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BA Faculty & Staff

Bachelor Degree Completion Program Faculty & Staff

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Steve Brzezinski, PhD

Chair, Management, Human Service Administration, Project Management
937-769-1860
sbrzezinski@antioch.edu

Julie Cline

Division Administrator
937-769-1861
jcline@antioch.edu

Joseph Cronin, PhD

Director, School of Liberal Studies
Director, Undergraduate Studies

Program Chair, Liberal Arts & Ceative Writing, Sustainability
937-769-1894
jcronin@antioch.edu

Kent De Spain, EdD

Chair, Health and Wellness

937-769-1877

kdespain@antioch.edu

James M. Malarkey, PhD

Chair, Humanities and General Education
937-769-1872
jmalarkey@antioch.edu

Ph.D., Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 1980, Specialization in Middle East and North Africa, Colonialism, and Social Theory. Dissertation: The Colonial Encounter in French Algeria: A Study of Power Asymmetry and Symbolic Violence in the City of Constantine. An analysis of European and Muslim patterns of politics, perception, and social interaction.
M.A., Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin, 1974, Emphasis on cultural, linguistic and psychological aspects of interpersonal communication.
B.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1971, Anthropology with emphasis on social and cultural dynamics.

Teaching and Administrative Positions

Chair of Humanities and General Education at Antioch University Midwest. During his thirty year college career, Jim has taught Anthropology at Antioch College, Cultural Studies at the American University of Beirut, Linguistics at the University of Constantine (in Algeria) as well as World Classics and other interdisciplinary courses at Antioch University Midwest. Jim co-directed summer programs in World Order Studies at the Landegg Academy in Switzerland and a World Peace Programme at Townshend International School in Czech Republic.

He has served as consultant, guest speaker, and workshop presenter at a variety of universities, conferences, and organizations on subjects related to the Middle East, intercultural relations and interdisciplinary approaches to teaching the World Classics.

Special Research Interests

Social and Cultural Anthropology
Middle East and North Africa
World Classics
Intercultural/Interpersonal Dynamics
Global Issues, International Conflict and Peace Studies

Jayne Richeson

Division Specialist
937-769-1896
jricheson@antioch.edu

Lana Rotellini, MEd

Faculty and Adviser, BAECE
937-769-1868
lrotellini@antioch.edu

Jon Saari, PhD

Faculty
937-769-1879
jsaari@antioch.edu

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