Dr. Ivani Vassoler
- Professor, Politics & Intl Affairs
- Also, see https://www.fredonia.edu/polisci/facultystaff
- W390 Thompson Hall
- E-mail: ivani.vassoler@fredonia.edu
- Phone: 716-673-3887
Her teaching load includes International Politics courses, including Theories and History of International Relations, World Political Geography, Film & Global Politics, Global Environmental Issues & Policies, and U.S.-Latin American Relations. Research interests concentrate on U.S.-Latin American Relations and Latin America's political development, including the region's urbanization process. Ivani authored Urban Brazil: Visions, Afflictions and Governance Lessons (2008) and co-edited Geography, Politics, and Architecture of Cities (2012). She is twice the recipient of the James Street Prize for her articles "Urban Visions: Governance Lessons from Two Brazilian Cities" and "Baron Rio Branco and the Construction of the Brazilian International Identity". Ivani is the coordinator of the International Studies program at SUNY Fredonia. She is involved in various international education initiatives, including the organization of study-abroad programs in Brazil and Mexico. She was selected to participate in the SUNY Collaborative Online International Learning - COIL - teaching a joint class of SUNY Fredonia and Mexican students. Ivani Vassoler is a recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching. She received a Ph.D. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland, an MA in International Relations from the University of San Diego, and a bachelor's degree in journalism from the School of Social Communication in São Paulo, Brazil. She is fluent in three languages and currently is the Associate Editor of Urbana-Urban Affairs & Public Policy. During her journalistic career (print and radio), she had a variety of assignments with extensive coverage of politics and socioeconomic events in Brazil, Mexico, Central American countries, the United States and Canada. She worked for Brazilian news outlets, the BBC World Service (Portuguese), and Deutsche Welle Radio for Latin America.
Dr. Branden Birmingham
- Assistant Professor
- McEwen Hall
- 716-673-3410
Dr. Christopher Dahlie, PhD.
- Assistant Professor
- Communication - Audio, Radio, and Sound Design
- McEwen Hall 315E McEwen Hall
- 716-673-3410
Dr. Courtney Wigdahl-Perry
- Associate Professor, Biology
- New member of committee April 2021
- Science Center 237
- 716-673-4622