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Board of Advisors

Ms. Wendy Bredhold (2026)
Senior Manager Transmission Initiative
National Audubon Society’s Climate Team
(USI '98)

wendybredhold@gmail.com

Mr. G. Graham Perry III (2025)
Tennessee Historical Society
Columbia State Community College

ggpiii@yahoo.com

Dr. Gregory W. Brown (2025)
Educator (ret.)

drgwbrown@aol.com

Dr. Donald Pitzer
Emeritus Professor of History and
Director of the Center for Communal Studies
University of Southern Indiana

dpitzer@usi.edu

Ms. Jennifer Greene
Archivist, University of Southern Indiana
(USI BA '03, MALS '09)

jagreene@usi.edu

Dr. Donald E. Janzen (2027)
Consultant (ret.)

don.janzen@yahoo.com

Dr. Andrew Buck (2027)
Associate Professor of Sociology
Advisor, Communal Studies Minor
University of Southern Indiana

adbuck@usi.edu

Dr. Kristalyn Shefveland (2026)
Assistant Dean, College of Liberal Arts
Associate Professor of History
University of Southern Indiana

kmshefvela@usi.edu

Dr. Joshua Lockyer (2025)
Professor of Anthropology
Arkansas Tech University

jlockyer@atu.edu

Dr. Michael Strezewski (2026)
Associate Professor of Anthropology
University of Southern Indiana

mstrezewsk@usi.edu

Dr. Matthew Hanka (2027)
Professor of Political Science
University of Southern Indiana

mjhanka@usi.edu

Dr. Kelly Kaelin (2027)
Assistant Professor of History
University of Southern Indiana

kkaelin1@usi.edu

Ms. Leslie Townsend
Director of Community Engagement
Interim Director of Historic New Harmony
University of Southern Indiana
USI (BS '88, MA '08)

ltownsen@usi.edu

Dr. Franziska Bechtel (2027)
Research Associate
Institut fuer Theologie, Diakonie, Ethik
AGAPLESION gAG, Frankfurt Germany

franziska-bechtel@gmx.de

Dr. Carol Medlicott (2026)
Professor of Geography
Northern Kentucky University

medlicottc1@nku.edu

Ex Officio

Dr. Del Doughty
Dean of the College of Liberal Arts
University of Southern Indiana
ddoughty1@usi.edu
Dr. Jason Hardgrave
Assistant Provost
Associate Professor of History
University of Southern Indiana
jhardgrave@usi.edu
Ms. Marna Hostetler
Director of David L. Rice Library
University of Southern Indiana

marna.hostetler@usi.edu