Faculty

	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
	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, American identity formation, issues of contemporary American identity formation, comparative ethnic American literatures Research Interests: South Asian American and diasporic literature and culture, Asian American literature and culture, histories of reading, Afro-Asian comparative literatures, feminist theory, reader reception theory.
	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
	René Esparza Post-Doctoral Research Associate Ph.D. (American Studies), University of Minnesota, Twin Cities Bio »	Office: Fine Arts 542 renesp@umbc.edu	Teaching Areas: comparative race and ethnic studies; queer of color critique; women of color feminism; LGBT history; urban politics, history, and discourses Research Interests: gentrification; neoliberalism; homonormativity; HIV/AIDS; public health; homelessness
	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
	Ashley Minner Visiting Lecturer Ph.D. [ABD] (American Studies), University of Maryland, College Park Bio »	Office: Fine Arts 543 acminner@umbc.edu	Teaching Areas: folklore, cultural studies, museum scholarship and material culture, American Indian studies, community art, research methods Research Interests: cultural studies, community studies, place and identity, thing theory, the everyday
	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

Erin Minnigh
Administrative Assistant II
Fine Arts 545A
410-455-2106
eminnigh@umbc.edu