Area of Expertise: American Studies
Axelrad, Allan M.
Professor Emeritus of African American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- James Fenimore Cooper
- 19th century American cultural history
- Mythic American West
Golub, Adam
Professor of American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- Monsters and American Culture
- Childhood and youth culture
- Popular culture
- History of U.S. education
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
Hargraves, Hunter
Associate Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
Areas of Knowledge
- television criticism
- popular culture studies
- television history
Hobson, Wayne K.
Professor of American Studies (Emeritus)
Areas of Knowledge
- United States cultural history
- 19th and 20th centuries
- Public memory (historical museums, commemorations, documentaries, etc.)
- Images of crime and violence and famous trials
Ibson, John D.
Professor of American Studies, emeritus
Areas of Knowledge
- American men's history (especially men's various relationships with each other) and current situation
- Sexual orientation in the U.S. - history and current situation
- Prejudice in the United States
- 1960s America
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
Lewinnek, Elaine
Assistant Professor of American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- suburbs
- home financing
- urban history
- progressive era
- bicycle activism
- consumer culture
Loftin, Craig M.
Lecturer in American Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- LGBT History
- U.S. Pop Culture History
- 1980s Music Videos
Lystra, Karen A.
Professor of American Studies, Emeritus
Areas of Knowledge
- Courtship, marriage, love and sexuality in the 19th century
- Mark Twain and family
McConnell, Craig S.
Associate Professor of Liberal Studies
Areas of Knowledge
- history of 19th and 20th century physics
- history of astronomy
- history of cosmology
- science popularization
- Cold War culture
- literature and science
Sekhon, Sharon
Lecturer in American Studies, Asian American Studies, University Honors Program
Areas of Knowledge
- History
Sheehan, Rebecca A.
Professor of Cinema and Television Arts
Areas of Knowledge
- American Avant-Garde Cinema
- Sculpture and Cinema
- Film and Philosophy
- Border Cinema
- Early American and German Cinema
- Experimental Cinema and Modernist Poetics
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
Steiner, Michael C.
Professor of American Studies, Emeritus
Areas of Knowledge
- American culture
- Regionalism
- Architecture
- Built environments especially in the Midwest, West and California
- Hungary and Poland
- International American Studies
