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Affiliated Faculty

Arif Akgul 

School of Criminology & Security Studies, College of Arts and Sciences
Specialization: International Security, Intelligence Analysis, Transnational Crimes 
Area Interests: Europe, Middle East 

Arif.Akgul@viccii.net

Andrea Arrington
Department of History - African and African American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences
Specialization: African History, Comparative Women's History, Atlantic World History
Area Interests: Sub-Saharan Africa

Andrea.Arrington@viccii.net
Lisa Calvin
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Specialization: Spanish language, Folk cultures 
Language: Spanish
Lisa.Calvin@viccii.net  
Michael Chambers
Department of Political Science
Specialization: China, East Asia, Asia-Pacific region, international politics, security, political economy, diplomacy, international environmental issues
Language: Chinese (Mandarin)
Mike.Chambers@viccii.net
 
Aruna Chandra
Department of Management, Information Systems and Business Education
Specialization: International business, global entrepreneurship, business incubators - international comparisons/languages
Interests: China, India, and Latin America
Languages: French, Kannada, Portuguese, and Tamil
Aruna.Chandrasekaran@viccii.net
 
Melanie D'Amico
Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics
Specialization: Spanish & Italian languages, language acquisition, and study abroad
Interests: Spain and Italy
Languages: Italian and Spanish
Melanie.D'Amico@viccii.net 
Lisa Kay Decker
Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice
Specialization: Criminoolgy, criminal justice, comparative criminal justice systems, and comparative policing
Area Interests: Bosnia-Herzegovina, Croatia, and United Kingdom
Lisa.Decker@viccii.net
Christopher Fischer
Department of History
Specialization: Germany, France, cultural history, and history of the world wars
Christopher.Fischer@viccii.net
 
Anne Foster
Department of History
Specialization: U.S. foreign relations, Southeast Asia, and imperialism
Anne.Foster@viccii.net
 
James Gustafson
Deptartment of History and Political Science (affiliate)
Specialization: Iran, Middle East, Central Asia, Islamic civilization 
Languages: Arabic, French, German, and Persian
James.Gustafson@viccii.net
 
Cody Hanson
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Specialization: Spanish language; Latin American literature
Area Interest: Latin America
Language: Spanish
Cody.Hanson@viccii.net
 
Darlene Hantzis
Department of Communications
Darlene.Hantzis@viccii.net
Timothy Hawkins
Department of History and International Studies
Specialization: Latin America and Latino studies, history of Spain and its empire
Languages: Spanish
Timothy.Hawkins@viccii.net

Wei He
Department of Management, Information Systems, and Business Education - Scott College of Business
Specialization: Human resources, social and managerial psychology, and international business management
Area Interests: People's Republic of China and Asian Pacific region
Language: Chinese - native speaker

Wei.He@viccii.net
Kathleen Heath
Department of Earth and Environmental Systems
Specialization: Bio-cultural anthropology, human ecology, paleo-ethnobotany
Kathleen.Heath@viccii.net
 

Debra Israel
Department of Economics
Specialization: Development economics, environmental economics (including international comparisons)
Interests: Bolivia and Latin America
Languages: Spanish

Debra.Israel@viccii.net 
Isaac Land
Department of History
Specialization: Britain, the Atlantic community, and early modern Europe
Isaac.Land@viccii.net   

Richard Lotspeich
Department of Economics
Specialization: Russia, China, former Soviet Republics, Cuba comparative economic systems, transitional economies, and institutional economics 
Languages: Chinese (elementary), French, Russian, and Spanish

Richard.Lotspeich@viccii.net
 
Robyn Lugar
Department of Social Work
Robyn.Lugar@viccii.net  
Shawn Phillips
Department of Earth and Environmental Systems
Specialization: Bio-archeology of North America and the Caribbean
Shawn.Phillips@viccii.net
Donald Richards
Department of Economics
Specialization: Economic development, international economics, and Latin America
Languages: Spanish
Donald.Richards@viccii.net
N. Ann Rider
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Specialization: Culture and society of German speaking countries, gender studies, Holocaust and genocide studies
Languages: German 
Ann.Rider@viccii.net
 
Richard Schneirov
Department of History  
Richard.Schneirov@viccii.net 
Donna Selman
College of Graduate and Professional Studies, Associate Dean
Speciallization: Criminology, criminal justice, political economy of criminal justice, and sociology
Area of Interests: Albania and Canada 
Donna.Selman@viccii.net
Barbara Skinner
Department of History
Specialization: Russia, Eastern Europe, and European religious history
Languages: Russian
Barbara.Skinner@viccii.net 
Chui Ying "Sala" Wong
Department of Art and Design
Specialization: International art projects, interactive digital art installations, international culture, large scale multimedia art installation
Languages: Chinese
Sala.Wong@viccii.net
Bassam Yousif
Department of Economics  
Specialization: Economic development, international economics, the Middle East, and North Africa
Languages: Arabic
Bassam.Yousif@viccii.net 

Keri Yousif
Department of Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Specialization: France, French language, literature, and the visual arts
Languages: French

Keri.Yousif@viccii.net