Faculty
Resident Faculty
Dr. Frank Argote-Freyre
Professor of History; Latin America / fargotef@kean.edu
B.A., Rutgers State University
Ph.D., Rutgers State University
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. Gilbert Kahn
Professor of Political Science; Middle East, Antisemitism / gkahn@kean.edu
B.A., Columbia University
M.A., Hunter College
Ph.D., New York University
Dr. Dennis Klein
Professor of History; Jewish studies , Holocaust, human rights / dklein@kean.edu
B.A., Hobart College
M.A., University of Rochester
Ph.D., University of Rochester
Dr. C. Brid Nicholson
Professor of History; Irish famine, research methods / cnichols@kean.edu
B.A., University College Dublin
M.A., University College Dublin
M.Phil., Drew University
Ph.D., Drew University
Dr. Abigail Perkiss
Professor of History; African and African-American / aperkiss@kean.edu
A.B., Bryn Mawr College
J.D., Temple University
Ph.D., Temple University
Dr. Brian Regal
Professor of History; History of science / bregal@kean.edu
B.A., Kean University
M.Phil., Drew University
M.A., Drew University
Ph.D., Drew University
Emeriti
Dr. James Conyers
Professor of Sociology; Africana Studies / jconyers@kean.edu
B.A., Hunter College
M.A., Temple University
Ph.D., Temple University
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. Sue-Ellen Gronewold
Professor of History; world history, Asia / sgronewo@kean.edu
B.A., University of Wisconsin
M.A., Columbia University
M.A., University of Wisconsin
Ph.D., Columbia University
Dr. Henry Kaplowitz
B.A., Yeshiva University
M.A., Yeshiva University
Ph.D., Yeshiva University
Dr. Joseph Preil
BA., Brooklyn College
M.A., Columbia University
Ph.D., New York University
Dr. Davida Schuman
Professor of Special Education; education strategies/ dschuman@kean.edu
B.A., The New Jersey City University
M.A., The New Jersey City University
M.S., Yeshiva University,
Ph.D., Fordham University
Dr. Carole Shaffer-Koros
A.B., Rutgers State University
A.M., University of Pennsylvania
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Dr. Robert Sitelman
B.A., Hunter College
M.A., Columbia University
Ph.D., Columbia University
Dr. Jay Spaulding
B.A., Bethel College
M.A., Columbia University
Ph.D., Columbia University
Dr. Melodie Toby
B.A., Pace College
M.A., Drew University
M.B.A., Harvard University
Dr. Bernard Weinstein,
Founding Director, MA in Holocaust and Genocide Studies
B.A., City College of NewYork
M.A., New York University
Ph.D., New York University
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