Faculty and Staff
College of Arts & Letters


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
