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Affiliate Faculty

Sawsan Abbadi, Ed.D.

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Post Modernity & Critical Language Awareness, Bilingual, ESL & Multicultural Education, Teaching Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages, Methods, Assessments & Technology in Curriculum Studies, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies in Teaching Language & Culture.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/sawsanabbadi.shtml

Elisa Ascione, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Anthropology of Food; Food Systems; Cultural Anthropology; Ethnographic Research Methods

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/ascioneelisa.shtml

Andrea Aureli, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Urban social movements and activist research, Nationalism and the politics of representation, Migration and the production of subjectivity.

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/aureliandrea.shtml

Emily E Anderson, PhD

Stritch School of Medicine, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership

Research and teaching expertise: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, International research/training partnerships , Bioethics.

https://hsd.luc.edu/bioethics/aboutus/facultydirectory/people/emilyandersonphdmph/

Olga Avdeyeva, PhD

 Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Comparative Politics, Eastern European and Eurasian Politics, Women and Politics.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/olgaaavdeyeva.shtml

Tahsily Fahadan Bahar, Phd

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Architecture , Art History, Cinema and Media Studies , Critical Theory, Orientalism , Post-colonial Studies  

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/tahsilyfahadanbahar.shtml

 Yuna Blajer de la Garza, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Democratic theory, Citizenship, Interpretive methods, Sociopolitical inequalities and Everyday politics.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/yunablajerdelagarza.shtml

Hank Bohanan, PhD

School of Education 

Research and teaching expertise: School-based prevention and intervention, Supporting students with disabilities, Online learning and professional development, teacher education

https://www.luc.edu/education/directory/profiles/bohanonhank-1.shtml

Jennifer Boyle, PhD

Arrupe College

Research and teaching expertise: European Union, Regional integration theory, Regional development policy and the European Commission.

https://www.luc.edu/arrupe/about/facultystaff/jenniferboyle/ 

Gabrielle M. Buckley, JD

The Gannon Center for Women & Leadership

Research and teaching expertise: Business Immigration, Foreign Direct Investment, Global Migration, Women & Leadership and Women’s Rights.

https://www.luc.edu/gannon/mundeleinalumnae/mundeleincollegegannonscholarsalumnaeboard/mundeleincollegegannonscholarsalumnaeboardmembers/gabriellembuckley/

Tara Casebolt, MSW, MPH, PhD

Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health

Research and teaching expertise: Global health, international development, reproductive health, disability and accessibility

https://www.luc.edu/parkinson/ourpeople/facultystaffprofiles/taracasebolt.shtml

 

Susana Cavallo, PhD

Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Peninsular & Latin American Poetry From the Beginnings to the Present, XX and XXI Century Peninsular Literature & Culture, Multicultural Women’s Writing and Latin American and Caribbean Literature and culture. 

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/susanacavallo.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Héctor García Chávez, PhD

Women's Studies and Gender Studies and Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Queer Theory, Masculinity Studies, Mexican Literature, Film, and Cultural Studies, Migration Studies, US Latinx Cultural Studies.

https://www.luc.edu/wsgs/whoweare/ourfacultyandstaff/drhectorgarciachavez/

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/hectorgarciachavez.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Hong Chen

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Chinese language and culture, Chinese literature and film, Chinese history, Study abroad in China, and U.S.-China relations.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/hongchen.shtml

Ian Cornelius, PhD

Department of English

Research and teaching expertise: Medieval English literature and culture; History of the English language; Poetics, Textual criticism, and the History of books.

https://www.luc.edu/english/people/faculty/directory/iancornelius/

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Patrick Cunha Silva, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Political Representation, Electoral Politics, Gender Politics, Latin America.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/patrickcunhasilva.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Thomas J. Derdak, PhD

Department of Philosophy

Research and teaching expertise: Moral Philosophy, the Ethics of Development, African Philosophy and Aesthetics.

https://www.luc.edu/philosophy/thomasjderdakphd.shtml

Miguel Diaz, PhD

Department of Theology

Research and teaching expertise: Queer theologies, Latin American liberation theologies, U.S. Latinx theologies, Youth-based diplomacy, and Religion and peacebuilding.

https://www.luc.edu/theology/facultystaff/diazmiguelh.shtml

Nicola Di Mauro PhD,

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Migration and Transnationalism and Islam and Muslims in Europe and in Italy. 

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/dimauronicola.shtml

Jennifer Finn, PhD

Department of Classical Studies

Research and teaching expertise: Military history, Cultural contacts across the ancient Mediterranean, Revisionist histories/modern appropriations of the ancient world and Power and power projection in the ancient world.

https://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/facultydirectory/faculty/finn.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

James Thuo Gathii, SJD

School of Law

Research and teaching expertise: Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), International Economic Law, Human Rights.

https://www.luc.edu/law/faculty/facultyandadministrationprofiles/gathii-james.shtml

Laura Gawlinski, PhD

Department of Classical Studies

Research and teaching expertise: Archaeology in Greece, Antiquities trade and cultural heritage, Ancient Mediterranean religions, writing practices, dress and textiles. 

https://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/facultydirectory/faculty/gawlinski.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Fr. Patrick Gilger, SJ, PhD

Department of Sociology

Research and teaching expertise: Public religion, Secularity/secularization/secularism, Democratization and de-democratization, Global Catholicisms.

https://www.luc.edu/sociology/faculty/patrickgilgersjphd.shtml

Joy Gordon, JD, PhD

Department of Philosophy

Research and teaching expertise: International ethics, Economic sanctions, and Human rights.

https://www.luc.edu/philosophy/joygordonjdphd.shtml

Stephano Giacchetti, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, The Renaissance, Political Philosophy, Critical Theory, T. W. Adorno, Marx, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer.

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/giacchettistefano.shtml

Ruth Gomberg, PhD

Department of Anthropology 

Research and teaching expertise: Migration, Mixed immigration status families, Undocumented labor, Social theory, Qualitative research.

https://www.luc.edu/anthropology/faculty/Gomberg-Munoz.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Alexandru Grigorescu, PhD

Department of Political Science 
Research and teaching expertise: International relations, International organizations, International human rights, and International theory.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/alexandruvgrigorescu.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Hille Haker, PhD

Department of Theology

Research and teaching expertise: Biographies and Moral Identity, Christian Ethics and Social/Political Questions, Bioethics and  Narrative Ethics.

https://www.luc.edu/theology/facultystaff/hakerhille.shtml

Chris Hasselmann, PhD

Director of European Studies Program, Department of Political Science and Global Studies Program

Research and teaching expertise: European Union and European Studies.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/chrishasselmann.shtml

Betsy Jones Hemenway, PhD

Director of Women's Studies & Gender Studies, Department of History

Research and teaching expertise: Russian and Soviet history, Women's and gender studies, Feminist pedagogy.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/joneshemenwayelizabeth.shtml

D Scott Hendrickson, SJ, DPhil

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Early Modern Spanish literature and culture; the Spanish mystics, Cervantes and Don Quijote; Jesuit history and the Spanish Golden Age and Spanish culture and civilization.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/dscotthendricksonsj.shtml

Minwoo Jung, Ph.D

 Department of Sociology

Research and teaching expertise: Global and transnational processes, Comparative politics, Gender and sexuality, Ethnography, East and Southeast Asia.

https://www.luc.edu/sociology/faculty/minwoojungphd.shtml

Sooyeon Kang, PhD

 Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: East Asia, Mass mobilization, Political violence.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/sooyeonkang.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Jay C. Kao, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Chinese politics, Political communication, Public opinion.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/jaykao.shtml 

Suzanne Kaufman, PhD

Departement of History

Research and teaching expertise: 19th-and 20th-Century Europe, French overseas colonialism and French nationalism, History of race and gender, Military history.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/kaufmansuzanne.shtml

Michael Khodarkovsky, PhD

Department of History

Research and teaching expertise: Russian empire, Eurasian empires, non-Russian peoples of the Russian empire and USSR, Soviet history, and post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/khodarkovskymichael.shtml

Claudio Lodici

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Challenges to liberal democracy

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/lodiciclaudio.shtml

Cristina Lombardi-Diop, PhD

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching interests: 20th-century European colonial and postcolonial culture, Migrations in and out of Italy, African diasporas and diaspora literature, Racism and modernism, and Black Europe.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/drcristinalombardi-diop.shtml

Jacqueline Long, PhD

Department of Classical Studies

Research and teaching interests: Late Antiquity history & literature; Roman history & literature; women and gender in the Classical world.

https://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/facultydirectory/faculty/long.shtml

Tofigh Maboudi, PhD

Department of Political Science 

Research and teaching expertise: Constitutional Studies, Environmental Constitutionalism, Democratization, Middle East Studies.

https://jobs.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/tofighmaboudi.shtml 

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Francesco Mariani, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: History of modern philosophy, History of science , Aesthetics 

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/marianifrancesco.shtml

Sarah Maxey, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: International security, Foreign policy, Public opinion.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/sarahmaxey.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Bozena Nowicka McLees

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Polish Language and Literature; Polish Studies; Polish Diaspora.

https://www.luc.edu/polishstudies/polishstudiesfaculty/bozenanowickamclees/

Molly Melin, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Conflict processes, International mediation and Conflict resolution, & Business and peace.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/mollymelin.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Gilbert Michaud, PhD

School of Environmental Sustainability 

Research and teaching expertise: Renewable Energy Policy, Solar PV, Energy Transitions, Electric Utilities, Economic Development.

https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/about/ourpeople/directory/michaudgilbert-1.shtml

Nami Mun, MFA

Department of English

Research and teaching expertise: Creative Writing, Narrative Theory, Contemporary Literature, World Literature, Asian American Literature International security, Foreign policy, Public opinion.

https://www.luc.edu/english/people/faculty/directory.namimun

Michael P. Murphy, Ph.D

Department of Theology

Research and teaching expertise: Literary and Political Cultures of Catholicism, The Geopolitics of Truth and Reconciliation and Global Catholic Cultures.

https://www.luc.edu/theology/facultystaff/murphymichaelpatrick.shtml

Ghazal P. Nadi, PhD

 Interdisciplinary Honors Program and Global Studies Program

Research and teaching expertise: Democratization, Constitutional Studies, Environmental Politics, Middle East Studies and African Studies.

https://www.luc.edu/honors/aboutus/teachingfaculty/ghazalposhtkouhiannadiphd/

Cristian L. Paredes, PhD

Department of Sociology

Research and teaching expertise: Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Social Inequality, Latin America

https://www.luc.edu/sociology/faculty/cristianlparedesphd.shtml

Ben Penglase, PhD

Department of Anthropology 

Research and teaching expertise: Brazil, Urban violence, International human rights, Drug trafficking, Race and inequality.

https://www.luc.edu/anthropology/faculty/penglase.shtml

Abha Rais, PhD

School of Social Work 

Research and teaching expertise: Culturally responsive approaches, Instrument development, Intervention design, Global social work, Immigrant and refugee well-being, Domestic violence.

https://www.luc.edu/socialwork/aboutus/facultystaff/raiabha.shtml

Madeleine Reddon, PhD

Department of English

Research and teaching expertise: Indigenous studies and Indigenous literature, Comparative literature, Anticolonial thought and critical theory.

https://www.luc.edu/english/people/faculty/directory/madeleinereddon/

Amber Roegner, PhD

School of Environmental Sustainability 

Research and teaching expertise: One health, Environmental toxicology, Water quality & algal blooms, Global health, Community based participatory research

aroegner@luc.edu

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Peter J. Schraeder, PhD

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Foreign policy analysis including decision-making theory, United States and great power foreign policies toward Africa and the Middle East, African politics and international relations including North Africa, and Intervention in world politics.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/peterjschraeder.shtml

Michael J. Schumacher, PhD

Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology

Research and teaching expertise: International Criminal Justice, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, Terrorism, Political Violence and Middle East and North African (MENA) Studies.

https://www.luc.edu/criminaljustice/michaeljschumacher.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Amy Shuffelton, PhD

Department of Philosophy

Research and teaching expertise: School/Family  Relations, Critical Philosophies of Gender, Parents Rights, American Pragmatism, and Progressive Education.

https://www.luc.edu/philosophy/amyshuffeltonphd.shtml

Clifford J. Shultz, II, PhD

School of Business 

Research and teaching expertise: Marketing, policy & socioeconomic development to affect well-being in distressed/transitioning economies,  War/disaster recovery and prevention, Nation/place marketing, Social traps and dilemmas, Sustainability, Quality-of-life, Macromarketing.

https://www.luc.edu/quinlan/faculty/cliffordshultz/ 

Abraham A. Singer, PhD

School of Business

Research and teaching expertise: Liberalism and its Critics, Business Ethics, Normative Political Economy, History of Political Thought, and Democratic Theory.

https://www.luc.edu/quinlan/faculty/abrahamsinger.shtml

Noah W. Sobe, PhD

Department of History

Research and teaching expertise: Global education policy, Futures studies, International educational development, and Comparative education.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/sobenoahw.shtml

Paula Skye Tallman, PhD

 Department of Anthropology

Research and teaching expertise: Global health, Cross-cultural communication, International leadership training, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

https://www.luc.edu/anthropology/faculty/tallman.shtml

Griffin Thompson, PhD

Department of Political Science 

Research and teaching expertise: Geopolitics of Energy, Politics of Climate Change, Politics and Technology, Ethics and International Affairs.

gthompson9@luc.edu

Eliana Vagalau, PhD

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures 
Research and teaching expertise: Caribbean studies, Francophone literature and culture, Translation, Race and diaspora studies.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/elianavagalau.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Elena Valussi, PhD

Department of History 

Research and teaching expertise: Chinese religions, Chinese History, Gender in East Asia, and East Asian History.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/valussielena.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Katherine Kaufka Walts

School of Law; Director, Center for the Human Rights of Children 

Research and teaching expertise: International human rights, International children’s rights, Migrant rights, Refugee law, Human trafficking

https://www.luc.edu/law/faculty/facultyandadministrationprofiles/walts-katherine-kaufka.shtml

Alice Weinreb, PhD

Department of History 

Research and teaching expertise: Twentieth century Europe; Gender; Food and nutritional policy; Psychiatry and mental health.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/weinrebalice.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Matthew S. Williams, PhD

Department of Sociology/ Global Studies Program

Research and teaching expertise: Global social movements, Global labor issues, Global political economy, International development and Corporate social responsibility.

https://www.luc.edu/sociology/faculty/matthewwilliamsphd.shtml

Anne Wingenter, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Modern Italy; Twentieth Century Europe; Gender; History of Travel.

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/wingenteranne-1.shtml

Caroline "Olivia" Wolf, PhD

Department of Fine and Performing Arts

Research and teaching expertise: Latin American Art & Architecture, Middle Eastern Art & Architecture, Global Modernisms and Migration & Diaspora in Visual Culture.

https://www.luc.edu/finearts/aboutus/faculty/oliviawolfphd.shtml 

Meng-Jia Wu, PhD

School of Education

Research and teaching expertise: Quantitative Research Methods for SocialSicences and Medicine, Multivariate Statistics, Multilevel Modeling, and Meta-Analysis.

https://www.luc.edu/education/directory/profiles/wumeng-jia.shtml

 

Sawsan Abbadi, Ed.D.

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Post Modernity & Critical Language Awareness, Bilingual, ESL & Multicultural Education, Teaching Arabic for Speakers of Other Languages, Methods, Assessments & Technology in Curriculum Studies, Interdisciplinary and Transdisciplinary Pedagogies in Teaching Language & Culture.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/sawsanabbadi.shtml

Elisa Ascione, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Anthropology of Food; Food Systems; Cultural Anthropology; Ethnographic Research Methods

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/ascioneelisa.shtml

Andrea Aureli, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Urban social movements and activist research, Nationalism and the politics of representation, Migration and the production of subjectivity.

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/aureliandrea.shtml

Emily E Anderson, PhD

Stritch School of Medicine, Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics and Healthcare Leadership

Research and teaching expertise: Ukraine, Eastern Europe, International research/training partnerships , Bioethics.

https://hsd.luc.edu/bioethics/aboutus/facultydirectory/people/emilyandersonphdmph/

Olga Avdeyeva, PhD

 Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Comparative Politics, Eastern European and Eurasian Politics, Women and Politics.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/olgaaavdeyeva.shtml

Tahsily Fahadan Bahar, Phd

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Architecture , Art History, Cinema and Media Studies , Critical Theory, Orientalism , Post-colonial Studies  

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/tahsilyfahadanbahar.shtml

 Yuna Blajer de la Garza, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Democratic theory, Citizenship, Interpretive methods, Sociopolitical inequalities and Everyday politics.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/yunablajerdelagarza.shtml

Hank Bohanan, PhD

School of Education 

Research and teaching expertise: School-based prevention and intervention, Supporting students with disabilities, Online learning and professional development, teacher education

https://www.luc.edu/education/directory/profiles/bohanonhank-1.shtml

Jennifer Boyle, PhD

Arrupe College

Research and teaching expertise: European Union, Regional integration theory, Regional development policy and the European Commission.

https://www.luc.edu/arrupe/about/facultystaff/jenniferboyle/ 

Gabrielle M. Buckley, JD

The Gannon Center for Women & Leadership

Research and teaching expertise: Business Immigration, Foreign Direct Investment, Global Migration, Women & Leadership and Women’s Rights.

https://www.luc.edu/gannon/mundeleinalumnae/mundeleincollegegannonscholarsalumnaeboard/mundeleincollegegannonscholarsalumnaeboardmembers/gabriellembuckley/

Tara Casebolt, MSW, MPH, PhD

Parkinson School of Health Sciences and Public Health

Research and teaching expertise: Global health, international development, reproductive health, disability and accessibility

https://www.luc.edu/parkinson/ourpeople/facultystaffprofiles/taracasebolt.shtml

 

Susana Cavallo, PhD

Department of Modern Languages & Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Peninsular & Latin American Poetry From the Beginnings to the Present, XX and XXI Century Peninsular Literature & Culture, Multicultural Women’s Writing and Latin American and Caribbean Literature and culture. 

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/susanacavallo.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Héctor García Chávez, PhD

Women's Studies and Gender Studies and Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Queer Theory, Masculinity Studies, Mexican Literature, Film, and Cultural Studies, Migration Studies, US Latinx Cultural Studies.

https://www.luc.edu/wsgs/whoweare/ourfacultyandstaff/drhectorgarciachavez/

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/hectorgarciachavez.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Hong Chen

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Chinese language and culture, Chinese literature and film, Chinese history, Study abroad in China, and U.S.-China relations.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/hongchen.shtml

Ian Cornelius, PhD

Department of English

Research and teaching expertise: Medieval English literature and culture; History of the English language; Poetics, Textual criticism, and the History of books.

https://www.luc.edu/english/people/faculty/directory/iancornelius/

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Patrick Cunha Silva, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Political Representation, Electoral Politics, Gender Politics, Latin America.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/patrickcunhasilva.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Thomas J. Derdak, PhD

Department of Philosophy

Research and teaching expertise: Moral Philosophy, the Ethics of Development, African Philosophy and Aesthetics.

https://www.luc.edu/philosophy/thomasjderdakphd.shtml

Miguel Diaz, PhD

Department of Theology

Research and teaching expertise: Queer theologies, Latin American liberation theologies, U.S. Latinx theologies, Youth-based diplomacy, and Religion and peacebuilding.

https://www.luc.edu/theology/facultystaff/diazmiguelh.shtml

Nicola Di Mauro PhD,

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Migration and Transnationalism and Islam and Muslims in Europe and in Italy. 

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/dimauronicola.shtml

Jennifer Finn, PhD

Department of Classical Studies

Research and teaching expertise: Military history, Cultural contacts across the ancient Mediterranean, Revisionist histories/modern appropriations of the ancient world and Power and power projection in the ancient world.

https://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/facultydirectory/faculty/finn.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

James Thuo Gathii, SJD

School of Law

Research and teaching expertise: Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL), International Economic Law, Human Rights.

https://www.luc.edu/law/faculty/facultyandadministrationprofiles/gathii-james.shtml

Laura Gawlinski, PhD

Department of Classical Studies

Research and teaching expertise: Archaeology in Greece, Antiquities trade and cultural heritage, Ancient Mediterranean religions, writing practices, dress and textiles. 

https://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/facultydirectory/faculty/gawlinski.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Fr. Patrick Gilger, SJ, PhD

Department of Sociology

Research and teaching expertise: Public religion, Secularity/secularization/secularism, Democratization and de-democratization, Global Catholicisms.

https://www.luc.edu/sociology/faculty/patrickgilgersjphd.shtml

Joy Gordon, JD, PhD

Department of Philosophy

Research and teaching expertise: International ethics, Economic sanctions, and Human rights.

https://www.luc.edu/philosophy/joygordonjdphd.shtml

Stephano Giacchetti, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Continental Philosophy, Aesthetics, The Renaissance, Political Philosophy, Critical Theory, T. W. Adorno, Marx, Nietzsche, Schopenhauer.

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/giacchettistefano.shtml

Ruth Gomberg, PhD

Department of Anthropology 

Research and teaching expertise: Migration, Mixed immigration status families, Undocumented labor, Social theory, Qualitative research.

https://www.luc.edu/anthropology/faculty/Gomberg-Munoz.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Alexandru Grigorescu, PhD

Department of Political Science 
Research and teaching expertise: International relations, International organizations, International human rights, and International theory.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/alexandruvgrigorescu.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Hille Haker, PhD

Department of Theology

Research and teaching expertise: Biographies and Moral Identity, Christian Ethics and Social/Political Questions, Bioethics and  Narrative Ethics.

https://www.luc.edu/theology/facultystaff/hakerhille.shtml

Chris Hasselmann, PhD

Director of European Studies Program, Department of Political Science and Global Studies Program

Research and teaching expertise: European Union and European Studies.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/chrishasselmann.shtml

Betsy Jones Hemenway, PhD

Director of Women's Studies & Gender Studies, Department of History

Research and teaching expertise: Russian and Soviet history, Women's and gender studies, Feminist pedagogy.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/joneshemenwayelizabeth.shtml

D Scott Hendrickson, SJ, DPhil

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Early Modern Spanish literature and culture; the Spanish mystics, Cervantes and Don Quijote; Jesuit history and the Spanish Golden Age and Spanish culture and civilization.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/dscotthendricksonsj.shtml

Minwoo Jung, Ph.D

 Department of Sociology

Research and teaching expertise: Global and transnational processes, Comparative politics, Gender and sexuality, Ethnography, East and Southeast Asia.

https://www.luc.edu/sociology/faculty/minwoojungphd.shtml

Sooyeon Kang, PhD

 Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: East Asia, Mass mobilization, Political violence.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/sooyeonkang.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Jay C. Kao, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Chinese politics, Political communication, Public opinion.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/jaykao.shtml 

Suzanne Kaufman, PhD

Departement of History

Research and teaching expertise: 19th-and 20th-Century Europe, French overseas colonialism and French nationalism, History of race and gender, Military history.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/kaufmansuzanne.shtml

Michael Khodarkovsky, PhD

Department of History

Research and teaching expertise: Russian empire, Eurasian empires, non-Russian peoples of the Russian empire and USSR, Soviet history, and post-Soviet Russia and Ukraine.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/khodarkovskymichael.shtml

Claudio Lodici

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Challenges to liberal democracy

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/lodiciclaudio.shtml

Cristina Lombardi-Diop, PhD

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching interests: 20th-century European colonial and postcolonial culture, Migrations in and out of Italy, African diasporas and diaspora literature, Racism and modernism, and Black Europe.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/drcristinalombardi-diop.shtml

Jacqueline Long, PhD

Department of Classical Studies

Research and teaching interests: Late Antiquity history & literature; Roman history & literature; women and gender in the Classical world.

https://www.luc.edu/classicalstudies/facultydirectory/faculty/long.shtml

Tofigh Maboudi, PhD

Department of Political Science 

Research and teaching expertise: Constitutional Studies, Environmental Constitutionalism, Democratization, Middle East Studies.

https://jobs.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/tofighmaboudi.shtml 

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Francesco Mariani, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: History of modern philosophy, History of science , Aesthetics 

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/marianifrancesco.shtml

Sarah Maxey, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: International security, Foreign policy, Public opinion.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/sarahmaxey.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Bozena Nowicka McLees

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

Research and teaching expertise: Polish Language and Literature; Polish Studies; Polish Diaspora.

https://www.luc.edu/polishstudies/polishstudiesfaculty/bozenanowickamclees/

Molly Melin, PhD

Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Conflict processes, International mediation and Conflict resolution, & Business and peace.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/mollymelin.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Gilbert Michaud, PhD

School of Environmental Sustainability 

Research and teaching expertise: Renewable Energy Policy, Solar PV, Energy Transitions, Electric Utilities, Economic Development.

https://www.luc.edu/sustainability/about/ourpeople/directory/michaudgilbert-1.shtml

Nami Mun, MFA

Department of English

Research and teaching expertise: Creative Writing, Narrative Theory, Contemporary Literature, World Literature, Asian American Literature International security, Foreign policy, Public opinion.

https://www.luc.edu/english/people/faculty/directory.namimun

Michael P. Murphy, Ph.D

Department of Theology

Research and teaching expertise: Literary and Political Cultures of Catholicism, The Geopolitics of Truth and Reconciliation and Global Catholic Cultures.

https://www.luc.edu/theology/facultystaff/murphymichaelpatrick.shtml

Ghazal P. Nadi, PhD

 Interdisciplinary Honors Program and Global Studies Program

Research and teaching expertise: Democratization, Constitutional Studies, Environmental Politics, Middle East Studies and African Studies.

https://www.luc.edu/honors/aboutus/teachingfaculty/ghazalposhtkouhiannadiphd/

Cristian L. Paredes, PhD

Department of Sociology

Research and teaching expertise: Race and Ethnicity, Immigration, Social Inequality, Latin America

https://www.luc.edu/sociology/faculty/cristianlparedesphd.shtml

Ben Penglase, PhD

Department of Anthropology 

Research and teaching expertise: Brazil, Urban violence, International human rights, Drug trafficking, Race and inequality.

https://www.luc.edu/anthropology/faculty/penglase.shtml

Abha Rais, PhD

School of Social Work 

Research and teaching expertise: Culturally responsive approaches, Instrument development, Intervention design, Global social work, Immigrant and refugee well-being, Domestic violence.

https://www.luc.edu/socialwork/aboutus/facultystaff/raiabha.shtml

Madeleine Reddon, PhD

Department of English

Research and teaching expertise: Indigenous studies and Indigenous literature, Comparative literature, Anticolonial thought and critical theory.

https://www.luc.edu/english/people/faculty/directory/madeleinereddon/

Amber Roegner, PhD

School of Environmental Sustainability 

Research and teaching expertise: One health, Environmental toxicology, Water quality & algal blooms, Global health, Community based participatory research

aroegner@luc.edu

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Peter J. Schraeder, PhD

Dean, College of Arts and Sciences
Professor, Department of Political Science

Research and teaching expertise: Foreign policy analysis including decision-making theory, United States and great power foreign policies toward Africa and the Middle East, African politics and international relations including North Africa, and Intervention in world politics.

https://www.luc.edu/politicalscience/facultyprofile/peterjschraeder.shtml

Michael J. Schumacher, PhD

Department of Criminal Justice & Criminology

Research and teaching expertise: International Criminal Justice, Comparative Criminal Justice Systems, Terrorism, Political Violence and Middle East and North African (MENA) Studies.

https://www.luc.edu/criminaljustice/michaeljschumacher.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Amy Shuffelton, PhD

Department of Philosophy

Research and teaching expertise: School/Family  Relations, Critical Philosophies of Gender, Parents Rights, American Pragmatism, and Progressive Education.

https://www.luc.edu/philosophy/amyshuffeltonphd.shtml

Clifford J. Shultz, II, PhD

School of Business 

Research and teaching expertise: Marketing, policy & socioeconomic development to affect well-being in distressed/transitioning economies,  War/disaster recovery and prevention, Nation/place marketing, Social traps and dilemmas, Sustainability, Quality-of-life, Macromarketing.

https://www.luc.edu/quinlan/faculty/cliffordshultz/ 

Abraham A. Singer, PhD

School of Business

Research and teaching expertise: Liberalism and its Critics, Business Ethics, Normative Political Economy, History of Political Thought, and Democratic Theory.

https://www.luc.edu/quinlan/faculty/abrahamsinger.shtml

Noah W. Sobe, PhD

Department of History

Research and teaching expertise: Global education policy, Futures studies, International educational development, and Comparative education.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/sobenoahw.shtml

Paula Skye Tallman, PhD

 Department of Anthropology

Research and teaching expertise: Global health, Cross-cultural communication, International leadership training, Latin America and Southeast Asia.

https://www.luc.edu/anthropology/faculty/tallman.shtml

Griffin Thompson, PhD

Department of Political Science 

Research and teaching expertise: Geopolitics of Energy, Politics of Climate Change, Politics and Technology, Ethics and International Affairs.

gthompson9@luc.edu

Eliana Vagalau, PhD

Department of Modern Languages and Literatures 
Research and teaching expertise: Caribbean studies, Francophone literature and culture, Translation, Race and diaspora studies.

https://www.luc.edu/modernlang/elianavagalau.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Elena Valussi, PhD

Department of History 

Research and teaching expertise: Chinese religions, Chinese History, Gender in East Asia, and East Asian History.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/valussielena.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Katherine Kaufka Walts

School of Law; Director, Center for the Human Rights of Children 

Research and teaching expertise: International human rights, International children’s rights, Migrant rights, Refugee law, Human trafficking

https://www.luc.edu/law/faculty/facultyandadministrationprofiles/walts-katherine-kaufka.shtml

Alice Weinreb, PhD

Department of History 

Research and teaching expertise: Twentieth century Europe; Gender; Food and nutritional policy; Psychiatry and mental health.

https://www.luc.edu/history/people/facultyandstaffdirectory/weinrebalice.shtml

This faculty-member conducts research with undergraduate students

Matthew S. Williams, PhD

Department of Sociology/ Global Studies Program

Research and teaching expertise: Global social movements, Global labor issues, Global political economy, International development and Corporate social responsibility.

https://www.luc.edu/sociology/faculty/matthewwilliamsphd.shtml

Anne Wingenter, PhD

John Felice Rome Center 

Research and teaching expertise: Modern Italy; Twentieth Century Europe; Gender; History of Travel.

https://www.luc.edu/rome/about/facultystaff/faculty/wingenteranne-1.shtml

Caroline "Olivia" Wolf, PhD

Department of Fine and Performing Arts

Research and teaching expertise: Latin American Art & Architecture, Middle Eastern Art & Architecture, Global Modernisms and Migration & Diaspora in Visual Culture.

https://www.luc.edu/finearts/aboutus/faculty/oliviawolfphd.shtml 

Meng-Jia Wu, PhD

School of Education

Research and teaching expertise: Quantitative Research Methods for SocialSicences and Medicine, Multivariate Statistics, Multilevel Modeling, and Meta-Analysis.

https://www.luc.edu/education/directory/profiles/wumeng-jia.shtml