Executive
Raymond Scupin, Ph.D., Director, is a Professor of Anthropology and International Studies. He specializes in the study of religion, ethnicity, and globalization. He is a Fulbright Fellow who has conducted ethnographic research on Islam and Muslim-Buddhist relations in Southeast Asia.
Ryan Guffey, Ph.D., Associate Director, is an Assistant Professor of International Studies. He is a comparative institutionalist who focuses on globalization and global governance. His interests lie in governance beyond the state, the impact of globalization on education, and comparative education systems.
Rebecca Goulart, Assistant Director, is an English as a Second Language (ESL) instructor with eight years of teaching experience. She is an experienced curriculum designer and has created both integrated skills courses and focused skills elective courses at the University of Pennsylvania. She currently coordinates the English Preparedness Business Program at the Lindenwood School of Business & Entrepreneurship, where she is developing courses for international MBA students. Ms. Goulart is also a certified International English Language Testing System (IELTS) examiner.
Researchers
Joseph Cernik, Ph.D. is a Professor of Political Science, International Business, and Global and International Studies. He has published on a variety of topics including nuclear weapons, health care reform, and the Negro League Baseball. In addition, he has been a recipient of two fellowships: one to study military history through the United States Army’s Training and Doctrine Command (TRACDOC) and the other through the Alfred Sloan Foundation to study nuclear weapons. He serves as a frequent political analyst on CW 11.
Nancy Durbin, Ph.D. is a Professor of French. She teaches courses in French language as well as French and Francophone culture and literature. She specializes in eighteenth-century literature, but has research interests in many periods of French literary history. In addition to advising French majors, she also advises many undergraduates majoring in International Studies as well as native French speaking students on the LU campus.
Robert Stephens, Ph.D. is an Associate Professor of Religion. He teaches courses on Asian religious thought and practice, Asian philosophy, and methods and theories in the academic study of religion. He specializes in religion and political life in modern India but has widely researched the history of Asian religions. During the summer of 2008 he traveled to India and Bangladesh to evaluate opportunities for a study abroad program in South Asia for Lindenwood University students.
Keith Russell, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor of Humanities. He teaches courses for non-native speakers of English, world literatures and literary theory. His interests include cross cultural communication, regional identity and the history of Asia. He has lived, taught and performed research in South Korea and Vietnam.
John Bell, Ph.D. is a Professor of English and German. He teaches courses in British and World literature and writing as well as in German language and literature. Additionally he serves as liaison officer for students in the exchange program with Bochum, Germany and leads the January term study trip to Germany. His interests include the culture and literature of the former Democratic Republic of Germany.
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