People
Staff
![Emmi Conner](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/12/EC-Headshot-300x300.jpg)
![Mary Jo McGowan, Ph.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/05/Mary_Jo_McGowan_6-14-2022-1-300x300.jpg)
Executive Director, Interdisciplinary Studies; Director, American Studies; Teaching Professor, Political Science
![Karyn Williamson-Coria, Ph.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/05/pic-no-glasses-300x300.jpg)
Business Services Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Studies
Program Directors
![Jurgen Buchenau, Ph.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/05/Buchenau.photo_-300x300.jpg)
![Daniela Cunico Dal Pra, PH.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2024/01/Daniela-Headshot-286x300.jpg)
Interim Director, Film Studies; Teaching Professor & Coordinator of Italian, Languages and Culture Studies
![David Dalton, Ph.D](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2024/05/dalton.jpeg)
Director, Latin American Studies; Associate Professor, Spanish
![Scott Gartlan, Ed.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/05/Scott-G-Charlotte-Teacher-Institute-300x300.jpg)
![Cynthia Hancock, Ph.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/05/CJRH-headshot2-300x300.jpg)
Director and Graduate Coordinator, Gerontology Program; Teaching Professor, Sociology
![Kathleen Nicolaides, J.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2017/04/KMN-headshot-2-Wade-Bruton-300x300.jpg)
Director, Legal Studies; Teaching Professor, Criminal Justice and Criminology
![Margaret Quinlan, Ph.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/05/quinlan-300x300.jpg)
Director, Health & Medical Humanities; Professor, Communication Studies
![Sonya Ramsey, Ph.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/05/RAMSEY-PHOTO-1-1463x2048-1-300x300.jpg)
![Vaughn Schmutz, PH.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2023/10/Vaughn-Schmutz-7-300x300.jpg)
Director, M.A. Interdisciplinary Studies; Associate Professor, Sociology
![Aaron Toscano, Ph.D.](https://interdisciplinarystudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/387/2024/07/Toscano_FacultyProfile_square-1.jpg)
Director, American Studies; Associate Professor, English