American Studies Department
Chair
American Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Media and Society | Environmental Studies | Urban StudiesKirin J MakkerProfessor of American Studies; Chair, American Studies
Education
Ph.D., Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts Amherst
M.Arch., University of Maryland College Park
M.A., English Language and Literature, University of Massachusetts Amherst
B.A., English Language and Literature, minor in history, University of Texas AustinContact
Telephone: (315) 781-3474
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Office: STERN 114
Core Faculty
American Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Critical Museum StudiesElizabeth BelangerAssociate Professor of American Studies
Education
Ph.D., Brown University 2007
MA, Brown University 2002
BA, Kenyon College 1997Contact
Telephone: (315) 781-4594
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Office: Trinity Hall
Africana Studies | American Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Russian Area StudiesS. Ani MukherjiAssociate Professor of American Studies
Education
Ph.D., Brown University, 2011 (American Studies)
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 1999 (History)
B.A., Cornell University, 1998 (Literature and Social Theory)Contact
Telephone: (315) 781-4033
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Office: Trinity Hall
Affiliated Faculty
American Studies | Anthropology and Sociology | Anthropology | Critical Museum Studies | Sacred in Cross-Cultural Perspective, TheJeffrey D AndersonProfessor of AnthropologyChair, Anthropology
Education
Ph.D. University of Chicago. 1994. (Anthropology).
M. A. University of Chicago. 1981. (Social Sciences).
B.A. Knox College. 1980. (Sociology-Anthropology).Contact
Telephone: (315) 781-3438
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Office: Stern Hall
American Studies | Anthropology and Sociology | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Sociology | Data AnalyticsKendralin FreemanAssociate Professor of SociologyChair, Data Analytics
Education
Ph.D., Emory University, 2010
M.A., Emory University, 2008
B.A., Case Western Reserve University, 2002Contact
Telephone: (315) 781-3173
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Office: Stern Hall
Africana Studies | American Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Politics | Public Policy StudiesDeWayne L LucasAssociate Professor of PoliticsChair, Politics
Education
Ph.D., Political Science, Binghamton University
M.A., Political Science, Binghamton University
B.A., Political Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillContact
Telephone: (315) 781-3902
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Office: Stern Hall
American Studies | Theatre | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Bartlett TheatreChris WoodworthProfessor of TheatreChair, Theatre
Education
Ph.D. in Theatre and Graduate Certificate Women’s Studies, Bowling Green State University, 2005
M.A. in Theatre and Drama, Indiana University, 2001
B.A. (summa cum laude) in Speech & Theatre, English Literature, St. Lawrence University, 1999Contact
Telephone: (315) 781-4581
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Office: 214 Gearan Center for the Performing Arts
American Studies | English and Creative Writing | English and Comparative Lit.Alex BlackAssociate Professor of English and Creative Writing
Education
Ph.D., English Language and Literature, Cornell University
M.S., Library and Information Science, Simmons College
B.A., English, University of California, BerkeleyContact
Telephone: (315) 781-4638
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Office: Demarest
American Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Media and SocietyRebecca BurdittAssociate Professor of Media and Society
Education
Ph.D., University of Rochester
B.A., Williams CollegeContact
Telephone: (315) 781-4646
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Office: Demarest
American Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Comparative Literature | English and Creative Writing | English and Comparative Lit.Anna G CreadickProfessor of English and Creative WritingGeorge E. Paulsen '49 Professor
Education
Ph.D., English/American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2002
M.A., American Studies, Boston College, 1994
B.S., English and Education, Appalachian State University, 1991Contact
Telephone: (315) 781-3871
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Office: Demarest
American Studies | Critical Museum Studies | History | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Law and SocietyLaura E FreeAssociate Professor of History
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University
M.A., Cornell University
M.A., Binghamton University
B.A., Grinnell CollegeContact
Telephone: (315) 781-3554
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Office: Henry House
American Studies | Anthropology and Sociology | Asian Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | International Relations | Entrepreneurial Studies | SociologyJack D HarrisProfessor of Sociology
Education
Ph.D., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Sociology, University of Pennsylvania
B.A., Sociology and Psychology, Tulane UniversityContact
Telephone: (315) 781-3439
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Office: Stern Hall
American Studies | Theatre | Bartlett TheatreChristopher J HatchAssociate Professor of Theatre
Education
M.F.A., Acting and Directing, University of Missouri - Kansas City
B.A., Theatre Arts, Pennsylvania State UniversityContact
Telephone: (315) 781-3042
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Office: 213 Gearan Center for the Performing Arts
American Studies | Media and Society | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional JusticeMichelle Martin-BaronAssociate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice
Education
Ph.D. in Performance Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 2011
M.A. in Performance Studies University of California, Berkeley, 2007
B.A. in Theater Arts and English, Brandeis University, 2005Contact
Telephone: (315) 781-3144
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Office: Demarest
American Studies | Gender, Sexuality, and Intersectional Justice | Anthropology and Sociology | Child Advocacy | Sociology | Law and Society | Public Policy StudiesJames E SuttonProfessor of Sociology
Education
- Ph.D., Ohio State University
- M.A., Ohio State University
- B.A., California State University, Long Beach
- A.A., Long Beach City College
Contact
Telephone: (315) 781-4635
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Office: Stern Hall
Aesthetics | American Studies | Music | Management and Entrepreneurship | Music Administration and EntrepreneurshipKatherine WalkerAssociate Professor of Music
Education
Ph.D., Cornell University
M.A., Cornell University
B.A. (Music), Stony Brook University
B.A. (Psychology), Saint Mary’s College of MarylandContact
Office: Gearan Center for the Performing Arts 304
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American Studies | Media and Society | Russian Area StudiesKristen E WelshAssociate Professor of Russian Studies
Education
Ph.D.,Yale University
M.Phil., M.A., Yale University
A.B., Brown UniversityContact
Telephone: (315) 781-3864
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Office: Smith Hall