Humanities Faculty and Staff

Name	Title	Number	Email
Dr. Keith Aksel	Assistant Professor of History	(516) 726-5835	AkselK@usmma.edu
Dr. Paul Devlin	Department Head Associate Professor of English	(516) 726-5694	DevlinP@usmma.edu
Dr. Diana Filar	Assistant Department Head Assistant Professor of English	(516) 726-5693	FilarD@usmma.edu
Dan Heffernan	Adjunct, English		Dan.Heffernan.CTR@usmma.edu
Dr. Yonina Hoffman	Assistant Professor of English	(516) 726-5688	HoffmanY@usmma.edu
Dr. Dan Irving	Instructor of English	(516) 726-5691	IrvingD@usmma.edu
Dr. Alicia Maggard	Assistant Professor of History	(516) 726-5811	MaggardA@usmma.edu
Dr. Nicholas Misukanis	Assistant Professor of History	(516) 726-5654	MisukanisN@usmma.edu
George Okoro	Adjunct, History		George.Okoro.CTR@usmma.edu
Dr. Melanie Ross	Professor of English	(516) 726-5697	RossM@usmma.edu
Dr. Joshua Smith	Professor of History	(516) 726-6047	SmithJ@usmma.edu
Dr. Gregory Sullivan	Professor of History	(516) 726-5695	SullivanG@usmma.edu
Dr. Jeffrey Taffet	Professor of History	(516) 726-5692	TaffetJ@usmma.edu
Dr. Julia Brown	Adjunct, English		Julia.Brown.CTR@USMMA.EDU
Dr. Jane Brickman	Professor Emerita, Department of Humanities	(516) 726-5687	BrickmanJ@usmma.edu
Dr. Arthur Donovan	Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities	(516) 944-5534
Dr. Robert Gardella	Professor Emeritus, Department of Humanities	(516) 209-1659	RobGardella@msn.com
Dr. Laury Magnus	Professor Emerita, Department of Humanities

Last updated: Wednesday, August 12, 2026

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