All Personnel


Beauty Acheampong

PhD Candidate
bf.arthur@uga.edu

Doris Acheme

Assistant Professor
doris.acheme@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Michael Adams

Affiliated Faculty
mfadams@uga.edu

Abuduaihaiti Aerpati

Graduate Student
aa57602@uga.edu

Maryam Ahmadi

Assistant Professor
Maryam.Ahmadi@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Analisa Arroyo

Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, (she/her/hers)
arroyo@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Mark Asirifi

Doctoral Student
moa82208@uga.edu

Ou Bai

Graduate Student
ob38992@uga.edu

Clint Bennett

Graduate Student
krb30061@uga.edu

Barbara Biesecker

Professor, Undergraduate Coordinator, Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Women's Studies
bbieseck@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Phillip Cicero

Graduate Student
phillipcicero@uga.edu

Celeste Condit

Emeritus Faculty, Distinguished Research Professor, Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Women's Studies
ccondit@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Natalie Cowen

Graduate Student
nmc13563@uga.edu

Blake Cravey

PhD Candidate
bcravey@uga.edu

Mik Davis

PhD Candidate, Graduate Forum Treasurer 2023-2024
mik.davis@uga.edu

Kevin Davis-Bryant

Limited-Term Instructor
kevin.bryant@uga.edu

Christina Deka

PhD Candidate
christina.deka@uga.edu

Riley Deyo

Graduate Student
rbd13303@uga.edu

Felicity Donkor

Graduate Student
fd37340@uga.edu

Ashtyn Evans

Graduate Student
Ashtyn.Evans@uga.edu

Carly Fabian

PhD Candidate
Carly.Fabian@uga.edu

Matthew Farmer

PhD Candidate
Matthew.Farmer@uga.edu

Bolanle Fasaanu

Graduate Student
Bolanle.Fasaanu@uga.edu

Sophia Flemming

PhD Candidate
sophiamf@uga.edu

Tara Funderburk

Assistant to the Department Head and Debate Program
tfunderb@uga.edu
706-542-5119

Anthony Gargiulo

PhD Candidate
anthony.gargiulo@uga.edu

Kelly Happe

Professor, Associate Department Head, Core Faculty, Institute for Women's and Gender Studies
khappe@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Morgan Harper Nichols

Graduate Student
Morgan.HarperNichols@uga.edu

Andrew Hart

Limited-Term Instructor
ahart15@uga.edu

Tucker Hoffmann

Graduate Student
Tucker.Hoffmann@uga.edu

Christin Huggins

Senior Lecturer
c.huggins@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Elle Johnson

PhD Candidate
Elle.Johnson@uga.edu

Kayla Jones

Academic Program Adminstrator
kayla.jones@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Joey Konrad

PhD Candidate
joseph.konrad@uga.edu

Thomas Lessl

Emeritus Faculty
tlessl@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Jiaying Liu

Affiliated Faculty
jiaying.liu@uga.edu

Cal Logue

Emeritus Faculty
clogue@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Nance Maiorino

Limited-Term Instructor
maiorino@uga.edu

Ryan Martinez

Doctoral Student, Instructor
Ryan.Martinez@uga.edu

Kaelie Masaschi

Graduate Student
kem21759@uga.edu

Soroya Mcfarlane

Assistant Professor, Area Chair, Interpersonal, Intergroup & Health Communication
soroyajmcfarlane@uga.edu

Mackensie Minniear

Assistant Professor
mackensie.minniear@uga.edu

Jennifer Monahan

Emeritus Faculty
jmonahan@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Jason Myres

Limited-Term Lecturer
jm18@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Patrick Nichols

Graduate Student
pkn41550@uga.edu

Jaclyn Nolan

Senior Lecturer
jhnolan@uga.edu

Oluwatoyin Olusanya

Graduate Student
oao46888@uga.edu

Hillary Palmer

Senior Lecturer, Public Speaking Basic Course Director
hipalmer@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Edward Panetta

Emeritus Faculty, Emeritus Director of Debate
epanetta@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Chelsea Ratcliff

Assistant Professor
chelsea.ratcliff@uga.edu

Matty Ray

Graduate Student
mr39780@uga.edu

Lucy Roach

Graduate Student
lr41897@uga.edu

Donald Rubin

Emeritus Faculty
drubin@uga.edu
404.660.0911

Benjamin Sam-Paintsil

Graduate Student
benjamin.sampaintsil@uga.edu
+1 (309) 310-7550

Malek Sebri

Graduate Student
ms84977@uga.edu

Roger Stahl

Professor, Interim Department Head
rstahl@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Hampton Stall

Graduate Student
hstall@uga.edu

Anna Stenport

Dean of the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences
FCdean@uga.edu
(706) 542-1538

Belinda Stillion Southard

Professor, Affiliate Faculty, Institute for Women's Studies
bss@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Bjørn Stillion Southard

Associate Professor, Director of Debate
bjorn@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Johnnie Stupek

Head Debate Coach, Academic Professional Associate
john.stupek25@uga.edu
706-542-4893

Angelika Świtoń-Hart

Academic Advisor II
commadvs@uga.edu
706-542-3269

Rob Tabackman

PhD Candidate
rnt02684@uga.edu

Emily Takamasa

Graduate Student
ejt83271@uga.edu

Sachiko Terui

Assistant Professor
sterui@uga.edu

Svilen Trifonov

Limited-Term Lecturer
svilen.trifonov@uga.edu

Taylor Vanderveen

Graduate Student
tvanderveen@uga.edu

Jennifer Waldeck

Affiliated Faculty
jwaldeck@uga.edu
706-542-8913

Allegro Wang

PhD Candidate, Assistant Coach
allegro.wang@uga.edu

Jack Wood

Graduate Student, Instructor
Jack.Wood@uga.edu

Yiting Zhou

Graduate Student
yz13440@uga.edu

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