American Culture: People
drsuad@umich.edu
3527B Haven Hall,
734-936-5858
Fields of study:
race, Blackness, Black Islam, Black women's history, popular culture
734-936-5858
Fields of study:
race, Blackness, Black Islam, Black women's history, popular culture
retika@umich.edu
Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of study:
critical refugee studies, Asian American studies, multi-sited ethnography, humanitarianism, displacement, postindustrial United States, South Asian Borderlands
Fields of study:
critical refugee studies, Asian American studies, multi-sited ethnography, humanitarianism, displacement, postindustrial United States, South Asian Borderlands
sigrid@umich.edu
Haven Hall, 1045
Hatcher 209 North, 1190
734-615-6519
Fields of Study:
English and American literature, ethnic studies, social justice
Hatcher 209 North, 1190
734-615-6519
Fields of Study:
English and American literature, ethnic studies, social justice
awartani@umich.edu
3651 Haven Hall
Fields of Study: transnational and comparative history, social movements, race and ethnicity, Latinx studies, Arab American studies, U.S. in the World
Fields of Study: transnational and comparative history, social movements, race and ethnicity, Latinx studies, Arab American studies, U.S. in the World
sberrey@umich.edu
3741 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-2936
Fields of Study:
race and culture, African American history, U.S. South, 20th-century United States, cultural history
734-615-2936
Fields of Study:
race and culture, African American history, U.S. South, 20th-century United States, cultural history
gberrym@umich.edu
Fields of study: Black feminisms, cultural studies, pop music studies, and the Obama era
Mborja@umich.edu
3767 Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of Study:
migration, religion, Asian American studies, politics, oral history
Fields of Study:
migration, religion, Asian American studies, politics, oral history
lbrar@umich.edu
Fields of study: Asian American Studies, Migrant Labor, Critical Food Studies, and Women of Color Feminisms
mbrier@umich.edu
Fields of study: History of anti-discrimination law and colorblind rhetoric in the US; political technologies; intellectual history
dmjbrown@umich.edu
Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of Study: history, science and Indigenous history and philosophy
Fields of Study: history, science and Indigenous history and philosophy
kbrowns@umich.edu
Fields of study: Contribute to the recovery of marginalized Spanish Civil War writers and place them in transnational networks of cultural exchange and solidarity.
wcalvo@umich.edu
3642 Haven Hall, 1045
734-647-3341
Fields of Study:
visual, material culture, and consumption studies;speculative fiction studies;Latina/o Chicana/o studies
734-647-3341
Fields of Study:
visual, material culture, and consumption studies;speculative fiction studies;Latina/o Chicana/o studies
casidyc@umich.edu
Fields of Study: Black Girlhood, Black Feminism and Black Women's History, Internet and Digital Studies, Tech History
lorenac@umich.edu
Fields of Study:
U.S. history 1865 - pesent, Borderlands history, intellectual and cultural history, race and ethnicity, gender studies and sexuality, politics and power, American West, public history, visual culture
U.S. history 1865 - pesent, Borderlands history, intellectual and cultural history, race and ethnicity, gender studies and sexuality, politics and power, American West, public history, visual culture
hechen@umich.edu
Fields of study: Asian American history and culture; critical mixed race studies; and queer of color critique
John Cheney-Lippold
Associate Professor; AC Associate Chair and Director of the Undergraduate Studies Program
Associate Professor; AC Associate Chair and Director of the Undergraduate Studies Program
jchl@umich.edu
3527G Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of Study:
cultural studies, code and algorithm studies, future studies, surveillance, identity, privacy, critical theory, philosophy
Fields of Study:
cultural studies, code and algorithm studies, future studies, surveillance, identity, privacy, critical theory, philosophy
Juan Cole
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History; Director of the Program in Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor
Richard P. Mitchell Collegiate Professor of History; Director of the Program in Arab and Muslim American Studies (AMAS) and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor
jrcole@umich.edu
2527 Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of Study: modern Middle East, Muslim South Asia, intellectual and cultural history, religion, history
Fields of Study: modern Middle East, Muslim South Asia, intellectual and cultural history, religion, history
jwcook@umich.edu
1029 Tisch Hall, 1003
734-763-7860
Fields of Study:
19th-century cultural and intellectual, African American, popular/mass culture, visual culture, capitalism
734-763-7860
Fields of Study:
19th-century cultural and intellectual, African American, popular/mass culture, visual culture, capitalism
chcroft@umich.edu
3735 Haven Hall, 1045
734-764-4463
Fields of Study:
dance and performance studies, U.S. social movements, cultural policy, gender & sexuality, dramaturgy
734-764-4463
Fields of Study:
dance and performance studies, U.S. social movements, cultural policy, gender & sexuality, dramaturgy
Manan Desai
Associate Professor; Director of the A/PIA Studies Program and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor
Associate Professor; Director of the A/PIA Studies Program and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor
mrdesai@umich.edu
3749 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-2524
Fields of Study:
Literature, Asian American Studies, Popular Culture
734-615-2524
Fields of Study:
Literature, Asian American Studies, Popular Culture
humanitiesad@umich.edu
Office of the Dean:
LSA 2256, 500 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382
Executive Assistant: Stella Bublitz, bublitzs@umich.edu, 734-647-2115
Fields of Study:
Native American and Early American history
LSA 2256, 500 South State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1382
Executive Assistant: Stella Bublitz, bublitzs@umich.edu, 734-647-2115
Fields of Study:
Native American and Early American history
sduran@umich.edu
Fields of Study: Arab and Muslim American Studies; Film Studies; Women of Color Feminisms; Post/Decolonial Studies; Race, Gender, Sexuality and U.S. Film Industries
jlehrhar@umich.edu
Fields of Study: Ethnonationalism, digital media studies, social networks, visual cultures, and Asian American studies.
belhadi@umich.edu
Fields of study: Arab and Muslim American studies, media and cultural studies, women of color feminisms, race and racialization, representations of visibly Muslim women.
annawfis@umich.edu
3640 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-2936
Fields of Study:
digital studies, media theory, performance studies, contemporary art, visual culture, feminist and queer studies, critical theory
734-615-2936
Fields of Study:
digital studies, media theory, performance studies, contemporary art, visual culture, feminist and queer studies, critical theory
Matthew L.M. Fletcher
Professor of American Culture and the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law
Professor of American Culture and the Harry Burns Hutchins Collegiate Professor of Law
nimrod@umich.edu
314 Hutchins Hall
Fields of Study: Federal & tribal Indian law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, administrative & Constitutional law, legal ethics.
Fields of Study: Federal & tribal Indian law, Anishinaabe legal and political philosophy, administrative & Constitutional law, legal ethics.
mlfr@umich.edu
3727 Haven Hall
Contact Mary: to schedule an appointment with the chair and for chair's signature; if you have questions about Budgeted Faculty and Executive Committee Meetings; and for matters related to tenure-track faculty recruitment, reviews, sabbatical & leave requests, and FARs
(voicemail only) 734-615-6473
Contact Mary: to schedule an appointment with the chair and for chair's signature; if you have questions about Budgeted Faculty and Executive Committee Meetings; and for matters related to tenure-track faculty recruitment, reviews, sabbatical & leave requests, and FARs
(voicemail only) 734-615-6473
kgonyon@umich.edu
3732 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-8896
Fields of Study:
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) language instruction
734-615-8896
Fields of Study:
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) language instruction
gunckel@umich.edu
3632 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-2935
Fields of Study:
Chicano/Latino film and media, Latina American cinema, Mexican cinema
734-615-2935
Fields of Study:
Chicano/Latino film and media, Latina American cinema, Mexican cinema
amcult-dgs@umich.edu
4733 Haven Hall, 1045
734-763-5525
Fields of Study:
American studies; 19th- and 20th-century American literature; African American literature; African diaspora studies; interdisciplinary approaches to literature, femininsm and gender studies, and travel writing
734-763-5525
Fields of Study:
American studies; 19th- and 20th-century American literature; African American literature; African diaspora studies; interdisciplinary approaches to literature, femininsm and gender studies, and travel writing
hagmagid@umich.edu
Fields of study: Historical impact of Muslim-Americans on the fabric of American culture, concentrating on the racial, class, and sectarian differences that made up 20th-century Muslim-American communities.
kah@umich.edu
3759 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-8869
Fields of Study:
Memorials, memory, material culture, cultural infrastructure, structures of inequity, race, and racism, U.S. cultural history and museum studies.
734-615-8869
Fields of Study:
Memorials, memory, material culture, cultural infrastructure, structures of inequity, race, and racism, U.S. cultural history and museum studies.
jmhoward@umich.edu
3058 Tisch Hall, 1003
Fields of Study:
novel and narrative; women's literature and culture in the United States from the mid-19th-century to the present; periodical history; genre studies; American studies; gender studies; cultural & social theory; disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and knowledge production
Fields of Study:
novel and narrative; women's literature and culture in the United States from the mid-19th-century to the present; periodical history; genre studies; American studies; gender studies; cultural & social theory; disciplinarity, interdisciplinarity and knowledge production
cahsu@umich.edu
Fields of study: media and cultural studies, Asian American studies, Internet and digital studies, film studies, contemporary literary fiction.
drbh@umich.edu
3664 Haven Hall
Fields of study:
19th and 20th century Native American representation, contemporary Indigenous performance
734.936.4374
Fields of study:
19th and 20th century Native American representation, contemporary Indigenous performance
734.936.4374
hmelisa@umich.edu
Fields of study: Ethnographic Writing, Arab & Muslim American Studies, Media & Surveillance Studies, Representations of Visibly Muslim Women, Civil Rights & Social Activism, Race + Racialization of Muslim Americans, FBI/JTTF, Education Policy, Human Rights Violation.
hwangr@umich.edu
3732 Haven Hall, 1045
(mobile) 925-586-4613
Fields of Study:
Asian/Pacific Islander American history, A/PIAs in the civil rights movement; A/PIA community activism
(mobile) 925-586-4613
Fields of Study:
Asian/Pacific Islander American history, A/PIAs in the civil rights movement; A/PIA community activism
iinatty@umich.edu
Fields of study: Literary and critical food studies in the Global South, continental philosophy, queer studies, and social change.
danjin@umich.edu
Fields of study: urban history, small cities, Latina/o/x Studies, Puerto Rican Studies, Asian American Studies, migration, race and ethnicity.
cejj@umich.edu
Fields of study: Memory Studies, Public History, Oral History, Visual Culture, Material Culture, Museum Studies, Women's and Gender Studies, Archives.
charka@umich.edu
3634 Haven Hall, 1045
734-764-8363
Fields of Study:
Arab American studies, queer of color critique, interdisciplinary and historical methods, history of gender and sexuality, women of color and transnational feminisms
734-764-8363
Fields of Study:
Arab American studies, queer of color critique, interdisciplinary and historical methods, history of gender and sexuality, women of color and transnational feminisms
yarden@umich.edu
Haven Hall
Fields of Study: imperialism, white supremacy, and racial capitalism; science and technology studies; history and politics of biomedicine; eugenics and exploited labor in science; radical social movements
Fields of Study: imperialism, white supremacy, and racial capitalism; science and technology studies; history and politics of biomedicine; eugenics and exploited labor in science; radical social movements
lckawar@umich.edu
Residential College: 1516 East Quad, 1245
734-647-4351
Fields of Study:
law and society; migration and migrant labor; transnational social movements; social, cultural, and institutional dynamics of legal systems
734-647-4351
Fields of Study:
law and society; migration and migrant labor; transnational social movements; social, cultural, and institutional dynamics of legal systems
mckelley@umich.edu
2672 Haven Hall, 1045
734-834-0903
Fields of Study:
American & women’s iIntellectual history, 19th-century women writers, American culture, and women's, gender, and sexuality studies
734-834-0903
Fields of Study:
American & women’s iIntellectual history, 19th-century women writers, American culture, and women's, gender, and sexuality studies
nancyak@umich.edu
3527A Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of Study:
Muslims, politics, authority, racialization, advertising, ethnographic methods
Fields of Study:
Muslims, politics, authority, racialization, advertising, ethnographic methods
pruneah@umich.edu
Fields of study: Critical Food Studies, Critical Race Theory, Migrant Studies, and Diaspora Studies
adrking@umich.edu
Fields of study: Black Trans Studies, Trans and Queer of Color Critique, Popular Culture Studies, Black Gender and Sexuality Studies
amcult-chair@umich.edu
3703 Haven Hall, 1045
Chair's Office (voicemail only) 734-615-6473
FOR DEPARTMENTAL BUSINESS
email messages:
amcult-chair@umich.edu
Google calendar guest invitations:
lsa-ac-chair-calendar@umich.edu
Executive Assistant
Mary Freiman mlfr@umich.edu
Fields of Study:
American and ethnic studies, Latina/o studies, Puerto Rican & Hispanic Caribbean studies, women’s, gender, & sexuality studies, lesbian, gay, & queer studies
Chair's Office (voicemail only) 734-615-6473
FOR DEPARTMENTAL BUSINESS
email messages:
amcult-chair@umich.edu
Google calendar guest invitations:
lsa-ac-chair-calendar@umich.edu
Executive Assistant
Mary Freiman mlfr@umich.edu
Fields of Study:
American and ethnic studies, Latina/o studies, Puerto Rican & Hispanic Caribbean studies, women’s, gender, & sexuality studies, lesbian, gay, & queer studies
smlarson@umich.edu
3733 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-6474
Fields of Study:
18th- and 19th- century American cultural history; American religious cultures; disability studies; transgender history; women's, gender, & sexuality studies
734-615-6474
Fields of Study:
18th- and 19th- century American cultural history; American religious cultures; disability studies; transgender history; women's, gender, & sexuality studies
lerinl@umich.edu
Fields of study: Native American/ Indigenous studies; environmental/ climate humanities, science, and culture; Indigenous and environmental futurities; (de)colonial imaginations; place-making; literary and historical studies; visual culture
kylelind@umich.edu
Fields of study: digital studies, black cultural studies, feminist and queer studies, cultural criticism
wigginsj@umich.edu
Fields of study: Chicana/o/x Studies, Latina/o/x Studies; Performance Studies; Ethnography; Latina Feminist Phenomenology; Stand-up Comedy & Humor; Social Movements & Activism; Oral History & Testimonio
tlombre@umich.edu
Fields of study: 19th and 20th-century cultural history of African Americans in the mid-west, Harlem Renaissance, Jazz history and culture, Black music, and community development.
dmlouis@umich.edu
Lane Hall, 1290
734-936-0717
Fields of Study:
19th- and 20th century African American literature and culture, global black feminisms, history of medicine, slavery, mental illness, sustainability, and disability
734-936-0717
Fields of Study:
19th- and 20th century African American literature and culture, global black feminisms, history of medicine, slavery, mental illness, sustainability, and disability
Ashley Lucas
Professor; Director of the Program in Latina/o Studies and Undergraduate Advisor for the Major and Minor
Professor; Director of the Program in Latina/o Studies and Undergraduate Advisor for the Major and Minor
lucasash@umich.edu
Residential College: 1516 East Quad, 1245
734-763-1860
Fields of Study:
U.S. Latina/o theatre, prison-related theatre, theatre for social change, and related topics in acting, playwriting, and comparative ethnic studies
734-763-1860
Fields of Study:
U.S. Latina/o theatre, prison-related theatre, theatre for social change, and related topics in acting, playwriting, and comparative ethnic studies
cherryme@umich.edu
Haven Hall 3641
Lorch 453C
Fields of Study:
Ojibwe (Algonquian), morphology, semantics, noun categorization, gender, classifiers,language documentation, language typology, word order
Lorch 453C
Fields of Study:
Ojibwe (Algonquian), morphology, semantics, noun categorization, gender, classifiers,language documentation, language typology, word order
amishkin@umich.edu
Fields of Study: Intersections of White supremacy, Zionism, anti-Semitism and Islamophobia; Palestinian solidarity movements in the United States; Self-narrative and activist identity development
apmora@umich.edu
2510 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-5766
Fields of Study:
19th-century United States; historical construction of race, gender, and sexuality in the U.S.; Mexican-American history; Latino/a history; the history of sexuality
734-615-5766
Fields of Study:
19th-century United States; historical construction of race, gender, and sexuality in the U.S.; Mexican-American history; Latino/a history; the history of sexuality
naemily@umich.edu
Fields of Study: African American literature, visual culture, American slavery, memory, museums
najita@umich.edu
3176 Angell Hall, 1003
734-764-6345
Fields of Study:
Pacific literatures in English, Asian American literatures, U.S. minority literatures
734-764-6345
Fields of Study:
Pacific literatures in English, Asian American literatures, U.S. minority literatures
lnakamur@umich.edu
3527F Haven Hall
Fields of Study:
Asian American studies, digital media theory, digital game studies, feminist theory, film and television studies, race and gender in new media
Fields of Study:
Asian American studies, digital media theory, digital game studies, feminist theory, film and television studies, race and gender in new media
navapau@umich.edu
Fields of Study: Chicana/o art, Latina/o studies, Mexican Chicago, Feminist Archival Studies, Queer Latinidad, Visual Culture
kateoco@umich.edu
Fields of study: Disability studies; 19th and 20th century US; Institutionalization; History of Childhood and Youth; History of Medicine; Migration & Industrialization on Detroit/Canada border.
doojae@umich.edu
Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of Studies:
Race, Diaspora, Immigration, Identity Politics, Asian American Studies, Physical Cultural Studies
Fields of Studies:
Race, Diaspora, Immigration, Identity Politics, Asian American Studies, Physical Cultural Studies
spedraza@umich.edu
4226 LSA, 1382
734-647-3659
Fields of Study:
international sociology; inequalities and stratification; politics and social change; qualitative approaches; race and ethnicity; sociology
734-647-3659
Fields of Study:
international sociology; inequalities and stratification; politics and social change; qualitative approaches; race and ethnicity; sociology
chloeper@umich.edu
Fields of study: Digital Studies, gender studies, cultural studies, and social media / online communities.
apitawan@umich.edu
3732 Haven Hall, 1045
734-615-8896
Fields of Study:
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) language instruction
734-615-8896
Fields of Study:
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) language instruction
apurkiss@umich.edu
Lane Hall, 1290
meganrim@umich.edu
Fields of study: How people of color in contemporary social movements utilize media and digital technologies.
yrivero@umich.edu
6330 North Quad, 1285
734-615-4614
Fields of study:
television studies, race and media,global media, Latino/a, Spanish Caribbean, Latin American, and African diaspora studies
734-615-4614
Fields of study:
television studies, race and media,global media, Latino/a, Spanish Caribbean, Latin American, and African diaspora studies
juanrod@umich.edu
Fields of study: 20th-century African-American history and culture, the cultural Cold War, proletarian fiction and poetry
wruiz@umich.edu
Fields of study: Queer and Trans Studies, Critical Theory, Ethnic Studies, and Performance Studies.
csalman@umich.edu
Fields of Study: Digital studies, unemployment and labor (formal and informal), critiques of capitalism, and racial capitalism.
ianshin@umich.edu
2640 Haven Hall, 1045
Fields of Study:
intellectual & cultural history; race & ethnicity; United States; history
Fields of Study:
intellectual & cultural history; race & ethnicity; United States; history
jaslsing@umich.edu
Fields of Study: Sikh diaspora, activism and subjectivities in the post-9/11 era, transnational narratives, feminist and queer theories, digital assemblages, and community development.
kyera@umich.edu
Fields of study: Black women’s bodies and diaspora.
mattws@umich.edu
3639 Haven Hall, 1045
734-647-9536
Fields of Study:
Arab American studies
734-647-9536
Fields of Study:
Arab American studies
Amy Stillman
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Director of the Native American Studies Program and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor
Arthur F. Thurnau Professor; Director of the Native American Studies Program and Undergraduate Advisor for the minor
akstill@umich.edu
3765 Haven Hall, 1045
734-763-5559
Fields of Study:
ethnomusicology, Pacific Islands performance traditions, dance ethnology
734-763-5559
Fields of Study:
ethnomusicology, Pacific Islands performance traditions, dance ethnology
hanahsti@umich.edu
Fields of study: Digital Studies, Cultural Studies, New Media, Far-right ideologies, and Extremism
tachtara@umich.edu
734 764 5322
aurelis@umich.edu
Troncoso’s fields of study include intersectionalities of race, gender, (queer) sexuality, Afro-Latinidad in the Caribbean and the United States, transnational Black feminism, queer and trans theory, and African Diaspora religions. Her dissertation project focuses on the experiences of LGBTQ practitioners in Santería and Espiritismo in Puerto Rico and how practitioners negotiate race, nationality, queerness and transness within sacred spaces and beyond.
Jessica Kenyatta Walker
Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies; Assistant Professor of American Culture
Assistant Professor of Afroamerican and African Studies; Assistant Professor of American Culture
walkerjk@umich.edu
4658 Haven Hall, 1045
734-763-5518
Fields of Study:
Black feminist theory, critical food studies, space and place
734-763-5518
Fields of Study:
Black feminist theory, critical food studies, space and place
kpwhite@umich.edu
Fields of Study: Trans and Queer of Color Critique, Cuban and Caribbean Studies, Ethnographic Writing"
mzaborow@umich.edu
3743 Haven Hall
734-615-8866
Fields of Study:
African American and American literary and cultural studies
734-615-8866
Fields of Study:
African American and American literary and cultural studies