Affiliated Faculty

Faculty

CJHPS welcomes the contributions of App State faculty as part of the Center's minor. For further information regarding joining the Center affiiliates, please refer to the information below.

Dr. Laura Ammon

Dr. Laura Ammon

Associate Professor of Religion, Department of Philosophy and Religion
Director, The Watauga Residential College

Areas of Teaching and Research: Religion in Colonial Mexico, Colonialism and Religion, Utopia/Dystopia studies, Futurism 

ammonll@appstate.edu | (828) 262-7362


Dr. Joseph Bathanti

Dr. Joseph Bathanti

McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor in Interdisciplinary Education, Department of Interdisciplinary Studies
Professor, Department of English
Writer-in-Residence, Watauga Residential College

Areas of Teaching and Research: Creative Writing, The Poetry of Witness, Prison Literature, Arts & Humanities Initiatives for Military Veterans and Their Families

bathantjr@appstate.edu | (828) 262-2441


Dr. Sarah Greenwald

Dr. Sarah Greenwald

Professor, Department of Mathematical Sciences

Areas of Teaching and Research: Jewish Communities Pre-WWII

greenwaldsj@appstate.edu | (828) 262-2363


Dr. Davis Hankins

Dr. Davis Hankins

Associate Professor, Department of Philosophy and Religion

Areas of Teaching and Research: Ancient Israelite History and Culture; Second Temple Judaism; Ancient Rabbinic Judaism; The History of the Use and Influence of the Bible in Jewish Communities

hankinscd@appstate.edu  | (828) 262-6610


Amy Hudnall

Amy Hudnall

Interim Director, Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies
Senior Lecturer, Department of History and Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Areas of Teaching and Research: Genocide Studies, Trauma Theory, Human Rights, and Cross-Cultural Conflict Studies

hudnallac@appstate.edu | (828) 262-6541


Dr. Chris Patti

Dr. Chris Patti

Associate Professor, Department of Communication

Areas of Teaching and Research: Holocaust Survivor Oral History and Ethnography, Compassionate Communication, Interpersonal and Intercultural Storytelling, Mindfulness

patticj@appstate.edu | (828) 262-2481


Dr. Laurie Semmes

Dr. Laurie Semmes

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology, Hayes School of Music

Areas of Teaching and Research: Music and Propaganda, the Ukrainian bandura in Ukraine and in Ukrainian diaspora communities, World Music, Western Music History, Music and Exoticism, Musical Theater

semmeslr@appstate.edu | (828) 262-7239


Dr. Rachel Shinnar

Dr. Rachel Shinnar

Assistant Chair and Professor, Department of Management

Areas of Teaching and Research: Entrepreneurship, Cross-Cultural Management, Modern Hebrew Instruction

shinnarrs@appstate.edu | (828) 262-7314


Joe Weiss

Joe Weiss

Senior Lecturer, Department of Philosophy and Religion

Areas of Teaching and Research: Social and Political Philosophy, the Frankfurt School, Classical German Philosophy, Theories of Fascism, Holocaust and Survivor Ethics.

weissjm1@appstate.edu | (828) 262-6636


In its February 2016 meeting, the Faculty Advisory Board (FAB) of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies (JHP) voted to introduce affiliate faculty status for all ASU faculty members who work with the Center.

Faculty who wish to become members of the JHP faculty are requested to acquaint themselves with the work of the Center (http://holocaust.appstate.edu) and send an

  • up-to-date copy of their curriculum vitae that focuses on any research, programming, and service that relates to Judaic, Holocaust, and Peace Studies
    and
  • a cover letter that explains how the faculty member's work supports the mission of the Center (https://holocaust.appstate.edu/about/mission-objectives). In addition to references to past and present research, programming, and service, it may also include future plans and projects.

The applying faculty member can make the case for affiliate faculty status by meeting any one of the following criteria:

  • organization of and/or involvement in seminars, institutes, and/or workshops at the local, state, regional, national or international level designed to promote Judaic, Holocaust, Genocide and/or Peace Studies (including, for example, the co-organizing of academic programs that focus on JHP at ASU, participating in the Holocaust Educational Foundation's annual Summer Institute on the Holocaust and Jewish Civilization or in Yad Vashem's International Summer Seminar on "Teaching the Shoah and Antisemitism")
  • a graduate degree or significant graduate coursework in Judaic, Holocaust, Genocide and/or Peace Studies or a related field
  • research, performances, exhibitions, and/or publications in Judaic, Holocaust, Genocide and/or Peace Studiesinvolvement in disciplinary-specific and/or interdisciplinary Judaic, Holocaust, Genocide and/or Peace Studies professional organizations at the local, state, regional, national or international level such as the Association for Jewish Studies, the International Association of Genocide Scholars or the NC Council on the Holocaust

Applications are accepted on a year-round basis. The Faculty Advisory Board (FAB) reviews all completed applications in a timely manner and decides on the granting of affiliate faculty status (a minimum of five FAB members, including the Center director, must vote; a simple majority is sufficient).

In order to maintain active JHP faculty status, faculty members should send an up-to-date CV and cover letter addressing the above points every four years.

Please submit applications for appointment and renewal to the director of the Center for Judaic, Holocaust and Peace Studies.