Faculty
Marsha R. Robinson
Interim Coordinator
Marsha R. Robinson researches continuities and changes in women's rights in the African diaspora. She teaches the surveys in African and African American History, African Women and the Family, African Business and Labor History, African Diasporas, Pan-Africanisms, and African Cultures and Colonialisms. She also teaches Introduction to African American and African Diaspora Studies and Issues in the Western Experience.
Her diaspora perspective is a product of her undergraduate work in International Finance and Commerce at the School of Foreign Service, Georgetown University, her work at the master's level in modern U.S. ethnic history at Central Connecticut State University and in African American and African Studies at the Ohio State University, and her doctoral work from the same institution on the intersection of African Islamic and Anglo-American women's rights in the Atlantic World through 1830.
Dr. Robinson has published a co-authored chapter comparing women and slavery systems around the world. Her current project examines patriarchy as an imperial weapon launched against African matriarchal societies.
Dr. Robinson wants students to be aware that the way ordinary people experienced the major events in history changes with their societal and cultural position. Such an awareness is crucial to becoming an active, global citizen.
Kyriacos Aristotelous,
Business, Accounting and Economics
Garlena Bauer,
Sociology
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Daniel Cho,
Education
Denise Hatter-Fisher,
Psychology
Prof. Phyllis-Lynne Burns,
English
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Prof. Dee Knoblauch,
Education
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Prof. Grace McDaniel,
Education
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Prof. Paula Nees, MFA
Art
Paula Nees is a professional artist who works with aqueous media, oil, and fresco painting. Her current focus combines contemporary imagery with historic pigments and methods.
Prof. Nees received her Master of Fine Arts degree in 1977 from the University of California, Davis after completing her Bachelor of Science in Art at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Her work has been included in juried and invitational exhibitions including the Whitney Museum of American Art Biennial Exhibition in New York City, the Chicago Art Institute, and the Butler Art Institute in Ohio.
Prof. Nees began teaching at Otterbein College in 1993 and currently is an instructor of painting, color design, and global art history. Along with her teaching duties she has also participated in study abroad trips to India in 2003 and 2007 as well as to Italy in 2004. She has received funding grants for research in fresco painting in New York City and Italy, design and research in book arts. Recently, Nees has expanded her studio work to include handmade books incorporating digital photography, hand dyed textiles and decorative papers.
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Prof. Yolanda Stewart,
Education
