Core Faculty
Professors
Robert H. Abzug
Professor
zug@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7240 | GAR 2.108
Education
Ph.D., History, 1977, University of California, BerkeleyCary Cordova
Assistant Professor
cordova@mail.utexas.edu | (512) 232-4582 | BUR 448
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinJanet M. Davis
Associate Professor
janetmdavis@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-1848 | BUR 432
Education
Ph.D., History, University of Wisconsin (Madison)Elizabeth Engelhardt
Department Chair, Professor
e.engelhardt@austin.utexas.edu | 232-2707 | BUR 416
Education
Ph.D., Women's Studies, 1999, Emory UniversityNicole Guidotti-Hernández
Associate Professor
ngh24@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-6313 | BUR 454
Education
Ph.D., Cornell UniversitySteven D Hoelscher
Professor, Academic Curator for Photography, Harry Ransom Center
hoelscher@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-2567 | BUR 430
Education
Ph.D., Geography, 1995, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Interests
Photography, Cultural and Historical Geography; Urban Studies; Memory; Ethnicity and RaceRandolph Lewis
Associate Professor
randolph.lewis@mail.utexas.edu | 512-475-7783 | BUR 456
Education
Ph.D., American Studies, 1994, University of Texas at AustinNhi T. Lieu
Assistant Professor
nlieu@mail.utexas.edu | 232-2792 | BUR 444
Education
Ph.D., American Culture, 2004, University of Michigan
Interests
Cultural Studies and Media Representations, 20th century U.S. Immigration, Social Theories on Popular Amusements, Transnationalism, Cultural Politics, and Comparative Beauty Cultures.Stephen H Marshall
Associate Professor
stephenmarshall@austin.utexas.edu | 471-4361 | BEL 242
Education
Ph.D., 2002, Government, Harvard UniversityJeffrey L Meikle
Stiles Professor in American Studies
meikle@mail.utexas.edu | 232-2166 | BUR 424
Education
Ph.D., American Studies, 1977, University of Texas at Austin
Interests
History of design, technology, and architecture; postmodernity; alternative cultures.Julia Mickenberg
Associate Professor
mickenberg@austin.utexas.edu | BUR 420
Interests
History of the Left/Radical Cultures, Children's Literature, Women's History, History of Childhood, Russian Studies, Americans abroad, utopiaNaomi Paik
Assistant Professor
naomi.paik@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-2876 | BUR 440
Education
Ph.D., American Studies, 2009, Yale University
Interests
Comparative ethnic studies; transnational U.S. cultural studies; Asian American studies; social and cultural approaches to legal studies; postcolonial studies and theories of race and imperialism; transnational feminist theory; carceral spaces; labor, race, and migration.Mark C. Smith
Associate Professor
mcsmith@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-2015 | BUR 428
Education
Ph.D., American Studies, 1980, University of Texas at AustinShirley E. Thompson
Associate Professor
s.thompson@mail.utexas.edu | BUR 452
Education
Ph.D., 2001, History of American Civilization, Harvard University
Interests
African American and African Diaspora Studies; Nineteenth Century US Cultural History; Law and Literature; Slavery and Post-Emancipation Cultures; Cultural MemoryLecturers
Professors Emeriti
Alfred W. Crosby Jr.
Professor Emeritus
crosby@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-7277
Education
Ph.D., 1961, Boston UniversityWilliam M Stott
Professor Emeritus, American Studies and English
wstott@mail.utexas.edu | Skype "billstott"
Education
Ph.D., 1972, Yale University
Interests
documentary, journalism, autobiographyAffiliate Faculty
Ricardo Ainslie
Professor
rico.ainslie@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-0364
Education
Ph.D., University of MichiganPhillip J Barrish
Associate Professor
pbarrish@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-7840 | PAR 130
Education
Ph.D., 1991, Cornell UniversityBrian A Bremen
Associate Professor
bremen@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-471-7842 | Parlin 127
Education
Ph.D., 1989, Princeton University
Interests
American Literature, Modernism, the Digital Humanities, writers of the Harlem Renaissance, and Literary Theory.Simone A. Browne
Assistant Professor
Education
Ph.D., Sociology and Equity Studies, University of TorontoErika M. Bsumek
Associate Professor
embsumek@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-3261
Education
Ph.D., 2000, Rutgers UniversityCraig Campbell
Assistant Professor
craig.campbell@mail.utexas.edu
Education
Ph.D., University of AlbertaCharlotte Canning
Professor
charlottecanning@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-5793
Education
Ph.D., University of WashingtonEvan B Carton
Professor
e.carton@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8916
Education
Ph.D., 1979, Johns Hopkins UniversitySally H. Clarke
Professor
sclarke@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7241
Education
Ph.D., 1987, Brown UniversityMatt Cohen
Faculty
matt.cohen@mail.utexas.edu | Parlin 20
Education
Ph.D., 2002, College of William and MaryJames H. Cox
Assistant Professor
jhcox@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7804
Education
Ph.D., University of Nebraska at LincolnRichard R. Flores
Professor
flores@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-9209
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at AustinJohn Morán González
Associate Professor
jmgonzal@utexas.edu | 512-471-8117 | PAR 321
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
Latino/a Literature; Chicano/a Literature; Late Nineteenth-Century American Literature; Narrative Theory; Postcolonial StudiesDon B Graham
Professor
dgbb@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8387
Education
Ph.D., 1971, University of Texas at AustinLaurie B. Green
Associate Professor
lbgreen@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7245
Education
Ph.D., 1999, University of ChicagoJohn Hartigan
Professor
hartigan@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-9201
Education
Ph.D., University of California, Santa CruzBruce J. Hunt
Associate Professor
bjhunt@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-6109 | GAR 2.106
Education
Ph.D., 1984, Johns Hopkins University
Interests
History of science and technologyColeman Hutchison
Associate Professor
coleman.hutchison@utexas.edu | 512-471-8372 | CAL 314
Education
Ph.D., 2006, Northwestern University
Interests
U.S. literature and culture to 1900; poetry; print culture; the U.S. south; the American Civil WarJacqueline Jones
Professor
jjones@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7235
Education
Ph.D., 1976, University of Wisconsin, MadisonMary Celeste Kearney
Associate Professor
mkearney@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-8648
Education
Ph. D., University of Southern CaliforniaMartin W Kevorkian
Associate Professor
mkevorkian@utexas.edu | 512-471-8797
Education
Ph.D., 2000, University of California Los AngelesAnne M. Martínez
Assistant Professor
ammtz@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7268
Education
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Interests
Mexican Americans, religion, migration, nationJohn Mckiernan-González
Assistant Professor
tulua@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7260
Education
Ph.D., University of MichiganKarl Hagstrom Miller
Assistant Professor
karlhagstrommiller@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7257
Education
Ph.D., 2002, New York UniversityGretchen Murphy
Associate Professor
gretchen@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8532
Education
Ph.D., 1999, University of WashingtonNeil R Nehring
Associate Professor
neilnehring@sbcglobal.net | 512-471-8713
Education
Ph.D., 1985, University of MichiganDeborah Paredez
Associate Professor
paredez@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-7370
Education
Ph.D., Northwestern UniversityRebecca Rossen
Assistant Professor
r-rossen@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-7153
Education
Ph.D.(2006), Northwestern UniversitySharmila Rudrappa
Associate Professor
rudrappa@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-6310
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-MadisonDenise A. Spellberg
Associate Professor
spellberg@austin.utexas.edu | 512-475-7202
Education
Ph.D., 1989, Columbia UniversityJanet Staiger
Professor
jstaiger@uts.cc.utexas.edu | 512-471-6653
Education
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1981Thomas F Staley
Professor
tfs@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-9111
Education
Ph.D., 1962, University of PittsburghKathleen C Stewart
Professor
kstewart@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8521
Education
Ph.D., University of MichiganPauline Strong
Director of Humanities Institute, Associate Professor of Anthropology, Associate Professor of Women's and Gender Studieslogy
pstrong@austin.utexas.edu | 512-471-8524 | SAC 4.130
Education
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Interests
Cultural, historical, feminist anthropology. Identity and difference. Politics of representation. Public culture. Youth organizations. Museum studies. US, Indigenous North America.Sharon L. Strover
Professor
sstrover@mail.utexas.edu | 512-471-6652
Education
Ph. D., Stanford UniversityThomas A. Tweed
Gwyn Shive, Anita Nordan Lindsay, and Joe and Cherry Gray Professor of the History of Christianity
tomtweed@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-8382 | 422 Burdine
Education
Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests
religion in the Americas; Asian American studies; Latino/a religious practice; visual culture; U.S. cultural history; borderlandsMichael P Young
Associate Professor
myoung@austin.utexas.edu | 512-232-6331 | BUR 462
Education
Ph.D., New York UniversityLeo E. Zonn
Professor
zonn@mail.utexas.edu | 512-232-1586
