Faculty List

 

Art Biology Chemistry & Biochemistry Child Development Comparative Women's Studies Computer & Information Sciences Drama/Dance Dual Degree Engineering Economics Education English Environmental Science World Languages & Literature History Ethel Waddel Githi Honors Program

Human Services Independent Study Japan Studies Learning Resources Center Mathematics Music Environmental Science Philosophy & Religious Studies Physical Education & Athletics Physics Political Science Psychology Sociology & Anthropology Women's Research and Resource Center Cosby Endowed Chairs Visiting Faculty

Anthropology & Sociology

Barbara Carter, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Brandeis University; B.A., Fisk University | Spelman College, 1981

Harry Lefever, Professor Emeritus, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., University of Chicago; B.S., Eastern Mennonite College | Spelman College, 1966

Mona Phillips, Professor, Director, Teaching Research and Resource Center, Ph.D., M.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1985

Cynthia Spence, Associate Professor, Director, UNCF/Mellon Programs, Ph.D., M.A., Rutgers University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1981

Bruce Wade, Professor, Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Bowling Green State University; B.A., Morris Brown College | Spelman College, 1987

Jerry Wever, Instructor

Daryl White, Chair and Professor

Art

Charnelle Holloway, Associate Professor, M.F.A., Georgia State University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1989

Arturo Lindsay, Professor, D.A., New York University; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts; B.A., Central Connecticut State University | Spelman College, 1990

Frank Toby Martin, Associate Professor, M.F.A., Georgia State University; B.A., Morehouse College | Spelman College, 1987 | Personal Web site

M. Akua McDaniel, Chair and Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; B.F.A., M.F.A., Ohio University | Spelman College, 1980

Abayomi Ola, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Iowa; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.A., Grambling State University; PGDip., Kent Institute of Art & Design, England; B.A., University of Ife, Nigeria I Spelman College, 2009

Biology

Mentewab Ayalew, .Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Institut National Polytechnique, Ecole Nationale Superieure d'Agronomie de Toulouse (INP-ENSAT), France; M.A., INP-ENSAT, France; Diplome d'Ingenieur Agronome, INP-ENSAT, France | Spelman College, 2008

Rosalind Gregory-Bass, Lecturer, M.D., University of Wisconsin; M.S., University of Wisconsin; B.S., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2003

Mark Lee, Associate Chair, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.S., Clark Atlanta University; B.S., Morris Brown College | Spelman College, 2003

Mark Maloney, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., B.S., Tufts University | Spelman College, 1994

Michael McGinnis, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Yale University; B.S., Sam Houston State University; A.G.S., Central Texas College | Spelman College, 1992

Aditi Pai, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., State University of Buffalo; M.S., Pondicherry University; B.S., St. Joseph’s College | Spelman College, 2005

Chemistry (Biochemistry)

Gladys Bayse, Professor, Ph.D., M.S., University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences; B.S., Memphis State University | Spelman College, 1973

Nripendra Bose, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.S., B.S., Honors, Bihar University | Spelman College, 1987

Beatriz H. Cardelino, Professor, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S., University of Massachusetts; B.S., NCSE | Spelman College, 1993

Peter Chen, Professor, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison; A.B., Cornell University | Spelman College, 1992

Jean-Marie D. Dimandja, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; B.A., Miami University | Spelman College, 2002

Cornelia Gillyard, Associate Professor, M.S., D.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Talladega College | Spelman College, 1977

James Grainger, Part-time Lecturer, CDC Scientist , Ph.D., Atlanta University

Lisa B. Hibbard, Associate Professor, Chair, Ph.D., B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology | Spelman College, 1985

Kimberly M. Jackson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University, B.S., Alabama State University | Spelman College, 2002

Tawfeq Kaimari, Lecturer, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Virgil Payne, Part-time Lecturer, Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana; B.S., Morehouse College | Spelman College, 2002

Albert Thompson, Jr., (personal site) Professor, Ph.D., Howard University; B.S., M.S., Texas Southern University | Spelman College, 1981

Leyte Winfield, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of New Orleans; B.S., Dillard University | Spelman College, 2003

Computer & Information Sciences

James Hale, Sr., Lecturer, M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; B.A., Morehouse College | Spelman College, 1999

Charles Hardnett, Lecturer, a Ph.D. candidate, Georgia Institute of Technology; B.S., Prairie View | Spelman College, 2001

Iretta B.C. Kearse, Senior Instructor, M.S., Bowling Green State University

Andrea W. Lawrence, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S., Atlanta University; B.S., Purdue University | Spelman College, 1985

Alfred Watkins, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; B.S., Morehouse College | Spelman College 2004

Andrew B. Williams, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Kansas; M.S. Marquette University; B.S., University of Kansas | Spelman College, 2004

Drama & Dance

Eddie Bradley, Associate Professor, Chair, Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; M.A., Virginia Tech University; B.F.A., North Carolina A&T State University | Spelman College, 2000

Crystal Dickinson, Assistant Professor, M.F.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; B.A., Seton Hall | Spelman College, 2004 (On Leave 2007-2009)

Veta Goler, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; M.F.A., B.S., University of Michigan | Spelman College, 1988

Kenneth Green, Instructor, B.F.A., United States International University | Spelman College, 1989

Raines, Katriesa, Instructor

R. Paul Thomason, Assistant Professor, M.F.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro; M.Ed., Bowie State University; B.A., South Carolina State College | Spelman College, 1999

Chalethia Williams, Instructor, M.F.A., Western Illinois University; B.A.,
Saint Edwards University | Spelman College, 2007

Marion Wright, Instructor, M.F.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; B.S.,
Florida A & M University | Spelman College, 2004

Dual Degree Engineering

Retina Q. Burton, Coordinator, Dual Degree Program, Instructor, M.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, B.S., Morgan State University | Spelman College, 2005

Economics

Bernice deGannes Scott, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Howard University; B.A., York University | Spelman College, 1989

Amata Diabate, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Tennessee; B.A., National School of Administration, Mali | Spelman College, 2001

Juliet Elu, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Utah; M.S., B.S., Utah State University | Spelman College, 1997

Marionette Holmes, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Georgia; M.A., Clark-Atlanta University; B.A., Spelman College l Spelman College, 2006

Anne Hornsby, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University; M.A., University of Texas; B.S., Tuskegee Institute | Spelman College, 1974

Jack Stone, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., B.A., University of Cincinnati | Spelman College, 1975

Romie Tribble, Professor, Ph.D., Colorado State University; M.A., University of Denver; B.A., Lincoln University | Spelman College, 1984

Educational Studies Program

English

Susan Anderson, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; M.Phil., Oxford University; B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill | Spelman College, 1999

Geneva Baxter, Assoc Dean, UG Studies 3-Yr, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University; M.A., University of Wisconsin; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1987

Alma Billingslea Brown, Associate Professor, ADW Director, Ph.D., University of Texas; M.A., Atlanta University; A.B., Rutgers University | Spelman College, 1989

Donna Akiba Harper, Chair, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Emory University; B.A., Oberlin College | Spelman College, 1987

Michelle Hite, Instructor, ABD, Emory University; M.S. and M.S., University of Kentucky

Piper Hughley-Riggins, Ph.D.,

Zandra Jordan, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Michigan; M.A.T., Brown University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2005

Lisa Niles, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; M.A. and B.A. University of Central Oklahoma | Spelman College, 2007

Michelle S. Hite, Instructor, ABD, Emory University; M.S. and M.S., University of Kentucky

Opal Moore, Associate Professor, M.F.A., M.A., University of Iowa; B.F.A., Illinois Wesleyan University | Spelman College, 1997

Lisa Niles, Ph.D.

Pushpa Parekh, Dir. Honors Program, Professor of English, Ph.D., Louisiana State University; M.Phil., B.A., Panjab University; M.A., University of Madras | Spelman College, 1990

Margaret Price, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; M.F.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Amherst College | Spelman College, 2004

Christine Sizemore, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., Carnegie Institute of Technology | Spelman College, 1978

Tarshia Stanley, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Florida; B.A., Duke University | Spelman College, 1999

Sharan Strange, Instructor, M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College

Patricia Ventura, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. University of Florida | Spelman College, 2005

Natasha Walker, Ph.D.

Anne Warner, Associate Professor, Director of the Comprehensive Writing Program, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., B.A., Hollins College | Spelman College, 1981

Environmental Science & Studies

Gladys Bayse, Professor (Chemistry), Ph.D., M.S., University of Tennessee Center for Health Sciences; B.S., Memphis State University | Spelman College, 1973

Sylvia Bozeman, Professor (Mathematics), Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; B.S., Alabama A&M University | Spelman College, 1974

Cornelia Gillyard, Associate Professor (Chemistry), Chair, M.S., D.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Talladega College | Spelman College, 1977

Derrick Hylton, Associate Professor (Physics), Ph.D., Yale University; M.Ph., Boston University | Spelman College, 1991

Victor Madu Ibeanusi, Chair, Professor of Environmental Science and Studies , Ph.D., M.A., Atlanta University; B.S., University of Lagos, Nigeria | Spelman College, 1990

Yassin Jeilani, Ph.D. , Post Doc and Laboratory Manager, Environmental Science and Studies (Staff)

Rena Jones, Professor (Biology), Ph.D., Wayne State University; M.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Morris Brown College | Spelman College, 1973

Andrea Lawrence, Associate Professor (Chair Computer and Information Science), Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S., Atlanta University; B.S., Purdue University | Spelman College, 1985

Bernice deGannes Scott, Associate Professor (Economics), Ph.D., M.A., Howard University; B.A., York University | Spelman College, 1989

Fatemeh Shafiei, Associate Professor (Political Science), Ph.D., B.S., University of California | Spelman College, 1997

Albert Thompson, Jr., (personal site) Professor (Chemistry), Ph.D., Howard University; B.S., M.S., Texas Southern University | Spelman College, 1981

Bruce Wade, Associate Professor (Sociology and Anthropology ), Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Bowling Green State University; B.A., Morris Brown College | Spelman College, 1987

Ethel Waddel Githii Honors Program

Pushpa Parekh, Dir. Honors Program, Professor of English, Ph.D., Louisiana State University; M.Phil., B.A., Panjab University; M.A., University of Madras | Spelman College, 1990

History

William Jelani Cobb, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Rutgers University; B.A., Howard University | Spelman College, 2001

Dalila De Sousa-Sheppard, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Bowling Green State University; M.A., B.A., University of Coimbra, Portugal | Spelman College, 1990

Margery Ganz, Dir., Study Abroad & Int'l Exchange, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Syracuse University; B.A., University of Rochester | Spelman College, 1981

James Gillam, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Ohio State University; M.A., Case Western Reserve; B.A., Ohio University | Spelman College, 1985

Azaria Charles Mbughuni, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Howard University

Kathleen Phillips-Lewis, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Manitoba; B.A., University of the West Indies, St. Augustine | Spelman College, 1994

Japan Studies

Yoko Ueda, Dir. of Japanese Studies, Ph.D., M.A., The Ontario Institute of Studies in Education, University of Toronto; B.A., York University | Spelman College, 1994

Learning Resources Center

Christine K. Farris, Associate Professor; Coordinator, Learning Resources Center, M.A., Columbia University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1958

Mathematics

Yewande Olubummo, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; M.S., Yale University; B.Sc., University of Ibadan | Spelman College, 1991

Fred Bowers, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Illinois State University; M.S., Atlanta University; B.S., Howard University | Spelman College, 1983

Sylvia Bozeman, Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., Vanderbilt University; B.S., Alabama A&M University | Spelman College, 1974

Jeffrey Ehme, Professor, Ph.D., M.S., Auburn University; B.S., Northern Kentucky University | Spelman College, 1992

Gladys Glass, Professor, Ph.D., Georgia State University; M.S., Atlanta University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1959

Tasha Inniss, Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; B.S., Xavier University of Louisiana | Spelman College, 2003

Colm Mulcahy, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Cornell University; B.Sc., M.Sc., University College, Dublin, Ireland | Spelman College, 1988

Nagambal Shah, Professor, Ph.D., M.S., University of Windsor, Ontario; B.Sc., M.Sc., University of Kerala, India | Spelman College, 1972

Monica Stephens-Cooley, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Sc.M., Brown University; B.S. Spelman College | Spelman College, 2001

Mohammed Tesemma, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Temple University; M.Sc., B.Sc., Addis Ababa University | Spelman College, 2004

Joycelyn Wilson, Instructor, M.S., University of Maryland, College Park; B.S., Clark Atlanta University | Spelman College, 2007

Music

Hyunjung Rachel Chung, Assistant Professor, D.M.A.,Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University; P.S.C., M.M., Mannes College of Music; B.A., Seoul National University I Spelman College, 2006

Laura English-Robinson, Instructor, M.M., University of Cincinnati; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1996 | Personal Web site

Paula Grissom, Instructor, M.M., Northwestern University, B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2008

Joseph Jennings, Director, Spelman College Jazz Ensemble, Senior Instructor, M.Mus.Ed., University of Illinois, Champaign; B.Mus., Southern University, Baton Rouge | Spelman College, 1983

Joyce Johnson, Professor Emerita, D.Mus., M.Mus., Northwestern University; A.B., Fisk University | Spelman College, 1953

Kevin Johnson, Chair and Glee Club Director, Associate Professor, D.M.A. , University of Missouri, Kansas; M.A., B.A., California State University, Los Angeles | Spelman College, 1999

Lawrence Schenbeck, Associate Professor, D.M.A., University of Southern California; B.Mus., M.M., University of Colorado | Spelman College, 1991

Monica Tripp, D.M.A, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, M.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music, B.Mus., University of North Florida

Philosophy & Religious Studies

Gertrude Gonzales de Allen, Chair and Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Binghamton University; B.A., Susquehanna University | Spelman College, 2001

Jamillah Karim, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., BSE, Duke University | Spelman College, 2004

Nami Kim, Assistant Professor, Th.D., Harvard University Divinity School; M.Div., Candler School of Theology, Emory University; M.A., B.A., Ewha Women's University | Spelman College, 2004

Arthur Pindle, Lecturer

Rosetta Ross, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.Div., Emory University; M.A., Howard University; B.A., The College of Charleston | Spelman College, 2003

Al-Yasha Williams, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Stanford University; B.A., Brown University | Spelman College, 2001

Physical Education & Athletics

Philmore George, Instructor/ Coach

Tarin Hampton, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University

Germaine McAuley, Chair, Director of Athletics, M.S., North Carolina A&T State University

LaVon Mercer, Associate Athletic Director, Lecturer/ Coach, B.A., National - Louis University

Deidtra Reid, Faculty/Coach/ Sports Information Director, M.A., Marquette University, B.A., College of Wooster

Lisa D. Tillery, Instructor

Lydia Woods, Instructor, Ed.D., University of Georgia

Farley Youman, Instructor/Coach

Physics

Retina Q. Burton, Instructor, M.S., Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, B.S., Morgan State University | Spelman College, 2005

Michael Burns-Kaurin, Ph.D, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.Phil., Yale University; B.A., Carleton College | Spelman College, 1994

Paul Camp, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., University of South Carolina; M.S., University of Michigan; B.S., Georgia Institute of Technology | Spelman, 2003

Marta Dark McNeese, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; B.S., University of Virginia | Spelman College, 2000

Derrick J. Hylton, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ph.D., Yale University; M.Ph., Boston University | Spelman College, 1991

Natarajan Ravi, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ph.D., University of Hyderabad; M.Sc., Banaras Hindi University; B.Sc., Madras University | Spelman College, 1998

Political Science

Dorian Crosby, Lecturer, Ph.D., Clark Atlanta University; M.A., University of Delaware; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2006

Marilyn Davis, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Hampton Institute | Spelman College, 1981

Kai He

Jeanne Meadows, Dir. International Affairs Center, Director International Studies Program, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1968

Kazuya Fukuoka

Tinaz Pavri, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Ohio State University; B.A., St. Xavier's College | Spelman College, 1995

Desiree Pedescleaux, Dean of Students, Associate Professor, Ph.D. , M.A., Yale University; B.A., Southern University | Spelman College, 1991

Fatemeh Shafiei, Associate Professor, Ph.D., B.S., University of California | Spelman College, 1997

Kasahun Woldemariam, Assistant Professor, Ph.D. Howard University; M.A. Clark Atlanta University; B.S. State University of New York College at Buffalo | Spelman College 2008

Unislawa Williams, Assistant Pofessor, Ph.D.Ohio State University; B.A., M.A.University of Chicago | Spelman College





Psychology

Dolores Bradley, Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Ph.D., Sc.M., Brown University; B.A., Tennessee State University | Spelman College, 2001

Karen Brakke, Chair, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., Georgia State University; B.A., Carleton College | Spelman College, 1999

Myra Burnett, Vice Provost and Associate Professor, Ph.D., Duke University; M.A., Stanford University; B.A., Harvard University | Spelman College, 1985

B. LaConyea Butler Coordinator, Assessment of Student Learning and Development, Professor, Ph.D., Atlanta University; M.A., Boston University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1959

Evelyn Chisolm, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Atlanta University; M.S., Howard University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1963

Angela Farris Watkins, Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.Ed., Georgia State University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman, 1996

Christine P. Harrell, Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.Ed., Howard University; B.A., Morgan State University | Spelman College, 2005

Carl Hendrickson, Ph.D.,, Professor, Ph.D., Emory University; M.S., Rutgers University; B.A., Brown University | Spelman College, 1968

Kai McCormack, Ph.D. , Assistant Professor, Ph.D., M.S., University of Georgia; B.A., Claremount McKenna College | Spelman College, 2005

Lily D. McNair, Ph.D,, Associate Provost of Research and Professor, Ph.D., M.A., State University of New York at Stony Brook; A.B., Princeton University | Spelman College, 2004

Kesi Miller, Ph.D., Lecturer, Ph.D. Southern Illinois University-Carbondale; B.A. Spelman College, 2005

Sandra Patterson, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Michigan; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1979

Shani Harris Peterson, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ph.D., Duke University; M.A., Duke University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 2007

Fred Rudoloph, Ph.D., Instructor, Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; B.A., The University of the South | Spelman College, 2007

Beverly Daniel Tatum, President, Professor, Ph.D., M.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Hartford Seminary; B.A., Wesleyan University | Spelman College, 2004

Women's Research and Resource Center (Comparative Women's Studies) Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Dir., Women's Research & Resource Center, Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Women's Studies, Ph.D., Emory University; M.A., Atlanta University; B.A., Spelman College | Spelman College, 1971

M. Bahati Kuumba, Dir., Women's Research & Resource Center, Associate Professor, Ph.D., Howard University; M.A., B.A., University of Oklahoma | Spelman College, 1987

Ayoka Chenzira, Dir. of Digital Moving Salon and Professor of Women's Studies, M.Ed., Columbia University/Teacher's College; B.F.A., New York University | Spelman College, 2003

Monica Melton, Assistant Professor Women's Studies, Ph.D. and M.A., Florida Atlantic University; B.A., Michigan State University | Spelman College, 2008

World Languages & Literature

Jacqueline Alvarez-Ogbesor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., Vanderbilt University; M.A., University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Bachelor in Journalism, Universidad Mayor Real y Pontifícia de San Francisco Xavier de Chuquisaca, Bolivia.

Renè Campos, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., M.S., SUNY at Stony Brook | Spelman College, 1992

Anthony Dahl, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., University of Minnesota; M.A., Carleton University; B.A., University of Brunswick | Spelman College, 1989

Patricia de Souza, Instructor (Spanish), M.A., B.A. Auburn University | Spelman College, 2007

Jacqueline Edwards, Senior Instructor (French), M.A., University of Paris

Estelle Finley, Senior Instructor (Spanish), M.A., Purdue University; B.A., Fisk University | Spelman College, 1974

Diana Glad, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., M.A., Emory University; B.A., Indiana University | Spelman College, 1981

Julio González-Ruiz, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., University of Ottawa; B.A., University of Malaga | Spelman College, 2004

Cleveland Johnson, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., M.Phil., Columbia University; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; B.A., Morehouse College | Spelman College, 1985

Frederick Langhorst, Chair, Associate Professor (Spanish), Ph.D., M.A., Emory University; B.A., Florida Presbyterian College | Spelman College, 1982

Xuexin Liu, Associate Professor (Japanese), Ph.D., Nara Women's University; M.A., Nara Educational University; B.A., East China Normal University | Spelman College, 1995

Jean Norgaisse, Associate Professor (French), Ph.D., Columbia University; B.A., City University of New York | Spelman College, 2002

Pilar Valencia, Instructor (Spanish), M.A., B.S. University of Cincinnati | Spelman College, 2006

Independent Study

Gloria Wade-Gayles, Eminent Scholar Professor, Founder of
Spelman Independent Scholars Program, Ph.D., Emory University

Cosby Endowed Chairs

Nawal El Saadawi, Ph.D.,
Cosby Endowed Chair (Social Sciences)

M. Jacqui Alexander
Cosby Endowed Chair (Humanities)

Human Services

This major is a part of the Pauline E. Drake Scholars Program. Faculty from various disciplines provide instruction.