Faculty
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Warren Belasco Professor Emeritus Ph.D. (History), University of Michigan Bio » |
Office: Fine Arts 544 410-455-1425 belasco@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: popular and material culture, cultural history, environmental studies Research Interests: food, future studies, cultural history |
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Tamara Bhalla Associate Professor Ph.D. (English Language and Literature), University of Michigan Bio » |
Office: Fine Arts 545D 410-455-3254 tbhalla@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: Asian American literary and cultural studies, post-1965 narratives of immigration to the United States, multiethnic literatures Research Interests: South Asian American and diasporic literature and culture, Asian American literature and culture, reading communities and book clubs, and literary reception |
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Kathy Scales Bryan Senior Lecturer Ph.D. (American Studies), University of Maryland, College Park Bio » |
Office: Fine Arts 541 410-455-1351 kbryan@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: education and cultural transmission, childhood and family, cultural and intellectual history Research Interests: education history and policy, curriculum transformation, gender equity in education, cultural conflict and transformation, literature and society |
| Michael Casiano Assistant Professor Ph.D. (American Studies), University of Maryland, College Park Bio » |
Office: Fine Arts 546 410-455-6570 mc12@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: twentieth-century urban history, Baltimore history, cultural studies, African-American history, public humanities, engaged scholarship Research Interests: carceral studies, urban history, black studies, gender & sexuality studies, critical race & ethnic studies |
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Sarah Fouts Assistant Professor Ph.D. (Latin American Studies), Tulane University Bio » |
Office: Fine Arts 545-C 410-455-1451 sfouts@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: labor, migration, transnationalism, food studies, ethnography Research Interests: urban studies, food studies, New Orleans, labor, social justice, Honduras-U.S., accompaniment methodology, transnationalism |
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Nicole King Associate Professor and Chair Ph.D. (American Studies), University of Maryland, College Park Bio » |
Office: Fine Arts 545B 410-455-1457 nking@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: cultural studies, public history, urban studies (Baltimore) Research Interests: place and identity, economic development, travel and tourism, urban studies (especially Baltimore) |
| Patrice McDermott Associate Professor Ph.D. (American Studies), University of Maryland, College Park Current Position: Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs |
Office: Administration 1001 410-455-3150 mcdermot@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: 20th – 21st century cultural history, multicultural and cross-cultural studies, gender studies, identity theory, culture theory Research Interests: discourse analysis, mass media and publishing, sociology of knowledge, contemporary social movements |
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W. Edward Orser Professor Emeritus Ph.D. (American Studies), University of New Mexico Bio » |
Office: Fine Arts 544 410-455-2107 orser@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: community and urban studies, local history and Baltimore area, 20th – 21st century American society and culture, environmental studies Research Interests: community studies, racial change, environment |
Staff
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Shenita Denson Graduate Assistant Ph.D. Student (Language, Literacy, and Culture), University of Maryland Baltimore County Bio » |
Office: Fine Arts 561 410-455-2262 eminnigh@umbc.edu |
Teaching Areas: public speaking, interpersonal communication, interactional dialogues, multicultural competency, performance, first-year writing Research Interests: empowering self-narratives, spaces, resiliency, methods of coping, reframed identities, storytelling |
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Erin Minnigh Administrative Assistant II |
Office: Fine Arts 545A 410-455-2106 eminnigh@umbc.edu |