Faculty

Faculty

laura_ammon_profile_picture_2016_2.pngLaura Ammon

Associate Professor of Religion 

Director, The Watauga Residential College

Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

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

ammonll@appstate.edu 

828-262-7362

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Joseph Bathanti

McFarlane Family Distinguished Professor in Interdisciplinary Education & Writer-in-Residence & North Carolina Poet Laureate (2012-2014)

Watauga Residential College Department of Cultural, Gender, and Global Studies

Areas of Research: Creative Writing, The Poetry of Witness, Prison Literature, Arts & Humanities Initiatives for Military Veterans and their families.

828-262-2441

bathantjr@appstate.edu

https://watauga.appstate.edu/faculty-and-staff

 

eastmanj_0.jpgJeffrey K. Eastman

Lecturer in Spanish

Areas of Research: Jewish-Muslim-Christian Relations in Spain

828.262.7452 

 eastmanjk@appstate.edu

 https://dllc.appstate.edu/eastman

GreenwaldSarah Greenwald

Full Professor Department of Mathematics

Areas of Research and Service: Jewish communities pre-WWII.

 828.262.2363
greenwaldsj@appstate.edu
http://mathsci2.appstate.edu/~sjg/

HankinsDavis Hankins

Assistant 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.

828.262.6610
hankinscd@appstate.edu
 philrel.appstate.edu/hankins

HudnallAmy C. Hudnall, M.A.

Senior Lecturer, Department of History and Department of Interdisciplinary Studies (formerly CGG) 

Areas of teaching and research: Genocide studies, trauma theory, human rights, and cross-cultural conflict studies

828.262.6541
hudnallac@appstate.edu
http://www.appstate.edu/academics/profiles/id/amy-hudnall

 

 

PattiChris Patti

Assistant Professor Department of Communication

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

828.262.2481
patticj@appstate.edu
https://faa.appstate.edu/about/directory/chris-patti

PowellDana E. Powell

Assistant Professor Department of Anthropology

Areas of Related Teaching and Research: Settler colonialism, genocide, and Native America; critically engaged anthropology; environmental justice; cultural politics of energy extraction; critical indigenous studies.

 828.262.2268
powellde@appstate.edu

Laurie SemmesLaurie R. Semmes

Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Areas of Research and Teaching: Music and Propaganda, the Ukrainian bandura in Ukraine and in Ukrainian diaspora communities, World Music, Western Music History, Music and Exoticism, Musical Theater 828.262.7239semmeslr@appstate.edu

 

Rachel S. ShinnarRachel S. Shinnar

Assistant Chair, Full Professor, Department of Management, Walker College of Business

Areas of Research and Service:  Entrepreneurship, Cross-cultural Management, modern Hebrew instruction

828.262.7314
shinnarrs@appstate.edu
https://management.appstate.edu/faculty-staff/rachel-shinnar-phd

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Joe Weiss 

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

weissjm1@appstate.edu

Emeriti Faculty

BoydZohara Boyd

Department of English

Former Co-Director

BrantzRennie Brantz

Department of History

Former Co-Director

brantzrw@appstate.edu

HauserAlan Hauser

Department of Philosophy and Religion

hauseraj@appstate.edu

 

 


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Rosemary Horowitz z''l

Center Co-Director (2006-2013), former Full Professor, Department of English

Areas of Research and Teaching: Holocaust Studies, Memory Studies, Professional Writing.

Pegelow Kaplan

Thomas Pegelow Kaplan
Former Director and Leon Levine Distinguished Professor (2015-2022)

Louis P. Singer Endowed Chair in Jewish History
Professor of History
University of Colorado Boulder 

Email: Thomas.Pegelow-Kaplan@colorado.edu 

Peter W. PetschauerPeter W. Petschauer 

Department of History

petschauerpw@appstate.edu

https://www.peterpetschauer.com/

 

 


SibelmanSimon Sibelman

Department of Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Former Director