Faculty

Faculty Associates

Department Name Title Email
Anthropology Ivan V. Small CSEAS Director, Professor, Anthropology ismall@niu.edu
Anthropology Micah F. Morton Assistant Professor mmorton1@niu.edu
Art Education Shei-Chau Wang Associate Professor and Teacher Licensure Coordinator, Art and Design Education scwang@niu.edu
Art History Catherine Raymond Professor, Art History craymond@niu.edu
Counseling and Higher Education Jacqueline Mac Assistant Professor, ACUE Distinguished Teaching Scholar jmac@niu.edu
College of Education James Cohen Professor, ESL and Bilingual Education jcohen2@niu.edu
English Reuven Pinnata Assistant Professor rpinnata@niu.edu
Family and Consumer Sciences Florensia F. Surjadi Associate Professor fsurjadi@niu.edu
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment Wei Luo Presidential Research Professor, Geography wluo@niu.edu
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment Jim Wilson Associate Professor, Health, Population jwilson41@niu.edu
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment Melissa Lenczewski CSEAS Assistant Director, Presidential Engagement Professor, Environmental Studies lenczewski@niu.edu
Earth, Atmosphere and Environment Chit Wityi Oo Postdoctoral Research Mentor/Research Associate

coo1@niu.edu

History Aurore Candier Associate Professor, History acandier@niu.edu
History Trude Jacobsen Gidaszewski Professor, History tjacobsen1@niu.edu 
History Eric Alan Jones Associate Professor, History eajones@niu.edu
Kinesiology and Physical Education Paul Wright Professor, Kinesiology and Physical Education pwright@niu.edu
Music Jui-Ching Wang Professor, Music jcwang@niu.edu
Political Science Aarie Glas Associate Professor, Political Science aglas@niu.edu
Political Science Kikue Hamayotsu Associate Professor, Political Science khamayotsu@niu.edu
Political Science Colin Kuehl Associate Professor, Political Science and the Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability and Energy ckuehl@niu.edu 
Political Science Mai Van Tran Assistant Professor, Political Science mtran5@niu.edu 
Public Administration Kurt M. Thurmaier Professor and Director, Division of Public Administration kthur@niu.edu
Public Health Tomoyuki Shibata Professor, Public Health tshibata@niu.edu
University Libraries Hao Phan Donn V. Hart Southeast Asia Collection Curator, University Libraries hphan@niu.edu
University Libraries Nan Yamprai Head of Music Library, School of Music jyamprai@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures  Rahmi Aoyama Instructor, World Languages and Cultures (Indonesian) rhartati1@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures Jessamine Cooke-Plagwitz Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures jpcooke@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures Rhodalyne Gallo-Crail Instructor, World Languages and Cultures (Tagalog) rgallocrail@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures Kheang Leang Instructor, World Languages and Cultures (Khmer) kleang@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures Tharaphi Than Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures (Burmese) tthan@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures Kanjana Thepboriruk Associate Professor, World Languages and Cultures (Thai) kanjana@niu.edu

Retired Faculty Associates

Department Name Title Email
Anthropology Andrea Molnar Professor Emerita akmolnar@niu.edu
Anthropology Susan Russell Professor Emerita srussell@niu.edu
Anthropology Judy Ledgerwood Presidential Engagement Professor, Anthropology jledgerw@niu.edu
Art History Richard M. Cooler Professor Emeritus rmcooler@niu.edu
Computer Science George "Jim" Henry Professor Emeritus henry@cs.niu.edu
Computer Science Robert Zerwekh Associate Professor Emeritus rzerwekh@niu.edu
Donn V. Hart Southeast Asian Library Collection Lee Dutton, Jr. Assistant Professor/Librarian Emeritus ldutton@niu.edu
English Doris M. Macdonald Associate Professor Emerita dmvm@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures John Hartmann Distinguished Teaching Professor and Board of Trustees Professor Emeritus hartmann.jf@gmail.com
World Languages and Cultures Patricia Henry Professor Emerita phenry@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures Grant Olson Information Technology Coordinator, World Languages Learning Center golson@niu.edu
World Languages and Cultures U Saw Tun Associate Professor Emeritus sawtun@niu.edu
History Kenton Clymer Distinguished Research Professor Emeritus kclymer@niu.edu
History Barbara Posadas Professor Emerita bposadas@niu.edu
Music Kuo-Huang Han Professor Emeritus khan@niu.edu
Political Science Clark Neher Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus clarkneher@hotmail.com
Public Administration Curtis H. Wood Associate Professor Emeritus chwood@niu.edu
University Libraries Chalermsee Olson Associate Professor/Librarian Emerita eteolson@niu.edu

Affiliates

Department Name Title Email
History Stanley Arnold Associate Professor sarnold@niu.edu
Political Science Scot Schraufnagel Professor sschrauf@niu.edu
Political Science Colin Kuehl Assistant Professor, Political Science, the Institute for the Study of the Environment, Sustainability, and Energy ckuehl@niu.edu
School of Music Yuko Asada Instructor yasada@niu.edu
School of Music An Tran Instructor atran@niu.edu
Accountancy Chih-Chen Lee Professor cclee@niu.edu
College of Education John Evar Strid Assistant Professor jstrid@niu.edu
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Katharine (Kate) Wiegele Consultant wiegele@niu.edu
History Sean Farrell Associate Professor sfarrel1@niu.edu
Psychology Alecia M. Santuzzi Associate Professor asantuzzi@niu.edu
College of Education David Walker Associate Dean, Educational Technology, Research and Assessment dawalker@niu.edu

Adjuncts

Department College/University Name Title Email
Anthropology Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Nancy Lutz Associate Professor nlutz@siue.edu
Human Needs and Global Resources Wheaton College Laura Yoder Director Laura.Yoder@wheaton.edu