Department Representatives - Part-Time Faculty Council

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The PTFC is supported by dedicated representatives from each department, serving as a bridge between part-time faculty and university leadership. This page provides a list of department representatives across KSU's colleges along with their contact information to help faculty connect with council members who represent their unique academic areas. Explore the list below to find your representative and reach out for guidance, support, and advocacy within the council.

Representatives By Department

College of the Arts

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Art & Design	Jenevieve Goss	jgoss36@kennesaw.edu
Art Education	Anita Burch	aburch4@kennesaw.edu
Dance	Tammy Everhart	teverha3@kennesaw.edu
Music & Music Education	Huu Mai	hmai8@kennesaw.edu
Theater & Performance Studies	Nikki Adkins	nadkins3@kennesaw.edu

College of Architecture & Construction Management

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Architecture	Kevin Dougherty	kdoughe5@kennesaw.edu
Construction Management	Sam Peng	speng@kennesaw.edu

College of Computing & Software Engineering

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Computer Science	Ferosh Jacob	fjacob1@kennesaw.edu
Data Science & Analytics	Ebere Ogburu	eogburu@kennesaw.edu
Information Technology	Alexandru Malos	amalos@kennesaw.edu
Software Engineering & Game Development	Ermias Mamo	emamo@kennesaw.edu
Statistical & Analytical Sciences	Melody Parkhurst	mparkhur@kennesaw.edu

Coles College of Business

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Accountancy	Ronna Woodruff	rwoodru1@kennesaw.edu
Economics, Finance & Quantitative Analysis	Russel Spears	rspear10@kennesaw.edu
Information Systems and Security	None	None
Management & Entrepreneurship	Christal Blalock	cblalo13@kennesaw.edu
Marketing & Professional Sales	Casey Waldsmith	cwaldsmi@kennesaw.edu

Bagwell College of Education

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Educational Leadership	Belinda Walter-Brazile	bwalte12@kennesaw.edu
Elementary & Early Childhood Education	Sherry Hillman	shillma2@kennesaw.edu
Inclusive Education	Dianne Swann	tswann4@kennesaw.edu
Instructional Technology	Walt Justice	jjusti15@kennesaw.edu
Secondary & Middle Grades Education	None	None

Wellstar College of Health & Human Services

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Exercise Science & Sports Management	Exempt	Exempt
Health Promotion & Physical Education	Jeannie Newton-Riner	jnewtonr@kennesaw.edu
School of Nursing	Leslie Narain	lnarain2@kennesaw.edu
Social Work & Human Services	James Stinchcomb	jstinch2@kennesaw.edu

Radow College of Humanities & Social Sciences

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Communication & Media	Christopher Thompson	cthom538@kennesaw.edu
Conflict Management & Peacebuilding	Exempt	Exempt
English	Josh Yarbrough	jyarbr15@kennesaw.edu
Geography & Anthropology	Nafiesh Hagahtalab	nhaghtal@kennesaw.edu
Government & International Affairs	Gary Carrico	gcarrico@kennesaw.edu
History & Philosophy	Kent Bailey	kbaile51@kennesaw.edu
Interdisciplinary Studies	Breon Haskett	bhasket1@kennesaw.edu
Psychological Science	Nicole Hoffman Miller	nmille64@kennesaw.edu
Sociology & Criminal Justice	Jennifer Combs	jcombs10@kennesaw.edu
Technical Communication & Interactive Design	Ginger Sinton	gsinton@kennesaw.edu
World Languages & Cultures	Grace Ko	gko@kennesaw.edu

College of Science & Mathematics

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Chemistry & Biochemistry	Yvonne Single	ysingle@kennesaw.edu
Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology	Suzanne Agan	sagan3@kennesaw.edu
Ecology, Evolution, & Organismal Biology	Saeed Hamdan	shamdan1@kennesaw.edu
Mathematics	Shahram (David) Nazari	snazari@kennesaw.edu
Molecular & Cellular Biology	Ian Krout	ikrout@kennesaw.edu
Physics	None	None

Southern Polytechnic College of Engineering & Engineering Technology

Department	Faculty Member	Email
Civil & Environmental Engineering	Peter Emmanuel	pemmanue@kennesaw.edu
Electrical & Computer Engineering	Michael Lee	mlee121@kennesaw.edu
Mechanical Engineering	Qingquan Nie	qnie@kennesaw.edu
Engineering Technology	Barry Blount	bblount8@kennesaw.edu
Robotics & Mechatronics Engineering	Exempt	Exempt
Industrial & Systems Engineering	Mark Kyle	Mek5576@kennesaw.edu