Teacher-Scholars
Teacher-Scholars are professors and instructors from across DePaul University who have a passion for Civic Education and engage that work from their own areas of interest.
Molly Andolina (She/Her)
Faculty Co-Director
Professor of Political Science
Benjamin Epstein (He/Him)
Faculty Co-Director
Associate Professor of Political Science
Avery Goldman (He/Him)
Professor of Philosophy
Caroline M. Kisiel (She/Her)
Associate Professor in the School of Continuing and Professional Studies
Christine Gimbar (She/Her)
Associate Professor of Accounting and Management Information Studies
Diane Claussen (She/They)
Associate Professor in the Theatre Studies department and Head of Theatre Management
Hilary Conklin (She/Her)
Professor of Education
James Rudyk (He/Him)
Full-Time Non-Tenure Track Faculty, Lecturer
Jason Martin (He/Him)
Professor, Journalism Program Chair, Sports Communication BA Coordinator
Jay Baglia (He/Him)
Associate Professor of Communication Studies
John Shanahan (He/Him)
Associate Dean, Director of Liberal Studies, and Professor of English
Julia Lippert (She/Her)
Public Health Researcher
Kate Cooper (She/Her)
Assistant Professor of Communication Studies
Kristen Pengelly (She/Her)
Instructor of Communication Studies
Lien Tran (She/Her)
Assistant Professor of Games and Design
Malia Bowers (She/Her)
Professional Lecturer
Margaret Poncin Reeves (She/Her)
Senior Lecturer in Writing Rhetoric and Discourse
Margaret Storey (She/Her)
Professor of History and Associate Dean of LAS
Martha Martinez-Firestone (She/Her)
Associate Professor of Sociology
Matthew Girson (He/Him)
Associate Professor of Art
Michael Gallaway (He/Him)
Professional Lecturer in Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
Paige Treebridge (She/Her)
Associate Professor in the School of Design, College of Computing and Digital Media
Quinetta Shelby (She/Her)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Salli Berg Seeley (She/Her)
Part-Time Lecturer and Adjunct Teaching Professor
Samantha Close (She/Her)
Assistant Professor of Communication
Scott D. Moringiello (He/Him)
Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Catholic Studies
Scott Paeth (He/Him)
Professor of Religious Studies
Sydney Dillard Bland (She/Her)
Associate Professor of Public Relations and Advertising
Tara Betts (She/Her)
Author, Teaching Artist, Mentor and Poetry Editor
Timothy Elliott (He/Him)
Assistant Professor in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Department
Tracey Lewis-Elligan (She/Her)
Associate Professor in the Sociology Department
Valerie Johnson (She/Her)
Assistant Professor of Political Science and Professor of Urban Diplomacy
Verena Graupmann (She/Her)
Associate Professor of Psychology
Victoria Hohenzy (She/Her)
Assistant Director of Writing and Lecturer in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse
Vincent Peña (He/Him)
Assistant Professor in Sports Communication and Journalism
Our Student Team
Aarya Balaji (She/Her)
Student Research Assistant
Celeste Nunez (She/Her)
Student Assistant for Website Development
About Our Team
The Teacher-Scholars working with the DePaul Civics Initiative come from a wide variety of backgrounds and areas of study across DePaul University.
Each Teacher-Scholar has their own area of interest that they are connecting with the ideas of lived civics and the social construct to create an engaging curriculum for students.