Faculty
Resident Faculty
Dr. Frank Argote-Freyre
Professor of History; Latin America / fargotef@kean.edu
B.A.,RutgersStateUniversity
Ph.D.,RutgersStateUniversity
Dr. Janet N. Balakian
Professor of English; Armenia and world literature / jbalakia@kean.edu
B.A., Bucknell University
M.A.T., Brown University
Ph.D., Cornell University
Dr. James Conyers
Professor of Sociology; Africana Studies / jconyers@kean.edu
B.A. Hunter College
M.A. Temple University
Ph.D. Temple University
Dr. Sue-Ellen Gronewold
Professor of History; world history, Asia / sgronewo@kean.edu
B.A.,UniversityofWisconsin
M.A.,ColumbiaUniversity
M.A.,UniversityofWisconsin
Ph.D.,ColumbiaUniversity
Dr. Gilbert Kahn
Professor of Political Science; Middle East, Antisemitism / gkahn@kean.edu
B.A.,ColumbiaUniversity
M.A.,HunterCollege
Ph.D.,NewYorkUniversity
Dr. Dennis Klein
Professor of History; Jewish studies , Holocaust, human rights / dklein@kean.edu
B.A.,HobartCollege
M.A.,UniversityofRochester
Ph.D.,UniversityofRochester
Dr. C. Brid Nicholson
Professor of History; Irish famine, research methods / cnichols@kean.edu
B.A.,UniversityCollegeDublin
M.A.,UniversityCollegeDublin
M.Phil.,DrewUniversity
Ph.D.,DrewUniversity
Dr. Abigail Perkiss
Professor of History; African and African-American / aperkiss@kean.edu
A.B.,BrynMawrCollege
J.D.,TempleUniversity
Ph.D.,TempleUniversity
Dr. Brian Regal
Professor of History; History of science / bregal@kean.edu
B.A.,KeanUniversity
M.Phil.,DrewUniversity
M.A.,DrewUniversity
Ph.D.,DrewUniversity
Dr. Davida Schuman
Professor of Special Education; education strategies/ dschuman@kean.edu
B.A., TheNewJerseyCityUniversity
M.A.,TheNewJerseyCityUniversity
M.S.,YeshivaUniversity,
Ph.D.FordhamUniversity
Emeriti
Dr. Frank Esposito
B.A. Rowan University
M.A. Rowan University
Ph.D. Rutgers University
Dr. Ruth Griffith
B.A. Rutgers University
M.A. Columbia University
Ed.D. Rutgers University
Dr. Henry Kaplowitz
B.A.,YeshivaUniversity
M.A.,YeshivaUniversity
Ph.D.,YeshivaUniversity
Dr. Joseph Preil
BA.,BrooklynCollege
M.A.ColumbiaUniversity
Ph.D.,NewYorkUniversity
Dr. Carole Shaffer-Koros
A.B.,RutgersStateUniversity
A.M.,UniversityofPennsylvania
Ph.D.,UniversityofPennsylvania
Dr. Robert Sitelman
B.A.,HunterCollege
M.A.,ColumbiaUniversity
Ph.D.,ColumbiaUniversity
Dr. Jay Spaulding
B.A.,BethelCollege
M.A.,ColumbiaUniversity
Ph.D.,ColumbiaUniversity
Dr. Melodie Toby
B.A. Pace College
M.A. Drew University
M.B.A. Harvard University
Dr. Bernard Weinstein,
FoundingDirector,MAinHolocaustandGenocideStudies
B.A.,CityCollegeofNewYork
M.A.,NewYorkUniversity
Ph.D.,NewYorkUniversity
Resident Program Advisers
Dr. Lauretta A. Farrell
Director, Human Rights Institute / lafarrel@kean.edu
B.A., Colgate University
M.S., University of Richmond
M. Litt., Drew University
D. Litt., Drew University
Dr. Adara Goldberg
Director, Holocaust Resource Center / agoldber@kean.edu
B.S.W., York University (Canada)
Ph.D., Clark University