Name

Degree(s)

Research Interests

Ruben Afagla

Maitrise American Literature, Universite du Benin, Lome, Togo
DEA American Literature, Universite du Benin
Doctorate American and Black Diaspora Literature, Universite du Benin

Native American issues; Feminist and womanist writing; Resistance discourse/hegemony and counter-hegemony

Rebecca Barrett-Fox

BA English and Human Studies, Juniata College
MA American Studies, KU

Regionalism, conservatism, religion, family life, and sexuality, with a special interest in fundamentalist and fringe Protestantism

William Bishop

BA Humanities, Brigham Young
MA Comparative Studies, Brigham Young

20th century American popular culture and literature; Cultural studies; Baseball and popular sport as cultural narrative

Zanice Bond de Perez

BS Communication, Ohio
MA English, Tennessee State

Immigration history; 20th century African-American and Afra-Latina literature; Critical race theory; Intersections between African Americans and First Nations people

Hong (Frank) Cai

MA American Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University
MA American Studies, KU

Race and ethnicity; Chinese immigration prior to 1882

Yan Chen

BA English, Yantai Normal University
MA American Studies, Beijing Foreign Studies University

Women studies; Gender; American popular culture; Sino-U.S. relations

Anne Dotter

Universite des Sciences Humaines de Strasbourg

Visual studies; Race, gender, and sexuality in how they inform a cultural identity

Angela Dowell

BS Textile and Apparel Management, Missouri
MS Textile and Apparel Management, Missouri

Gender and dress

Lindsey Feitz

BA English/Secondary Education, Drury
MA American Studies, KU

Cultural Differences in international relations; American cultural identity

Jaime Gassmann

BA English, South Methodist
MA American Studies, KU

Military sociology; Military spouses; Militarism; Empire; Political economy of globalization; Sociology of sport; NASCAR

Julia GoodFox

BA English, Oklahoma
MA English, Oklahoma

Science, technology, and medicine; Databases, mappings, and representations; Information and knowledge; Cultural plurality

Lioubov Guinzbourg

MA English Language and Literature, St. Petersburg State

Theory and comprehension of jazz

Phillip Hofstra

BA Architecture, KU
MA Marketing/Computer Resource Management, Webster

Nicole Ishikawa

MA English/American Studies, University of Regensburg

Citizenship, migration and the politics of belonging; 1950s cultural politics and the representation of women in magazine advertisements; Women's studies and visual culture; Texts and visuals of the Early Republic

Matt Johnson

BA History, Northwest Missouri State
MA History, Northwest Missouri State

Ethnicity; Film; Museum studies

Jeonguk Kim

BA History, Korea University
MA Western History, Korea University

American social history of the early 20th century

Sang Jo Kim

BA English, Pittsburg State
MA American Studies, KU

U.S. historical, ethical background

Monique Laney

MA American Studies, Johann Wolfgang Goethe Universitaet

Nationalism; U.S. immigration history; German-American identity after WWII

Daniel Kerr

BA Journalism, Texas Tech
MA English, West Texas A&M

Hilary Lowe

BA English, Oklahoma
MA English, Nebraska

Culture and literature of the American West and ecology

Elizabeth Miller

BA Business Administration, KU
MBA Business Administration, KU

Women and work; Women's history; Domestic violence issues

Janja Pavetic-Dickey

BA English/German, Zagreb
MA American Studies, Leiden

African-American literature; Gender and racial issues

Cheryl Ragar

BS Journalism, KU
MA American Studies, KU

African-American and black cultural production and visual culture

Noel Rasor

BA American Culture, Michigan
MA Urban Planning, KU

The effects of racial and class identities on shaping urban economic redevelopment planning

Ailecia Ruscin

BA Cultural Studies-Communication and Environmental Studies, Chatham College
MA American Studies, KU

Social movements; 1960's & 1970's radical activism (Black Panthers, Weather Underground, and women's liberation movement); Oral history; Gender performance; White southern women in the Civil Rights Movement

Battsetseg Serj

BA General Linguistics, University of the Humanities, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
MA Applied Linguistics, University of the Humanities
MA American Studies, KU

Nicolas Shump

BA Comparative Literature, KU
MA American Studies, KU

Chicano literature and culture; Autobiography/ethnography; 20th century American Catholicism

Michael Sweeney

BA American Studies/English, Missouri
MA American Studies, KU

Critical pedagogy; Marxist cultural theory; Post-World War II popular culture; Disney

Thomas Thirlekel

BA History, John Carroll
MSW Social Work, Washington University 

Violence and America; Violence in American culture

Robert Vodicka

BA American Studies, Pomona College
MA American Studies, KU

Popular culture (particularly music); Cultural theory; The corporate university; Labor, The labor movement in the academy

Andrea Weis

BA American Studies, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany
MA American Studies, KU

German oral histories of World War II captivity including German POWs in American custody in the U.S. and Europe

Milton Wendland

BA Sociology, KU
JD Law, KU
MA American Studies, KU

Psychoanalytic theory; Gender and sexuality in popular culture; Queer theory

Doretha Williams

BA English, Fisk
MA English Literature, KU

19th century African-American communities in Kansas; African-American literature; Genealogy

Megan Williams

BA American Studies, Skidmore College
MA American Studies, KU

Women's history; African American History; Representations of Lena Horne; Pin-up art; Visual culture

Pete Williams

BA English, Samford
MA English, Kentucky

Jazz studies; Improvisation; Cultural studies; Popular music; Social theory; 20th century American literature

Elizabeth Yeager

BA History/Philosophy, Gettysburg College
MA American Studies Alabama

20th Century U.S. social and cultural history; Popular culture; Jambands & music; Fandom; The Internet