FULL-TIME FACULTY

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  • Steven C. Dinero
  • B.A., SUNY Albany; M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
  • Associate Professor of Human Geography
  • Phone: 215-951-2608
  • E-mail: DineroS@PhilaU.edu
  • Kathryn J. Gindlesparger
  • B.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,
    MA and PhD in Rhetoric, Composition, and the Teaching of English from the University of Arizona in Tucson
  • Director of the Writing Program, Assistant Professor of Writing
  • Phone: 215-951-2613
  • E-mail: GindlespargerK@PhilaU.edu
  • Valerie L. Hanson
  • B.A., University of Penna., M.A., Temple
    University, Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
  • Assistant Professor of Writing
  • Phone: 215-951-2795
  • E-mail: HansonV@PhilaU.edu
  • Katharine W. Jones
  • B.A., Oxford University (U.K.); M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
  • Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies
  • Phone: 215-951-6809
  • E-mail: JonesK@PhilaU.edu
  • Barbara A. Kimmelman
  • B.S., SUNY Stony Brook; M.A.,
    Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
  • Professor of History
  • Phone: 215-951-2612
  • E-mail: KimmelmanB@PhilaU.edu
  • Evan Laine
  • B.A., SUNY Albany; M.A., Rutgers University;
    J.D., Rutgers University
  • Director of Law & Society
  • Assistant Professor
  • Phone: 215.951.2768
  • E-mail: LaineE@PhilaU.edu
  • Ryan Long
  • Ph.D. Philosophy, University of Chicago;
    BA, Macalester College
  • Assistant Professor, Philosophy & Ethics
  • Adam Melinn
  • M.A. Philosophy, Temple University;
    BS Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University
  • Visiting Professor, Ethics & Philosophy
  • Phone: 215-951-5367
  • E-mail: MelinnA@Philau.edu
  • Marcella McCoy Deh
  • B.A., Morgan State University; M.A., Ph.D., Bowling Green State University
  • Director, Honors Program,
    Assistant Professor, American Studies
  • Phone: 215-951-5367
  • E-mail: DehM@Philau.edu
  • Raju Parakkal
  • Ph.D., International relations, Florida International University;
    MA, International Studies, Florida International University;
    MA, Economics, University of Miami;
    MA, Economics, Mahatma Gandhi University
    BA, Economics, Mathematics, & Indian Culture & Freedom Movement, Mahatma Ghandi University
  • G. Carter Pierce
  • B.A., M.A., West Virginia University;
    J.D., Widener University School of Law
  • Associate Professor of Law & Political Science
  • Phone: 215-951-2605
  • E-mail: PierceC@PhilaU.edu
  • Thomas G. Schrand
  • B.A., Emory University, M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
  • Associate Dean, School of Liberal Arts
  • Director, Environmental Sustainability Program
  • Associate Professor of History
  • Phone: 215-951-2600
  • E-mail: SchrandT@PhilaU.edu
  • Richard M. Shain
  • B.A., SUNY Purchase; Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University
  • Associate Professor of History and Area Studies
  • Phone: 215-951-6279
  • E-mail: ShainR@PhilaU.edu
  • Nancy Sorkin
  • B.A., Cornell University; ABD, University of North Carolina
  • Adjunct Professor of Writing & Literature
  • Lead Professional Writing Tutor
  • Phone: 215-951-2844
  • E-mail: SorkinN@PhilaU.edu
  • Phil Tiemeyer
  • B.S., Georgetown University; M.A., The University of Chicago; Ph.D., The University of Texas
  • Assistant Professor of History
  • Phone: 215-951-5390
  • E-mail: TiemeyerP@PhilaU.edu
  • Meriel Tulante
  • B.A., Cambridge University (UK); A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
  • Assistant Professor of Italian Studies
  • Chair of World Languages
  • Phone: 215-951-2607
  • E-mail: TulanteM@PhilaU.edu