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Sections: topographic map from 1891 and a close-up of a Thomas Benton painting

Main Office

Department Chair

Dr. Jonathan Leib

    Professor & Chair
    7002 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3841
  • jleib@guoyao100.net

Fiscal Technician

Jessie Hobbs


Senior Secretary

Vinecia Bunch

    Assistant Office Manager
    7000 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3841
  • v1bunch@guoyao100.net

Administration

Chief Department Advisor & Director, Geography

Nicole Hutton Shannon


Chief Departmental Advisor, Political Science

Joshua Zingher


Director, Graduate Program in International Studies (GPIS)

Regina Karp

    Associate Professor
    7047 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-5702
  • rkarp@guoyao100.net

Director, Bachelor of Arts in International Studies (BAIS)

Timothy Kidd

    Senior Lecturer
    7004 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3855
  • tkidd@guoyao100.net

Director, Model United Nations

Aaron Karp

    Master Lecturer
    7006 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3848
  • akarp@guoyao100.net

Pre-Law Advisor

Full-Time Faculty

Francis Adams

Dr. Tom Allen

Tom Chapman


Dr. Michael Clemons

    Professor & Director of the Institute for the Study of Race and Ethnicity
    7034 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3858 Ext. 6841
  • mclemons@guoyao100.net

Matthew DiLorenzo

Nicole Hutton Shannon


Aaron Karp

    Master Lecturer
    7006 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3848
  • akarp@guoyao100.net

Regina Karp

    Associate Professor
    7047 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-5702
  • rkarp@guoyao100.net

Athena M. King

    Assistant Professor
    7014 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3859
  • a1king@guoyao100.net

Timothy Kidd

    Senior Lecturer
    7004 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3855
  • tkidd@guoyao100.net

Michelle M. Kundmueller

Dr. Jonathan Leib

    Professor & Chair
    7002 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3841
  • jleib@guoyao100.net

Hua Liu

Richard W. Maass

    Associate Professor
    7046 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-4044
  • rmaass@guoyao100.net

Benjamin Melusky


Georg Menz

Bismarck Myrick

    AMBASSADOR IN RESIDENCE & LECTURER
    7044 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-3805
  • bmyrick@guoyao100.net

Jesse Richman


Thomas Stieve

Jennifer Whytlaw

Cathy Wu

    Assistant Professor
    7042 BATTEN ARTS & LETTERS
  • NORFOLK, VA 23529
  • 757-683-5786
  • xwu@guoyao100.net

Joshua Zingher


Adjunct and Associated Faculty


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