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Faculty & Staff

Core Faculty and Staff

Sa'ed Atshan ’06

Associate Professor

Department Chair, Peace & Conflict Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Sociology & Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7365
  2. Parrish Hall W237B
  1. Profile
Sa'ed Atshan

Lee Smithey

(he-him-his-himself)

Professor

On Leave - Academic Year

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-2064
  2. Parrish Hall
  3. Office Hours:

    By appointment

  1. Profile
Professor Lee Smithey

Mike Wilson Becerril

(he-him-they-them)

Visiting Assistant Professor

Peace & Conflict Studies

Latin American & Latino Studies

Environmental Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-3358
  2. Parrish Hall W225
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Israa Al-Helli

Administrative Assistant II

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7674
  2. Parrish Hall
  3. Office Hours:

    Monday-Friday

    9 am-5 pm

L Fahn-Lai

(they-them-theirs-themselves)

Communications and Creative Consultant

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

L Fahn-Lai

Faculty Steering Committe

Sabeen Ahmed

(she-her-hers-herself)

Assistant Professor

Philosophy

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8428
  2. Beardsley Hall 211B
  3. Office Hours:

    F'23 - Tuesday and Wednesday, 10:00am-12:00pm, and by appointment

  1. Profile

Interests:  Political Philosophy of Race; Philosophy of Law; Colonial/Imperial Studies; Foucault

Sabeen Ahmed looking at a painting of a woman

Nanci Buiza

Associate Professor

Department Chair, Spanish

Spanish

Latin American & Latino Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8163
  2. Kohlberg Hall 339
  3. Office Hours:

    Tuesdays and Thursdays: 2:30-4:00 p.m. and by appointment.

    Please email Prof. Buiza to make an appointment for office hours.

  1. Profile

Interests: Latin American literature, Central American and Mexican cultural studies, U.S. Latino/a studies, and diasporic and transnational community formations.

Nanci Buiza

Denise Crossan

(she-her-hers-herself)

Director, Community & Strategic Initiatives

President's Office

Center for Innovation & Leadership (CIL)

Peace & Conflict Studies

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6165
  2. Parrish Hall E260
  3. Parrish Hall 101
  1. Profile
  2. Center for Innovation and Leadership
  3. Social Business Model Canvas
Denise Crossan

Alexandra Gueydan-Turek

(she-her-hers-herself)

Associate Professor

Department Chair, Modern Languages & Literatures

Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Comparative Literature

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8309
  2. Kohlberg Hall 311
  3. Office Hours:

    Tuesdays 1:00-2:00 p.m. and Wednesdays: 9:00-10:30 a.m. 

    and by appointment

  1. Profile

Interests: Postcolonial Theory; Francophone Literature of the Maghreb and the Mashreq;  Comics and Graphic Novels in the Arab World; Local Publishing Markets in North Africa; (Neo)colonial representations; Representations of Islam in France.

 

Alexandra Gueydan-Turek

Nina Johnson

(she-her-hers-herself)

Associate Professor of Sociology

Sociology & Anthropology-Sociology

Black Studies

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5773
  2. Kohlberg Hall 247
  3. Office Hours:

    Tuesdays, 11:00am- 1:00pm

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Professor Nina Johnson

Jennifer Magee

Director, Program Development, Implementation, & Assessment

Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7320
  2. Lang Center for Civic & Social Responsibility 204
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Dr. Magee provides leadership and support for key programs of the Center that fund the work of social responsibility, including the Engaged Scholarship Research Grant program for faculty and for students: Lang Opportunity Scholarship Program, Lang Social Impact Fellowship, Pilot Project Grant Program, Project Pericles Fund of Swarthmore College, and Davis Projects for Peace. Office hours by appointment.

Barbara Milewski

Daniel Underhill Professor of Music

On Leave - Academic Year

Music

Peace & Conflict Studies

First Generation & Low-Income Student Initiatives

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8238
  2. Lang Music Building 402
  1. Profile
Barbara Milewski

Emily Paddon Rhoads

Associate Professor

Political Science

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8689
  2. Trotter Hall 305
  3. Office Hours:

    Tuesday 1-2:30pm

    Wednesday 3:30-4:30pm

    Must sign up through Google Booking Page

  1. Profile
  2. Personal website
Emily Paddon Rhoads

Ellen Ross

Howard M. and Charles F. Jenkins Professor of Quakerism & Peace Studies

On Leave - Spring

Religion

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8691
  2. Pearson Hall 215
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Professor Ellen Ross photo

Andrew Ward

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor

Psychology

Peace & Conflict Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6861
  2. Maxine Frank Singer '52 Hall 207
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Interests: Social psychology: self-control of emotions, thoughts, and behaviors; bargaining and negotiation; social perception.

Office Hours: By email appointment

Andrew Ward