Welcome to Our Newest Faculty Members!

KENNESAW, Ga. | Jul 24, 2026

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Zachary Clark, PhD

Dr. Zachary Clark is a Lecturer of History and historian of the Late Qing and twentieth century China whose research focuses on the Sino-Tibetan borderlands. His work examines the social, religious, infrastructural, and environmental transformations that shaped western China, particularly the regions of Tibet, Qinghai, Sichuan, and Yunnan, during the transition from empire to nation-state. His research interests include the diverse methods, networks, and transregional and transnational communities that both shaped and were transformed by the intersecting forces of nationalism, ethnicity, and identity in nineteenth and twentieth century China.

Dr. Clark is a graduate of the University of Connecticut where he earned his BA in History, the University of San Francisco where he earned his Master of Arts in Asia-Pacific Studies, and Pennsylvania State University where he earned his PhD in History. 


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Brian Suttell, PhD

Dr. Suttell is a Lecturer of History Education and a historian of social movements, with a particular focus on the history of civil rights movements in North Carolina. Prior to joining higher education, where he has taught at Winston-Salem State University and Ferrum College, he spent several years teaching middle school social studies. During that time, he also served as Social Studies Chairperson, Academic Team Leader, and a basketball and football coach.

Dr. Suttell is a Magna Cum Laude graduate of the State University of New York at Fredonia where he earned his BA in History and Social Studies Education, North Carolina State University where he earned his Master of Arts in History, and University of North Carolina at Greensboro where he earned his PhD in History.


 

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