Meet the CASL Faculty
Our faculty come from respected universities across the country. They inspire and equip our students, through education in the liberal arts, to be servant leaders in society at large and for the resurgence and renewal in southeast Michigan.
Fac/Staff profile
Jorge
Gonzalez del Pozo
Ph.D.
Chair, Language, Culture, and Communication; Professor of Spanish; Director of International Studies & Global Cultures
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Film and Screen Studies
- Social Theory
- Spanish
Fac/Staff profile
Martin
Hershock
Ph.D.
Dean; Professor of History
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Dean's Office
- Civil War / Reconstruction
- Michigan History
- U.S. History
Fac/Staff profile
Michael
Lachance
Ph.D.
Associate Dean; Professor of Mathematics
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
- College-Wide Programs
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Dean's Office
- Geometric Modeling
- Mathematics
Fac/Staff profile
Deborah Smith
Pollard
Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Literature, Philosophy and the Arts; Professor of English Literature and Humanities
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- African-American Identity and Literature
- African-American Sacred Music
Fac/Staff profile
Gabriella
Scarlatta
Ph.D.
Associate Dean; Professor of French
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Dean's Office
- Early Women Writers and Intellectuals
- French Culture / History
- Gender
313-593-4778
2025 CASL Building; 3015 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Jonathan
Smith
Ph.D.
William E. Stirton Professor of English; Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- Behavioral Sciences
- Literary Theory and Analysis
- Relationship between Humanities, Science and Technology
- Victorian Britain
Fac/Staff profile
Dale
Thomson
Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Political Science
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Community Development and Organization
- Government / Nonprofit Management
- Public Policy
- Urban Politics and Governance
(313) 593-5332
2147 SSB (Social Sciences Building)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Jennifer
Zhao
Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Professor of Mathematics
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Applied Mathematics
- Mathematical Applications
Fac/Staff profile
John
Abramyan
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
- Evolutionary Biology
- Genomics
(313) 593-5477
215 SFC (Science Faculty Center)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Mahesh
Agarwal
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Mathematics Education
- Data Science
Fac/Staff profile
Imran
Aijaz
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- Faith and Rationality
- Islam
- Philosophy of Religion
Fac/Staff profile
Joshua
Akers
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban & Regional Studies
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Geography
- State Politics
- Urban Growth and Development
(313) 436-9178
2156 SSB (Social Sciences Building)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Samia
Al-Qaisi
Lecturer IV of Chemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Bilal
Aleiwi
LEO Lecturer I
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
2209 CW (Computing Wing)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Camron Michael
Amin
Ph.D.
Professor of History
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Iran / Iranian Studies
- Persian History
(313) 436-9171
1270 SSB (Social Sciences Building)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Nadine
Anderson
Adjunct Lecturer I in Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Librarian
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
4021 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Warren
Anderson
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Political Economy
- Portugal
- Public Choice
- The Inquisition
(313) 583-6712
2270 SSB (Social Sciences Building)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Marija
Andrijonas
LEO Lecturer I
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
201 SFC (Science Faculty Center)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Ariana
Angjeli
Lecturer I
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
Fac/Staff profile
Pamela
Aronson
Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- Education
- Family
- Gender
- Poverty
- Research Methods
- Social Movements
Fac/Staff profile
Benjamin
Baker
LEO Lecturer II in Sociology
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Krisanu
Bandyopadhyay
Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
- Nanotechnology
- Physical Chemistry
Fac/Staff profile
Francine
Banner
Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology; Director, Women in Learning & Leadership
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- College-Wide Programs
- Gender
- Law
- Sexual Assault in Military
- Sexual Assault in Social Media
Fac/Staff profile
Maya
Barak
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Studies
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- College-Wide Programs
- Criminal Justice
- Criminology
- Deviance
- Immigrants / Immigration
- Law
1070 Social Sciences Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Madeleine
Barkey
Lecturer II
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
3078 CASL Bldg
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Elvira
Basevich
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- History and Normative Theory
- Modernity
3011 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Rafil
Basheer
LEO Lecturer I
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
217 SFC (Science Faculty Center)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Elias
Baumgarten
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- Ethics
- Social Policy
- War
Fac/Staff profile
Hani
Bawardi
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Arab American Studies
- Immigrants / Immigration
(313) 583-6520
2230 SSB (Social Sciences Building)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Ali
Bazzi
Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
- Analytical Chemistry
- Environmental Chemistry
Fac/Staff profile
Judith
Bazzi
Lecturer IV and Laboratory Coordinator of Chemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
(313) 593- 5350
107 SFC (Science Faculty Center)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Tahsine
Bazzi
LEO Lecturer II, Arabic
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
3102 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Patrick
Beauchesne
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- Bioarchaeology
- Biocultural Theory / Methodology
- Growth and Development
- Skeletal Biology
Fac/Staff profile
Nasser
Beidoun
Lecturer II
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
Fac/Staff profile
Marilee
Benore
Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Science Education
(313) 593-5387
109 SFC (Science Faculty Center)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Suzanne
Bergeron
Ph.D.
Helen M. Graves Collegiate Professor of Women's Studies and Social Sciences
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- College-Wide Programs
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- College-Wide Programs
- Gender
- Globalization
- International / Global Economics
- Solidarity / Care Economies
Fac/Staff profile
Thomas
Bianchette
Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer III of Geology
- Full-Time Faculty
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Rebecca
Bieri
LEO Lecturer I
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
1141 CW (Computing Wing)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
William
Birkhill
LEO Lecturer II in Psychology
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
4020 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Erik
Bond
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English Literature
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- Eighteenth-Century British Literature
- English Literature
- Gender
- Literary Theory and Analysis
Fac/Staff profile
Mario
Bonfiglio
Lecturer II
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
Fac/Staff profile
Julio
Borquez
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Media
- Research Methods
- Urban Politics and Governance
- Voting / Elections
(313) 593-5082
2162 SSB (Social Sciences Building)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Melissa
Bowlin
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
- Ecophysiology
(313) 593-6419
235 SFC (Science Faculty Center)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Lisa
Bradshaw
LEO Lecturer I
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
206 SFC (Science Faculty Center)
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Amy
Brainer
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Sociology
- CASL
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- CASL
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- College-Wide Programs
- Family
- Immigrants / Immigration
- Queer Studies
- Taiwan
- Transgender Studies
2036 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Hugh
Bray
LEO Lecturer II in Psychology
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
4048 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Lee
Brooks
LEO Lecturer II, Composition & Rhetoric
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Writing Program
3023 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Paul
Buczkowski
Ph.D.
LEO Lecturer II, Composition and Rhetoric
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Writing Program
3021 CASL Building
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Sofia
Calzada-Orihuela
Ph.D.
Lecturer IV in Spanish
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
Fac/Staff profile
Lisa
Caron-Gatto
Lecturer II
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
3108 CASL Bldg
4901 Evergreen Rd
Dearborn, MI 48128
Fac/Staff profile
Jorge
Gonzalez del Pozo
Ph.D.
Chair, Language, Culture, and Communication; Professor of Spanish; Director of International Studies & Global Cultures
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
Fac/Staff profile
Martin
Hershock
Ph.D.
Dean; Professor of History
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Dean's Office
Fac/Staff profile
Michael
Lachance
Ph.D.
Associate Dean; Professor of Mathematics
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
- College-Wide Programs
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Dean's Office
Fac/Staff profile
Deborah Smith
Pollard
Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Literature, Philosophy and the Arts; Professor of English Literature and Humanities
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Fac/Staff profile
Gabriella
Scarlatta
Ph.D.
Associate Dean; Professor of French
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Dean's Office
Fac/Staff profile
Jonathan
Smith
Ph.D.
William E. Stirton Professor of English; Chair, Department of Behavioral Sciences
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Dale
Thomson
Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Political Science
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Jennifer
Zhao
Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Mathematics and Statistics; Professor of Mathematics
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
Fac/Staff profile
John
Abramyan
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Biology
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Mahesh
Agarwal
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Mathematics
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Mathematics and Statistics
Fac/Staff profile
Imran
Aijaz
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Fac/Staff profile
Joshua
Akers
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Geography and Urban & Regional Studies
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Samia
Al-Qaisi
Lecturer IV of Chemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Camron Michael
Amin
Ph.D.
Professor of History
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Nadine
Anderson
Adjunct Lecturer I in Behavioral Sciences, Behavioral Sciences Librarian
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Warren
Anderson
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Economics
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Pamela
Aronson
Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Benjamin
Baker
LEO Lecturer II in Sociology
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Krisanu
Bandyopadhyay
Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Francine
Banner
Ph.D., J.D.
Associate Professor of Sociology; Director, Women in Learning & Leadership
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- College-Wide Programs
Fac/Staff profile
Maya
Barak
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice Studies
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- College-Wide Programs
Fac/Staff profile
Madeleine
Barkey
Lecturer II
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Fac/Staff profile
Elvira
Basevich
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Fac/Staff profile
Elias
Baumgarten
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Fac/Staff profile
Hani
Bawardi
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of History
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Judith
Bazzi
Lecturer IV and Laboratory Coordinator of Chemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Tahsine
Bazzi
LEO Lecturer II, Arabic
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
Fac/Staff profile
Patrick
Beauchesne
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Marilee
Benore
Ph.D.
Professor of Biology and Biochemistry
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Suzanne
Bergeron
Ph.D.
Helen M. Graves Collegiate Professor of Women's Studies and Social Sciences
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Staff
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
- College-Wide Programs
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- College-Wide Programs
Fac/Staff profile
Thomas
Bianchette
Ph.D.
Assistant Research Scientist and Lecturer III of Geology
- Full-Time Faculty
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
William
Birkhill
LEO Lecturer II in Psychology
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Erik
Bond
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of English Literature
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts
Fac/Staff profile
Julio
Borquez
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Political Science
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Social Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Melissa
Bowlin
Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biology
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Natural Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Amy
Brainer
Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies and Sociology
- CASL
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- CASL
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
- College-Wide Programs
Fac/Staff profile
Hugh
Bray
LEO Lecturer II in Psychology
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Behavioral Sciences
Fac/Staff profile
Lee
Brooks
LEO Lecturer II, Composition & Rhetoric
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Writing Program
Fac/Staff profile
Paul
Buczkowski
Ph.D.
LEO Lecturer II, Composition and Rhetoric
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
- Administrative and Academic Departments
- Writing Program
Fac/Staff profile
Sofia
Calzada-Orihuela
Ph.D.
Lecturer IV in Spanish
- Faculty
- Full-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Language, Culture, and Communication
Fac/Staff profile
Lisa
Caron-Gatto
Lecturer II
- Faculty
- Part-Time Faculty
- Academic Departments
- Literature, Philosophy, and the Arts