Faculty

Media Studies
Multidisciplinary Program

Associate Professor of English
BA, Sarah Lawrence College; MA, PhD, Columbia University in the City of New York
Interests

American Literature
Jewish Studies
Film
Comics
Music
American Popular Culture

Professor of Philosophy
MA, Université Paris 8 Vincennes-St Denis; PhD, Università degli Studi di Milano
Interests

European Philosophy of the 19th and 20th Century

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies
BA, DePaul University; MA, MPhil, PhD, New York University
Interests

20th- and 21st-century French and Francophone Literatures
Literature and the Media
Visual Cultures
Popular Culture
The Fait Divers
Crime
Feminist Theory and Queer Theory
Autobiographical Writing

Senior Lecturer in Urban Studies and American Studies and Director of Urban Studies
BA, Davidson College; MA, New York University; PhD, University of Chicago
Adjunct Associate Professor of International Studies
BA, Wesleyan University; MA, University of Washington; PhD, New York University
Interests

20th Century
Gender
Cultural History
Media

Associate Professor of English
BA, University of British Columbia; MA, PhD, Stanford University
Professor of Anthropology
BA, SUNY Empire State College; MA, PhD, SUNY at Albany
Interests

Feminist Studies
Caribbean Studies

Professor of Art on the Sarah Gibson Blanding Chair
BA, Dartmouth College; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Interests

Interdisciplinary American art, social, and cultural history
Interdisciplinary African American history
Creativity and social justice
Grief, mourning, and loss

Professor of English on the Henry Noble MacCracken Chair
BA, Amherst College; PhD, Rutgers University
Associate Professor of Chinese and Japanese and Director of Asian Studies
BA, MA, Baika Women College; MA, Illinois State University; PhD, Purdue University
Interests

Japanese Women’s Literature
Girls’ Magazine Culture
Japanese Popular Culture

Associate Professor of Chinese and Japanese
BA, Fudan University (复旦大学); MA, PhD, Washington University in St Louis
Professor of English on the Jean Webster Chair
BA, Pennsylvania State University; MA, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Associate Professor of Computer Science
BA, Wesleyan University; MPhil, MS, PhD, Columbia University
Interests

Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Problem Reformulation
Computer-Aided Design
Automated Software Engineering

Associate Professor of Psychological Science
BA, Wesleyan University; MS, PhD, University of Massachusetts Amherst
Associate Professor of Film
BA, MA, PhD, University of Southern California
Associate Professor of English
BA, University of California-Berkeley; PhD, Harvard University
Interests

Asian American Studies
Transpacific Studies
Critical Ethnic Studies
Popular Culture and Subculture
Essays
Literary Non-fiction

Professor of English on the Helen D. Lockwood Chair
BA, University of Delhi; MA, Syracuse University, MA; University of Delhi; PhD, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
Visiting Assistant Professor of Film
BA, Clark University; MA, University of California-Los Angeles; MS, Clark University; PhD, New York University
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
BFA, Pratt Institute-Main
Adjunct Associate Professor of English
BA, MA, Northwestern University
Professor of Film on the Mary Riepma Ross '32 Chair
BA, Tufts University; MA, PhD, New York University
Interests

African American Cinema
Documentary History
Feminist Film Theory
African National Cinemas

Professor and Chair of Sociology
BA, University of California-Los Angeles; MA, PhD, University of California-Santa Barbara
Interests

Urban studies
social theory
food systems
musical urbanism

Assistant Professor of Music
BM, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; MM, The Boston Conservatory; MM, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin
Associate Director of the Libraries for Special Collections and Adjunct Associate Professor of History on the Frederick Weyerhaeuser Chair
BA, Boston College; MLS, Simmons College; MA, University of Connecticut; PhD, Boston College
Interests

History of the book
History of private and fine press printing
History of the Bible

Associate Professor of English and Director of Women's Studies
BA, University of Miami; MA, PhD, Columbia University
Dean of Studies and Professor of Anthropology
BA, University of Arizona; MA, PhD, The University of Texas
Professor of Chinese and Japanese on the L.B. Dale & A. Lichtenstein Chair
BA, MA, Beijing Language and Culture University (北京语言大学); MPhil, PhD, Columbia University
Interests

East Asian Literature

Associate Professor and Chair of German Studies
BA, Bates College; MA, PhD, Cornell University
Director of the Writing Center and Adjunct Associate Professor of English
Matt Schultz
Professor of Physics
BS, SUNY at Binghamton; MPhil, PhD, Yale University
Assistant Professor of Art and Urban Studies
BA, Federal University of Technology Minna; MA, University of Central Oklahoma; PhD, Princeton University
Associate Professor of German Studies
BA, Universität Tubingen; MA, PhD, Indiana University-Bloomington
Professor of Hispanic Studies and Director of Media Studies
BA, MA, University of Kansas; PhD, Stony Brook University