American Studies

Faculty

Professor of Art and Director of American Studies on the Sarah Gibson Blanding Chair
BA, Dartmouth College; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
John Andrews wearing a black plaid shirt and beige jacket against a gray background.
PhD, CUNY Graduate School and University Center
Professor of Anthropology
April M. Beisaw
BA, Rutgers University-New Brunswick; MA, PhD, SUNY at Binghamton
Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies and American Studies
BA, Davidson College; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Asian Studies
BA, Cornell University; MA, Brown University; MS, University of Oxford; PhD, Brown University
Professor of English on the Jean Webster Chair
BA, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Professor of Geography and Director of Urban Studies
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BA, Pomona College; MA, PhD, University of California-Berkeley
Assistant Professor of Art
Gordon Hall wearing a blue shirt with a black background.
BA, Hampshire College; MFA, MA, School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Professor of Sociology on the Jane Baker Nord '42 Chair
William Hoynes wearing a black collared shirt with a gray background.
BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, Boston College
Professor of Religion
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BA, Princeton University; MA, MPhil, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair
Headshot of Amitava Kumar
BA, University of Delhi; MA, Syracuse University; MA, University of Delhi; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Professor of Education
BFA, Pratt Institute-Main; MS, Long Island University-University Center; PhD, SUNY at Albany
Professor of English
BA, University of San Diego; MFA, Mills College; PhD, University of California-Davis
Associate Professor and Chair of Music
BM, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; MM, The Boston Conservatory; MM, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of Miami; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
BA, Duke University; PhD, University of Pennsylvania
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Portrait of a person with long black hair and olive brown blouse smiling with a blurry stained glass window in the background.
BA, Princeton University; BPhil, University of Oxford; PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Assistant Professor of History
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BA, University of California-Berkeley; MA, MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Associate Professor of English
Tyrone Simpson, II
BA, University of Virginia; MA, Boston College; MA, Xavier University; PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Assistant Professor of History
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BA, University of Iowa; MA, PhD, University of California-Santa Cruz
Professor of Anthropology
David Eduardo Tavarez wearing a light patterned shirt and black jacket in front of an archway.
BA, Harvard University; MA, PhD, University of Chicago
Assistant Professor of Political Science on the Class of 1951 Chair
BA, Ottawa University; MA, Carleton College; PhD, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Associate Professor of Education
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BA, Concord University; MA, Syracuse University; MS, University of Charleston; PhD, Syracuse University
Header image: Professor of English Molly McGlennen in the Frances Lehman Loeb gallery, studying Native American (Inuit) art. Students: Jesse Peters, Maggie Lopez, Kristna Arike and Alex Schlesinger