Faculty Committee

Myron M. Beasley

Associate Professor of American Studies

Brazil, critical ethnography, cultural studies, cultural studies, curating, curatorial studies, death, digital humanities, food and culture, Francophone, gender and race, Haiti, material culture, performance studies, performance studies, public humanities, visual culture

Marcus C. Bruce

Charles A. Dana Professor of Religious Studies

African American culture, African Americans in France, African-American studies, American cultural studies, American religious history, American religious studies, cultural studies

Dale E. Chapman

Professor of Music

20th century American music, African American music, American studies, critical race theory, cultural studies, historical musicology, jazz studies, popular music studies

Brian J. Evans

Assistant Professor of Dance

arts activism, contact improv, creative consulting, dance, dance theater, interdisciplinary application, performance and live art, social justice art

Yunkyoung Garrison

Assistant Professor of Psychology

Asian American psychology, Clinical Supervision, community engagement, Counseling Psychology, immigrant and refugee mental health, Immigrant Career and Mental Health, Race and Racism, Social Class and Classism, Sociopolitical Deveolpment, the myth of meritocracy, The Myth of Meritocracy, Women of Color

Amy B. Huang

Assistant Professor of Theater

Christopher F. Petrella Ph.D.

Visiting Lecturer

African Diaspora Studies, African-American studies, American cultural studies, American studies, Black Panther Party, black power, blackness, critical theory, cultural studies, race, race and science, racism, radical pedagogy, white nationalism, white supremacy, whiteness

Melinda A. Plastas

Senior Lecturer in Gender and Sexuality Studies

20th century U.S. social movements, African American history, American studies, black feminism, critical race theory, cultural studies, gender studies, health justice, history of commodities, peace studies, Social Movements, tobacco in history and culture, women and gender studies

Anelise H. Shrout

Associate Professor of Digital and Computational Studies

Cliometrics, critical race theory, Data, death, Digital and Computational Studies, Digital Humanities, Disasters, Famine, Gender and Technology, gender studies, history, immigration, Ireland, Philanthropy