Get to Know Our Faculty and Staff Members
Listed below are the current faculty and staff for the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development at Kennesaw State University.
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Charity Butcher Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development and Professor of Political Science
Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacebuilding and Development and Professor of Political Science
cbutche2@kennesaw.edu
Faculty website
(470) 578-2929
House 3201 - 103 -
Maia Hallward Associate Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacekeeping and Development and Director of the SCMPD PhD Program and Professor of Middle East Politics
Associate Director of the School of Conflict Management, Peacekeeping and Development and Director of the SCMPD PhD Program and Professor of Middle East Politics
mhallwar@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6127
House 3201 - 116 -
Darina Lepadatu Professor of Sociology
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Akanmu Adebayo University Ombuds and Professor of History
University Ombuds and Professor of History
aadebayo@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6646
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Anisah Bagasra Associate Professor of Psychology
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Jesse Benjamin Professor of Sociology and International Conflict Management
Professor of Sociology and International Conflict Management
jbenjam2@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2067
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Tavishi Bhasin Interim Director of International Policy Management and Professor of Political Science
Interim Director of International Policy Management and Professor of Political Science
tbhasin@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2272
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B. Nalani Butler Associate Professor of Sport Management
Associate Professor of Sport Management
bbutle59@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6178
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Volker Franke Professor of Conflict Management
Professor of Conflict Management
vfranke@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2931
House 3201 - 204 -
Uddipana Goswami Assistant Professor of Conflict Management
Assistant Professor of Conflict Management
ugoswami@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-5104
House 3201 - 202 -
Govind Hariharan Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
gharihar@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6580
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Sherrill Hayes Assistant Vice Provost and Professor of Conflict Management
Assistant Vice Provost and Professor of Conflict Management
shayes32@kennesaw.edu
Faculty website
(470) 578-6499
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Timothy Hedeen Professor of Conflict Management
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Kristina Hook Assistant Professor of Conflict Management
Assistant Professor of Conflict Management
khook2@kennesaw.edu
Faculty website
(470) 578-7960
House 3201 - 205 -
Danica Kulibert Assistant Professor of Psychology
Assistant Professor of Psychology
dkuliber@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6225
SO 2015Dr. Danica Kulibert (https://namedrop.io/danicakulibert) is an assistant professor in the Psychology Science Department. They are a social psychologists and the lab director for the Social Perceptions and Intergroup Relations (SPAIR) Lab. They often uses Social Identity Theory and Intergroup Contact Theory to better understand how the groups people are a part of impact their perceptions of the world. Currently, Dr. Kulibert conducts research focusing on four broad domains.
- Perceptions of Discrimination and Sexual Harassment: What are potential barriers victims with different social identities face when coming forward with discrimination and/or sexual harassment claims?
- Understanding Meta-Perceptions: When do meta-perceptions (i.e., how one social group thinks other social group views them) impact prejudice reduction methods?
- Political Attitudes and Behaviors: How well do social psychology concepts and interventions be applied to political context?
- Applied Intervention/Assessment: In what context can social psychology theories and research methods translate to real-world settings (e.g., workplaces, hospitals, colleges)?
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Ellen Lahtinen Program Manager & Part-Time Instructor of Political Science
Program Manager & Part-Time Instructor of Political Science
elahtine@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6115
House 3201 - 116A -
Brandon Lundy Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology
Chair of the Department of Geography and Anthropology and Professor of Anthropology
blundy@kennesaw.edu
Faculty website
(470) 578-2893
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Marcus Marktanner Professor of Conflict Management and Economics
Professor of Conflict Management and Economics
mmarktan@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-7750
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Robin Mathis Assistant Director for Strategic Communication and Associate Professor of Communication
Assistant Director for Strategic Communication and Associate Professor of Communication
rmathi18@kennesaw.edu
Faculty Website
(470) 578-6298
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Brian Moore Director of the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and Associate Professor of Psychology
Director of the Center for the Advancement of Military and Emergency Services Research and Associate Professor of Psychology
bmoore50@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-7281
House 3217 - 103Research Interests: Trauma, military psychology, resilience, sleep, health psychology
Brian A. Moore, Ph.D. is a health psychologist and an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Kennesaw State University. Before joining Kennesaw State, he served over 10 years in the United States Army as an Infantry officer and continues to serve as a Major in the U.S. Army Reserve. Dr. Moore has a Ph.D. in military health psychology and has completed pre- and post-doctoral fellowships in health and trauma psychology.
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Jason Mueller Assistant Professor of Sociology
Assistant Professor of Sociology
jmuell18@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6739
PS 142Areas of Interest: Global Social Change; Political-Economy of Development; Social Theory; Protests, Uprisings, & Insurgencies; Race, Ethnicity, & Indigeneity; Culture & Ideology; Psychoanalysis; Africana Studies; Comparative & Historical Methods
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Sobia Mufti Academic Program Support Specialist
Academic Program Support Specialist
smufti@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2452
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Luc Noiset Professor of Economics
Professor of Economics
lnoiset@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-4371
BB 317Professor of Economics
Dr. Luc Noiset is Professor of Economics at Kennesaw State University. He has worked as a tax and budget economist for the Office of Tax Analysis in the U.S. Department of the Treasury in Washington D.C. After the breakup of the Soviet Union, he became the U.S. Treasury's liaison to the Baltic States and the U.S. Treasury's resident advisor to the Latvian Ministry of Finance. In the late 1990's he was based in Moscow, where he was Tax Policy Director and advisor to the Russian Ministry of Finance for a large USAID sponsored Russia Fiscal Reform Project. Additionally, professor Noiset has worked on short-term fiscal reform missions for finance ministries around the world, including in Egypt, Vietnam and countries of the Former Soviet Union. Since 2006 professor Noiset has taught economics in the Department of Economics, Finance and Quantitative Analysis at Kennesaw State University. His research interests are in fiscal reform and more generally in the role of government in capitalist-based economies.
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Heather Pincock Associate Professor of Conflict Management
Associate Professor of Conflict Management
hpincock@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6227
House 3201 - 111 -
Amanda Reinke Associate Professor of Conflict Management
Associate Professor of Conflict Management
areinke@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6127
House 3201 - 113 -
Evelina Sterling Professor of Sociology
Professor of Sociology
esterlin@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2268
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Paul Story Associate Professor of Psychology
Associate Professor of Psychology
pstory@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-6594
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Seneca Vaught Professor of History
Professor of History
svaught3@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2431
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Silke Zoller Assistant Professor of History
Assistant Professor of History
szoller@kennesaw.edu
(470) 578-2531
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