AUM Faculty & Staff
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Nikhil Ghodke
Associate Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Nikhil Ghodke teaches graphic design at Auburn University at Montgomery and consults as a creative for companies across the world. Previously he has worked for Y&R(now VMLYR), Colenso BBDO and Lowe Lintas ad agencies, and his clients include, Turner TV(USA), Sky TV(New Zealand), VH1(India), Comedy Central(India), ABP News(India). He has previously held teaching positions at Media Design School, New Zealand and Manhattanville College, New York. Over the last 15 years, he has worked on projects associated with Nike, ACI, Hallmark, History Channel, Home Shopping Network, Axcient and Burger King. He has won AVA, Apex, Summit and Hermes awards for his work.
Jason D. Gray
Senior Lecturer | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Bio:
I began teaching philosophy at AUM in 2016. Prior to 2016 I was a Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy at the University of Alabama, Birmingham (2 years). I have also taught philosophy at Georgia State University.
I received my PhD in Philosophy in 2013 from the University of California, Riverside. I hold two bachelor’s degrees from the University of Alabama and I received an MA in philosophy from Georgia State University (2005). My philosophical interests vary, but I specialized at the intersection of the metaphysics of free will and moral responsibility. the philosophy of death, and the philosophy of addiction.
Although I was born in Maryland, I grew up in Tuscaloosa, AL. I am an avid football and baseball fan (Crimson Tide and the Atlanta Braves). I enjoying reading non-fiction history (especiallt 19th. I have a fairly extensive collection of autographs from Hall of Fame baseball players. I have bungee jumped, stood on a glacier, repelled down a 100 foot wall, and once was so lost (along with everyone else in the car) that we weren’t sure whether we were in Luxembourg or France (“Excuse me, could you tell me what country I am in?).
Darren Harris-Fain
Honors Professor; Distinguished Research Professor | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Dr. Harris-Fain teaches and writes about British and American literature since the 1800s and popular culture. The topics of his publications include Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, H. G. Wells, Tarzan, James Bond, superheroes, Star Trek, Ray Bradbury, Ken Kesey, Kurt Vonnegut, New Wave science fiction, Harlan Ellison, Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, and Alison Bechdel, among others. His courses include surveys of British and American literature as well as upper-level and graduate classes on editing, American film history, and science fiction, fantasy, and graphic novels. Dr. Harris-Fain was a reference book editor and writer before beginning his teaching career and has taught at AUM since 2011. In 2015, he was a three-day champion on Jeopardy!
Katherine Irwin
Lecturer | College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences
Also holds the title of The AUM Community News Service Audio Instructor.
