Faculty Experts Directory

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Directory of Gonzaga faculty experts available to provide insight and commentary to journalists and media members, with contact information and areas of expertise.

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Offering a wealth of knowledge in diverse subject areas, Gonzaga faculty are available to provide expert insight and commentary to journalists and media members. Find faculty and staff by area of specialty in the list below.

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Charmayne Adams, Ph.D., LIMHP (NE)

Assistant Dean; Student Health, Counseling & Wellness

☎ +1 5093134067

✉ adamsc3@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Counselor Education and Supervision, Wellness, Crisis Intervention, Trauma, Suicide Prevention, Counseling, Therapy, Mental Health

Elizabeth Addis, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

☎ (509) 313-5598

✉ addis@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Hormones, Endocrinology, Physiological Expertise, Reproduction, Stress

Doug Addleman, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

☎ (509) 313-4065

✉ addleman@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Cognitive Psychology, Human Perception, Neuroscience, Philosophy of Psychology/Neuroscience, Sensory Impairment

Kenneth S. Anderson, Ph.D.

Dean of the School of Business Administration & Professor of Management

✉ anderson@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Negotiations, Strategic Management, Dean, School of Business

Josh P. Armstrong, Ph.D

Associate Professor, Organizational Leadership & Director of the Comprehensive Leadership Program

☎ (509) 313-6493

✉ armstrongj@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Servant Leadership

Sarah N. Arpin, Ph.D.

Professor & Department Chair of Psychology

☎ (509) 313-6604

✉ arpin@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Social Relationships on Health and Well Being

Yemisi Awotoye, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Management

☎ (509) 313-3442

✉ awotoye@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, International Management

Logan Axon, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

☎ (509) 313-3897

✉ axon@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Mathematical Logic, Probability Theory

Fr. Patrick Wanakuta Baraza, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6787

✉ barazap@gonzaga.edu

🏷 African Catholicism, Islamic Civilizations

Gerhard Barone, Ph.D.

Professor of Accounting

☎ (509) 313-7032

✉ barone@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Accounting Quality Effects on Cost of Equity Capital, Earning Quality, Pricing of Earning Components

Monica Y. Bartlett, Ph.D

Professor of Psychology

☎ (509) 313-3918

✉ bartlettm@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Biomechanics, exercise science, nutrition, sports injury, military performance, LGBTQ+

Jamie Bartlett, Ph.D.

Lecturer, Kinesiology & Sport Management

☎ (509) 313-4721

✉ bartlettj@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Biomechanics, Exercise Science, Nutrition, Sports Injury, Military Performance, LGBTQ+

Julie Beckstead, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

☎ (509) 313-6688

✉ beckstead@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Biological Control of Invasive Species, Community Ecology, Conservation Biology, Conservation Ecology, Invasion Biology, Landscaping with Native Plants, Migration of Bald Eagles at Lake Coeur d'Alene, Native Plant Cultivation, Plant Biology, Plant Invasion Biology, Restoration Ecology

Mirjeta Beqiri, Ph.D.

Professor of Operations Management

☎ (509) 313-3443

✉ beqiri@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Data Analysis, Operations Strategy, Service Quality

Matthew E. Bolton, Ph.D.

Professor of English, Director of Film Studies

☎ (509) 313-4718

✉ bolton@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Film Studies, Media Studies, Pop Culture

Scott Bozman, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing

☎ (509) 313-3409

✉ bozman@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Branding, Integrated Communications, Market Research

Dan Bradley, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy

☎ (509) 313-5976

✉ bradleyd@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Phenomenology, Hermeneutics

Joan Braune, Ph.D.

Senior Lecturer of Philosophy

☎ (509) 313-4725

✉ braune@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Fascism, Hate Groups, White Nationalism, Far Right, Christian Nationalism, Conspiracy Theories, Frankfurt School

B. Kevin Brown, Ph.D.

Graduate Program Director, Lecturer of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6112

✉ brownk@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Theology, Catholic Theology, Catholicism, Catholic Church, Pope Francis, Vatican II, Second Vatican Council, Papacy, Ecumenism, Christian Theology, Christianity Priesthood, Women Religious (Religious Sisters), Systematic Theology, Ministry, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Synodality, Synod of Bishops, Ecclesiology, Liberation Theology, Theology of Sandra Schneiders IHM, USCCB, Vatican

Laura Brunell, Ph.D.

Professor of Political Science

☎ (509) 313-6929

✉ brunell@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Art in Politics, Citizenship, Civic Engagement, Civil Society, Europe's Immigration and Migration Crises, Experiential Education, International Women's Issues, Islamophobia in Europe, NGOs, National Identity Formation and Evolution, Nationalism, Service Learning, 3rd Wave Feminism

Rebecca A. Bull Schaefer, Ph.D.

Professor of Management

☎ (509) 313-3422

✉ bullschaefer@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Emotional Contagion, Performance Appraisals (Formats and Methods), Perception Management, Public Speaking

David H. Calhoun, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy

☎ (509) 313-6743

✉ calhoun@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Ancient Philosophy (Socratic Method Aristotle's Ethics Ancient Ideas of Friendship), Christian Apologetics and Pascal's Apologetics, Christianity and Science, Film and Popular Culture (Religious Themes in Film), Human Nature/Philosophical Anthropology, Literature, Love and Friendship in Philosophy, Science and Theology

Kristina Campbell, J.D.

Director, Beatriz and Ed Schweitzer Border Justice Initiative; Professor of Law

✉ campbellk@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Immigration Law, Refugee Law, Migration, Borderlands

Richard Cangelosi, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

☎ (509) 313-3919

✉ cangelosi@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Mathematical Biology

Kelsey Carlston, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Economics

☎ (509) 313-3429

✉ carlston@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Intergenerational Economic Mobility, Health Economics

Kevin Chambers, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History

☎ (509) 313-3690

✉ chambersk@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Latin American History, The Experience of Paraguay

Ta-Tao Chuang, Ph.D.

Professor of Management Information Systems

☎ (509) 313-3431

✉ chuang@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Data Analytics, Data Mining, Data Sciences, Machine Learning, Strategic Use of Information Systems, Web Application Development

Jay Ciaffa, Ph.D.

Professor and Department of Philosophy Co-Chair

☎ (509) 313-3956

✉ ciaffa@gonzaga.edu

🏷 African American Philosophy, Healthcare Ethics

Ann M. Ciasullo, Ph.D.

Core Director, Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

☎ (509) 313-5955

✉ ciasullo@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Feminist Theory, Popular Culture and Cultural Studies, Women Writers

Fr. Timothy Clancy

Associate Professor of Philosophy

☎ (509) 313-6701

✉ clancy@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Digital Natives, Internet-Enabled Technology and Social Media, Laudato Si, Philosophy of Religion, Philosophy of Technology, The 'Nones'

Emily Clark, Ph.D.

Professor of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6781

✉ clarke2@gonzaga.edu

🏷 American Religious History, Religion and Race, Alternative Religions, Religions in America, American Catholicism, African American Religions, Religion and American Politics, Spiritualism

Melissa A. Click, Ph.D.

Professor & Department Chair of Communication Studies

☎ (509) 313-5974

✉ click@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Pop Culture, Digital and Social Media, Television, Gender and Feminism, Media Fans and Audiences

John Correia, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Management Information Systems

☎ (509) 313-5698

✉ correia@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Career Strategizing, Mindfulness Theory, Problematic Social Media Use

Heather Crandall, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication Studies

☎ (509) 313-6491

✉ crandallm@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Rhetoric of Social Change, Youth Climate Activism, Communication Pedagogy

Carolyn M. Cunningham, Ph.D.

Professor, Communication & Leadership Studies

☎ (509) 313-3819

✉ cunninghamc@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Gender and Communication, Girls and STEM, Social Media, Video Games, Women and Leadership

Cathy DeHart, CPA

Senior Lecturer of Accounting

☎ (509) 313-3448

✉ dehart@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Business Writing, Wave Web-Based Accounting Program (For Small Businesses)

Rebecca Donaway, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

☎ (509) 313-5228

✉ donaway@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Political Communication, Partisan Messaging, Political and Civic Engagement, Affect, Digital News and Social Media

Susan Edwards, MSN, RN, CHSE, PCCN

Senior Lecturer-IB, Nursing & Resources Simulation Center Director

☎ (509) 313-5505

✉ edwardss@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Certified Healthcare Simulation Educator

Pamela Erickson

Lecturer of Theatre & Dance

☎ (509) 313-6083

✉ erickson@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Ballet, Dance, Dance History

David C. Fague, M. Music

Distinguished Senior Lecturer of Music; Director of the Jazz Studies Program

☎ (509) 313-6735

✉ fague@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Director of Jazz Studies

Jeremiah Favara, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication Studies

☎ (509) 313-3923

✉ favara@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Feminist Media Studies, Gender and the Media, Militarization, Intersectionality, Military Recruiting, Pop Culture

Chris Fink, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics

☎ (509) 313-6758

✉ finkt@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Biophysics of the Brain, Neuroscience of Sleep, Neuroscience of Epilepsy, Neuroscience of Memory, Scientific Study of Consciousness, Mathematical Analysis of Networks

Joseph Flores, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Communication Studies

☎ (509) 313-6693

✉ floresj@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Social media and Political Communication, Propaganda and Conspiracy Theories, Digital Circulation Studies

Adam Fritsch, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair of Physics

☎ (509) 313-6616

✉ fritscha@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Nuclear Physics, Physics Education Research

Kem Gambrell, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Chair of Doctoral Program in Leadership Studies

☎ (509) 313-3488

✉ gambrell@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Leadership and the Related Theories, Organizational Theory, Development and Culture, Research Methods (Qualitative, Quantitative and Mixed Methods), Constructive Development, Intercultural Competency, Power and Influence in Leadership, Diversity and Social Justice as they Pertain to Leadership.

Luis García-Torvisco, Ph.D.

Professor - Spanish; Modern Languages and Literature

☎ (509) 313-3647

✉ garcia-torvisco@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Spanish Culture

Joe Gardner, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Political Science

☎ (509) 313-6764

✉ gardnerj@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Constitutional Law, Political Participation

Michelle Ghrist, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

☎ (509) 313-3849

✉ ghrist@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Numerical Approximation of Solutions to Differential Equations

Andrew L. Goldman, Ph.D.

Professor of History

☎ (509) 313-6691

✉ goldman@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Ancient History, Classical World, Greek and Roman Archaeology, Roman Military

Greg Gordon, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Chair of Environmental Studies & Sciences

☎ (509) 313-5725

✉ gordong@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Environmental History, Forest History, National Parks/Public Land Management, Urban Restoration, Western History

Vikas Gumbhir, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Sociology & Criminology

☎ (509) 313-6495

✉ gumbhir@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Crime, Media, Media Representations

Nicole Gustavsen

STEM Specialist Librarian, Asst. Professor, Foley Library

☎ (509) 313-3861

✉ gustavsen@gonzaga.edu

🏷 AI and Academic Libraries, Alternative Mentoring Models, Ecology of Scientific and Technical Information, Information Behavior, Information Ecology, Information Literacy and Information Literacy Instruction, Librarianship, Library Services for STEM Students Staff and Faculty, Mental Health and Neurodivergence in Library Workers and Support for these Populations, Reference and Research Services, Research Data Management Support

Torunn Haaland, Ph.D.

Professor of Modern Languages and Literature, Director of Italian Studies

☎ (509) 313-3898

✉ haaland@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Social Anthropology

Donald Hackney

Professor of Business

☎ (509) 313-7043

✉ hackney@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Bankruptcy and Receivership, Catholic Social Teaching, Constitutional Law, Contract Law

Joseph Haydock, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

☎ (509) 313-6704

✉ haydock@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Behavioral Ecology, Evolution of Social Behavior, Molecular Genetics

Michael Hazel, Ph.D.

Professor of Communication & Leadership Studies

☎ (509) 313-3679

✉ hazelm@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Communication Apprehension/Anxiety/Competence

Jens Hegg, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Biology

☎ (509) 313-3924

✉ hegg@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Fish Migration, Water Resources.Climate Change in Freshwater, Climate and Movement RecordsStored in Animal Hard Parts, Northwest Native Mussels, Freshwater Mussels, Salmon trout sawfish and rays freshwater estuaries isotope chemistry Amazon River ecology Snake River salmon statistics time series analysis ecological statistics

Brian G. Henning, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy & Environmental Studies & Sciences, Director, Gonzaga Institute for Climate, Water, and the Environment

☎ (509) 313-5885

✉ henning@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Alfred North Whitehead, Catholic Social Teaching on the Environment, Environment, Environmental Ethics (Global Warming, Global Climate Change), Ethics of Biofuels, Ethics of Industrial Livestock Production, Food Ethics, Metaphysics, Process Philosophy, Stewardship, Sustainability

Kevin E. Henrickson, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics

☎ (509) 313-3408

✉ henrickson@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Economics

Ryan W. Herzog, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

☎ (509) 313-7054

✉ herzogr@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Business Cycle Fluctuations, Monetary Policy and Financial Markets, Regional Labor Markets

Kristopher Hill, M.A.

Assistant Professor of Integrated Media, Director of Journalism

☎ (509) 313-7106

✉ hillk3@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Journalism, American Politics, Local Politics

Matthew L. Hoag, Ph.D.

Coordinator of Accounting; Associate Professor of Accounting

☎ (509) 313-7035

✉ hoag@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Data and Analytics in Accounting, Fraudulent Financial Reporting, Audit Effort and Pricing, Accounting Labor Market, Corporate Governance

Eric Hogle, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

☎ (509) 313-3907

✉ hogle@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Algebraic Topology

Kristine F. Hoover, Ed.D.

Professor, Organizational Leadership & Department Chair

☎ (509) 313-3831

✉ hoover@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Hate Studies

Christina Isabelli, Ph.D.

Associate Provost for Global Engagement, Professor of Spanish Linguistics

☎ (509) 313-6723

✉ isabelli@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Second Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics, Spanish in the U.S., Study Abroad

Erica Johnson, Ph.D.

Professor of Economics

☎ (509) 313-7026

✉ johnsone@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Econometrics, Environmental Economics, Health Economics

M. Kate Kearney, Ph.D.

Professor of Mathematics

☎ (509) 313-5608

✉ kearney@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Knot Theory, Topology

Sara Kern, Ph.D.

Professor, Accounting

☎ (509) 313-7031

✉ kern@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Forensic Accounting, Type 1 Diabetes

Danny Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Marketing

☎ (509) 313-3438

✉ kimj@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Consumer Behavior, International Marketing, Marketing Research

Mary Kate Koch, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Psychology

☎ (509) 313-3639

✉ kochm@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Adolescent Development, Psychology Puberty

Maria J. Kulp, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Philosophy

☎ (509) 313-4724

✉ kulp@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Ethics, Suicidality, Medical Ethics

Lada Kurpis, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing

☎ (509) 313-7033

✉ kurpis@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Cross-Cultural Communication and Cultural Intelligence, International Marketing (BRICS countries in particular), Russian Economy and Market, Social Values Research, Sport Marketing Research

Jillian LaBelle, CPA

Senior Lecturer of Accounting

☎ (509) 313-3416

✉ labellej@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Financial and Managerial Accounting

Greta LaFore, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Philosophy

🏷 Disagreement, Scientific Disagreement, Religious Disagreement, Creative Teaching Methods, Gameful Learning, Public Reception of Abuse Allegations, Public Reception of Science, Game-based Learning, Role Playing Games in the Classroom

Charles Lassiter, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy

☎ (509) 313-6761

✉ lassiter@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind and Psychology

Daniel W. Law, Ph.D.

Professor of Accounting

☎ (509) 313-3426

✉ law@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Case Writing and Use in the Classroom, Job Burnout, Managerial/Cost Accounting

Hugh Lefcort, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

☎ (509) 313-6706

✉ lefcort@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Climate Change, Diseases, Ecology, Environments Issues, Genetically Modified Food, Invasive Species, Water Pollution

Megan Lewis, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Human Physiology

☎ (509) 313-3487

✉ lewism7@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Anatomy, Cell and Molecular Biology, Neuroscience, Physiology

Peggy Sue Loroz, Ph.D.

Professor of Marketing; Faculty Athletics Representative

☎ (509) 313-3433

✉ loroz@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Branding Name Image Likeness (NIL) For College Athletes, Consumer Psychology, Information Processing, Risk Perception, Persuasion

Ellen M. Maccarone, Ph.D.

Acting Vice President for Mission Integration and Associate Professor of Philosophy

☎ (509) 313-6136

✉ maccarone@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Feminist Ethics, Business Ethics, Ethical Theory, Food Ethics, International Development Ethics, Social Aspects of the Death Penalty (Not Legal), Theories of Justice (Not Criminal)

Kristen Maefsky

Lecturer-IR, Nursing

☎ (509) 313-4599

✉ maefsky@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Geriatrics

MD Abdulla Al Mamun, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Mathematics

☎ (509) 313-5714

✉ mamun@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Biostatistics and Epidemiology

Tod Marshall, Ph.D.

Professor of English and Director of Writing Concentration

☎ (509) 313-6681

✉ marshall@gonzaga.edu

🏷 American Literature, Poetry

Jessica Maucione, Ph.D.

Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

☎ (509) 313-3624

✉ maucionej@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Critical Race Theory, Multi-ethnic Literatures, Space and Place Theory

Megan K. McCabe, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6776

✉ mccabem@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Catholic Church, Catholic Ethics and Moral Theology, Catholic Social Teaching, Common Good, Feminist Theologies, Liberation Theologies, Sexual Ethics, Sexual Violence, Social Ethics

Kevin B. McCruden, Ph.D.

Professor of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-5980

✉ mccruden@gonzaga.edu

🏷 History and Interpretation of the New Testament, New Testament, The Life and Letters of the Apostle Paul

Casey J. McNellis, PhD

Associate Professor of Accounting

☎ (509) 313-7304

✉ mcnellis@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Financial Accounting and Reporting

Kevin R. Measor, Ph.D.

Director of Neuroscience and Senior Lecturer of Psychology

☎ (509) 313-6650

✉ measor@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Neuroscience

Nicole J. Moore, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics

☎ (509) 313-5707

✉ mooren@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Scientific Physics

Justin Morscheck, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Finance

☎ (509) 313-7052

✉ morscheck@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Corporate Payout Policy, Financial Planning and Analysis, Financial Spreadsheet Engineering

Sue L. Niezgoda, Ph.D., P.E

CEDE Faculty Director, Professor of Civil Engineering

✉ niezgoda@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Fluid Mechanics, Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrologic and Hydraulic Modeling, Soil Erosion and Sediment Transport, Stream Restoration, Water Resources Engineering

Vinai Norasakkunkit, Ph.D.

Professor of Psychology

☎ (509) 313-5788

✉ norasakkunkit@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Clinical Psychology, Cultural Psychology, Psychological Consequences of Globalization

Mikale Nowak

Lecturer-AT, Nursing

☎ (509) 313-3453

✉ nowakm@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Forensic Psychiatric Nursing, Critical Incidents, Safety Engineering, Competency Restoration

Kevin O'Connor, Ph.D.

Professor of History

☎ (509) 313-6694

✉ oconnork@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Baltic States and Eastern Europe, Cold War, Nazi Germany, Russian and Soviet History

Timothy Olsen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Management Information Systems

☎ (509) 313-3417

✉ olsent@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Business Process Management, Crowdsourcing (Micro-Outsourcing), Tech Entrepreneurship and Startups

John D. Orcutt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Biology

☎ (509) 313-4342

✉ orcutt@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Paleontology, Evolution, Mammals, Morphology

Ann Ostendorf, Ph.D.

Professor of History

☎ (509) 313-5948

✉ ostendorf@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Colonial History, Cultural History, Early American History, Louisiana History, Professor and Chair, Race and Ethnicity in History, Roma/Gypsy History

Shalon Parker, Ph.D.

Professor of Art, Department Chair of Critical Race & Ethnic Studies

☎ (509) 313-6718

✉ parker@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Women Artists

Vivek H. Patil, Ph.D.

Director of Graduate Business Programs and Professor of Marketing

☎ (509) 313-7046

✉ patil@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Data Mining, Data Visualization, Marketing Research

Kim Hai Pearson, J.D., MSt

Professor of Law

☎ (509) 313-5957

✉ pearsonk@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Family Law, Identity (sexual racial and religious minority groups with constitutional protection), International Children's Rights, LGBT+ Equality

Charles M. Pepiton, M.F.A.

Professor of Theatre & Dance

☎ (509) 313-6657

✉ pepiton@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Theatre Performance Documentary, Narrative, Experimental Filmmaking, Directing for the Stage, Directing for the Screen, Actor Training, Ensemble-based Performance, Shakespeare & Classical Performance, Physical Theatre, Devised Theatre, Community-based Art and Performance Practices, Embodied Cognition via Ensemble Practices, Grant Writing, Team Building

Molly B. Pepper, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Impact, Professor of Management

☎ (509) 313-3432

✉ pepper@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Mentoring, Diversity Training and Intercultural Competence, Change Management

Karen Petruska, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Communication Studies

☎ (509) 313-6747

✉ petruska@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Television Studies, Media Industry Studies, Digital Culture

Robin Pickering

Professor, Public Health

☎ (509) 313-5989

✉ pickering@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Public Health, Workplace Health, Women's Health, Health Behavior, Sexuality Education

Amy Pistone, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Classical Civilizations

☎ (509) 313-6683

✉ pistone@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Greek Tragedy, Greek Theatre, Ancient Greek Sports, Ancient Drinking Games, Sappho, Feminist and Queer Theory, Postcolonial Theory

Daniel Pschaida

Lecturer of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-3609

✉ pschaida@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Islam, Religion in America, Baha'i Faith, Muslims in America Youth Identities, Sufism, World Religions, Comparative Religion

Ray Rast, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Department Chair of History

☎ (509) 313-6697

✉ rast@gonzaga.edu

🏷 American Cultural History, Latina/o Civil Rights and Labor Rights

Matthew Rindge, Ph.D.

Professor of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6779

✉ rindge@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Bible and Ethics (Wealth/Poverty Violence Gender/Sexuality), Bible and Film, Jesus, New Testament and Hebrew Bible, Parables, Religion and Film, Religion and Popular Culture, Theology and Film, Bible and Ethics

Katey Roden, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English and Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

☎ (509) 313-3666

✉ rodenk@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Digital Humanities, Early Modern Literature, Religious Culture and Literature of the Renaissance, Disability Studies, Gender Studies, Intersectionality, Materialism

Noralis Rodriguez-Coss, Ph.D.

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Women, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

☎ (509) 313-5927

✉ rodriguez-coss@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Feminisms, Gender, Gender-Based Violence, Island Feminism, Public Protests

Vēta Schlimgen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of History

☎ (509) 313-5795

✉ schlimgen@gonzaga.edu

🏷 History, American Citizenship, Pacific History, Public History and Museums, Racial and Ethnic Minorities, U.S. Law and Constitutionalism, U.S. Expansion and Empire

Erik W. Schmidt, Ph.D.

Professor of Philosophy

☎ (509) 313-5975

✉ schmidt@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Moral Psychology, Philosophy and Shakespeare, Philosophy of Visual Arts

Alec Schumacher, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literature

☎ (509) 313-5862

✉ schumacher@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Latin American Poetry

Benjamin Semple, Ph.D.

Professor - French; Modern Languages and Literature

☎ (509) 313-6721

✉ semple@gonzaga.edu

🏷 French Culture, French Language, Medieval Literature

Brenda Senger, Ph.D., R.N.

Professor, Nursing

☎ (509) 313-5570

✉ sengerb@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Mitochondrial Disease, Nursing

Shriya Shekhar, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor Finance

☎ (509) 313-5924

✉ shekhar@gonzaga.edu

🏷 IPO Underpricing, Bank Monitoring, Capital Structure, Financial Modeling, Hindi

John Sheveland, Ph.D.

Professor of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6784

✉ sheveland@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Christian Theology, Comparative Theology, Fundamentalism, Interreligious Dialogue, ISIS (Islamic State Group), Professor, Religion and Violence, Religions of India (Hinduism and Buddhism), Solidarity, Systematic Theology, Trauma and Theology, Yoga

R. Brian Siebeking, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6789

✉ siebeking@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Christian-Muslim Relations, Islam

Leslie Stamoolis, M.F.A.

Professor of Theatre & Dance; Theatre Program Director; Department Co-Chair

☎ (509) 313-3606

✉ stamoolis@gonzaga.edu

🏷 American Regional Theatre, Costume Design and Technology, Entertainment Career Development and Preparation, Entertainment Design, Fashion Design and Theory, Hairstyling, Historical Dress and Its Societal Implications, Makeup, Pop Music History, Stagecraft, Theatre (Design Performance Criticism Education), Theatre Literature, Visual Storytelling, Wigs

Nancy L. Staub, Ph.D.

Professor of Biology

✉ staub@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Evolution, Herpetology, Salamanders, Science Education Research, Undergraduate Research Programs

Cynthia Stavrianos, Ph.D.

Professor and Department Co-Chair of Political Science

☎ (509) 313-6585

✉ stavrianos@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Race and Ethnic Politics

Christopher E. Stevens, Ph.D.

Associate Dean of Undergraduate Programs and Professor of Entrepreneurship

☎ (509) 313-3414

✉ stevensc@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Nonprofit Management and Governance, Social Entrepreneurship, Strategic Planning

Brian K. Steverson, Ph.D.

John L. Aram & Chair of Business Ethics

☎ (509) 313-3415

✉ steverson@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Contractarian Business Ethics, Professional Ethics

Daniel Stewart, Ph.D.

Professor of Entrepreneurship & Director of the Hogan Entrepreneurial Leadership Program

☎ (509) 313-3406

✉ stewartd@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Entrepreneurship, Strategic Management, American Indian/Native American Economic Development

Lars Stoltzfus, Ph.D.

Lecturer of Communication Studies

☎ (509) 313-5140

✉ stoltzfus@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Critical/Cultural Health Communication, Rhetoric of Genomics and Eugenics, Transgender Studies in Religion, Amish/Anabaptist Studies

Maria (Masha) Tackett, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Economics

☎ (509) 313-3410

✉ tackettm@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Applied Econometrics, Data Analysis, Development, Public Economies

Stacy Bondanella Taninchev, Ph.D.

Associate Dean, Professor of Political Science

☎ (509) 313-3610

✉ taninchev@gonzaga.edu

🏷 European Union Politics, International Organizations, International Relations

Ashish Thatte, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Operations Management

☎ (509) 313-7028

✉ thatte@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Lean Thinking, Manufacturing and Operations Management, Supply Chain Management

Quan Tran, S.J.

Lecturer of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6212

✉ tranq@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Ignation Spirituality

Ryan Turcott, Ph.D.

Associate Professor & Unit Lead, Kinesiology & Sport Management, MA Sport Administration (On-Campus) Program Director

☎ (509) 313-3604

✉ turcott@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Sport Management, Global Sport, Sport Sociology, Sport Diplomacy and Geopolitics, Qualitative Research Methods in Sport Management

Stephanie Van Dellen Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Management

☎ (509) 313-3401

✉ vandellen@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Recruitment & Selection, Leadership Team Development, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI), Step I & Step II Certified

Kevin M. Vander Schel, Ph.D.

Director, Gonzaga University Honors Program; Associate Professor of Religious Studies

☎ (509) 313-6749

✉ vanderschel@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Systematic Theology, Modern Christian Thought, Political Theology, Method and Theory in the Academic Study of Religion and Theology, Modern Christian Nationalism, Theology of Friedrich Schleiermacher, Theology of Bernard Lonergan

Richard Vann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Marketing

☎ (509) 313-7042

✉ vann@gonzaga.edu

🏷 Digital Marketing, Ethical Consumption, Health Goals and Health Care Access, Health Care Management, Mission-Based and Mission-Driven Organizations, Startup Marketing, Sustainable Business Practices