2023-2024 Graduate Catalog

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