Departments & Programs

American Studies

Faculty

Interim Chair

  • Deborah N. Cohn* (Spanish and Portuguese)

Director of Graduate Studies

  • Deborah N. Cohn* (Spanish and Portuguese)

Distinguished Professors

  • David N. Baker, Jr. (Jacobs School of Music)
  • Richard Bauman (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)

Chancellor's Professors

  • John Bodnar (History)
  • Raymond DeMallie (Anthropology)

Rudy Professor of American Studies and History

  • Matthew Pratt Guterl* (History)

Professors

  • Judith Allen (Gender Studies)
  • Mellonee Burnim (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Claude Clegg (History)
  • Stephen Conrad (Maurer School of Law)
  • Ray DeMallie, Jr. (Anthropology)
  • Jonathan Elmer (English)
  • Wendy Gamber (History)
  • Jesse Goodman (School of Education)
  • Michael Grossberg (History)
  • Russell Hanson (Political Science)
  • Raymond Hedin (English)
  • David Hertz (Comparative Literature)
  • Christoph Irmscher (English)
  • Jeffrey C. Isaac (Political Science)
  • Robert Ivie* (Communication and Culture)
  • Barbara Klinger (Communication and Culture, Film Studies)
  • Edward T. Linenthal (History)
  • John Lucaites (Communication and Culture)
  • Michael Martin* (Communication and Culture)
  • Portia Maultsby (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Audrey McCluskey (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Michael McGerr (History)
  • Richard B. Miller (Religious Studies, Poynter Center)
  • Darlene Sadlier (Spanish and Portuguese)
  • John H. Stanfield II (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Beverly Stoeltje (Anthropology)
  • Gregory Waller (Communication and Culture),
  • Pamela Walters (Sociology)
  • Vernon J. Williams (African American and African Diaspora Studies)

Associate Professors

  • Chris Anderson (Communication and Culture)
  • Purnima Bose (English)
  • Candy Gunter Brown (Religious Studies)
  • James Capshew (History and Philosophy of Science)
  • Judah Cohen (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Deborah Cohn* (Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Aurelian Craiutu (Political Science)
  • Nick Cullather (History)
  • Mark Deuze (Telecommunications)
  • Konstantin Dierks (History)
  • Mary Gray (Communication and Culture)
  • Judith Failer (Political Science)
  • Lessie Jo Frazier* (Gender Studies)
  • Valerie Grim (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Paul Gutjahr (English)
  • Vivian Halloran (English)
  • Joan Hawkins (Communication and Culture)
  • Terrill Scott Herring (English)
  • Jason B. Jackson (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Stephanie Kane (Criminal Justice)
  • DeWitt Kilgore (English)
  • Sarah Knott (History)
  • Alex Lichtenstein (History)
  • Fred McElroy (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • John Nieto-Phillips (Latino Studies)
  • Radhika Parameswaran (Journalism)
  • Phaedra Pezzullo (Communication and Culture)
  • Eric Sandweiss (History)
  • Laura L. Scheiber (Anthropology)
  • Susan Seizer (Communication and Culture)
  • Pravina Shukla (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • LaMonda Horton Stallings (Gender Studies)
  • Robert Terrill (Communication and Culture)
  • Shane Vogel (English)
  • Brenda Weber (Gender Studies)

Assistant Professors

  • Sonya Atalay (Anthropology)
  • Marlon M. Bailey* (Gender Studies)
  • Karen Bowdre (Communication and Culture)
  • Serafin M. Coronel-Molina (Education)
  • Denise Cruz* (English)
  • Stephanie DeBoer (Communication and Culture)
  • Ilana Gershon (Communication and Culture)
  • Karen Inouye*
  • Colin Johnson (Gender Studies)
  • Javier F. León (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Susan Lepselter* (Communication and Culture)
  • Jason McGraw* (History)
  • Amrita Myers (History)
  • Laura Scheiber (Anthropology)
  • Micol Seigel* (History)
  • Stephen Selka* (Religious Studies)
  • Christina Snyder* (History)
  • Marvin Sterling (Anthropology)
  • Ted Striphas (Communication and Culture)
  • Ellen D. Wu (History)

Lecturers

  • Franklin L. Hess (West European Studies)
  • April K. Sievert (Anthropology)

Visiting Assistant Professors

  • Aidé Acosta*
  • Joshua Paddison*

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 (Fine Arts—Art History)
  • Sandra K. Dolby (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Ellen Dwyer (Criminal Justice)
  • Henry Glassie (College Professor, Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Jeffrey Huntsman (English)
  • James Madison (History)
  • John McCluskey (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • David P. Nord (School of Journalism)
  • David Nordloh (English)
  • Carol Polsgrove (Journalism)
  • Stephan Russell (Criminal Justice)
  • Dennis Senchuk (Philosophy)
  • Steven Stowe (History)

Academic Advising

  • Will Smith, Sycamore 123, (812) 855-2736

* American Studies core faculty.