Departments & Programs

American Studies

Faculty
Chair
  • Pamela Walters
Director of Graduate Studies
  • TBA
Director of Undergraduate Studies
  • Paul Anderson* (American Studies)
Distinguished Professor
  • David N. Baker, Jr. (Jacobs School of Music)
Chancellor's Professors
  • John Bodnar (History)
  • Raymond DeMallie (Anthropology)
Professors
  • Judith Allen (Gender Studies)
  • Mellonee Burnim (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Candy Gunther Brown (Religious Studies)
  • Deborah Cohn* (American Studies, Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Stephen Conrad (Maurer School of Law)
  • Aurelian Craiutu (Political Science)
  • Nick Cullather (History)
  • Jonathan Elmer (English)
  • Wendy Gamber (History)
  • Jeffrey Gould (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)
  • Stephanie Kane (International Studies)
  • Stephen Katz (Jewish Studies Program)
  • Barbara Klinger (Comparative Literature, Film Studies, The Media School)
  • Stephanie Li (English)
  • Edward T. Linenthal (History)
  • John Lucaites (English)
  • Michael Martin* (American Studies, The Media School)
  • Michael McGerr (History)
  • Radhika Parameswaran (The Media School)
  • Eric Sandweiss (History)
  • Gregory Waller (The Media School)
  • Pamela Walters (Sociology)
Associate Professors
  • Chris Anderson (Communication and Culture)
  • Paul Anderson* (American Studies)
  • Marlon Bailey* (American Studies, Gender Studies)
  • Anke Birkenmaier (Spanish and Portuguese)
  • Purnima Bose (English, International Studies)
  • James Capshew (History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine)
  • Judah Cohen (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Serafín M. Coronel-Molina (School of Education)
  • Stephanie DeBoer (English, International Studies, The Media School)
  • Konstantin Dierks (History)
  • Judith Failer (Political Science)
  • Lessie Jo Frazier* (American Studies, Gender Studies)
  • Ilana Gershon (Anthropology)
  • Mary Gray (The Media School)
  • Vivian Halloran* (American Studies, English)
  • Joan Hawkins (The Media School)
  • Terrill Scott Herring (English)
  • Jason B. Jackson (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Colin Johnson (Gender Studies)
  • DeWitt Kilgore (English)
  • Sarah Knott (History)
  • Susan Lepselter* (American Studies, Anthropology)
  • Alex Lichtenstein (History)
  • Fred McElroy (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Rasul Mowatt (School of Public Health)
  • Walton Muyumba (English)
  • Amrita Myers (History)
  • John Nieto-Phillips (History, Latino Studies Program)
  • Laura L. Scheiber (Anthropology)
  • Micol Seigel* (American Studies, History)
  • Susan Seizer (Anthropology)
  • Stephen Selka* (American Studies, Religious Studies)
  • Pravina Shukla (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Christina Snyder* (American Studies, History)
  • Marvin Sterling (Anthropology)
  • Robert Terrill (English)
  • Shane Vogel (English)
  • Brenda Weber (Gender Studies)
  • Maisha Wester (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Jakobi Williams (African American and African Diaspora Studies)
  • Ellen D. Wu (History)
Assistant Professors
  • Cara Caddoo* (American Studies)
  • Karen Inouye* (American Studies)
  • Javier F. León (Folklore and Ethnomusicology)
  • Alberto Varon (English)
Senior Lecturers
  • Franklin L. Hess (Institute for European Studies)
  • April K. Sievert (Anthropology)
Professor Emeritus
  • Robert Ivie* (American Studies, Communication and Culture)
Academic Advising
  • hlelkins [at] indiana [dot] edu (Heather Elkins), Ballantine 749, (812) 855-4233

* American Studies core faculty.