Faculty


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Pamela Bobo 
Instructor of History

Fields: American History, Tennessee History 

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

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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

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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

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Corey Barwick 
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Fields: American Politics, Public Law, Research Methodology

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

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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

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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

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Theron Corse 
Associate Professor of History

Fields: Latin American History, World History

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

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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

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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

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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

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John Miglietta, PhD
Professor of Political Science

Fields:International Politics, Middle East Politics

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

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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

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Adebayo Oyebade, PhD
Department Chair,  Professor of History


Fields:  African History, American History

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

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David Padgett, PhD
Associate Professor of Geography 

Fields:  Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Environmental Justice 

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

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Jyotsna Paruchuri, PhD  
Professor of Political Science 

Fields:  Political Philosophy, Comparative Government 

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

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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

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Brian Russell, PhD 
Assistant Professor of Political Science

Fields:  American Politics 

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

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Erik Schmeller, PhD 
Professor of History

Fields:  American History, Early American History, British History 

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

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Bethany Stollar, M.A.
Instructor of History

Fields:  American History, Global History

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

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Kevin Vanzant, PhD
Lecturer of History

Fields:  American History, Early American History 

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

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Morgan Veraluz, PhD  
Lecturer of History

Fields:  American History, Borderlands History, Native American History  

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

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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

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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

 

Part-time Faculty

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Kalonji McClellan, M.A.
Instructor

Fields:  Genealogy, Teaching and Learning 
Africana Studies 

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

 
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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

 
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Griff Watson, D.A.
Instructor

Fields:  American History, Teacher Education 

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

 
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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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Recently Retired Faculty

James Haney, PhD 
Associate Professor of History
African American History

Hoyt King, PhD
Associate Professor of Political Science. American Government, American Legislative Process, Black Politics, Urban Politics

Bobby L. Lovett, PhD 
Professor of History
African American History, State and Local History

Elizabeth McClain, M.S.
Assistant Professor of History
African American History, Civil Rights

Gloria McKissack, M.A.
Instructor of History
American History, African American History, Civil Rights

Mayibuye Monanabela, PhD
Professor of Africana Studies

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