Faculty | Peace and Conflict Studies

Ardeth Thawnghmung, Ph.D.

Chair of Political Science, Professor, Interim Director, Peace and Conflict Studies

Comparative Politics, International Relations, Southeast Asian Politics
- Phone(978) 934-4238
- EmailArdeth_Thawnghmung@uml.edu
Deina Abdelkader, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Comparative Politics, International Relations, Middle East, Muslim World
- Phone(978) 934-4252
- EmailDeina_Abdelkader@uml.edu
Christopher Carlsmith

Professor, Chair of History

Early Modern Europe, Renaissance Italy, Western Civilization
- Phone(978) 934-4277
- EmailChristopher_Carlsmith@uml.edu
Iman Chahine

Associate Professor
- Phone(978) 934-5233
- EmailIman_Chahine@uml.edu
Angelica Duran-Martinez, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Political and Criminal Violence, Drug Trade and Crime, Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, International Relations, Political Economy of Development
- Phone(978) 934-5136
- Emailangelica_duranmartinez@uml.edu
Urmitapa Dutta

Associate Professor

Youth participatory action research, Critical community psychology, Conflict transformation and peacebuilding, Northeast India/South Asia
- Phone978-934-2227
- EmailUrmitapa_Dutta@uml.edu
Vanessa Joan Gray, Ph.D.

Assistant Teaching Professor

Latin American Politics, Comparative Politics, Global Environment
- Phone978-934-4256
- EmailVanessa_Gray@uml.edu
Jarrod Hayes

Associate Professor
- Phone(978) 934-2732
- EmailJarrod_Hayes@uml.edu
Minnie Minhyung Joo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor

International Relations, Civil War, and Political Methodology
- Phone(978) 934-6303
- Emailminhyung_joo@uml.edu
Whitley Kaufman, Ph.D.

Professor

Ethics (Theoretical and Applied), Philosophy of Law, Environmental Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion
- Phone(978) 934-3913
- EmailWhitley_Kaufman@uml.edu
Yahayra Michel

Assistant Teaching Professor, RHSA Peer Leader Mentor
- Phone(978) 934-5455
- EmailYahayra_Michel@uml.edu
Thomas Piñeros Shields, Ph.D.

Associate Teaching Professor

Global migration of youth; intersections of social movements and public policy; experiential education and community engaged action research and democratic pedagogy.
- Phone978-934-2169
- EmailThomas_PinerosShields@uml.edu
Shakil Quayes, Ph.D.

Associate Professor

Development Economics, Microfinance
- Phone978-934-2786
- Emailshakil_quayes@uml.edu
Paula Rayman

Professor Emerita

Areas of expertise include social change, work and inequality, and gender and science.
- Phone(978) 934-2902
- EmailPaula_Rayman@uml.edu
Jonathan Silverman, Ph.D.

Professor; English Dept. Assoc. Chair; Director of American Studies

Journalism, American Studies, Composition and Popular Culture
- Phone978-934-4189
- EmailJonathan_Silverman@uml.edu
Aaron Smith-Walter, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
- Phone(978) 934-5229
- EmailAaron_SmithWalter@uml.edu
David Turcotte, Sc.D.

Research Professor, Director, Principal Investigator The New England Consortium

Sustainable housing and community economic development
- Phone(978) 934-4682
- EmailDavid_Turcotte@uml.edu
Jenifer Whitten-Woodring, Ph.D.

Interim Dean, Honors College; Associate Professor and Director of Global Studies Ph.D. Program

Media Freedom, Comparative and International Political Communication, Human Rights, Repression and Dissent, International Relations, Research Methods
- Phone(978) 934-4242
- Emailjenifer_whittenwoodring@uml.edu

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