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National University Volume 87-2 Catalog - September 2024 
    
National University Volume 87-2 Catalog - September 2024

School of Arts, Letters, and Sciences


Faculty

Luis Acebal
Professor
Ph.D., Comparative Literature 
State University of New York at Binghamton 
lacebal@nu.edu

Wanda Addison
Professor and Chair
Ph.D., English 
University of Louisiana, Lafayette 
waddison@nu.edu

Valerie Alexander
Faculty Emerita
Ph.D., Counseling Psychology
University of Pittsburgh
valexander@nu.edu

Cheryl Anisman
Professor
Ph.D., Educational and Clinical Psychology
Wayne State University
canisman@nu.edu

Veronica Ardi-Pastores
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Environmental Toxicology
University of California, Irvine
vardi@nu.edu

Janet Baker
Faculty Emerita
Ph.D., English
University of Florida, Gainesville 
jbaker@nu.edu 

Renee Barragan
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Psychology
Walden University
rbarragan@nu.edu

Ana Maria Barral
Professor
Ph.D., Medical Cell Biology 
Linkoping University, Sweden 
abarral@nu.edu

Jacqueline Caesar 
Faculty Emerita
PhD, Leadership and Human Behavior
Alliant International University 
jcaesar@nu.edu 

Amina Cain
Professor
M.F.A., Creative Writing
Art Institute of Chicago
acain@nu.edu

Melinda Campbell
Professor
Ph.D., Philosophy 
University of California, Davis 
mlcampbell@nu.edu

Duncan Campbell
Professor
Ph.D., History
University of Cambridge 
dcampbell2@nu.edu

Scott Campbell
Professor
M.F.A., Interdisciplinary Arts
Goddard College
scampbell@nu.edu   

Annette Cyr
Professor
M.F.A., Painting
Yale University
acyr@nu.edu

Colin Dickey
Professor
Ph.D., Comparative Literature
University of Southern California
cdickey@nu.edu

J. Roland Fleck 
Faculty Emeritus
Ed.D., Educational Psychology and Research Design 
University of Georgia 
rfleck@nu.edu 

Jacque Lynn Foltyn
Professor
Ph.D., Sociology 
University of California, San Diego 
jfoltyn@nu.edu

Federica Fornaciari
Professor
Ph.D., Communication
University of Illinois at Chicago
ffornaciari@nu.edu

Afshin Gholamy Salehabady
Assistant Professor 
Ph.D., Geological Sciences
University of Texas, El Paso
agholamy@nu.edu

Laine Goldman
Professor
Ph.D., Social and Behavioral Sciences
Tilburg University, Netherlands
lgoldman@nu.edu

Shak Hanish
Professor
Ph.D., Political Science 
Northern Arizona University 
shanish@nu.edu

Gregory Helbick-White 
Faculty Emeritus 
Ph.D., Psychology 
University of California, Los Angeles 
gwhite@nu.edu 

Robert Johnson
Professor and Chair
Ph.D., History 
University of California, Irvine 
rjohnson@nu.edu

Sara Kelly
Professor
Ed.D., Higher Education 
Widener University 
skelly@nu.edu

Huda Makhluf
Professor
Ph.D., Microbiology and Immunology
Medical University of South Carolina
hmakhluf@nu.edu

Vicki Martineau-Gilliam
Faculty Emerita
Ph.D., Organizational Leadership 
University of La Verne
vmartine@nu.edu 

Michael Maxwell
Professor
Ph.D., Animal Behavior 
University of California, Davis 
mmaxwell@nu.edu

Michael McAnear
Faculty Emeritus
Ph.D., Germanic Languages 
University of California Los Angeles 
mmcanear@nu.edu

John Miller
Professor
Ph.D., English
University of California, Irvine
jmiller@nu.edu

Frank Montesonti
Professor
M.F.A., Creative Writing
University of Arizona
fmontesonti@nu.edu

Mario Mota
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Wildlife Ecology and Conservation 
University of Florida, Gainesville 
mmota@nu.edu

Maureen O’Hara 
Faculty Emerita 
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology 
The Union Institute and University 
mohara@nu.edu 

Joshua Olsberg
Professor
Ph.D., Sociology
University of Missouri, Columbia
jolsberg@nu.edu

Lindsay Parker 
Assistant Professor
Ph.D., History
University of California, Irvine
lparker2@nu.edu 

Christine Photinos
Professor
Ph.D., Literature
University of California, San Diego 
cphotinos@nu.edu

Franz Potter
Professor
Ph.D., English and American Studies
University of East Anglia
fpotter@nu.edu

Raphi Rechitsky
Professor
Ph.D., Sociology
University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
RRechitsky@nu.edu

Jacqueline Ruiz
Associate Professor
Ph.D., Chemistry 
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
JRUIZ@nu.edu

Ismail Sebetan
Professor
Ph.D., Forensic and Medical Science 
Tohoku University, Japan 
isebetan@nu.edu

Nataliya Serdyukova
Faculty Emerita
Ph.D., Technical Science
Kiev Polytechnic Institute 
nserdyuk@nu.edu 

Brenda Shook
Professor
Ph.D., Biological Psychology 
Brandeis University 
bshook@nu.edu

Douglas Slawson
Faculty Emeritus
Ph.D., American History
The Catholic University of America
dslawson@nu.edu

Tom Steiner
Professor
Ph.D., Psychology
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
tsteiner@nu.edu

Igor Subbotin
Professor
Ph.D., Mathematics
Institute of Mathematics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine 
isubboti@nu.edu

Dawn Tamarkin
Professor and Department Chair
Ph.D., Neuroscience 
University of Arizona
dtamarkin@nu.edu

Ramie Tateishi
Professor
Ph.D., American Literature 
University of California, San Diego 
rtateishi@nu.edu

Charles Tatum 
Faculty Emeritus 
Ph.D., Experimental Psychology  
University of New Mexico
ctatum@nu.edu

Daniel Thorburn 
Professor of Practice 
M.A. History 
University of California, Berkeley 
dthrobur@nu.edu

Rachel VanWieren
Professor
Ph.D., Hispanic Languages and Literatures
University of California, Los Angeles
RVanWieren@nu.edu

Joan Van Tassel Schmitz
Faculty Emerita
Ph.D., Communication
University of  Southern California
jvantassel@nu.edu

Allyson Washburn
Professor
Ph.D., Psychology 
Johns Hopkins University 
awashburn@nu.edu

Henry Venter
Professor
Ph.D., Psychology 
Rand Afrikaans University
hventer@nu.edu

Michael Zimmer
Associate Professor
M.F.A., Writing 
University of Southern California 
mzimmer@nu.edu

Alexander Zukas
Faculty Emeritus
Ph.D., History
University of California, Irvine
azukas@nu.edu

Lorna Zukas
Professor
Ph.D., Sociology
University of California, San Diego 
llueker@nu.edu