Faculty and Staff

Black Latin American/U.S. Black Latinx social movements, Black Queer Feminisms, Black Queer Diaspora Studies, Maroon geographies of Central America's Caribbean Coasts, Black Indigeneity, and transnational Black feminist ethnographies and theories.

Anti-racist education, decolonization of curriculum and schools, intercultural sensitivity, multicultural education, urban education, teacher education, culturally relevant pedagogy, constructivism .

International studies with specializations in international political economy and international law; globalization; African and Caribbean regions

Socio-cultural anthropology; migration; politics and the state; everyday experiences of global economies; Islam; food and taste; West Africa.

Specialize on African healing traditions; disease, medicine, and empire; urban history; and Francophone West and Central Africa.

Visual studies, race, museums, representations of Africa.

20th-21st century Francophone Literature and Culture, Trauma Studies, Translation Studies and Foreign Language Pedagogy.

Social complexity in the ancient Near East; the role of "non-optimal" zones; burial traditions and mortuary practices; landscape archaeology, GIS and archaeological survey techniques; and cultural heritage.

Nineteenth- and twentieth-century transatlantic literature and culture; childhood studies; children’s literature; juvenilia; object relations psychoanalysis; histories of education; spatial theory; the uncanny; material culture.

Early modern Atlantic world, colonial America, colonial Latin America, Native American history

Latina/o literary and cultural productions; contemporary U.S. literatures; trans-national American studies

British and imperial history

Community-building in education and mentoring; community-based and collaborative learning; conflict resolution and restorative practice.

Modern European and colonial art; the Caribbean; contemporary African diasporic art; theories of affect, Black feminism, ecocriticism, and psychoanalysis.

Immigration/migration; Latino communities in the U.S.; gender; globalization; qualitative research methods; political economy

Nineteenth-Century American literatures and cultures; American Indian literatures and cultures

History of French colonialism; Critical race theory; Film studies; Creative writing

Africana Studies, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, Dance, East Asian Languages and Cultures, English Literature, Film and Media Studies, French and Francophone Studies, German Studies, Italian, Russian, Spanish, Theater

Schedule a Virtual or In-Person Research Appointment