Our People



William​ Acree​

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)
​Iver Bernstein​

​Iver
Bernstein​

Professor of History, African and African-American Studies, and American Culture Studies
Will Bonfiglio

Will
Bonfiglio

Lecturer in American Culture Studies
​Patrick Burke

​Patrick
Burke

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

Carol
Camp Yeakey

Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences , Professor of Education, Urban 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
Michael Cannon

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
Noah Cohan

Noah
Cohan

Assistant Director of American Culture Studies Lecturer in American Culture Studies
​David Cunningham

​David
Cunningham

Professor of Sociology
Joanna Dee​ Das

Joanna Dee​
Das

Associate Professor of Dance​ Director of Graduate Studies of MFA Program in Dance

Faculty Affiliate in African & African American Studies
Faculty Affiliate in the Program in American Culture Studies
Faculty Affiliate in the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE2)
Faculty Affiliate in History
​Todd Decker

​Todd
Decker

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

Michelle
DeLair

Director of Curricular Innovation, College of Arts & Sciences Lecturer in American Culture Studies
Christopher Dingwall

Christopher
Dingwall

Assistant Professor in the Sam Fox School of Design + Visual Arts
Rebecca Dudley

Rebecca
Dudley

Graduate Student in Sociocultural Anthropology
​Gerald Early

​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
René Esparza

René
Esparza

Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Yafrainy Familia

Yafrainy
Familia

Assistant Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures Assistant Professor of American Culture Studies
Cynthia Feliciano

Cynthia
Feliciano

Professor of Sociology
Julius B. Fleming Jr.

Julius B.
Fleming Jr.

Associate Professor of English
Sara Flores

Sara
Flores

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

​Douglas
Flowe

Dean's Fellow of Inclusive Excellence Associate Professor of History​
Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity
Sabnam Ghosh

Sabnam
Ghosh

Lecturer, Asian American Studies

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)

Ridgley 313

​Patrick  Burke

  • Chair, Department of Music,
  • Professor of Music,
    Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

​Blewett Hall 202

Carol  Camp Yeakey

  • Marshall S. Snow Professor of Arts & Sciences
  • Professor of Education, Urban 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

Seigle Hall 142

​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

McMillan Hall, Room 207

Noah  Cohan

  • Assistant Director of American Culture Studies
  • Lecturer in American Culture Studies

McMillan 258

Joanna Dee​  Das

  • Associate Professor of Dance​
  • Director of Graduate Studies of MFA Program in Dance

    Faculty Affiliate in African & African American Studies
    Faculty Affiliate in the Program in American Culture Studies
    Faculty Affiliate in the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE2)
    Faculty Affiliate in History

Mallinckrodt Center 304B

​Todd  Decker

  • Paul Tietjens Professor of Music
  • Professor of Musicology, American Culture Studies, and Film and Media Studies,
    Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

Tietjens Hall 204 / Blewett Hall 102

​Douglas  Flowe

  • Dean's Fellow of Inclusive Excellence
  • Associate Professor of History​
    Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity

Busch Hall 209