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Eric Hadley-Ives 
Program Director and Assistant Professor, Liberal Studies/Liberal and Integrative Studies
Ph.D. Social Work, Washington University
Email: hadleyiv@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-8207
Office: UHB 3028
Teaching Interests: Social and economic development and research methods.
Mary Addison-Lamb
Clinical Instructor, Liberal Studies/Liberal and Integrative Studies
M.A. Innovative Education and Women's Studies, Sangamon State University (UIS)
Email: addison-lamb.mary@uis.edu
Phone: (217)
206-8209
Office: UHB 3029
Teaching Interests: Adult learning theory, experiential learning, Yoga philosophy, health and well-being.
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William Kline 
Assistant Professor, Liberal Studies/Liberal and Integrative Studies
Ph.D. Philosophy, Bowling Green State University
Area of Specialization: Economics, Business Ethics, Applied Ethics.
Email : wklin2 at uis dot edu
Phone: (217) 206 7418
Office : UHB 3031.
Teaching Interests: Ways of Knowing, Bio-Medical Ethics, Purposes and meanings of buisness and management, applied ethics, business ethics, philosophy, trade.
Accomplishments: Recent publications include “Collapsing Good and the Milieu of Innovation: An Examination of Mill’s principles of Liberty and Free Trade” in the Journal of Value Inquiry and “Business Ethics from the Internal Point of View” published in the Journal of Business Ethics. He also has recently had published a book chapter on flourishing and trade. An article on David Hume's theory of justice is now under review.
Karen Kirkendall
Associate Professor, Liberal Studies/Liberal and Integrative Studies
Email: kirkendall.karen@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7248
Office: UHB 3039
Rosina Neginsky
Associate Professor, Liberal Studies/Liberal and Integrative Studies, Women’s Studies, English
Ph.D. English, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Email: neginsky.rosina@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7431
Office: UHB 3027
Teaching Interests: European literature (English Pre-Raphaelites; French and Russian Symbolists), 1850-1920, contemporary French literature.
Annette VanDyke 
Director, Liberal and Integrative Studies
Associate Professor, Women's Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, English
Ph.D. American Studies, University of Minnesota
Email: vandyke.annette@uis.edu
Phone: (217) 206-7420
Office: UHB 3025
Teaching Interests: multicultural American women's literatures; Native American literature and women's spirituality; African-American, Asian-American, Latina, and lesbian literatures.
Emeriti Faculty
Jan Droegkamp
Emerita Professor, Liberal Studies/Liberal and Integrative Studies, Women’s Studies, African-American Studies
Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Email: jdroe1@uis.edu
Teaching Interests: Women across cultures, South African women, and adult education and training.
Accomplishments: Dr. Droegkamp has spent 15 years working with international development agencies, in addition to her lifelong work in social justice movements and formal academic degrees in education. She has worked in education projects in Lesotho, Jamaica, Kenya, Thailand, Fiji Islands, Indonesia, and Zimbabwe. She is also active in anti-racism community dialogues, study abroad programs, and multicultural education.
