Departments & Programs

American Studies

Faculty
Chair
  • Deborah N. Cohn* (American Studies, Spanish and Portuguese)
Director of Graduate Studies
  • Vivian Halloran* (American Studies, English)
Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Susan Lepselter (American Studies, Communication and Culture) (Fall)
  • Paul Anderson* (American Studies) (Spring)
Distinguished Professor
  • David N. Baker, Jr. (Jacobs School of Music)
Chancellor's Professors
  • John Bodnar (History)
  • Raymond DeMallie, Jr. (Anthropology)
Professors
  • Judith Allen (Gender Studies)
  • Mellonee Burnim (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Claude Clegg (History)
  • Deborah Cohn* (American Studies, Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Stephen Conrad (Maurer School of Law)
  • Aurelian Craiutu (Political Science)
  • Nick Cullather (History)
  • Ray DeMallie, Jr. (Anthropology)
  • Jonathan Elmer (English)
  • Wendy Gamber (History)
  • Valerie Grim (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Michael Grossberg (History)
  • Paul Gutjahr (English)
  • Russell Hanson (Political Science)
  • Raymond Hedin (English)
  • David Hertz (Comparative Literature)
  • Christoph Irmscher (English)
  • Jeffrey C. Isaac (Political Science)
  • Barbara Klinger (Communication and Culture, Film Studies)
  • Edward T. Linenthal (History)
  • John Lucaites (Communication and Culture)
  • Michael Martin* (American Studies, Communication and Culture)
  • Portia Maultsby (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Michael McGerr (History)
  • Richard B. Miller (Religious Studies, Poynter Center)
  • Radhika Parameswaran (Journalism)
  • Darlene Sadlier (Spanish and Portuguese)
  • John H. Stanfield II (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Gregory Waller (Communication and Culture),
  • Pamela Walters (Sociology)
  • Vernon J. Williams (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
Associate Professors
  • Chris Anderson (Communication and Culture)
  • Marlon Bailey* (American Studies, Gender Studies)
  • Purnima Bose (English)
  • Candy Gunther Brown (Religious Studies)
  • James Capshew (History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine)
  • Judah Cohen (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Serafin M. Coronel-Molina (School of Education)
  • Konstantin Dierks (History)
  • Judith Failer (Political Science)
  • Lessie Jo Frazier* (American Studies, Gender Studies)
  • Ilana Gershon (Communication and Culture)
  • Mary Gray (Communication and Culture)
  • Vivian Halloran* (American Studies, English)
  • Joan Hawkins (Communication and Culture)
  • Terrill Scott Herring (English)
  • LaMonda Horton-Stallings (Gender Studies)
  • Jason B. Jackson (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Colin Johnson (Gender Studies)
  • Stephanie Kane (Criminal Justice)
  • DeWitt Kilgore (English)
  • Sarah Knott (History)
  • Alex Lichtenstein (History)
  • Fred McElroy (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • John Nieto-Phillips (History, Latino Studies Program)
  • Phaedra Pezzullo (Communication and Culture)
  • Eric Sandweiss (History)
  • Laura L. Scheiber (Anthropology)
  • Micol Seigel* (American Studies, History)
  • Susan Seizer (Communication and Culture)
  • Stephen Selka* (American Studies, Religious Studies)
  • Pravina Shukla (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Christina Snyder* (American Studies, History)
  • Marvin Sterling (Anthropology)
  • Ted Striphas (Communication and Culture)
  • Robert Terrill (Communication and Culture)
  • Shane Vogel (English)
  • Brenda Weber (Gender Studies)
Assistant Professors
  • Anke Birkenmaier (Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Cara Caddoo* (American Studies)
  • Serafin M. Coronel-Molina (School of Education)
  • Stephanie DeBoer (Communication and Culture)
  • Karen Inouye* (American Studies)
  • Javier F. León (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Susan Lepselter* (American Studies, Communication and Culture)
  • Jason McGraw* (American Studies, History)
  • Alberto Varon (English, Latino Studies)
  • Ellen D. Wu (History)
Senior Lecturers
  • Franklin L. Hess (Institute for European Studies)
  • April K. Sievert (Anthropology)
Professors Emeriti
  • Patrick Baude (Ralph F. Fuchs Professor of Law and Public Service)
  • Richard Bauman (Distinguished Professor of Anthropology, Communication and Culture, and Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Sarah Burns (Ruth N. Halls Professor, Fine Arts—History)
  • Sandra K. Dolby (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Ellen Dwyer (Criminal Justice)
  • Henry Glassie (College Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Jesse Goodman (School of Education)
  • Helen Gremillion (Gender Studies)
  • Jeffrey Huntsman (English)
  • Robert Ivie* (American Studies, Communication and Culture)
  • James Madison (Thomas and Kathryn Miller Professor, History)
  • Audrey McCluskey (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • John McCluskey (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • David P. Nord (Journalism)
  • David Nordloh (English)
  • Carol Polsgrove (Journalism)
  • Stephen Russell (Criminal Justice)
  • Dennis Senchuk (Philosophy)
  • Beverly Stoeltje (Anthropology)
  • Steven Stowe (History)
Academic Advising
  • hlelkins [at] indiana [dot] edu (Heather Elkins), Ballantine 749, (812) 855-4233

* American Studies core faculty.