Blakey, Michael NEH Professor American Studies, Africana Studies, Anthropology Email : mlblak@wm.edu
Office:: Washington Hall 112
Area of Specialization: Biological anthropology, bio-history, bioarcheology; history and philosophy of science; White supremacy in science and society; publicly engaged archaeology; North America, African diaspora.
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 208
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; Environmental Thinking
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 102b 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
Malek, Amy Associate Professor of American Studies and Anthropology Email : amymalek@wm.edu
Office: Samuel E. Jones House 213
Area of expertise/Teaching Interests/Research Interests: Migration; citizenship; memory; visual culture; diaspora and transnationalism; Iranian and Southwest Asian diaspora
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
Quintanilla, Alyssa Assistant Professor of American Studies & Art History Email : acquintanilla@wm.edu
Office: Samuel E. Jones House, 207
Area of expertise/Teaching Interests/Research Interests: U.S.-Mexico borderlands, Latine/x Art and Culture, Memory studies
Rainey, Eugenia Assistant Professor Email : etrainey@wm.edu
Office: Samuel E. Jones House, 204
Area of expertise/Teaching Interests/Research Interests: African Diaspora religions, medical anthropology, race, lived religion, critical theory, colonialism
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: On Leave (Fall 2025 & Spring 2026)
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: Monday and Wednesday, 1:00 pm - 1:50 pm and by appointment.
Research Interests: Political Theory; Race; American Politics; Public Mourning; Politics and Literature
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