Our people
Meet our people
CLASS offers a collaborative and welcoming community where internationally recognized faculty conduct innovative research and dedicated staff and student leaders drive change.
Our faculty members are not just educators — they are mentors and leaders in their fields and passionate about involving students in research, creative work and immersive learning experiences. Graduate students can pursue teaching assistant and research assistant positions, gaining invaluable professional experience and financial support.
Whether you’re an undergraduate student, a prospective graduate student or an alumnus reconnecting with your roots, we invite you to explore the incredible people who make CLASS a dynamic academic home.
Explore faculty by department
Find your mentors and collaborators in the following departments.
Department of Culture, Society and Justice
Kristine Levan
Department chair and associate professor
Phinney Hall 101
klevan@uidaho.edu
Dianne Baumann
Assistant professor
Student Health, 312
dianneb@uidaho.edu
Renae Campbell
Terry Abraham and Priscilla Wegars Endowed Assistant Professor of Asian American Historical Archaeology, and director of Asian American Comparative Collection (AACC)
208-885-7075
rjcampbell@uidaho.edu
Joseph De Angelis
Associate professor
Phinney Hall 317
208-885-6705
jtdeangelis@uidaho.edu
Katrina Eichner
Assistant professor
Student Health, 316
208-885-6736
katrinae@uidaho.edu
Matthew Grindal
Assistant professor
Phinney Hall 115
208-885-0932
mgrindal@uidaho.edu
Kristin Haltinner
Professor of sociology and director of equity and justice certificate
Phinney Hall 107
khaltinner@uidaho.edu
Omi Hodwitz
Associate professor
Phinney Hall 318
208-885-2976
omi@uidaho.edu
Leontina Hormel
Professor
Phinney Hall 104
208-885-6735
lhormel@uidaho.edu
Katharine E. Kolpan
Assistant professor
Student Health, 322
208-885-6752
kkolpan@uidaho.edu
Dilshani Sarathchandra
Associate professor
Phinney Hall 114
208-885-6664
dilshanis@uidaho.edu
Philip Stevens
Associate professor of anthropology and director of American Indian studies
Student Health, 301
pstevens@uidaho.edu
Deborah Thorne
Professor
Phinney Hall 314
dthorne@uidaho.edu
Mark Warner
Professor
Student Health, 302
208-885-5954
mwarner@uidaho.edu
Brian Wolf
Professor
Phinney Hall 310
208-885-6777
bwolf@uidaho.edu
Department of English
Alexandra Teague
Chair and professor of English and co-director of MFA in creative writing and co-director of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
Brink 228
ateague@uidaho.edu
Thomas Dai
Assistant professor
Thomas Dai
Brink 203
208-885-6156
tdai@uidaho.edu
Neil Davidson
Instructor
Brink 213
ndavidson@uidaho.edu
Thomas Drake
Senior instructor
117 Brink Hall
tdrake@uidaho.edu
Chris Drangle
Instructor
Brink 229
cdrangle@uidaho.edu
Tyler Easterbrook
Assistant professor of English and director of composition
Brink 214
tylere@uidaho.edu
Leah Hampton
Assistant professor
Brink 222
lhampton@uidaho.edu
Benjamin James
Affiliated faculty, film and television program
Brink 124
bjames@uidaho.edu
Erin James
Professor of English and co-director of The Confluence Lab
208 Brink Hall
ejames@uidaho.edu
Jan Johnson
Clinical associate professor and director of the Black Studies Program
224 Brink Hall
janson@uidaho.edu
Diane Kelly-Riley
Professor of English and vice provost for faculty
dianek@uidaho.edu
Jennifer Ladino
Professor of English and director of MA-English and co-director of The Confluence Lab
Brink Hall 227
jladino@uidaho.edu
Isabel Marlens
Lecturer and interim associate director of the Writing Center
Brink 129
imarlens@uidaho.edu
Michael McGriff
Associate professor and co-director of Creative Writing Program and faculty advisor of Fugue and Thistle
Brink Hall 217
mmcgriff@uidaho.edu
Oscar Oswald
Instructor
Brink 122
owoswald@uidaho.edu
Emma Catherine Perry
Instructor and interim director of the Writing Center
Brink 223
emmaperry@uidaho.edu
Jamaica Ritcher
Instructor
Brink 220
208-885-4300
jritcher@uidaho.edu
Aaron Schab
Senior Instructor
215 Brink Hall
aschab@uidaho.edu
Bal Krishna Sharma
Associate professor of applied linguistics
Brink Hall 128
balsharma@uidaho.edu
Karen Thompson
Director of professional writing and senior instructor
216 Brink Hall
thompson@uidaho.edu
Zachary Turpin
Associate professor
zturpin@uidaho.edu
Margot Volem
Dual credit faculty liaison and instructor
Brink Hall, Room 130
208-885-6156
mvolem@uidaho.edu
School of Global Studies
Rachel Halverson
School director and professor of German
330 Administration Building
208-885-8995
rhalverson@uidaho.edu
Laurel Gilbert
Senior instructor
312B Administration Building
208-885-7846
laurelg@uidaho.edu
Ibtesam Hussein
Senior instructor
304A Administration Building
208-885-7215
ihussein@uidaho.edu
Mengying Zhai
Instructor of Chinese
AD 308
mzhai@uidaho.edu
Sarah Nelson
Associate professor of French and French section coordinator
308A Administration Building
208-885-7756
snelson@uidaho.edu
Anne Perriguey
Senior instructor of French
302E Administration Building
208-885-5234
perrigue@uidaho.edu
Romuald Afatchao
Clinical full professor and associate director of the Martin Institute
329 Administration Building
208-885-5735
afatchao@uidaho.edu
Erin Damman
Clinical associate professor
327 Administration Building
208-885-0941
damman@uidaho.edu
Bill Smith
Clinical full professor and director of the Martin Institute
338 Administration Building
208-885-2815
bills@uidaho.edu
Azusa Tojo
Instructor of Japanese
Administration Building 314
atojo@uidaho.edu
Ani Alcocer
Senior instructor in Spanish
312A Administration Building
208-885-7073
ana@uidaho.edu
Marta Boris Tarré
Associate professor of Spanish
312 Administration Building
208-885-5079
martab@uidaho.edu
Lori Celaya
Associate professor and co-director of Latin American studies
310A Administration Building
208-885-6670
lcelaya@uidaho.edu
Ashley Kerr
Associate professor of Spanish and Latin American studies
310 Administration Building
208-885-7876
akerr@uidaho.edu
Department of History
Rebecca Scofield
Associate professor and chair
rscofield@uidaho.edu
Matthew Fox-Amato
Associate professor
311B Administration Building
208-885-5777
mamato@uidaho.edu
Dale Graden
Professor
305A Administration Building
208-885-8956
graden@uidaho.edu
Ellen Kittell
Professor
311D Administration Building
208-885-6218
kittell@uidaho.edu
Alyssa Kreikemeier
Assistant professor
311C Administration Building
akreikemeier@uidaho.edu
Jeff Kyong-McClain
Associate professor and director of the Habib Institute for Asian Studies
305 B Administration Building
jeffkm@uidaho.edu
Sean Quinlan
Dean, College of Letters, Arts and Social Sciences
112 Administration Building
208-885-6426
quinlan@uidaho.edu
Alyson Roy
Assistant professor of director of Graduate Studies and co-director of Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies
305-C Administration Building
208-885-6551
aroy@uidaho.edu
Alexandria Ruble
Assistant professor
AD 311C
aruble@uidaho.edu
School of Journalism and Mass Media
Robin Johnson
Director
Administration Building 347C
208-885-6012
rsjohnson@uidaho.edu
Mano Alexandre
Lecturer
manoalexandre@uidaho.edu
Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen
Assistant professor
339 Administration
208-885-8872
caitlinc@uidaho.edu
Moritz Cleve
Assistant professor
341 Administration Building
208-885-7888
mcleve@uidaho.edu
Kyle Howerton
Clinical assistant professor
340 Administration Building
208-885-1092
howerton@uidaho.edu
Louise Ying-Chia Hsu
Lecturer
341 Administration Building
yhsu@uidaho.edu
Asma Khanom
Assistant professor
342A Administration Building
akhanom@uidaho.edu
Russell Meeuf
Professor
346 Administration Building
208-885-7732
rmeeuf@uidaho.edu
Glenn Mosley
Senior instructor and director of broadcasting
33 Radio-TV Center
208-885-6020
gmosley@uidaho.edu
Jianna Maarten Saada
Assistant professor
jiannams@uidaho.edu
Lionel Hampton School of Music
Sean Butterfield
Director of LHSOM and clinical associate professor of trumpet and music theory
Music 205
208-885-6231
music@uidaho.edu
Javier Rodriguez
Director of graduate studies, associate professor of bassoon and associate director
313 Music
jrodriguez@uidaho.edu
Spencer Martin
Clinical professor of music and director of athletic bands
Blake House G7
spmartin@uidaho.edu
Jason M. Johnston
Associate professor of music
Music 212
jjohnston@uidaho.edu
Jenny Kellogg
Instructor
Music 305
jdkellogg@uidaho.edu
Torrey Lawrence
Professor of music, provost and executive vice president
tlawrence@uidaho.edu
Geoffrey McKay
Temp faculty-lecturer
geoffreymckay@uidaho.edu
Vern Sielert
Professor of trumpet, director of jazz studies and artistic director of Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Music 304
208-885-4955
verns@uidaho.edu
Mark Thiele
Assistant professor of tuba/euphonium and director of bands
Music 212N
208-885-0539
mthiele@uidaho.edu
Daniel Bukvich
Professor of percussion and theory, director of jazz choir, university distinguished professor
208-885-7055
dbukvich@uidaho.edu
Dylan Champagne
Lecturer of music composition and digital audio workstation
Music 109
dchampagne@uidaho.edu
Max Wolpert
Clinical assistant professor of composition
Blake House 106
mwolpert@uidaho.edu
Lori Conlon Khan
Clinical associate professor of music education
Blake House 107
208-885-0157
lorick@uidaho.edu
Navin Chettri
Manager of Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and ACMS, lecturer of music and artistic director of World Music Celebration
LHSOM 204
208-885-0112
nchettri@uidaho.edu
Eneida Larti
Assistant professor of piano
R204
208-885-6425
larti@uidaho.edu
Roger McVey
Professor of piano
303 Music
208-885-7440
rmcvey@uidaho.edu
Kate Skinner
Assistant professor of jazz piano
302 Music
208-885-5737
kates@uidaho.edu
Steve Fairbanks
Clinical faculty
Music 210
sfairbanks@uidaho.edu
Giselle Hillyer
Lecturer of violin and viola
Ridenbaugh 223
ghillyer@uidaho.edu
Miranda Wilson
Professor of cello
211 Music
208-885-6615
mirandaw@uidaho.edu
William St. Peter
Lecturer of guitar
Ridenbaugh 204
wstpeter@uidaho.edu
Stefan Gordon
Assistant professor of voice
307 Music
sgordon@uidaho.edu
Evan Stoor
Director of choral activities
211 Music
208-885-7254
estoor@uidaho.edu
Michelle Lange
Instructor faculty
Music 310
mlange@uidaho.edu
Christian Reed
Vocal instructor and vocal coach
Ridenbaugh 306
reedc@uidaho.edu
Ayca Cetin
Assistant professor of flute
Music 309
acetin@uidaho.edu
Javier Rodriguez
Director of graduate studies and associate professor of bassoon and associate director
313 Music
jrodriguez@uidaho.edu
Vanessa Sielert
Professor of music and education advisor, Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
Music 308
208-885-6231
vanessas@uidaho.edu
Camilla Yoder
Temp faculty-lecturer
Ridenbaugh 223
cyoder@uidaho.edu
Katsuya Yuasa
Lecturer of clarinet
Music 109
katsuya@uidaho.edu
Department of Politics and Philosophy
Florian Justwan
Associate professor of political science and chair of politics and philosophy and director of graduate studies
205D Administration Building
208-885-4156
fjustwan@uidaho.edu
Bert Baumgaertner
Associate professor of philosophy
322A Administration Building
208-885-5997
bbaum@uidaho.edu
Bryce Blankenship
Senior instructor of philosophy
313-D Administration Building
208-885-6295
bblankenship@uidaho.edu
Charles Dainoff
Clinical assistant professor of political science
205J Administration Building
208-885-0974
charlesdainoff@uidaho.edu
Erin Damman
Clinical associate professor
327 Administration Building
208-885-0941
damman@uidaho.edu
Graham Hubbs
Professor of philosophy, PPE program director and pre-law advisor
205I Administration Building
208-885-6284
hubbs@uidaho.edu
Casey Johnson
Associate professor of philosophy
205E Administration Building
208-885-7618
crjohnson@uidaho.edu
Jamal Lyksett
Instructor of philosophy
313 C Administration Building
208-885-6230
jlyksett@uidaho.edu
Markie McBrayer
Assistant professor of political science
205H Administration Building
208-885-6120
mmcbrayer@uidaho.edu
Michael Overton
Associate professor of political science and public administration
331 Administration Building
208-885-0972
moverton@uidaho.edu
Aleta Quinn
Associate professor of philosophy
205G Administration Building
208-885-0973
aquinn@uidaho.edu
Sandra Reineke
Associate professor of political science and director of the University Honors Program
ISUB Room 315A
208-885-7702
sreineke@uidaho.edu
Manoj K. Shrestha
Professor of political science
321 Administration Building
208-885-0530
mks@uidaho.edu
Chen Wang
Slayton Endowed Assistant Professor of East Asian Politics
205J Administration Building
208-885-6032
chenw@uidaho.edu
Department of Psychology and Communication
Benjamin Barton
Professor and department chair
Student Health Center 211
208-885-6515
barton@uidaho.edu
Diane Carter
Clinical assistant professor
Student Health Center 219
208-885-5468
dcarter@uidaho.edu
Rajal Cohen
Professor
Student Health Center 212
rcohen@uidaho.edu
Traci Craig
Professor and associate dean for research, graduate studies, and faculty affairs
111 Administration Building
208-885-5254
tcraig@uidaho.edu
Carly Densmore
Assistant professor
Student Health Center 210
cdensmore@uidaho.edu
Jamie Derrick
Clinical full professor
Mary Forney Hall 013
208-885-5057
jamiederrick@uidaho.edu
Annette Folwell
Professor and associate dean for undergraduate studies
112 Administration Building
208-885-5013
folwell@uidaho.edu
Tianfang Han
Assistant professor
Student Health Center 218
tianfanghan@uidaho.edu
Stacy Hudson
Instructor faculty
stacyh@uidaho.edu
Susan Kologi
Instructor faculty
Idaho Water Center 290C, Boise, ID
skologi@uidaho.edu
Kenneth Locke
Professor
Student Health Center 208
klocke@uidaho.edu
Benjamin McDunn
Clinical associate professor
Student Health Center 214
bmcdunn@uidaho.edu
Kacy Pula
Clinical associate professor
Student Health Center 215
208-885-6858
kpula@uidaho.edu
Richard Reardon
Professor
University of Idaho Coeur d'Alene; Harbor Center Building; 117A
rreardon@uidaho.edu
Heather Terhorst-Miller
Assistant professor
Student Health Center 220
htmiller@uidaho.edu
Todd Thorsteinson
Professor
Student Health Center 006
208-885-4944
tthorste@uidaho.edu
Colin Xu
Assistant professor
Student Health Center 204
colinxu@uidaho.edu
Mark Yama
Associate professor and licensed psychologist
Mark Yama
Student Health Center 217
myama@uidaho.edu
Theatre Arts Department
Robert Caisley
Chair of theatre arts, professor of theatre, head of dramatic writing
Shoup 204
208-885-0272
rcaisley@uidaho.edu
Michael Brandt
Associate clinical professor of theatre arts in technical direction
Hartung Theater 62
208-885-7603
Sarah Campbell
Assistant professor of theatre history, literature and criticism
Shoup 228
208-885-6903
Abigail Coleman
Clinical assistant professor of costume design
Shoup 215
amcoleman@uidaho.edu
Jesse Dreikosen
Associate chair of Department of Theatre Arts and professor of scene design
Shoup 221
208-885-7213
jdreikosen@uidaho.edu
Kara Eggers
Lecturer of theatre
keggers@uidaho.edu
Jess Hirsh
Assistant professor of musical theatre
Shoup 217
jhirsh@uidaho.edu
Craig A. Miller
Associate professor of acting and directing
Shoup 226
208-885-6636
craigmiller@uidaho.edu
Kate Powers-Kusio
Lecturer of theatre
kpowerskusio@uidaho.edu
Kelly Quinnett
Head of acting professor
Shoup 219
208-885-5017
kellyq@uidaho.edu
Ginger Sorensen
Clinical associate professor and costume director
Hartung Theater Costume Shop
208-885-6131
gsorensen@uidaho.edu
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Explore faculty by department
Find your mentors and collaborators in the following departments.
Department of Culture, Society and Justice
Kristine Levan
Dianne Baumann
Renae Campbell
Joseph De Angelis
Katrina Eichner
Matthew Grindal
Kristin Haltinner
Omi Hodwitz
Leontina Hormel
Katharine E. Kolpan
Dilshani Sarathchandra
Philip Stevens
Deborah Thorne
Mark Warner
Brian Wolf
Department of English
Alexandra Teague
Thomas Dai
Neil Davidson
Thomas Drake
Chris Drangle
Tyler Easterbrook
Leah Hampton
Benjamin James
Erin James
Jan Johnson
Diane Kelly-Riley
Jennifer Ladino
Isabel Marlens
Michael McGriff
Oscar Oswald
Emma Catherine Perry
Jamaica Ritcher
Aaron Schab
Bal Krishna Sharma
Karen Thompson
Zachary Turpin
Margot Volem
School of Global Studies
Rachel Halverson
Laurel Gilbert
Ibtesam Hussein
Mengying Zhai
Sarah Nelson
Anne Perriguey
Romuald Afatchao
Erin Damman
Bill Smith
Azusa Tojo
Ani Alcocer
Marta Boris Tarré
Lori Celaya
Ashley Kerr
Department of History
Rebecca Scofield
Matthew Fox-Amato
Dale Graden
Ellen Kittell
Alyssa Kreikemeier
Jeff Kyong-Mcclain
Sean Quinlan
Alyson Roy
Alexandria Ruble
School of Journalism and Mass Media
Robin Johnson
Mano Alexandre
Caitlin Cieslik-Miskimen
Moritz Cleve
Kyle Howerton
Louise Ying-Chia Hsu
Asma Khanom
Russell Meeuf
Glenn Mosley
Jianna Maarten Saada
Lionel Hampton School of Music
Sean Butterfield
Javier Rodriguez
Spencer Martin
Jason M. Johnston
Jenny Kellogg
Torrey Lawrence
Vern Sielert
Mark Thiele
Daniel Bukvich
Dylan Champagne
Max Wolpert
Lori Conlon Khan
Navin Chettri
Eneida Larti
Roger Mcvey
Kate Skinner
Steve Fairbanks
Giselle Hillyer
Miranda Wilson
William St. Peter
Stefan Gordon
Evan Stoor
Michelle Lange
Christian Reed
Ayca Cetin
Vanessa Sielert
Katsuya Yuasa
Department of Politics and Philosophy
Florian Justwan
Bert Baumgaertner
Bryce Blankenship
Charles Dainoff
Erin Damman
Graham Hubbs
Casey Johnson
Jamal Lyksett
Markie McBrayer
Michael Overton
Aleta Quinn
Sandra Reineke
Manoj K. Shrestha
Chen Wang
Department of Psychology and Communication
Benjamin Barton
Diane Carter
Rajal Cohen
Traci Craig
Carly Densmore
Jamie Derrick
Annette Folwell
Tianfang Han
Stacy Hudson
Susan Kologi
Kenneth Locke
Benjamin McDunn
Kacy Pula
Richard Reardon
Heather Terhorst-Miller
Todd Thorsteinson
Colin Xu
Mark Yama
Theatre Arts Department
Robert Caisley
Michael Brandt
Sarah Campbell
Abigail Coleman
Jesse Dreikosen
Jess Hirsh
Craig A. Miller
Kate Powers-Kusio
Kelly Quinnett
Ginger Sorensen
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Sean Quinlan
Traci Craig
Annette Folwell
Charles Tibbals
Danae Nagle
Scott Brown
Sophie Becker
Meet the dean
Welcome! Thank you for visiting our website and exploring all the amazing programs that we offer. At CLASS, we strive to create opportunities for everyone to pursue a college education and work to build a great community for every student.
Our college in many ways constitutes the heart and soul of the university experience. It is the home of University of Idaho’s liberal arts, and it remains the largest college on our campus, with several thousand students, nine departments and schools and more than 40 degree programs. All our programs boast award-winning faculty who form lifelong mentorships with students and devoted staff who provide valuable support and ensure success. I’m honored to serve as the dean of such a robust and dynamic college.
I wanted to thank you, first, for being interested in University of Idaho. This university is one of the finest and most venerable public institutions in the American West. We hold to our land-grant mission to provide top-notch education to our citizens by employing stellar faculty and staff as well as offering superb degree programming. You will also find a friendly and nurturing environment here, both within the university and the local community. Moscow is the kind of place where children still walk to school or ride their bikes to sports practice or even keep paper routes. There are few communities like it.
I wanted to thank you, secondly, for being interested in the programs in our college. Your interest reveals two things: curiosity and courage. This is because our degree programs touch intimately on the human condition — what it means to think, create and act in the world. By choosing a liberal arts education, you are choosing the life of the mind. From here, our students go anywhere, whether by stepping directly into exciting professional careers in psychology, criminal justice, politics, performing arts or international relations, or embarking on larger academic journeys that will land them in any number of professions such as law, medicine, business or education.
I encourage our students to make the most of their time in college. In doing so, you will build memories and experiences that will last a lifetime and make your path richer and more fulfilling. What you study here at University of Idaho will prepare you for this adventure and help you create the future.
If you would like to join us as a student, we would love to hear from you. Contact us for more information at class@uidaho.edu. If you're an alumna or alumnus or an aficionado of our disciplines, this is a perfect time to deepen your connection. Email us and let us know where you are and what you're doing. Join us in building a brighter future for our college and our university.
All best wishes,
Sean Quinlan
Sean Quinlan
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