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KENNESAW, Ga. | Sep 3, 2025

Congratulations to the following faculty in the Department of Geography and Anthropology on their recent promotions!

Dr. Paul N. McDaniel

Dr. Paul N. McDaniel, who joined the department in 2015, was recently promoted to Professor of Geography. His research explores immigration to urban regions, with emphasis on the southeastern United States, and scholarship of teaching and learning in geography education. He is the lead editor of Integration and Receptivity in Immigrant Gateway Metro Regions in the United States and has published in many peer-reviewed journals, including Professional Geographer, Journal of Geography, Geographical Review, Southeastern Geographer, and Journal of Urban Affairs. As a broadly trained geographer, he enjoys teaching many regional and human geography courses, informed by his extensive travels, in diverse formats, including face-to-face courses, fully online, and in study abroad programs, such as in France, Italy, and Spain. He is the recipient of the 2024 RCHSS Outstanding Online Teaching Award and the 2020 Early Career Award for Scholarship, Teaching, and Service from the Ethnic Geography Specialty Group of the American Association of Geographers. He currently serves as Vice President of the Southeastern Division of the Association of American Geographers (SEDAAG). He holds degrees in geography from Samford University, the University of Tennessee, and the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, and in higher education leadership from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Dr. Kenneth Williamson

Dr. Kenneth Williamson was recently promoted to Professor of Anthropology鈥攋ointly appointed in the Departments of Interdisciplinary Studies and Geography and Anthropology鈥攁nd is the Black Studies Program Coordinator. He earned his PhD from UNC-Chapel Hill. As a Black Feminist scholar, Dr. Williamson teaches courses that intersect Black Studies, Anthropology, and Gender Studies.

Uli Ingram

Uli Ingram was recently promoted to Principal Lecturer of Geospatial Sciences. She began teaching at Kennesaw State University in 2006, joined the faculty full-time as a Lecturer in 2012, and was promoted to Senior Lecturer in 2019. Her continued dedication to teaching, service, and student success has made a lasting impact on the Department of Geography and Anthropology and the Geospatial Sciences program. She also began serving as the Geospatial Sciences Program Coordinator in Fall 2025.

Dr. Nicholas Ellwanger

Dr. Nicholas Ellwanger was recently promoted to Senior Lecturer of Anthropology. Dr. Ellwanger is a Biological Anthropologist whose work focuses on primate behavioral ecology and human evolution. He teaches general education upper division courses focused on Biological Anthropology. Additionally, Dr. Ellwanger is a faculty member in the KSU Journey Honors College, where he leads the President鈥檚 Emerging Global Scholars Cohort.