Faculty
Full-Time Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Timothy Brennan Professor |
204 Nicholson Hall 612-626-1638 brenn032@umn.edu |
19th and 20th century comparative literature, postcolonial theory, cultural theory, globalization, music | Thurs. 1:30–3:00 p.m., and by appointment |
| Robert (Robin) Brown Associate Professor |
206 Nicholson Hall 612-624-8878 brown004@umn.edu |
Cultural studies of science and technology, rhetoric, literacy and critical pedagogy | Tue., Thurs. 11:15 a.m. -12:15 p.m., Wed. 10:00-11:00 a.m., and by appointment |
| Tony C. Brown Associate Professor |
235C Nicholson Hall 612-626-6123 tcbrown@umn.edu |
Philosophy, literary, aesthetic and political theory, Enlightenment philosophy and anthropology, statelessness, the new world, the South Pacific, colonial and postcolonial literature and theory | Mon., Wed. 3:30–4:30 p.m. |
| Cesare Casarino Professor |
235A Nicholson Hall 612-625-4571 casarino@umn.edu |
Philosophy, cinema, literature, queer theory | |
| Michael Gallope Assistant Professor |
210 Nicholson Hall 612-624-1538 mgallope@umn.edu |
Music and sound, continental philosophy and critical theory, visual culture, Black/African diaspora, theories of modernism | Mon., Wed. 3:00–4:00 p.m. |
| Keya Ganguly Professor |
222 Nicholson Hall 612-625-5871 gangu003@umn.edu |
Critical theory, film, postcolonialism, politics and practice of ethnography, sociology of culture | Tues., Thurs. 11:15 a.m.–12:15 p.m. |
| Margaret D. Hennefeld Assistant Professor |
146B Nicholson Hall 612-625-8450 mhennefe@umn.edu |
Comedy and humor, feminist theory and gender politics, silent cinema, film history and film theory, critical theory and cultural politics, film and popular culture | Mon. 3:45-4:45 p.m. |
| Richard Leppert Regents Professor |
226 Nicholson Hall 612-624-4354 leppe001@umn.edu |
Music, visual culture, critical theory, aesthetics, history of modernity | |
| Alice Lovejoy Assistant Professor |
146A Nicholson Hall 612-626-1552 alovejoy@umn.edu |
Film history, historiography, nonfiction, experimental film, East Central European film, literature, cultural history | Wed. 1:00–3:00 p.m. |
| Laurie J. Ouellette Associate Professor |
254 Ford Hall, 612-626-8517 235A Nicholson, 612-624-3527 ouell031@umn.edu |
Television studies, documentary and reality TV, media and citizenship, media and consumer culture, media historiography, feminist media and cultural studies | Nicholson Hall: Wed. 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Ford Hall: by appointment |
| Thomas Pepper Associate Professor |
220 Nicholson Hall 612-624-9596 tapepper@umn.edu |
Psychoanalytic theory, gender, textual theory, philosophy of language | |
| Shaden M. Tageldin Associate Professor |
218 Nicholson Hall 612-625-8445 tageldin@umn.edu |
Empire and postcolonial studies, critical translation studies, 19th and 20th century comparative literature and literary historiography in English, Arabic, and French. |
Affiliate Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| Hakim Abderrezak French & Italian Comparative Literature |
303C Folwell Hall 612-624-1074 abder002@umn.edu |
Maghrebi & Beur literature; cinema and music; representations of clandestine migrations in Arabic, French and Spanish; the contemporary Western Mediterranean; francophone studies |
| Jane M. Blocker Art History Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
405 Heller Hall 612-625-1549 block023@umn.edu |
20th century theory and criticism, contemporary art, critical theory, performance art, transgenic art, theories of representation, theories of witness, the body in art, historiography, feminism, alternative media |
| Maria M. Brewer French & Italian Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
303D Folwell Hall 312-624-1361 mbrewer@umn.edu |
20th and 21st century French literature and critical thought, modern and contemporary theater in France, French theater of the diaspora |
| Juliette Cherbuliez French & Italian Comparative Literature |
309B Folwell Hall 612-624-3473 cherbuli@umn.edu |
Huguenot literature; 17th century libertinage; ethics and experience of violence; 17th century French literature and culture, especially drama and the novel |
| Siobhan S. Craig English Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
50H Lind Hall 612-625-6087 craig026@umn.edu |
Fascist-era cinema in Italy and Germany, Italian neorealism, new German cinema, monsters and hybrids, the cinematic body, literary and cultural theory after 1968: psychoanalysis, queer and feminist theories, post-modern theories of language and meaning, film theory |
| Lois B. Cucullu English Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
18 Lind Hall lcucullu@umn.edu |
Modern British and American literature, modernism and modernity, narrative and novel studies, Victorian literature and culture, gender studies and theory, history and production of knowledge, popular culture and media |
| Jigna Desai Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
425 Ford Hall 612-624-0363 desai003@umn.edu |
Asian American literature and media, feminist theory, postcolonial studies, queer/sexuality studies, South Asian diasporas, critical disability studies, autism, neuronormativity |
| Lorenzo Fabbri French and Italian Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
309A FolH 612-624-0537 lfabbri@umn.edu |
Film History and Theory, Continental Philosophy, Postcolonial Studies, Visual Culture under Fascism, Biopolitics |
| Susanna F. Ferlito French & Italian Comparative Literature |
304G Folwell Hall 612-624-4151 ferli001@umn.edu |
History of emotions, feminist studies, immigration, literary theory, Risorgimento studies |
| Ana Paula Ferreira Spanish & Portuguese Studies Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
206C Folwell Hall 612-626-6909 apferrei@umn.edu |
Portuguese, Brazilian and Lusophone African literatures; 'race' and postcolonial studies; women writers, feminisms, and empire; psychoanalysis; deconstruction; ethics |
| Mary Franklin-Brown French & Italian Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
309A Folwell Hall 612-624-0314 brow2085@umn.edu |
Old French romance and epic; troubadour lyric; Latin poetry and commentaries; Ramon Llull; dialogue between contemporary and medieval philosophy; encyclopedism; medieval humanisms; codicology; manuscript culture and reception theories |
| Njeri Githire African American & African Studies Comparative Literature |
848 Social Science Tower 612-625-1687 ngithire@umn.edu |
African literary and cultural production; literatures of the African diaspora; literature of immigration and racial formation in the African diasporic spheres; Women's writings and feminist theory; postcolonial theory and criticism; francophone studies; food, (non)-eating, and related topics in literature |
| Sumanth S. Gopinath Music Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
100 Ferguson Hall 612-624-1829 sumanth@umn.edu |
Music after WWII, avant-garde and experimental musics, music and politics, musical hermeneutics, popular music, sound studies, music and globalization |
| Ronald W. Greene Communication Studies Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
225 Ford Hall 612-624-2808 green179@umn.edu |
Political communication, debates, civic education, legal and popular perspectives on free speech, film exhibition, educational uses of film/movies, history of debates on population control |
| Jaime E. Hanneken Spanish and Portuguese Studies Comparative Literature |
214N Folwell Hall 612-626-2540 hanne045@umn.edu |
19th and 20th century Latin American literature, postcolonial approaches to literature and culture, francophone literature, critical theory |
| George L. Henderson Geography, Environment, and Society Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
414 SocSci 612-625-4085 hende057@umn.edu |
Marxism, Value Theory of Labor, Post-Capitalist Politics, Marxist Cultural Critique |
| Annie Hill Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
453 Ford Hall 612-625-8730 hilla@umn.edu |
Rhetorical theory and criticism, cultural studies: public policy and crime, gender and sexuality studies, feminist theory, race theory and race science |
| Karen Ho Anthropology Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
395 Herbert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs karenho@umn.edu |
Cultural studies of finance capital, finance, globalization and capitalism, ethnography, feminist studies, political economy, United States, comparative race and ethnicity |
| Qadri M. Ismail English Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
19 Lind Hall 612-625-6374 ismai004@umn.edu |
Cultural studies, postcolonial literature, literary theory, gender/sexuality, historiography, democracy, human rights, the Enlightenment, 19th century Great Britain, cricket |
| Nancy Luxon Political Science Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
1350 Social Sciences Building 612-625-7982 luxon@umn.edu |
Contemporary political and social theory, French political thought, literary theories of narrative and reading practices, psychoanalysis, ancient and modern practices of the self |
| Christine L. Marran Asian Languages and Literatures Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
230C Folwell Hall 612-625-0174 marran@umn.edu |
Ecocriticism, understanding the biotic world in representation, gender and sexuality in print and film culture, Japanese and Asian film, modern Japanese literature |
| Jason McGrath Asian Languages and Literatures Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
225 Folwell Hall 612-624-2875 jmcgrath@umn.edu |
Chinese and international cinemas, modern and contemporary Chinese literature and culture, realism in fiction, film and theory, issues of convention and intertextuality in film theory, Chinese and Western marxisms |
| Ellen Messer-Davidow English Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
22 Lind Hall 612-625-2071 emd@umn.edu |
Literary, cultural, and social theory; the “new knowledge studies"; modern/contemporary American social movements (Civil Rights, new left, feminist, and conservative); certain areas of contemporary American public policy and law |
| Leslie C. Morris German, Scandinavian and Dutch Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
327A Folwell Hall 612-624-4047 morri074@umn.edu |
20th and 21st century German and Austrian literature and poetry, Jewish studies |
| Yuchiro Onishi African American & African Studies Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
808 Social Sciences Building 612-624-9847 ohni0001@umn.edu |
Black Radicalism and internationalism, African American history, transnational American studies, critical race studies, Asian American studies |
| Matthew Rahaim Music Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
170 Ferguson Hall 612-624-2393 mrahaim@umn.edu |
Indian music, Asian literatures, cultures and media, religious studies, cultural studies and comparative literature |
| Matthias Rothe German, Scandinavian and Dutch Comparative Literature |
328G Folwell Hall 612-625-9034 mrothe@umn.edu |
18th century literature and philosophy, theories of knowledge production, critical theory with a focus on liberalism and emotions |
| Simona Sawhney Asian Languages and Literatures Comparative Literature |
sawhney@umn.edu | South Asian literature, Sanskrit literature, post-colonial literature and theory, literary theory |
| Jani Scandura English Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
210D Lind Hall 612-625-9017 jani@umn.edu |
Cultural studies and critical theory, especially theories of modernity, materiality; subjectivity, 20th century North American literatures; film, visual and mass culture; European, American and (recently) Japanese modernisms; theories of space and place; stuff: theories of matter, objects, things, refuse, trash; sound and acoustic culture; memory; history of science, medicine and its intersections with philosophy; writing in cultures impacted by US imperialisms (especially Cuba) |
| JB Shank History Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
922 Heller Hall 612-624-7323 jbshank@umn.edu |
Enlightenment science and Newtonianism, 17th and 18th century European intellectual history, Renaissance science and culture, old regime France and the French Revolution, the history of Silicon Valley |
| Ajay Skaria History Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
924 Heller Hall skari002@umn.edu |
Postcolonial studies/theory, intellectual history, 19th and 20th century South Asia, Forest and Adivasi communities, nationalism, democracies and minorities |
| Katherine Solomonson Architecture Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
151K Rapson Hall 612-624-5565 solom003@umn.edu |
Architecture and social relations |
| Nicholas Spadaccini Spanish and Portuguese Studies Comparative Literature |
204C Folwell Hall 612-625-0732 spada001@umn.edu |
Comparative literature and cultural studies, colonial Spanish-American literature and culture, Cervantes' novel, theater, poetry, Early modern Spanish literature and culture, contemporary Spanish literature and cultures |
| Karen-Sue Taussig Anthropology Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
395 Herbert H. Humphrey School of Public Affairs taussig@umn.edu |
Medical anthropology, social and cultural implications of genetic testing, new reproductive technologies, cloning and stem cell research, genetics, eugenics, anthropology of science, biotechnology |
| Joan C. Tronto Political Science Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
1414 Social Sciences Building 612-624-4144 jctronto@umn.edu |
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| Mary D. Vavrus Communication Studies Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
237 Ford Hall 612-624-5515 vavru001@umn.edu |
Feminist theory, media studies, media postfeminism, mediated masculinity, political economy of media, media coverage of political women, gender and media, media activism |
| Christophe M. Wall-Romana French & Italian Comparative Literature |
303E Folwell Hall 612-626-8016 wallr007@umn.edu |
19th and 20th century French literature and thought, modern French poetry, French cinema, silent cinema, modern French philosophy and theory, translation studies, media history |
| Travis Workman Asian Languages and Literatures Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society Comparative Literature |
220N Folwell Hall 612-624-3827 tworkman@umn.edu |
Korean and Japanese literature, film, and intellectual history; humanism and empire; critical theory; film melodrama; Cold War aesthetics; North Korea |
| Jacquelyn N. Zita Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society |
436 Ford Hall 612-624-9326 zitax001@umn.edu |
Women's biology, environmental justice, feminist envrionmental studies, sexuality, corporeal philosophy, LGBT studies, feminist theory and philosophy |
Emeriti Faculty
| Name | Contact | Specialty |
|---|---|---|
| John Archer | archer@umn.edu | Suburbia and its history, theory of space and place, landscape art and history, English and American architectural history |
| Harvey Sarles | sarle001@umn.edu | Science and religion, human nature, teaching as dialogue, pragmatism: John Dewey and G.H. Mead, cultural critic |
| Gary Thomas | thoma002@umn.edu | Wagner studies, 17th and 19th century German literature, gender/sexuality, cultural musicology, comedy, comic theory |
Senior Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meredith Gill |
146J Nicholson Hall 612-624-2693 gill@umn.edu |
20th century American literature, Soviet and post-Soviet Russian literature, theories of value, theories of the subject, interrogation techniques | Tues., Thurs. 12:45–1:45 p.m. |
| Michelle Lekas | 146H Nicholson Hall 612-624-2690 mlekas@umn.edu |
Lacanian Psychoanalysis, film music: 1912 to present, world cinema history and theory: 1895 to present, American and British literature: 1810 to 1990, queer theory |
Tues. 1:00–3:00 p.m. and by appointment |
| Erin Trapp | 217 Nicholson Hall 612-624-3527 ectrapp@umn.edu |
Psychoanalysis; cultural poetics; theories of the subject; Postwar German poetry; migration, race, and ethnicity | Tues., Thurs. 11:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. |
| Graeme Stout | 213 Nicholson Hall 612-624-2693 stou0046@umn.edu |
Film, television, video games and digital media studies, political and social theory, visual arts and intellectual history |
Tues., Thurs. 1:00–3:00 p.m. and by appointment |
Lecturers
| Name | Contact | Specialty | Office Hours |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heidar Azodanloo |
224 Williamson Hall 612-625-8443 azod0001@umn.edu |
Thurs. 4:30-6:00 p.m. | |
| Emily Capper | 150B Nicholson Hall 612-624-3149 ercapper@umn.edu |
Wed. 3:00-5:00 p.m. | |
| Tom David | 150B Nicholson Hall 612-624-3149 davi0914@umn.edu |
Mon., Wed. 10:00 a.m-11:00 a.m. | |
| Matthew Hadley | 231 Nicholson Hall 612-624-2634 hadl0046@umn.edu |
Science studies, biocapital, Marxism, practices of speculation, narrative fiction | Wed. 11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., Thurs. 12:30-1:30 p.m. |
| Eva Hudecova | 224 Nicholson Hall 612-625-8443 hude0011@umn.edu |
Central and Eastern Europe, testimonial writing, psychoanalysis, memory studies, media and cultural studies, translation (theory and practice), Germany and the GDR, German re-unification, 20th and 21st-century German and Austrian literature and poetry | Mon., Wed. 1:15–2:15 p.m. |
| James Snapko | 224 Nicholson Hall 612-625-8443 snapk002@umn.edu |
Tues., Thurs. 5:00–5:45 p.m. | |
| Brad Stiffler | 231 Nicholson Hall 612-624-6858 stiff011@umn.edu |
Tues. 11:15 a.m.–1:15 p.m. | |
| Isaac Vayo | 231 Nicholson Hall 612-624-6858 vayox001@umn.edu |
Mon. 2:30–3:30 p.m. |