Faculty and Staff

Dr. Kim Cheek

Associate Department Head

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204G

Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 365

919-866-5003 (office)

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Dr. Kim Cheek

Associate Department Head

Education

Ph.D., American History, UNC-Greensboro
MLS, Archives and Records Management, North Carolina Central University
MA, History, North Carolina Central University
BA, History, North Carolina Central University

Interests

Modern European history, U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War
Race and empire
Global modern civil rights movement
African presence in Europe
Anti-imperialism and anti-colonial movements

History

Mandy Benter

Assistant Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 357

919-532-5902 (office)

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Mandy Benter

Assistant Professor

Education

MA, Public History, North Carolina State University
BA, History and Political Science, University of Wisconsin

Interests

Public history and memory studies
American labor history
Oral history

Sarah Cox

Instructor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 353

919-532-5998919-5 (office)

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Education

MA, History, North Carolina State University
BA, Comparative Humanities, East Carolina University
BM, Violin Performance, East Carolina University

Interests

Medieval intellectual history
Global Middle Ages
Pre-modern global connections

Geoffrey Harris

Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 347

919-532-5541 (office)

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Education

MA, U.S. History, North Carolina State University
BA, UNC-Chapel Hill

Interests

History of education

Steven J. Hill

Associate Professor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 207

919-866-5208 (office)

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Steven J. Hill

Associate Professor

Education

MA, History, East Carolina University
BA, Political Science, East Carolina University

Interests

European history
Tudor-Stuart eras in England

Dr. John Kaiser

Associate Professor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204B

919-866-5187 (office)

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Dr. John Kaiser

Associate Professor

Education

Ph.D., History, UNC-Greensboro
MA, History, North Carolina State University
J.D., Law, Ohio Northern University
BA, Communication Studies, UNC-Wilmington

Interests

U.S. South
Legal history
Southern Progressives

Madison Miller

Instructor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204A

919-866-5179 (office)

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Education

MA, History, Liberty University
BA, History and Communication Arts, College of the Ozarks

Interests

Social history
History of the ancient world
Ancient China

Patrick Reed

Instructor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 353

919-532-5875 (office)

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Education

MA, History, University of Virginia
BA, History, Davidson College

Interests

Post-Civil War South
Technology and society
Digital video in the classroom

Farris Smith

Instructor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 343

919-532-5534 (office)

Dr. James Wils

Instructor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 207

919-866-5247 (office)

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Education

Ph.D., Public History, North Carolina State University
MA, Military History, East Carolina University
BS, Public History, East Carolina University

Interests

Revolutionary America and the early Republic
Commemorative culture of the early Republic
Public history and collective memory

Humanities

Dr. Robert Richardson

Instructor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204B

919-866-5246 (office)

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Dr. Robert Richardson

Instructor

Education

Ph.D., U.S. History, UNC-Chapel Hill
MA, U.S. History, North Carolina State University
BA, Political Science, North Carolina State University

Interests

U.S. foreign policy
Military history
Russian history
Transnational crime

Thomas Riley

Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 347

919-532-5531 (office)

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Education

MA, Counseling, North Carolina Central University
M.Div., Duke University Divinity School
BA, History, Samford University

Interests

American Christianities
Spirituality and mental health

Howard Davis

Associate Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 367

919-532-5645 (office)

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Howard Davis

Associate Professor

Education

MA, Liberal Studies, Duke University
BA, Criminal Justice, UNC-Charlotte

Interests

America's Great Migration
Jazz history
Depiction of African Americans in film

Philosophy

Benjamin Allen

Assistant Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 367

919-532-5601 (office)

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Benjamin Allen

Assistant Professor

Education

High Point University - BA, Philosophy
Ohio University - MA, Philosophy

Interests

19th and early 20th Century Pragmatism
Philosophy of Mind
Philosophy of Language

Sophia Arias

Assistant Professor

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Western Wake Campus
- Room 108

919-335-1035 (office)

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Sophia Arias

Assistant Professor

Education

Biola University -BA Psychology
Claremont Graduate University - MA Philosophy

Interests

Ancient, Medieval, Ethics and Philosophy of Mind.

Dr. Jacob Burnell

Instructor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204A

919-866-5539 (office)

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Education

Ph.D., Philosophy, University of North Texas
BA, Psychology and Philosophy, Western Connecticut State University

Interests

Postmodernism
Environmental philosophy/posthumanism
Existentialism

Dr. Kamper Floyd

Assistant Professor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204J

919-866-6522 (office)

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Dr. Kamper Floyd

Assistant Professor

Education

BA, Philosophy, Louisiana State University
MA, Philosophy, University of Mississippi
Ph.D., Philosophy, University of Kentucky

Interests

Philosophy of language
Metaphysics
Metaethics

Chris Gandy

Assistant Professor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204J

919-866-5250 (office)

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Chris Gandy

Assistant Professor

Education

Florida Community College at Jacksonville - AA (Liberal Arts)
University of North Florida - BA (Philosophy)
San Jose State University - MA (Philosophy)

Interests

Ethical and Technology, Ethics and Nature
Applied Ethics; Stoic Philosophy
Buddhist Philosophy; Existentialism

Dr. Corey Kittrell

Assistant Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 347

RTP Campus
Building 1 - 332G

919-866-7227 (office)

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Dr. Corey Kittrell

Assistant Professor

Education

East Tennessee State University-BA
University of Tennessee-MA
University of Tennessee-PhD

Interests

Ethical Theory
Social Philosophy
Political Philosophy
Philosophy of Education

Brent Miller

Assistant Professor

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RTP Campus
Building 1 - 332G

919-532-5530 (office)

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Brent Miller

Assistant Professor

Education

Samford University - BA, Religion
Princeton Theological Seminary - M.Div
Fordham University - MA, Philosophy

Derrick Nantz

Associate Professor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 157D

919-866-5857 (office)

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Derrick Nantz

Associate Professor

Education

UNC-Wilmington, BA, Philosophy & Economics
Georgia State University, MA, Philosophy
Methodist University, MBA

Interests

Ancient Greek philosophy, Nietzsche, Business Ethics

Tyler Suggs

Assistant Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 357

919-532-5990 (office)

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Tyler Suggs

Assistant Professor

Education

BA, Political Science, University of Georgia
MA, Political Science, University of Georgia
AA, Gainesville State College
Graduate work in Political and Ethical Theory, Virginia Tech

Interests

Philosophy of punishment
Critical theory
Post-structural ethics

Political Science

Amelia "Mia" Bocko

Instructor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 353

919-532-5533 (office)

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Education

MA, American Government and Politics, Appalachian State University
BA, Political Science and Hispanic Studies, Appalachian State University

Interests

Media in the political world
Social identity theory
Public policy
Federal judiciary

Jason Cain

Instructor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204A

919-866-5215 (office)

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Education

MA, Public Leadership, University of San Francisco
MPA, Harvard University
MPS, Legislative Affairs, George Washington University
BS, U.S. Government, Campbell University

Interests

North Carolina politics
State and local government
Presidential campaigns and history
Civil-military relations
Veterans in politics

Religion

Randall Holste

Assistant Professor

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Southern Wake Campus
Building B - 204A

919-866-5884 (office)

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Randall Holste

Assistant Professor

Education

M.Div., Theology & Pastoral Care, Vanderbilt University
BS, Psychology, Appalachian State University

Interests

World religions
Critical thinking

Dr. Jean-Pierre Kamuabo

Associate Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 343

919-532-5532 (office)

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Dr. Jean-Pierre Kamuabo

Associate Professor

Education

Th.D., Columbia International University
M.Div., Shaw University
MA, Agency Counseling, North Carolina Central University
BS, Electrical Engineering, National University of Congo

Interests

Religions and their influences on humanity

Dana Trent

Assistant Professor

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Scott Northern Wake Campus
Building E - 445

919-866-7226 (office)

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Education

M.Div., Certificate in Baptist Studies, Duke University
Residency in Clinical Pastoral Education, UNC-Chapel Hill
BA, History and French, Salem College

Interests

Comparative religious studies
Millennials, Gen Z and non-binary religious/spiritual identification
Religious/spiritual end-of-life rituals
Critical thinking and the media
Thinking critically about religion
Religious/spiritual responses to systemic poverty
Religious/spiritual responses to mental illness
Religious/spiritual responses to substance abuse in rural America