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Faculty and Staff

Program Coordinator and Staff

Ayse Kaya

Professor

Department Chair, Political Science

Program Coordinator, Global Studies

Political Science

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8471
  2. Trotter Hall 311
  3. Office Hours: Fridays 2:00-3:30pm Please book an appointment using Google calendar
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Carina Yervasi

Associate Professor

Executive Director, Global Engagement

Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Global Engagement Office

Global Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8167
  2. Kohlberg Hall 309
  3. Cunningham House Scott Arboretum
  4. Office Hours:  In-person in Kohlberg 309, Tuesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 pm &  Thursdays, 9:00 - 11:00 am, 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Virtual on Google Meet,  Fridays, 12:30 - 3:00 pm. Please sign up at the following link.
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Cheryl Sharp

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Coordinator

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7750
  2. Trotter Hall 107
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Deb Sloman

(she-her-hers-herself)

Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies

Classics

Interdisciplinary Programs

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8165
  2. Trotter Hall 110
  3. Trotter Hall 107
Deb Sloman

Program Committee

Farha Ghannam

Eugene M. Lang Research Professor of Anthropology

Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8104
  2. Kohlberg Hall 240
  3. Office Hours: By appointment
    Wednesdays, 10:30am- noon 
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Steven Hopkins

Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion and Asian Studies

Department Chair, Religion

Program Coordinator, Asian Studies

Religion

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8035
  2. Pearson Hall 209
Steven Hopkins at Collioure

Jose-Luis Machado

Associate Professor

Biology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8562
  2. Maxine Frank Singer '52 Hall 401
  3. Maxine Frank Singer '52 Hall 424

Research: Invasive species and plant physiological ecology of temperate and tropical ecosystems

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Maria Pia Olivero

Associate Professor

Economics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7331
  2. Kohlberg Hall 208
  3. Office Hours: Thursdays 12:30pm-4:30pm 

Areas of interest: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Credit Markets, Latin American Economies.

Maria Pia Olivero

Sunka Simon

Henry C. and Charlotte Turner Professor

Department Chair, Film & Media Studies; Modern Languages & Literatures

Section Head, German Studies

Modern Languages & Literatures-German

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7354
  2. Kohlberg Hall 312
  3. Office Hours: by appointment

Sunka Simon is the author of German Crime Dramas from Network Television to Netflix (2023) and Mail-Orders: The Fiction of Letters in Postmodern Culture (2002), co-editor of Globally Networked Teaching in the Humanities (2015) and numerous articles on German literature, film, television, and popular music.

 

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Tristan Smith

Associate Professor of Physics

Physics & Astronomy-Physics

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8259
  2. Science Center 127A

Research interests: Early universe cosmology; tests of modified theories of gravity; analysis of the cosmic microwave background

Tristan Smith, Professor