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William​ 
Acree​

Vice Dean of Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Innovation
Co-Director, Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures Professor of Spanish, American Culture Studies (Affiliate) and Performing Arts (Affiliate)
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Joe 
Bartzel

Lecturer in American Culture Studies
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​Iver  
Bernstein​

Professor of History, African and African-American Studies, and American Culture Studies
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Marc 
Blanc

Postdoctoral Fellow
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​J. Dillon 
Brown

Associate Professor of English
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​Patrick 
Burke

Chair, Department of Music
Professor of Music Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)
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Carol 
Camp Yeakey

Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences, Professor of Education, Urban Studies, International and Area Studies, African and African American Studies, and American Culture Studies
Founding Director of the Center on Urban Research & Public Policy and the Interdisciplinary Program in Urban Studies
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Michael 
Cannon

Professor of Practice
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​Shefali  
Chandra

​Associate Professor of History, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Asian American Studies
Co-Director of Graduate Programs in Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Noah 
Cohan

Assistant Director of American Culture Studies
Lecturer in American Culture Studies
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Peter 
Coogan

Lecturer in American Culture Studies
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​David 
Cunningham

Professor of Sociology
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Alfred 
Darnell

Political Science Lecturer
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Joanna Dee​ 
Das

Associate Professor of Dance​
Director of Graduate Studies of MFA Program in Dance Faculty Affiliate in the Program in American Culture Studies Faculty Affiliate in History Faculty Affiliate in the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE2)
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​Todd 
Decker

Paul Tietjens Professor of Music
Professor of Musicology, American Culture Studies, and Film and Media Studies Performing Arts Department (Affiliate) (On leave Fall '24)
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Michelle  
DeLair

Director of Curricular Innovation, College of Arts & Sciences
Lecturer in American Culture Studies
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​Mary Ann 
Dzuback​

Associate Professor Emerita of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor Emerita of Education and History (by courtesy)
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​Gerald 
Early

​Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters, Professor of African & African American Studies & English
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Alison 
Eigel Zade

Events & Administrative Assistant
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Elizabeth 
Eikmann

Lecturer in American Culture Studies
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Chris A. 
Eng

Assistant Professor of English
Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)
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Cynthia 
Feliciano

Professor of Sociology
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Sara 
Flores

Graduate Student, English, Lynne Cooper Harvey Fellow in American Culture Studies
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​Douglas 
Flowe

Associate Professor of History​
Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity