FACULTY

Director

Daniel L. Pals

Professor
Director of the MALS Program
Interim Chair, Department of Religious Studies
Director of Graduate Studies

dpals@miami.edu

(305) 284-4036

Faculty Members

Edmund Abaka, Ph.D.

Assoc. Professor
Director of Graduate Studies

e.abaka@miami.edu

(305) 284-3702
A graduate of the University of Cape Coast in Ghana, Dr. Abaka earned his Ph.D. in African History from York University and his Master of Arts in European History from the University of Guelph in Canada. He teaches African and African Diaspora History courses at the graduate and undergraduate levels. These include HIS 201: History of Africa I...

Hermann Beck

Professor
Cooper Fellow

hbeck@miami.edu

(305) 284-5947
Hermann Beck is an historian of modern Germany and modern Europe, with particular interests in political, intellectual, and diplomatic history, the history of anti-Semitism, and the histoire des mentalités.  He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Los Angeles after studying Germanistik and ancient and modern...

Massimiliano Galeazzi

Professor
Chairman of Department of Physics

m.galeazzi@miami.edu

(305) 284-7141
Astronomical object emit, in general, at all wavelength, not just visible light. Moreover, there are specific objects, such as Black Holes and Supernovae, that emit primarily in X-rays. X-rays, such as the ones used in radiography, are similar to visible light, but with wavelength 1000 times shorter. My work involves the construction of X-ray...

Henry A. Green, Ph.D.

Professor

hgreen@miami.edu

(305) 284-4375
Henry A. Green has taught at the University of Miami since 1984. He received his Ph.D. from St. Andrews University (Britain) after postgraduate work in Canada, at the Sorbonne (France) and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (Israel). He is the author or co-author of four books, including Research in Action (education of at-risk...

John T. Kirby

Professor

corax@miami.edu

(305) 284-6326

Patrick A. McCarthy

Professor

p.mccarthy@miami.edu

(305) 284-2920
Pat McCarthy teaches a wide range of courses, from introductory surveys of European literary masterpieces and British literature to upper division and graduate courses on modern British and Irish writers. Although he is best known as a scholar for his many publications on James Joyce and Malcolm Lowry, he has wide research interests in the areas...

Catherine Newell

Assoc. Professor

clnewell@miami.edu

(305) 284-3733
Catherine L. Newell is a scholar of the conjoined histories of religion and science (specifically technology, ecology, and medicine). She is particularly interested in how scientific paradigms frequently owe their genesis to a religious idea or spiritual belief. Her first book, Destined for the Stars: Faith, the Future, and the Final...

William D Rothman

Professor

rothman@miami.edu

(305) 284-4539

John Paul Russo

Professor
Chair of Classics Department

jprusso@miami.edu

(786) 200-0803

Shouraseni Sen Roy

Professor

ssr@miami.edu

(305) 284-4820
Professor Sen Roy's research and teaching interests center on Climatology, spatial analysis, and crime patterns. Her work focuses on spatio-temporal patterns of climate processes across various regions, including the Indian subcontinent, South Africa, China, and USA, using advanced geo-statistical techniques to analyze trends in climatic...

George Wilson

Professor

gwilson1@miami.edu

(305) 284-6156
Co-Editor Social Currents, 2018-2021  Deputy Editor, Social Currents, 2015 - present Editorial Board, Research in the Sociology of Work, 2015 - present Editorial Board, Sage Open Review, 2015 - present