Our People

Jennifer M. Safford-Farquharson, M.Ed.
Adjunct Professor

Frank T. Kartheiser, M.A.
Adjunct Professor

Michael Krikonis
Adjunct Professor

Timothy McGourthy
Adjunct Instructor

Christopher Ryan
Adjunct Instructor

Dodi Swope, M.Ed
Adjunct Instructor

Robb Zarges
Adjunct Instructor

Affiliate faculty teach IDCE classes and supervise research activities. Among them:

Charles Agosta, Ph.D. 
Professor and Chair of Physics

Parminder Bhachu, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Sociology

Mary-Ellen Boyle, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Management

Mark Davidson, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, School of Geography

Eric DeMeulenaere, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor, Department of Education

Patrick Derr, Ph.D. 
Professor, Department of Philosophy

Odile Ferly, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of French, Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures

Susan Foster, Ph.D. 
Professor of Biology

Karen Frey, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, School of Geography

Donna Gallo, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate School of Management

Jacqueline Geoghegan, Ph.D. 
Professor and Chair, Department of Economics

David Hibbett, Ph.D. 
Professor of Biology

Dominik Kulakowski, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, School of Geography

Todd Livdahl, Ph.D. 
Professor and Warren Litsky ’45 Endowed Chair of Biology

Deborah Martin, Ph.D.
Professor, School of Geography

Sarah Michaels, Ph.D. 
Professor, Department of Education
Director, Cultural Studies and Communication Program

James T. Murphy, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, School of Geography
Editor-in-Chief, Economic Geography Journal

Richard Peet, Ph.D.
Leo L. ’36 and Joan Kraft Laskoff Professor of Economics, Technology, and Environment
Professor, School of Geography

Robert Gilmore Pontius Jr, Ph.D. 
Associate Director, Professor, School of Geography

Paul W. Posner, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Amy Richter, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of History

Deborah Robertson, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor of Biology

John Rogan, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, School of Geography

Joseph Sarkis, Ph.D. 
Professor of Operations and Environmental Management

Srinivasan Sitaraman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science

Valerie Sperling, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science

Shelly Tenenbaum, Ph.D. 
Professor and Chair, Department of Sociology

Heather Wiatrowski, Ph.D. 
Assistant Professor of Biology
Adjunct Faculty in Chemistry

Christopher A. Williams, Ph.D. 
Associate Professor, School of Geography

Kristen Williams, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Political Science

Milad Korde, Ph.D.
Visiting Assistant Professor
mkorde@clarku.edu
1-508-793-7527

Kathryn Madden
Visiting Lecturer
kmadden@clarku.edu
1-508-793-8846

Anna Mullany, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
amullany@clarku.edu

Bright Nkrumah, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
bnkrumah@clarku.edu

Halina Brown, Ph.D.
Professor Emerita, Environmental Science and Policy

William F. Fisher, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, International Development, Community, and Environment

Sam Ratick, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus, Environmental Science and Policy and Geography

Stephanie Acker
Visiting Scholar
stephanie.acker@clarku.edu

Leticia Gonzalez
Fulbright Scholar

Leora Kahn, Ph.D.
Research Scholar

Max Niedzwiecki, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar
max.niedzwiecki@clarku.edu

Zuri Tau, Ph.D.
Visiting Scholar

Graduate

Community Development and Planning
Laurie Ross, Ph.D.
1-508-793-7642
lross@clarku.edu

Geographic Information Science 
John Rogan, Ph.D.
jrogan@clarku.edu

Environmental Science and Policy
Tim Downs, D. Env.
1-508-421-3814
tdowns@clarku.edu

International Development
Jude Fernando, Ph.D., and Nigel Brissett, Ph.D.
1-508-793-8859, 1-508-793-7691
jfernando@clarku.edu
nbrissett@clarku.edu

Undergraduate

Cynthia Caron, Ph.D.
1-508-793-8879
ccaron@clarku.edu

Sharon Hanna
Director of Career Development and External Relations
Certified Master of Career Services (CMSC), National Career Development Association
1-508-793-7454
shanna@clarku.edu

Sawsan Berjawi
Manager of Student Services and Academic Affairs
1-508-421-3846
sberjawi@clarku.edu

Michelle Johnson-Sargent
Administrative Assistant to the Director for Budget and Data
1-508-421-3767
mjohnsonsargent@clarku.edu