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Meet the AHSS Faculty

Undergraduate Faculty

Department of Fine Arts and Communication

Ben Bruflat, DMA
Program Director, Music

Adam Dean, PhD
Program Director, Communication

Charlie Gee, PhD

Michael Giles, MFA
Department Chair and Program Director, Art

Joe Gill, MFA
Faculty Athletics Representative 

Risa Hircovsky, MFA 

Young Kim, DMA 

Department of Humanities

Carson Benn, PhD
Program Director, Appalachian Studies

Steve Cowan, PhD
Department Chair and Program Director, Philosophy and Religion

Jessey Gilley, PhD
Program Directory, Geography

William Hardy, PhD
Lincoln Scholar and Director, The Abraham Lincoln Center for Leadership and Public Policy

Stephanie Holyfield, PhD
Program Director, History

Joanna Neilson, PhD
Assistant Dean

Deb Salata, PhD

Department of Literature and Language

Rebecca Brackmann, PhD

Tom Bragg, PhD

Jacques Debrot, PhD

Abby Heiniger, PhD
Department Chair

Sandy Weems, PhD (coming soon)
Program Director, Honors Scholars Program

Pat Wensink, MFA
Director, Mountain Heritage Literary Festival

Department of Social Sciences

Kelsey Braun, PhD

Savannah Campbell, PhD

Jim Charles, PhD
Program Director, Undergraduate Criminology and Criminal Justice

Lee Gilroy, PhD
Program Director, Undergraduate Psychology

Benjamin Mabry, PhD
Program Director, Political Science

Martin Sellers, PhD
Dean

MaryAnn Thrush, PhD
Department Chair

Department of Social Work

Ann-Marie Buchanan, PhD, MSW, LMSW
Department Chair and Program Director, Social Work

Kristy Lee, MSW, LMSW

Graduate Faculty

Edward "Trey" Asbury, PhD
Graduate Programs Coordinator and Program Director, Graduate Psychology

Kevin Jennings, PhD
Program Director, Graduate Criminal Justice

Heather Roberson, PhD
Program Director, Graduate Public Administration