David Brooker, Assistant Professor of Political Science, teaches courses in international politics and global studies and is the coordinator of the Global Studies program. He teaches courses on the United Nations, American Foreign Policy and comparative politics. He received his Ph.D. in Political Science from Miami University. His specialty is Russia and the former Soviet Union.

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Jim Henderson, Assistant Professor of Business and Management, earned both his Masters of Business Administration (HR, OB/OD, Labor Relations) and his Bachelors of Arts Honors (History) degrees from Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He currently teaches various HR, management, business, and globalization courses, with a particular emphasis on 'Women and Leadership'. As a dual US/Canadian citizen, Jim has traveled extensively internationally in his business career, including living/working in South Korea, and being a member of both the Alverno Asian Studies Initiative and the Alverno Latin American Studies Initiative.

Associate Professor Carol Vollmer Pope, M.B.A., serves as program coordinator for the International Business Major at Alverno College. She also serves as Director of the Alverno Latin American Studies Initiative. She teaches a short-term study abroad course titled CLD/GLS/INS/MGT Management, Culture and Society in Latin America every spring. Students study the culture, communication, history, religion, economics and politics of Paraguay and Brazil Argentina and Bolivia and then travel for two weeks to South America to experience what they have learned. She also teaches Global Marketing, Business Practicum, Marketing Principles and Business Policy & Strategy.

Russell G. Brooker, an Associate Professor in the Social Science Department. He teaches both Social Science and Business courses. He is also the Coordinator of the Political Science Program. His fields of expertise are American politics, especially public opinion and political participation, and marketing research. He is the Coordinator of the Effective Citizenship ability department and teaches a course on human rights in the United States and China.

Kevin Casey, an Associate Professor of History, Chair of the Arts and Humanities Division and Coordinator of the History Department. Dr. Casey specializes in U.S. history with a research emphasis in foreign economic policy and the Cold War. He is the author of Saving International Capitalism During the Early Truman Presidency: The National Advisory Council on International Monetary and Financial Problems , Routledge, 2001. Dr. Casey also has areas of expertise in Latin American history and modern European history.

Debra Chomicka is Director of the Career Education Center and an Instructor in the Division of Business and Management. She received a certificate in Russian and East European Studies and a M.A. in History from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. She also studied at the Catholic University of Lublin in Poland and speaks fluent Polish. In addition to directing Alverno's career education programs, she coordinates Alverno Corporate Education, delivering training to a variety of businesses and non-profit organizations. Her commitment to preparing Alverno students to fully participate in the new global marketplace is reflected in her involvement in leading international and inter-cultural initiatives across the college.

Zohreh Emami. She teaches economics and management and is Associate Dean for Academic Affairs. She is a specialist in labor economics, history of economic thought, and development economics. She teaches courses in Women and the Economy, Women and Leadership, International and Development Economics, and Economic Environment. She is recently published an oral history of contemporary women economists in the United States.

Associate Professor Dara Larson teaches in the Art Department as well as in Global Studies. She is a specialist in Spanish and Latin American Art and co-teaches Art and Religion of the Americas with Associate Professor Dan Leister of the Religious Studies Department. Professor Larson attended the University of Salamanca Spain and continues to complete studio art research in Ecuador, Costa Rica, Spain, and Mexico. Much of this research reflects upon study of indigenous crafts, women's art cooperatives and contemporary art. Her artworks completed abroad have been exhibited nationally. She has presented papers regarding international service and short-term international study programs at numerous international conferences.

Dimitri D. Lazo. He is Professor of History and Director of the Alverno International and Intercultural Center. He is a specialist in the history of American foreign policy, with a special focus on the late 19th and early 20th century. In addition, Dimitri Lazo has areas of expertise in the history of China and Japan. He was a Fulbright Lecturer at Dhaka University, Bangladesh, where he taught the history of 20th century American foreign policy.

Daniel L. Leister, Associate Professor and Coordinator in the Department of Religious Studies. His main areas of academic expertise are political theology and philosophy of religion. He teaches Eastern and Western religious thought, and general humanities. In addition, he co-teaches with Dara Larson two travel courses on art and religion of Mexico and art and religion of Germany. He has lived and studied in Canada and Germany. Dr. Leister received his doctorate from McMaster University in Canada.

Jennifer Northern, Assistant Professor of Spanish. She is the department coordinator of the Spanish Department and the Alternative Language Studies Options (ALSO) Department. She holds an M.A. in Spanish linguistics and has studied and lived in Spain and France. She specializes in Romance linguistics and speaks three languages. In addition, Professor Northern is interested in translation and instruction in Spanish for the Professions and is pursuing a doctoral degree in Academic Leadership.

Greta Salem is Professor Emerita at Alverno College. She led the development of the Global Studies program at the college. A political scientist by training, she also has expertise in world politics and peace and conflict studies. She recently co-authored a book on the experience of children in the 1994 Rwandan genocide entitled Witness to Genocide: The Children of Rwanda.

Amy Shapiro is Professor of Philosophy at Alverno and Director of the Holocaust Education and Resource Center for the Milwaukee Coalition for Jewish Learning. Her areas of specialization are philosophical issues and the Holocaust, language philosophy, and feminist theory. As a member of the Pastora Goldner Symposium on the Holocaust since its inception in 1996, she has participated in on-going dialogue with members of the Holocaust Studies international community. She has written on teaching the Holocaust and the role of affect in Holocaust learning. Her course on Places of the Holocaust is a unique experience of study and travel to Eastern Europe.