio.edu
phone number
740-597-1852
History
International Studies
War and Peace Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 421
Professor, Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service
email address
dabelkog@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-2117
International Studies
African Studies
International Development Studies
Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies (OCEES)
Associate Professor
email address
dantas@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4319
History
International Studies
Latin American Studies
building location
Bentley Annex
Subject Librarian, African Studies and Social Sciences
email address
dawson-a@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-2547
International Studies
African Studies
building location
The Ridges, Building 22, Room 211, Athens Campus
Associate Professor and M.A. Graduate Chair
email address
duncanr1@ohio.edu
phone number
740-597-1264
Economics
International Studies
Latin American Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 349
Professor of Anthropology in Law, Justice & Culture, and Director of the Center for International Studies
email address
duschins@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-0823
School of International Studies and Languages
Center for Law, Justice & Culture
International Studies
Asian Studies
War and Peace Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 131
Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director
email address
fanis@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-2107
International Studies
War and Peace Studies
Political Science
building location
Bentley Annex 223
Associate Professor, Ethnomusicology/Musicology
email address
fieldg@ohio.edu
phone number
614-684-8075
International Studies
Asian Studies
building location
Athens Campus
Director, School of Interdisciplinary Arts and Associate Professor, African Art History
email address
frohne@ohio.edu
International Studies
African Studies
building location
Athens Campus
Associate Professor of Spanish
email address
gallego@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-2761
International Studies
Latin American Studies
Modern Languages
building location
Gordy 225, Athens Campus
Professor
email address
gonzalez@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1095
International Studies
Latin American Studies
Psychology
building location
Porter 233, Athens Campus
Professor, Microbiology
email address
grijalva@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-2192
International Studies
Latin American Studies
building location
Irvine 333, Athens Campus
Associate Professor, Epidemiology
email address
haile@ohio.edu
phone number
614-793-5591
International Studies
African Studies
International Development Studies
building location
Dublin Campus
Professor and Co-Director of the Barbara Geralds Institute for Storytelling and Social Impact in the Scripps College of Communication
email address
harter@ohio.edu
phone number
740.593.4830
International Studies
Communication and Development
building location
Scripps Hall 105B, Athens Campus
Associate Professor & Director of the Master of Social Sciences Program
email address
hillj6@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4354
School of International Studies and Languages
Contemporary History
History
International Studies
Asian Studies
building location
413 Bentley Annex
Associate Professor & Director of the Contemporary History Institute
email address
holcombe@ohio.edu
Contemporary History
History
International Studies
Asian Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 405
Professor and Director of Global Health
email address
iceg@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1889
International Studies
African Studies
building location
Athens Campus
Professor and Undergraduate Chair
email address
jokisch@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1143
Geography
International Studies
Latin American Studies
building location
Clippinger 363, Athens Campus
Professor of Political Science & Director of International Development Studies Program
email address
kendhamm@ohio.edu
School of International Studies and Languages
International Studies
African Studies
International Development Studies
Political Science
building location
215 Bentley Annex
Associate Professor, Media Arts & Studies
email address
khanm1@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4803
International Studies
Communication and Development
building location
Schoonover Center 307, Athens Campus
Associate Professor
email address
kimy1@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-9179
Geography
International Studies
Asian Studies
International Development Studies
building location
Clippinger 378, Athens Campus
Associate Professor, Health Sciences and Professions
email address
kingori@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4680
International Studies
African Studies
building location
Grover Center W347, Athens Campus
Director of Ohio Program of Intensive English
email address
krzic@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4578
International Studies
Asian Studies
Ohio Program of Intensive English (OPIE)
building location
Gordy 107, Athens Campus
Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science
email address
laytonm@ohio.edu
International Studies
International Development Studies
Latin American Studies
War and Peace Studies
Political Science
building location
Bentley Annex 261, Athens Campus
Associate Professor
email address
leev@ohio.edu
History
International Studies
Asian Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 403
Associate Professor, Art History
email address
leem2@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4288
International Studies
Asian Studies
building location
Seigfred Hall 435, Athens Campus
Professor of Sociology
email address
lij@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1373
International Studies
Asian Studies
International Development Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 133
Professor and Chair of Classics and Religious Studies
email address
lybarger@ohio.edu
phone number
740-707-1440
Center for Law, Justice & Culture
Classics and Religious Studies
International Studies
African Studies
building location
Ellis 248, Athens Campus
Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology
email address
matlack@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1131
International Studies
Ohio Center for Ecology and Evolutionary Studies (OCEES)
Environmental and Plant Biology
building location
Porter 405, Athens Campus
Assistant Professor of Instruction and Undergraduate Advising Coordinator
email address
milleru@ohio.edu
African American Studies
International Studies
African Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 313, Athens Campus
Associate Professor of Instruction, Spanish
email address
mitchej2@ohio.edu
School of International Studies and Languages
International Studies
Modern Languages
building location
Gordy 253, Athens Campus
Associate Professor of Sociology
email address
morganc3@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1371
International Studies
Asian Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 111
Associate Professor of Anthropology
email address
musaraj@ohio.edu
phone number
740-597-2722
Center for Law, Justice & Culture
International Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 155
Professor & Director of African Studies
email address
negashg@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-0311
School of International Studies and Languages
English
International Studies
African Studies
building location
Ellis 344, Athens Campus
Associate Professor of Management
email address
obi@ohio.edu
phone number
740.774.7703
International Studies
African Studies
building location
Technology & Business Development Center 127, Chillicothe Campus
Associate Professor of Linguistics & Graduate Chair, Japanese Coordinator
email address
oshita@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4570
International Studies
Asian Studies
Linguistics
building location
Gordy 373
Glidden Visiting Professor, Spring Semester 2025
email address
oulu@ohio.edu
Geography
International Studies
African Studies
CIS Visiting International Scholars
building location
368 Clippinger, Athens Campus
Professor
email address
pach@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4353
History
International Studies
War and Peace Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 419, Athens Campus
World Languages Coordinator and Associate Professor, Instruction of Thai & World Languages
email address
paladroi@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1836
School of International Studies and Languages
International Studies
Asian Studies
building location
Yamada 215, Athens Campus
Director of Communication & Development Studies and Associate Professor, School of Media Arts and Studies
email address
pant@ohio.edu
phone number
740-597-9009
phone number
740-593-1833
School of International Studies and Languages
International Studies
Communication and Development
building location
Yamada 116, Athens Campus
Associate Professor
email address
perezm@ohio.edu
phone number
740-597-2105
College of Arts and Sciences
Classics and Religious Studies
International Studies
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
building location
Ellis 246, Athens Campus
Professor, Counseling and Higher Education
email address
pillay@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-9427
International Studies
African Studies
building location
McCracken Hall 432M, Athens Campus
Associate Professor, Media & Arts Studies
email address
plow@ohio.edu
phone number
740-566-7031
International Studies
Communication and Development
building location
Schoonover Center 316, Athens Campus
Professor, Department of Social Medicine, Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine
email address
rao@ohio.edu
phone number
740.593.2409
International Studies
Communication and Development
building location
Heritage Hall 373O, Athens Campus
Associate Professor, Music
email address
regoborg@ohio.edu
phone number
740-566-6438
International Studies
Latin American Studies
building location
Glidden 363, Athens Campus
Associate Professor of Anthropology
email address
rosenm@ohio.edu
International Studies
Asian Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 113
Associate Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences, Professor of Political Science
email address
sandal@ohio.edu
Dean's Office
International Studies
War and Peace Studies
Political Science
building location
Wilson Administrative 208
Associate Professor of History
email address
sarr@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4355
History
International Studies
African Studies
War and Peace Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 407, Athens Campus
Professor of Sociology and Director of Graduate Studies
email address
scanlans@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1384
International Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 125
Assistant Professor of Instruction
email address
shaht@ohio.edu
International Studies
War and Peace Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 107, Athens Campus
Southeast Asia Subject Librarian
email address
shane@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-2657
International Studies
Asian Studies
building location
120B Alden, Athens Campus
Professor & Graduate Chair of Geography
email address
smucker@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1152
Geography
International Studies
African Studies
International Development Studies
building location
Clippinger 369A, Athens Campus
Professor, Associate Director for Graduate Studies, & Director of the Institute for International Journalism in the Scripps College of Communication
email address
srivastj@ohio.edu
phone number
740.593.3136
International Studies
Communication and Development
building location
Schoonover Center 248, Athens Campus
Visiting International Scholar
email address
cis@ohio.edu
International Studies
Asian Studies
CIS Visiting International Scholars
Professor and Director of Asian Studies Program
email address
suzuki@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-4378
School of International Studies and Languages
International Studies
Asian Studies
Political Science
building location
Bentley Annex 231
Professor of Linguistics & Chinese Coordinator
email address
tao@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-9469
International Studies
Asian Studies
Linguistics
building location
Gordy 365
Associate Professor of Anthropology
email address
tatarek@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1378
International Studies
Latin American Studies
Sociology and Anthropology
building location
Bentley Annex 149
Professor
email address
thompsoc@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-0666
International Studies
Asian Studies
Linguistics
building location
Gordy 351
Associate Professor
email address
toledot@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-0145
Economics
International Studies
Latin American Studies
building location
Bentley Annex 345
Professor & Chair
email address
wangui@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1097
Geography
International Studies
African Studies
Communication and Development
International Development Studies
building location
Clippinger 379, Athens Campus
Professor of Political Science
email address
waterbur@ohio.edu
phone number
740-541-2286
International Studies
International Development Studies
War and Peace Studies
Political Science
building location
Bentley Annex 219, Athens Campus
Professor and Director of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
email address
whitson@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1144
Geography
International Studies
Communication and Development
Latin American Studies
Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
building location
Clippinger 393, Athens Campus
Associate Professor, Media Arts & Studies
email address
woodl@ohio.edu
phone number
740-593-1833
International Studies
Communication and Development
building location
Schoonover 301, Athens Campus
Professor, Music Education
email address
youngep@ohio.edu
phone number
740-236-0521
International Studies
African Studies
building location
Athens Campus
Visiting International Scholar
email address
cis@ohio.edu
International Studies
Asian Studies
CIS Visiting International Scholars