Faculty

Associate Professor of Sociology Office Phone: 630-844-6518
Email: ggoalwin@aurora.edu Areas of expertise: Sociology of ethnicity and nationalism, global sociology, sociology of religion, comparative and historical methods, sociology of migration, cultural sociology, political sociology, borders and borderlands Education: PhD, Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara
MA, Sociology, University of California-Santa Barbara
MA, History, University of California-Santa Barbara
BA, International Affairs and History, University of California-Riverside View LinkedIn Profile

Professor of History, Chair of History, Philosophy, and Religion Office Phone: 630-844-6196
Email: msoderst@aurora.edu Areas of expertise: Russia and the Soviet Union, environmental history, world history, East Asia Education: PhD, History, Ohio State University
MA, History, Central Michigan University
BA, History and Political Science, Central Michigan University Favorite thing about AU: "Our students."

Associate Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Chair of Political Science and Public Policy, Director of Dunham Scholars Program Office Phone: 630-844-3865
Email: mpetersen@aurora.edu Areas of expertise: Public administration and international relations Education: MA/PhD, Purdue University
BA, Fresno Pacific University Favorite thing about AU: "The opportunity to work with students as they achieve their potential." View LinkedIn Profile