James O. Horton
(PhD, Brandeis U., 1973)
Benjamin Banneker Professor of American Studies
(in residence Fall semester only)
Areas: social history, African American history

Melinda Knight
(PhD, New York U., 1992)
Professor of writing, American Studies, and SMPP
Areas: rhetoric and writing studies, cultural history, counter-cultures, American West

Joseph Kip Kosek
(PhD, Yale U., 2004)
Assistant Professor of American Studies
Areas: American religious belief, American cultural history

Richard Longstreth
(PhD, U. California @ Berkeley, 1977)
Director of Historic Preservation and Professor of American Civilization
Areas: American architecture, historic preservation

Melani McAlister
(PhD, Brown U., 1996)
Associate Professor of American Studies and of International Affairs
Areas: US-Middle East cultural and political encounters, popular culture and media, international relations, American Protestantism, cultural theory

Teresa Murphy
(PhD, Yale U., 1982)
Associate Professor of American Studies
Areas: women’s history, cultural history

Suleiman Osman
(PhD, Harvard U., 2006)
Assistant Professor of American Studies
Areas: urban history, race, and ethnicity

Phyllis Palmer
(PhD, Ohio State U., 1973)
Professor of Women's Studies and of American Studies
(in residence Spring semester only)
Areas: women's studies, race studies

John Vlach
(PhD, Indiana U., 1975)
Professor of American Studies and of Anthropology
Areas: folklife, African American folklife, vernacular architecture, folk art

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