Faculty & Staff
Our faculty offer more than forty undergraduate and graduate courses each semester. Courses in History, Anthropology, and Geography examine the human experience in all major cultural regions of the world from ancient times to the present.
Chair
Department of History and Anthropology
Faculty Works in Progress Seminar Series
This seminar provides a forum for both full time and part time faculty in the Department of History and Anthropology to present their research in progress to the campus community.
Full-time Faculty
Julius O. Adekunle, Ph.D.
Professor

Heidi L. Bludau, Ph.D.
Lecturer, Applied Anthropology,
Career Advising Mentor,
Summer Scholars Faculty Coordinator,
Scholarly interests: Medical anthropology; Business anthropology; Globalization; Migration; Identity

Melissa A. Brzycki, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Scholarly interests: East Asia, Childhood and Youth, Popular Culture, Gender and Sexuality, Public History, Digital Humanities

Kenneth L. Campbell, Ph.D.
Professor,
Scholarly interests: The Beatles, Irish History, British History, European History

Veronica M. Davidov, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Director of Graduate Program in Anthropology

Hillary A. DelPrete, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology,
Scholarly interests: Human Variation, secular trend, skeletal change, Evolution

Maureen Dorment
Senior Lecturer

Geoffrey G. Fouad, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography,
Director of GIS Program,
Scholarly interests: Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Remote Sensing

William M. Gorman
Lecturer,
Scholarly interests: Federal Budget, National Security spending (Homeland Security in particular), United States tax policy, Differing views on Economic regulation

Adam R. Heinrich, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor

Frederick L. McKitrick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Chair, Department of Art & Design

Brooke A. Nappi, M.A.
Lecturer

Katherine J. Parkin, Ph.D.
Professor,
Jules Plangere, Jr., Endowed Chair in American Social History

Thomas S. Pearson, Ph.D.
Professor

Maryanne A. Rhett, Ph.D.
Professor,
Director of Graduate Program in History,
Scholarly interests: Islam, Comics, Nationalism

Karen Schmelzkopf, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Scholarly interests: tourism, urbanization, maps and mapping, human geography

Richard F. Veit, Ph.D.
Dean,
Professor

Hettie V. Williams, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in African American History,
Coordinator of Works and Progress Series ,
Coordinator of Monmouth Forum Lecture Series,
Scholarly interests: African American intellectual history, gender in U.S. history, and race studies

Melissa S. Ziobro, M.A.
Specialist Professor, Public History,
Scholarly interests: Public History (Museums/Archives, Oral History, etc), U.S. History, NJ History

Associated Faculty
Part-time Faculty
MacKenzie S. Avallone
Adjunct
Adam Z. Black
Instructor of History,
Scholarly Interests: Military History, The History & Psychology of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, U.S. Political History, and World Mythologies

Scott W. Costello
Adjunct
Christopher M. Dolphin
Adjunct
Ryan J. Eckert
Instructor of History

Levi Fox
Adjunct
Robert A. Grasso
Instructor of History
Yaakov A. Greenberg
Adjunct
Sean A. McHugh
Instructor of GIS
Matthew M. Mopsick
Instructor of History
Matthew L. O’Brien
Instructor of History
Maria P. Paradiso-Testa, MS.Ed
Instructor of Religous Studies

Tedi A. Pascarella
Adjunct
Robert C. Puglisi
Adjunct
Joseph S. Reynolds
Instructor of Geography
Anne Ricculli
Instructor of History

Kevin M. Rooney, J.D.
Instructor of History
Peter J. Samaras
Adjunct
Keri J. Sansevere
Adjunct

Gerard P. Scharfenberger, Ph.D.
Instructor of Anthropology
Lesley A. Schierenbeck
Adjunct
Dane M. Stephenson
Adjunct
John G. Tangeman
Instructor of History
Mariana Tepfenhart
Instructor of History
Monica R. Ward, Ph.D.
Adjunct

Kevin C. Young
Adjunct