Faculty Directory

Barry, Erin
Visiting Assistant Teaching Professor of American Studies
Email : [[embarry]]
Office: Samuel E. Jones House, 214
Area of expertise/Teaching Interests/Research Interests: Pornography and obscenity; Gender and sexuality; Legal history; 20th century United States history; history of human rights.

Blakey, Michael
NEH Professor of Anthropology, Africana Studies, and American Studies
Office: Washington Hall 112
Phone: 757-221-7681
Email: [[mlblak]]
Areas of Specialization: Biological anthropology, biohistory, bioarchaeology; history and philosophy of science; White supremacy in science and society; publicly engaged archaeology; North America, African diaspora.

Braddock, Alan
Ralph H. Wark Professor Art History & American Studies
Office (Art History): Andrews 206C
Phone: (757) 221-2250
Email : [[acbraddock]]
Areas of Specialization: American Art, ecology, environmental justice, and animal studies

Cajigas Rotundo, Juan
Associate Teaching Professor, American Studies and Environment & Sustainability
Office: Jones Hall
Email: jccajigasrotun@wm.edu
Teaching & Research Areas: Environmental Humanities; Decolonial Ecologies; Environmental Thinking

Donnor, Jamel K.
Associate Professor of Education; Affiliated Faculty, American Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Asian & Pacific Islander American (APIA) Studies; Affiliated Faculty, Center for Racial & Social Justice
Email: [[w|jkdonnor]]
Areas of Expertise: Critical Race Theory & Education, U.S. Supreme Court Jurisprudence, American Constitutional Theory, Education & Civil Rights, Black Education in the American South, Education Policy, School Desegregation, and Race & Intercollegiate Athletics
Website: {{https://www.jamelkdonnor.com/, JKD Consulting}}

Griffin, Monica
Director of Engaged Scholarship and the Sharpe Community Scholars Program; Affiliate, American Studies
Phone: 757-221-2669
E-mail: [[e|mdgrif]]
Research Interests: Participatory Action Research, Health Inequality, Narrative Medicine, Race and Culture, Family Systems Theory

Knight, Arthur
Associate Professor, American Studies and English
Office Hours: Wednesday 10-11 am, Thursday 2-3:30 pm, and by appointment.
Zoom Office Hours: {{https://cwm.zoom.us/my/arthur.knight}}
Phone: 757-221-7517
Email: [[iaknig]]

Kunda, Lily
Assistant Teaching Professor of Africana Studies & American Studies
Email : [[lkunda]]
Office Hours: Wednesdays 1-2 pm (Boswell 103B)
Areas of Specialization: Media Studies, Race, Popular Culture, Digital Media, Television, New Media, Cultural Studies, Celebrity Studies, Black Studies, Gender Studies, Identity.

Lelievre, Michelle
Associate Professor of American Studies & Anthropology
Office: Room 201b Washington Hall and Samuel E Jones House Room 216
Phone: 757-221-1957
E-mail: [[malelievre]]
Areas of specialization: Mobility; Indigenous sovereignty; Political subjectivity; Socio-cultural theory; Space, place and landscape; Northeastern North America; Decolonizing pedagogies and collaborative research methods; Heritage and museum studies; History of anthropology and archaeology; Oral history

Losh, Elizabeth
Director of Graduate Studies; Duane A. & Virginia S. Dittman Professor of English & American Studies
Office: Tucker Hall 024 and Samuel E. Jones House 318
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1-3 Morton 140
Phone: 757-221-3636
Email: emlosh@wm.edu

McGovern, Charles
Associate Professor of American Studies & History
Office: Samuel E. Jones House, 219
Phone: 757-221-1296
Email: [[cfmcgo]]
Regional Areas of Research: United States
Thematic Areas of Research: Cultural/Intellectual, Economic History and Capitalism, Popular Culture and Media

Meyer, Leisa
Professor of American Studies, History, and Gender, Sexuality and Women Studies
Office: College Apartments 203
Email: [[ldmeye]]
Regional Areas of Research: United States
Thematic Areas of Research: Cultural/Intellectual, Popular Culture and Media, Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Rosen, Hannah
Director of American Studies; Associate Professor of History & American Studies
Office: Blair 305
Email: [[hrosen]]
Phone: 757-221-1347
Regional Areas of Research: United States
Thematic Areas of Research: African American, American South, Cultural/Intellectual, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Labor, Women, Gender, and Sexuality

Sawaya, Francesca
Professor of American Studies & English
Office: Samuel E. Jones House 209
Office Hours: Monday through Friday by appointment
Zoom Office Hours: {{https://cwm.zoom.us/my/francesca.sawaya }}
Phone: 757-221-1288
Email: [[fsawaya]]

Stow, Simon
Marshall Professor of Government and American Studies
Office: Chancellors 352, 757-221-3048
Links: [[sastow, Email]] and {{https://simonstow.pages.wm.edu/, Webpage}}
Office Hours: Mondays and Wednesdays 11:00 am - 12:00 pm and by appointment.
Research Interests: Political Theory; Race; American Politics; Public Mourning; Politics and Literature

Weiss, M. Lynn
Director of Undergraduate Studies; Associate Professor of English and American Studies
Office: Samuel E. Jones House 8A
Office Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 12:30-1:50 and 3:30- 4:30 and by appointment
Email: [[mlweis]]