American Studies 050 (GS-N)
American Studies 050
Degree Programs Offered: Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy
Director of Graduate Programs: Kyle Riismandel, 243 Conklin Hall, 175 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102, 973-353-1886.
Associate Director of Graduate Programs:
Alexandra Chang, Room 321, 110 Warren St., Newark, NJ 07102, 973-353-3733
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Affiliated Faculty:
Jamilah Malika Abu-Bakare, SAS-N, M.F.A.; Chicago
Africana studies; art practice and history; sound studies
Gaiutra Bahadur, SAS-N; M.S., Columbia
Literature; memory studies; migration studies; race and ethnicity; journalism
Sterling Bland, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York University
African-American literature; 19th-century American literature
Alexandra Chang, SAS-N; M.F.A, New York University
EcoArt; global studies; Asian American studies
Kornel Chang, SAS-N; Ph.D., Chicago
Modern U.S. history; migration and border controls; U.S. empire and the Pacific world
Jason Cortés, SAS-N; Ph.D., Pennsylvania
Caribbean literature; U.S. Latina/o literature; contemporary Spanish-American literature; comparative literature; cultural studies; gender studies; critical theory
Melissa Cooper, SAS-N; Ph.D., Rutgers
African American studies; cultural history; 20th century U.S. history; American South
Kimberly DaCosta Holton, SAS-N; Ph.D., Northwestern
Performance studies; migration studies; urban festivity; ethnography and oral history
Kate Doyle, SAS-N; Ph.D., Northwestern
Music and sound; performance studies; experimental art; cybernetics
Belinda Edmondson, SAS-N; Ph.D., Northwestern
Caribbean and other African diaspora literature; postcolonial theory; feminist theory; popular culture
Anne Englot, SAS-N; M.Arch; Ph.D., Syracuse
Architectural design; theory; history; queer theory; space and place
Marta Esquilin, SAS-N; M.Ed., Columbia
Cultural competence; educational equity; sociology
Ruth Feldstein, SAS-N; Ph.D., Brown
U.S. history; with a focus on 20th-century culture and politics; women's and gender history; African-American history
Frank Garcia, SAS-N; Ph.D., Illinois
Latina/o/x and American literature; film; and culture; gang and prison literature and film; critical race and queer studies
James Goodman, SAS-N; Ph.D., Princeton
U.S. history; African-American history; creative nonfiction
Melanie Hill; SAS-N; Ph.D.; Pennsylvania
Performance studies; literature and music; Black feminism
Alison Howell; SAS-N; Ph.D.
International relations of medicine; technoscience; security and warfare in order to advance feminist; critical race and disability studies approaches to global politics
Elizabeth Hull, SAS-N; Ph.D., New School
Constitutional politics; American government
James Jones, SAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
Race/racism; American politics; Black politics; organizations/occupations/work; and qualitative methods
Jyl Josephson, SAS-N; Ph.D., Maryland
Political theory; women and politics
John Keene, SAS-N; M.F.A., New York University
Africana studies; creative writing; poetry
Keish Kim, SAS-N; Ph.D., Harvard
Immigration and migration; race and ethnicity; American literature; transnational feminism
Malcolm Kiniry, SAS-N; Ph.D., Rutgers
Rhetoric; U.S. literature; composition studies
Mark Krasovic, SAS-N; Ph.D., Yale
American Studies; urban studies; history of Newark; political history; cultural history
Alison Lefkovitz, SAS-N; Ph.D., Chicago
Sex and gender; legal history; modern U.S.
Laura Lomas, SAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
Comparative American studies; national literature and culture; feminist theory
Jamie Lew, SAS-N; Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia
Race and ethnic relations; urban education and policy; immigration and international migration; comparative and international education
Neil M. Maher, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York University
Twentieth-century U.S. history; environmental history; political history; urban history; landscape studies
Wendell Hassan Marsh, SAS-N, Ph.D.; Columbia
African-Arabic textuality; the intellectual history of Islam in Africa and the African Diaspora; and religious studies
Rachel Mundy, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Sound studies; critical animal studies; history of science
Stephen Pemberton; SAS-N; Ph.D.; North Carolina
History of science and medicine; modern U.S.
Sandy Placido, SAS-N; Ph.D., Harvard
Latinx studies; women; science; medicine; public health; and immigration
Tim Raphael, SAS-N; Ph.D., Northwestern
Contemporary theater; performance; and cultural studies; politics as performance; community-based theater
Kyle Riismandel, SAS-N; Ph.D., George Washington
U.S. cultural history; history of media and technology; sub/urban studies; contemporary America; American Studies
Mary Rizzo, SAS-N; Ph.D., Minnesota
Public humanities; digital humanities; U.S. cultural history; urban studies
Alex Dika Seggerman, SAS-N; Ph.D., Yale
Islamic art; art history; curation
Mary Segers, SAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
Political philosophy and theory; religion and politics; ethical issues and public policy
Lauren Shallish, SAS-N, Ph.D.;
Disability studies; inclusive and social justice pedagogies; educational planning; and qualitative research
Mara Sidney, SAS-N; Ph.D., Colorado
Urban politics; public policy; race/ethnicity and politics
Paul Sternberger, SAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
American art; history of photography; history of design
Timothy Stewart-Winter, SAS-N; Ph.D., Chicago
Modern U.S. history; sexuality/gender; urban history
Whitney Strub; SAS-N; Ph.D., California (Los Angeles)
Sexuality and gender; film; U.S. social; cultural; and political history
Jack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Race and ethnicity; eugenics; Asian American studies; curatorial studies; public history
Melissa Valle, SAS-N; Ph.D., CUNY
Race; gender; space and place; ethnography; Latinx studies
Ian Watson, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Performance studies; intercultural performance; directing (theory and practice); 20th-century theater; performance training; performance in media and politics
Diane Wong; SAS-N; Ph.D.; Cornell
American politics; race and ethnicity; critical urban studies; comparative immigration; gender and sexuality; cultural and media studies; public humanities