General Education and Liberal Arts Faculty

	Carolyn Babcock Savannah A.S., Schenectady County Community College; B.A., M.A., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; Ph.D., University of Utah. Carolyn Babcock, Ph.D., joined SCAD in 2003 as a professor of speech and public speaking and now serves as chair of the liberal arts department. Her 10 years of college-level teaching were preceded by corporate experience with General Electric and Prudential Financial. Babcock has a long history of community service including, but not limited to, local planetaria, public television, animal welfare organizations and environmental organizations. Her SCAD-related service includes faculty chair, Academic Program Assessment Council; faculty chair, Communication Council; Leadership Council; academic assessment coordinator; guest relations, Savannah Film Festival; performing arts Graduate Advising Committee; and instructor, First-year Experience. Classes: Speech and Public Speaking Interpersonal Communication Introduction to Mass Communication Elements of Communication Social Movements Environmental Communication
	Marie-Françoise Barbier Savannah Dip., Ecole Normale de l'Etat.; B.S., Louisiana State University.
	Stephanie Batcos Atlanta B.A., University of Michigan - Ann Arbor; M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware.
	Susan Billimek eLearning B.S., Our Lady of the Lake University; M.S., Oklahoma State University.
	Helen Borrello Savannah A.B., Harvard University; J.D., New York University; Ph.D., New York University.
	Dionne Boyd Atlanta B.S., Hampton University; M.B.A., Mercer University.
	Sara Brandon Atlanta B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Campinas. Sara Brandon, Ph.D., completed her doctoral research in Brazil at the University of Campins, where she studied anthropology, indigenous studies and visual imagery. She received her master’s degree in social science from the University of Chicago. Brandon is also an artist and created her own company, Sarara Brazil, when she returned to the United States. Her strong sense of identity combined with Brazilian and North American fashion has led her to design natural and earthy-chic jewelry. Her work is available in various boutiques, and she has been featured in national publications.
	Kenneth Brandt Savannah B.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., Florida State University. Kenneth K. Brandt has taught in the liberal arts department at SCAD since 1999. His areas of specialization include post-1875 American literature, American literary naturalism and textual editing. He has developed and teaches classes in Beat Literature and Nautical Literature and also teaches courses in composition and literary theory. Selected Publications: “MLA Approaches to Teaching the Works of Jack London.” Eds. Kenneth Brandt and Jeanne Campbell Reesman. MLA Approaches to Teaching World Literature Series. General Ed. Joseph Gibaldi. Forthcoming. “Jack London’s Klondike Stories: A Reader’s Guide.” Boise State University Press. Forthcoming. “Saving What He Can: The Politics of Derangement in the Poetry of Charles Bukowski.” “Beat Meets East.” Sichuan University Press. Forthcoming. Presentations: “Masculine Collapse in London’s Far North,” accepted for presentation at the American Literature Association Conference, Boston, April 2007 “The Problem of Agency in Jack London’s ‘Burning Daylight,’” presented at the Jack London Society Eighth Biennial Symposium, Alaska, July 2006 Editorships: Editor of The Call: The Magazine of the Jack London Society Associate editor, Eureka Studies in Teaching Short Fiction Awards: Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Fellow, Huntington Library, Summer 2005 Presidential Fellowship For Faculty Development, SCAD, Summer 2004 Memberships: The Jack London Society The Western Literature Association The Modern Language Association
	Trina Brown Atlanta B.A., Spelman College; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University.
	LaTosha Bruce Savannah B.A., M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., Howard University.
	Gary Carrico Atlanta B.S., High Point College; M.A.C.T., Auburn University; A.B.D., Emory University.
	Mary Lou Davis Savannah B.G.S., M.S.W., Ph.D., University of Michigan.
	Jeffrey DeVincent Savannah B.A., Northern Illinois Univeristy; M.F.A., University of Pittsburgh.
	Donald Debacher Savannah B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University.
	Mary Aswell Doll Savannah A.B., Connecticut College; M.L.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Syracuse University. Mary Aswell Doll, Ph.D., has been teaching at the university level since 1980. She worked in the university systems of New York and California, as well as with Tulane and Loyola universities in New Orleans. She also headed the department of English at Holy Cross College in New Orleans for 10 years before joining the SCAD faculty. Doll has lectured throughout the United States and in Canada, Russia and Japan, and is a frequent participant in educational conferences. Selected publications: “Triple Takes on Curricular Worlds” (2006) “Like Letters in Running Water: A Mythopoetics of Curriculum” (2000) “How We Work” (1990) “To the Lighthouse and Back: Writings on Teaching and Living” (1989) “Beckett and Myth: An Archetypal Approach” (1988) Memberships: Art editor for the Journal of Curriculum Theorizing Courses: English Composition Composition and Literature Southern Literature Literature by Women World Mythology British Literature since 1920* The Absurdist Imagination* Literary Auto/Biographies* *Courses she developed
	Shideh Ebrahim-Zadeh Atlanta B.S., Kennesaw State University; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology.
	Dennis Elkins Savannah B.A., Milligan College; M.A., University of Tennessee; Ph.D., University of Colorado.
	Nancy Emmeluth Savannah B.A., M.A., College of Saint Rose; D.A., State University of New York at Albany. Nancy Emmeluth has a Doctor of Arts in humanistic studies with a concentration in Africana studies and English. A permanently licensed teacher in New York State, Emmeluth has taught in middle school, high school, community college, research institutions and at-risk programs for incarcerated young people. At SCAD, she has created and taught several courses in the liberal arts and performing arts departments, including Classics of Science Fiction, African American Literature, African American Drama and Contemporary American Drama. Emmeluth also contributes to assessment initiatives at SCAD through her work with the general education program.
	Susan Falls Savannah B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.A., Hunter College; Ph.D., The City University of New York.
	Jennifer Furlong Savannah B.A., M.A., George Mason University. Jennifer Furlong joined SCAD as a speech and public speaking professor in 2006. Prior to that, she served as a communication specialist with the 12th largest public school system in the United States, where she was charged with managing the public relations and marketing program of a multimillion-dollar grant initiative that was aimed at improving student achievement and success, especially for at-risk students. She also led and supported leadership and professional development workshops for the school system. Furlong previously served active duty in the U.S. Marine Corps. She was the first female Marine to be appointed editor of the base newspaper at Quantico, Va., as well as the first female Marine to be awarded the Sergeant Major Dan Daly Award for historical writing from the Marine Corps Historical Foundation. She also was named Best Feature Writer by the Marine Corps National Combat Correspondents' Association. She designed a student guidebook used in a public relations course at George Mason University, where she also taught public speaking and earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in communication. In addition, she planned and designed the Web site for the GMU Instructional Resource Center. Memberships: American Society for Training and Development Eastern Communication Association Awards and Certifications: National Defense Service Medal Navy Achievement Medal Sergeant Major Dan Daly Award, Marine Corps Historical Foundation Best Feature Writer, Marine Corps National Combat Correspondents' Association Basic self-defense instructor, Rape Aggression Defense Systems Advanced crisis intervention and postvention practices for school crisis response teams National community crisis response team training, National Organization for Victim Assistance Courses: Speech and Public Speaking
	Stephen Geller Savannah B.A., Dartmouth College; M.F.A., Yale University. Stephen Geller is an internationally renowned screenwriter, novelist, playwright and filmmaker. He also originated two Master of Fine Arts and undergraduate screenwriting programs at Boston University and Arizona State University. With a musician/composer father and an actress/teacher mother, Geller was raised during the heyday of Hollywood, where he participated as a child actor, dancer and, later, writer and director. He has published four novels, several of which were made into films and also published abroad. His adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut's "Slaughterhouse-Five" won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize; his teleplay of "Warburg: A Man of Influence" won the Silver Bear Award for Best International Miniseries; and most recently, he wrote and starred in "Cuppa Cabby, Piece o' Pie," which won the Zoefilms Internet International Film Festival for Best Comedy of 2000. Geller has worked regularly in the Italian, French, British and Scandinavian film industries as well as in the American industry. He is a member of the screenwriting branch of the Motion Picture Academy of Arts and Sciences and a lifetime member of the Writer's Guild of America.
	Teresa Griffis Atlanta A.B., Valdosta State University; M.Ed., Ph.D., University of Southern Mississippi.
	Samuel Gross Savannah B.S., Susquehanna University; M.S., Pennsylvania State University.
	Afshin Hafizi Savannah B.A., University of Kerman; M.A., Universities of Utrecht and Amsterdam; M.A., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Florida.
	Kaloyan Hariskov Savannah B.A., University of Sofia Bulgaria; M.A., Ph.D., University South Carolina.
	Linda Harned Savannah B.A., M.A., Ph.D., George Mason University.
	Désiré Houngues Savannah B.A., B.S., Universite du Benin; Ph.D., Boston University.
	Cheri Jacobs Savannah B.A., M.A., Pacific Lutheran University; Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park.
	Mary Chi-Whi Kim Savannah B.A., M.A., Ohio State University; M.F.A., Bowling Green University.
	Karim Ladha Savannah B.S., University of Michigan; M.A., University of California, Berkeley.
	Kelly Lancaster Savannah A.A., Darton College; B.A., Mercer University; M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., University of Oklahoma.
	Reginald Lewis Atlanta B.S., Mercer University; M.B.A., Troy State University; Ph.D., Walden University**.
	Marvin McClendon Savannah B.A., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University.
	Angela Merta Savannah B.A., College of St. Catherine; M.F.A., University of Minnesota. Angela Merta has taught in the liberal arts department at SCAD since 2001. Her areas of specialization include creative writing and modern and contemporary poetics. She has developed and teaches various levels of poetry writing workshops. Her work has been published in several national journals, including the Nebraska Review, the Louisiana Review, the Moon City Review and the Southern Anthology. Honors and Awards: Gessell Writers Fellowship at the Anderson Center AWP Intro Journal Award Nomination Ruth Lilly Poetry Contest Finalist Gessell Poetry Prize, University of Minnesota Artwords Contest, Winner, Weisman Museum, University of Minnesota
	Bonnie Million Savannah B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Utah State University; Ph.D., University of Utah
	Patrick Mitchell Atlanta B.S., University College Dublin; Ph.D., Emory University School of Medicine.
	Randy Moffett Savannah B.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D., West Virginia University.
	Kathleen Newell Savannah B.A., Temple University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware. Prior to joining SCAD as a liberal arts professor in 2006, Kate Newell, Ph.D., taught literature, writing and film at the University of Delaware, where she received the Writing Program Award for Distinguished Teaching and the Wilbur Owen Sypherd Prize for Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation in Humanities. Publications and Presentations: “‘Washington Square’s ‘virus of suggestion’: Source Texts, Intertexts, and Adaptations,” Literature/Film Quarterly July 2006 (34:3). “‘Carrying its text in its spirit’: What Adaptation Studies Can Learn From James,” The Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture Since 1900, Louisville, February 2007. “Competing Codes and ‘Plastic Possibility’: H.W. McVickar’s Illustrative Commentary in ‘Daisy Miller,’” 2006 International Visual Literacy Association Conference, Fort Worth, October 2006. “Adaptation, Hybridity, and Multimodality,” 2006 Joint Conference of the National Popular Culture and American Culture Associations, Atlanta, 2006. “D.W. Griffith and His Legacy of Literariness,” Literature/Film Association Annual Conference, Carlisle, Penn., October 2005. Memberships: International Visual Literacy Association Literature/Film Association Modern Language Association Society for Cinema Studies Classes: Composition Composition and Literature Literary Films
	Carl Parrish Atlanta A.B., Harvard College; M.A., Emory University.
	Dennis Randall Savannah B.A., University of Maryland; M.A., Kansas State University; Ph.D., University of Georgia.
	Frederique Rolland-Mills Savannah Dip. de Maitrise, University of Nantes; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kentucky.
	Francis Rundlett Atlanta B.S., Old Dominion University; M.S., Southern Connecticut University; M.F.S., Yale University A veteran environmental consultant, Frances Rundlett teaches environmental science at SCAD and botany at Georgia State University. She has provided regulatory support services for government and private clients, including the EPA, the U.S. Army, the Marine Corps, the Department of Energy, private developers and school science programs. Rundlett also served as a consultant on international water and forestry education projects in El Salvador and Burkina Faso, West Africa. In addition, she serves as an AP biology reader for the Educational Testing Service. Publications: Contributor to the Next Generation Project (Yale Center for Environmental Law and Policy, 1994) "Overview of Current Army Pollution Prevention Activities" (prepared for the Army Environmental Policy Institute, 1993) "Integrating Environmental Policies with Other Army Policies," with co-author R. Fittipaldi (prepared for the AEPI, 1992) "RCRA and the Georgia Solid Waste Management Act," Mercer Law Review Vol. 38, No. 2 (Walter F. George School of Law, Macon, Ga., 1987) "Wilderness in Suburbia: The McLean Game Refuge" (Yale University, 1981) Presentations: "Incorporating Environmental Justice into Future Land Use Decisions," presented at the National Association of Environmental Professionals Conference, 1994 (As Frances M. Hallahan) "Regulation of Air Toxics under RCRA and the Clean Air Act: Some Gray Areas," presented at the Air Pollution Control Association Conference, Pittsburgh, Pa., November 1987 (As Frances M. Hallahan) "The Small Quantity Generator and Remediation of the Uncontrolled Disposal Site," presented at the Hazardous Materials Control Research Institute Conference, Washingon, D.C., 1985 Exhibitions: "The Botany of a City, Atlanta, GA," Atlanta College of Art faculty exhibition, Atlanta, 2005. Awards: Distinguished Service Award, Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies, 2005. Memberships: Georgia Native Plant Society Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies Alumni Executive Council Yale Club of Georgia Yale Club of Georgia Alumni Schools Committee Georgia Lt. Governor Pierre Howard, Environmental Advisory Council, 1990-92 Courses: Environmental Science
	K. Michelle Scott Atlanta, eLearning B.A., Florida Atlantic University; M.A., Monclair State University; Ph.D., Nova Southeastern University. K. Michelle Scott, Ph.D., is a professor of speech and public speaking at SCAD-Atlanta and for SCAD e-Learning. Her academic credentials include a Ph.D. in conflict analysis and resolution, a Master of Arts in speech communication and a Bachelor of Arts in communication arts. Scott has more than 17 years of experience as an academician, consultant, trainer and facilitator. She has received recognition, publications and awards for her academic work in conflict resolution and communication studies. Memberships (past and present): Editorial Outreach Committee, HBCU faculty development consortium Women and Language Journal editorial board Lambda Pi Eta Honor Society, Clark Atlanta University, board of directors National Communication Association Association for Conflict Resolution Atlanta Chamber of Commerce International Association of Business Communicators Delta Sigma Theta Sorority American Forensics Association National Urban League Inc. Black Executive Exchange Program NAACP Georgia Perimeter College Speaker's Bureau Georgia Association of Jungian Analysts Classes: Speech and Public Speaking
	Yafong Song Savannah B.S., Peking University; M.S., Ph.D., Washington State University.
	David Stivers Savannah B.A., University of Oregon; M.A., Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D., University of Delaware.
	Lewis Tate Savannah B.A., Furman University; M.S., Nova University.
	Mark Uzmann Savannah A.B., Western Kentucky University; M.A., Spalding University; M.F.A., Savannah College of Art and Design. Mark Uzmann has taught at SCAD since 1987. He teaches Introduction to Psychology and A Psychology of Self, a class in which students learn about themselves and others in relation to family, marriage and close interpersonal relationships. His background is in counseling psychology, and he has worked in public mental health, drug and alcohol, and private practice settings. He is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Georgia. As an undergraduate, he majored in sociology and social work. He holds a master’s degree in counseling psychology. While teaching at SCAD, he also has earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in photography, and has taught introductory, intermediate and black-and-white photography courses at the college. He has had five solo exhibitions, is represented by a local gallery and has work in the permanent collection of the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah.
	John Valentine Savannah, eLearning B.A., Mercer University; M.A., Ph.D., Vanderbilt University.
	Steven J. Wagner Savannah B.A., University of South Florida; M.S., Ph.D., Clemson University.
	Carl Weeks Savannah B.A., Emory University; M.F.A., University of Iowa.
	Rebecca Weldon Savannah B.S., Angelo State University; M.A., Spalding University; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio University.
	Russell Wigh Savannah B.S., University of Georgia; M.B.A., Georgia State University.
	George Williams Savannah B.A., University of the South; M.A., University of Florida, Gainesville; Ph.D., University of Houston.
	Todd Wirth Atlanta B.A., University of Arizona; M.A., University of Nevada; Ph.D., Ohio University.
	Steve Wood eLearning B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., University of Georgia; Ph.D., University of Georgia.
	Weisheng Yang Savannah B.S., University of Science and Technology of China; M.S., Wuhan Institute of Physics and Mathematics; M.S., Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany.
	Weihua Zhang Savannah, eLearning B.A., Northeast Normal University; M.A., Nankai University; D.A., State University of New York at Albany.