Department of Social Sciences & Humanities

UM-Flint French Hall

Department of Social Sciences & Humanities

Administrative Office
517 French Hall
303 E. Kearsley Street
Flint, MI 48502-1950
Phone: 810-762-3234


Social Sciences & Humanities


Department Leadership

Simon Cushing, PhD
Philosophy Program Representative
Associate Professor
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Christopher A. Molnar
History Program Representative
Associate Professor of History
810-762-3207
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Derwin Munroe
Political Science Program Representative
Department Chair
Lecturer IV
810-762-3130
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Africana Studies Faculty

Faculty offices are located at 346 French Hall.

Dauda Abubakar
Professor of Africana Studies & Political Science
810-762-3354
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Guluma Gemeda
Associate Professor
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Patricia Emenyonu
Lecturer II
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Economics Faculty

Faculty offices are located at 220 French Hall.

Christopher Douglas
Acting Associate Dean of CASE
Professor
810-424-5492
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Adam Lutzker
Associate Professor
810-762-3195
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History Faculty

Faculty offices are located at 260 French Hall.

Mohamed Daassa
Lecturer IV
810-424-5490
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Roy Hanashiro
Professor
810-762-3368
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Thomas Henthorn
Associate Professor
810-762-3206
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John Ellis
Professor
810-762-3204
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Douglas Knerr
Professor
810-762-3211
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Christopher A. Molnar
History Program Representative
Associate Professor
810-762-3207
[email protected]


Philosophy Faculty

Faculty offices are located at 544 French Hall.

Simon Cushing, PhD 
Philosophy Program Representative
Associate Professor
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Political Science Faculty

Faculty offices are located at 220 French Hall.

Kimberly Saks, PhD
Assistant Professor & Pre-Law Advisor
810-762-3472
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Peggy Kahn, PhD
Emerita Professor of Political Science
David M. French Professor Emerita
Common Read Co-chair
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Derwin Munroe
Collegiate Lecturer IV
Department Chair
810-762-3130
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Jeremiah Wade-Olson, PhD
Associate Professor
810-762-3412
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Academic Advisors

Nicole Altheide, MS
Academic Advisor

  • Africana Studies
  • English
  • Philosophy
  • Psychology (face to face)
  • Social Sciences Joint Program

568 French Hall
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Therasa Martin
Academic Advisor

  • Dance
  • Economics
  • History
  • Online Psychology
  • Music
  • Theater

531 French Hall
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Megan Presland
Academic Advisor

  • Anthropology
  • Bachelor of Applied Science
  • Criminal Justice 
  • Political Science
  • Sociology
  • Urban Science 

526 French Hall
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