Area of Expertise: Culture -- Popular
Ceisel, Christina M.
Assistant Professor of Communications
Areas of Knowledge
- Tourism
- Globalization
- Popular Culture
- Media Studies
- Entertainment
- Foodways
- Heritage
Chin, Christina
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Areas of Knowledge
- Asian American communities
- Asian American sporting cultures
- Asian American media representation
- Race and ethnic identity
- Immigration
Gradilla, Alexandro J.
Associate Professor of Chicana and Chicano Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Non-western thought
- Bioethics
- Cultural competency
- Male circumcision (medical)
- Mexican immigration
- Latino identity in the US
- White privilege
- First generation college students
- Mentorship
- Men's Studies
- Maleness and masculinity
- Marxist/Anarchist theory
Graham, Natalie J.
Assistant Professor of African American Studies
Chair of the Department of African American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Creative Writing
Hargraves, Hunter
Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
Areas of Knowledge
- television criticism
- popular culture studies
- television history
Hogan, Mikel
Professor of Human Services
Areas of Knowledge
- Health, medicine and culture
- Organization culture change
- Cultural competence (training and assesment)
- Education and culture
- Family and culture
Ketchum, Karyl E.
Professor of Women and Gender Studies
Chair of Women and Gender Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- LGBTQ
- Gender in K-12 Education
- Queer Studies
- Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Topics
- Arabella Huntington
- Women and Gender Studies
- transgender-related topics
- Diversity
Lagerberg, Don
Professor Emeritus of Art
Areas of Knowledge
- Figure drawing and painting
- Head and hands drawing
- Portraiture (historical and contemporary)
- Character design (historical and contemporary)
- Scene design (historical and contemporary)
- Storyboarding
- Aspects of the arts as they relate to certain periods in ancient art
- Western art since 1400
- Japanese 19th century
- Popular culture
- Comics in America
- Production design for film
Lane, Carrie M.
Professor of American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- work
- unemployment
- job loss
- insecure/precarious work
- gig work
- gender
- feminism
- self-employment
- professional organizing
- clutter
- disorganization
- simple living
- minimalism
- masculinity
- office work
- white-collar work
- overwhelm/burnout
- disability
- ableism
- community
- study abroad
- Denmark
- Bali
- ethnography
- hoarding
- internships
- service-learning
Literte, Patricia
Associate Professor of Sociology
Director, McNair Scholars Program
Areas of Knowledge
- Race and Ethnicity
Lovell, Jarret S.
Professor of Criminal Justice
Areas of Knowledge
- Media coverage of crime and social problems
- Media coverage of police behavior
- Popular culture
- Crime and popular culture
- Civil disobedience
- Social protest
- Nonviolence
- Animal abuse
- Animal rights activism
Osborne-Thompson, Heather
Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
Areas of Knowledge
- Television history
- Television genres
- Children's television
Seymour, Nicole
Associate Professor of English, Comparative Literature, and Linguistics
Areas of Knowledge
- Environmental Humanities
- Environmentalism
- Literature and the Environment
- Film and the Environment or Ecocinema
- Queer Theory or Queer Studies
- LGBTQ Literature or Queer Literature
- Queer Ecology
- Transgender Studies or Transgender Theory
- Performance Studies
- Affect Theory or Affect Studies
Sparks, Anthony
Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
Areas of Knowledge
- Television Industry/Media Industry Studies
- Television Writing/Screenwriting
- Politics & Performance Studies
- African American Culture & Politics
