The Community: Affiliated Faculty




Adele Logan Alexander
(PhD, Howard U., 1994)
Assistant Professor of History; African American, women’s history

Tyler Anbinder
(PhD, Columbia U., 1990)
Associate Professor of History; immigration, political history

William Becker
(PhD, Johns Hopkins U., 1972)
Professor of History; business history

David Bjelajac
(PhD, U. North Carolina, 1980)
Professor of Art; 19th Century American art

Patricia Chu
(PhD, Cornell U., 1992)
Associate Professor of English; Asian American literature

Pamela Cressey
(PhD, U. Iowa, 1978)
Adjunct Professor of American Studies, Archaeology; historical archaeology

Nancy Davis
(PhD, George Washington U., 1987)
Associate Professorial Lecturer of American Studies; American material culture, decorative arts

James Deutsch
(PhD, George Washington U., 1991)
Associate Professorial Lecturer of American Studies; American film

Noralee Frankel
(PhD, George Washington U., 1983)
Professorial Lecturer of American Studies; gender, ethnicity

Frank Goodyear
(PhD, U. Texas @ Austin, 1998)
Associate Professor Lecturer of American Studies; Native Americans, photography
goodyearf@si.edu


Cynthia Harrison
(PhD, Columbia U., 1982)
Associate Professor of Women's Studies and History; U.S. women's history, women and public policy, US legal history

Jennifer James
(PhD, U. Maryland, 2001)
Assistant Professor of English; African American literature

Joel Kuipers
(PhD, Yale U., 1982)
Professor of Anthropology; linguistics

Kip Lornell
(PhD, U. Memphis, 1983)
Professor of Music; American music, ethnomusicology

Edith Mayo
(MA, George Washington U., 1970)
Adjunct Professor of American Civilization; US women's history, material culture, museum exhibition

Constance Ramirez
(PhD, Cornell U., 1975)
Lecturer of American Studies; historic preservation

Leo Ribuffo
(PhD, Yale U., 1976)
Professor of History; recent political and cultural history

Orlando V. Ridout
(BA, U. Virginia, 1977)
Adjunct Assistant Professor of American Civilization; documentation of historic properties

Ann Romines
(PhD, George Washington U., 1977)
Professor of English; American literature, women's studies

Ormond Seavey
(PhD, Columbia U., 1976)
Professor of English; American literature of the early republic

Christopher Sten
(PhD, Indiana U., 1971)
Professor of English; nineteenth century American literature

Richard Stott
(PhD, Cornell U., 1983)
Associate Professor of History; social history

Richard Wagner
(PhD, U. of Edinburgh, 1975)
Adjunct Associate Professor of American Civilization; preservation economics

Gayle Wald
(PhD, Princeton U., 1994)
Associate Professor of English; African American literature, cultural theory, popular culture

Dewey Wallace
(PhD, Princeton U., 1965)
Professor of Religion; American religious history