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American Studies Faculty

Program Director

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Wendy Singer Associate Provost Roy T. Wortman Distinguished Professor of History Areas of Expertise History of India and South Asia, Indian politics, globalization and migration, transnational communities.	Campus Address Bailey House 203 Phone Number (740) 427-5324 Email singerw@kenyon.edu	History Asian and Middle East Studies International Studies Islamic Civilizations and Cultures

Faculty

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Patrick Bottiger Associate Professor of History Areas of Expertise History of North American Indigenous Peoples; early America and the American Revolution, agricultural history and Corn	Campus Address Seitz House 02 Phone Number (740) 427-5597 Email bottigerp@kenyon.edu	History American Studies
Sylvie Coulibaly Associate Professor of History Areas of Expertise African American intellectual tradition; immigration, border studies and transnationalism; Atlantic history	Campus Address Seitz House 01 Phone Number (740) 427-5624 Email coulibalys@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies Women's & Gender Studies
Juan DePascuale Associate Professor of Philosophy Areas of Expertise Existentialism and phenomenology, Zen Buddhism, philosophy of art and philosophy of religion, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Heidegger.	Campus Address Oden Hall 213 Phone Number (740) 427-5284 Email depascualej@kenyon.edu	Philosophy American Studies
Ennis Edmonds Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise African diaspora religions, religion in America, sociology of religion and Caribbean society and culture.	Campus Address O'Connor House 204 Phone Number (740) 427-5726 Email edmondse@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies American Studies International Studies African Diaspora Studies
H. Abbie Erler Professor of Political Science Areas of Expertise American politics, women and politics, political reform.	Campus Address Horwitz House 03 Phone Number (740) 427-5733 Email erlerh@kenyon.edu	Political Science Law & Society Women's & Gender Studies Public Policy Scientific Computing
Francis Gourrier Assistant Professor of American Studies and History Areas of Expertise African American, 20th Century U.S., Gender, Movement/s, and Education	Campus Address Seitz House 06 Phone Number (740) 427-5772 Email gourrierf@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Austin Johnson Associate Professor of Sociology Areas of Expertise LGBTQ Sociology, medical sociology, social psychology	Campus Address Ralston House 205 Phone Number (740) 427-5058 Email johnson2@kenyon.edu	Sociology
David Lynn Professor Emeritus of English and Editor Emeritus of the KR Professor of English Areas of Expertise Creative writing, modern literature	Campus Address Treleaven House 201 Phone Number (740) 427-5271 Email lynnd@kenyon.edu	Kenyon Review English
Glenn McNair Professor of History Areas of Expertise Race and criminal Justice, slavery and southern history, and dynamics of African-American identity formation	Campus Address O'Connor House 205 Phone Number (740) 427-5325 Email mcnairg@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Austin Porter Associate Professor of Art History and American Studies Areas of Expertise American Art and Visual Culture, Art and Government, Modern and Contemporary Art	Campus Address Gund Gallery 112 Phone Number (740) 427-4275426 Email portera@kenyon.edu	Art History American Studies
Nancy Powers Assoc Dir of the Center for the Study of American Democracy Assistant Professor of Political Science Areas of Expertise Immigration, Latin American politics, global poverty	Campus Address Oden Hall 313 Phone Number (740) 427-5313 Email powersn@kenyon.edu	Political Science Center for the Study of American Democracy International Studies Latino/a Studies American Studies
Matthew Suazo Assistant Professor of English Areas of Expertise Hemispheric American literature, early and nineteenth-century; literature and environment; postcolonial studies; slave narrative and autobiography.	Campus Address Waite House 202 Phone Number (740) 427-5321 Email suazom@kenyon.edu	English
Jonathan Tazewell Thomas S. Turgeon Professor of Drama and Film Areas of Expertise Theater directing, filmmaking, acting	Campus Address Hill Theater 201 Phone Number (740) 427-5538 Email tazewellj@kenyon.edu	Dance, Drama & Film American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Jan Thomas Senior Advisor for Community Relations - Retired Professor of Sociology	Campus Address Wright Center 100A Phone Number (740) 427-5903 Email thomasj@kenyon.edu	Office for Community Partnerships American Studies Women's & Gender Studies

Emeriti

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Peter Rutkoff Professor Emeritus of American Studies Executive Director of the KAP Program	Campus Email rutkoff@kenyon.edu	American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Howard Sacks Professor Emeritus of Sociology	Campus Address Palme House 101 Phone Number (740) 427-5406 Email sacksh@kenyon.edu	American Studies African Diaspora Studies Sociology
Gregory Spaid Professor Emeritus of Art Areas of Expertise Photography, mixed media, drawing, art education.	Campus Email spaidg@kenyon.edu	Studio Art American Studies

Stacey Moore

Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division

Contact

Phone Number

Email Address

moore8@kenyon.edu

Location

Seitz House, 10