Faculty and Staff
College of Arts & Letters
Elisabeth Burgess
Dean, College of Arts and Letters
Office location
Ran Chen, Ph.D.Profile page
Program Coordinator
Chinese Flagship Program
Office locationBarnes Hall, 313,
Christopher Jespersen, Ph.D.Profile page
Director of Special Programs & Professor
Office locationBarnes Hall, 308,
Ric Kabat, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4120,
Timothy May, Ph.D.Profile page
Associate Dean, College of Arts & Letters
Professor of Central Eurasian History
Office locationBarnes Hall, 314,
Area(s) of Expertise: Mongol Empire, Mongolia, Central Eurasian history, Islamic history, the Crusades
Jeanine MerckProfile page
Administrative Assistant III
Office locationNesbitt Academic Building, 4120,
Edward Mienie, Ph.D.Profile page
Executive Director, Strategic Studies Program & Partnerships and Professor of Strategic & Security Studies
Office locationHansford Hall, 314,
Area(s) of Expertise: Strategic & Security Studies; State Fragility; Why Nations Fail
Laura Ng, Ph.D.Profile page
Assistant Dean, College of Arts and Letters and Professor
Office locationFaculty Center, 721,
Area(s) of Expertise: Gender, 20th Century literature, and the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
