Faculty

Pamela Bobo 
Instructor of History

Fields: American History, Tennessee History 

Contact: 210B Crouch Hall, (615) 963-2573, pbobo@tnstate.edu

Gashawbeza Bekele PhD
Assistant Professor of Geography

Fields: Cultural, Political, and Economic Geography, Geography of Africa, Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

Contact: 413C Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5499, gbekele@tnstate.edu

Michael Bertrand, PhD 
Associate Professor of History

Fields: American History, Modern (20th Century) American History, New South, History of Race, Music, and Popular Culture

Contact: 220 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-1376, mbertrand@tnstate.edu

Corey Barwick 
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Fields: American Politics, Public Law, Research Methodology

Contact: 413B Crouch Hall, (615) 963-6342, cbarwick@tnstate.edu

Keisha Brown, PhD
Assistant Professor of History

Fields: Asian Studies, World History, Race and Ethnicity 

Contact: 210B Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5000, kbrow110@tnstate.edu

Sheri Browne, PhD 
Professor of History American History, 19th Century

Fields: American History, American Women's History, Women's Studies

Contact: 220 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5505, sbrowne@tnstate.edu

Theron Corse 
Associate Professor of History

Fields: Latin American History, World History

Contact: 406A Crouch Hall, (615) 963-7457, tcorse@tnstate.edu

Elizabeth Dachowski, PhD  
Professor of History 

Fields:  Ancient, Medieval, Early Modern European, and World History 

Contact: 413D Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5507, edachowski@tnstate.edu

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Joel Dark, PhD
Professor of History

Fields:  Modern European History

Contact: 112 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5516, jdark@tnstate.edu

K. T. Ewing, PhD 
Assistant Professor of History

Fields:  African American History, 20th Century United States History, Women and Gender 

Contact: 216 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-6741, ktewing@tnstate.edu

Daniel Gibran
Professor of Political Science

Fields: International Relations Theory, International Security, International Political Economy

Contact: 209 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5650, dgibran@tnstate.edu

John Miglietta, PhD
Professor of Political Science

Fields:International Politics, Middle East Politics

Contact: 211 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5515, jmiglietta@tnstate.edu

Kyle Murray, PhD
Instructor

Fields:American History, Global Political Economy, International Relations Theory and History 

Contact: 209A Crouch Hall, (615) 963-1394, kmurra10@tnstate.edu

Adebayo Oyebade, PhD
Department Chair,  Professor of History

Fields:  African History, American History

Contact: 216 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5506, aoyebade@tnstate.edu

David Padgett, PhD
Associate Professor of Geography 

Fields:  Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Environmental Justice 

Contact: 213 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5508, dpadgett@tnstate.edu

Jyotsna Paruchuri, PhD  
Professor of Political Science 

Fields:  Political Philosophy, Comparative Government 

Contact: 211A Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5509, jparuchuri@tnstate.edu

Andrew Patrick, PhD 
Assistant Professor of History

Fields:  Middle Eastern, American, World History, Teacher Education

Contact: 413B Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5742, apatric2@tnstate.edu

Brian Russell, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Fields:  American Politics 

Contact: 215 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-4930, brussell7@tnstate.edu

Erik Schmeller, PhD 
Professor of History

Fields:  American History, Early American History, British History 

Contact: 210A Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5510, eschmeller@tnstate.edu

Bethany Stollar, M.A.
Instructor of History

Fields:  American History, Global History

Contact: 418 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-2139, bstollar@tnstate.edu

Kevin Vanzant, PhD
Lecturer of History

Fields:  American History, Early American History 

Contact: 413A Crouch Hall, (615) 963-7554, kvanzant@tnstate.edu

Morgan Veraluz, PhD  
Lecturer of History

Fields:  American History, Borderlands History, Native American History  

Contact: 413E Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5514, mveraluz@tnstate.edu

Learotha Williams, Jr., PhD 
Assistant Professor of History

Fields:  American History, African American History, Public History 

Contact: 320 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5513, lwilli22@tnstate.edu

Wosene Yefru, PhD 
Professor of Africana Studies

Fields:  African Studies History, African Family and Community 

Contact: 201C Elliott Hall, (615) 963-7462, wyefru@tnstate.edu

Kalonji McClellan, M.A.
Instructor

Fields:  Genealogy, Teaching and Learning 
Africana Studies 

Contact: 201 Elliott Hall, (615) 963-5583

Kevin Vanzant, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Mellon Partners for Humanities Education

Fields:  American History, Early American History 

Contact: 413A Crouch Hall, (615) 963-7554, kvanzant@tnstate.edu

Griff Watson, D.A.
Instructor

Fields:  American History, Teacher Education 

Contact: 418 Crouch Hall, (615) 963-5503, gwatson@tnstate.edu

Cydya Williams, M.A.
Instructor

Fields:  Teaching and Learning 
Africana Studies 

Contact: 201 Elliott Hall, (615) 963-5583, cjackson3@tnstate.edu

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