Affiliated Faculty

All the following faculty members teach and research in the various subfields of American Studies, and are resources for majors/minors.

Name	Department	Research & Teaching Interests	Phone	Email
Alderman, Derek	Geography	Cultural and historical geography with a focus on public memory, popular culture, and heritage tourism in the U.S. South	865-974-5401	dalderma@utk.edu
Anderson, David	Anthropology	Prehistoric archaeology; hunter-gatherers; cultural evolution; cultural resources management; colonization/migration; Southeastern U.S.	865-974-4408	dander19@utk.edu
Atwill, Janet	English	Rhetoric and composition; theories of civic discourse and identity; critical theory; Pierre Bourdieu	865-974-5401	jatwill@utk.edu
Avila, Jacqueline	Musicology	Mexican modernism, nationalism, and cinema and media studies	865-974-3241	javila1@utk.edu
Block, Kristen	History	Atlantic World, Caribbean, Slavery, Religion, History of Medicine, Women's & Gender History	865-974-5421	kblock3@utk.edu
Bohon, Stephanie	Sociology	Social and applied demography, immigration to emerging gateway places, Latino migration, ethnic economies, and immigrant incorporation/adaptation	865-974-7019	sbohon@utk.edu
Coleman, Dawn	English	Religion and American Culture; nineteenth-century American Literature; the Victorian novel; forms of nineteenth-century secularism and religious skepticism	865-974-1730	dcolema7@utk.edu
Commander, Michelle	English	African American and African diasporic literatures; cultural studies; Pan-Africanism; race and ethnicity; transnational studies	865-974-6974	mcommand@utk.edu
Dahms, Harry	Sociology	Theory (classical, contemporary, critical), globalization, economic sociology/political economy, social inequalities, entrepreneurship	865-974-7028	hdahms@utk.edu
Duke, Dawn	MFLL	Afro-Cuban and Afro-Brazilian literature with a focus on women writers	865-974-7006	dduke1@utk.edu
Feller, Dan	History	Jacksonian, Antebellum, and Civil War America	865-974-7077	dfeller@utk.edu
Gant, Michael	Political Science	American Government (Political Behavior, Public Opinion); Research Methods phone	865-974-7045	mgant1@utk.edu
Gimmel, Millie	MFLL	Mesoamerican studies; Latin American history and literature, U.S. Latino literature, history of science and medicine.	865-974-7097	mgimmel@utk.edu
Haddox, Tom	English	American Literature; Southern Literature; Literary Representations of Catholicism	865-974-6933	thaddox@utk.edu
Handelsman, Michael	Modern Foreign Languages	Latin American narrative, Ecuadorian literature and culture, concepts of national identity, women writers, literary journals, Afro Hispanic literature, and globalization	865-974-7010	handelsm@utk.edu
Hardwig, Bill	English	American literature, especially African American and Southern; Appalachian Literature	865-974-6938	whardwig@utk.edu
Harlow, Luke	History	Slavery and abolition, race, and religion in nineteenth-century America	865-974-7093	lharlow1@utk.edu
Hepner, Randal	Religious Studies	Religion, politics, and social change; sociology of religion; the Rastafarian movement in Jamaica and North America; liberation theologies; immigrant religions and civic engagement in the United States	865-974-2182	rhepner@utk.edu
Hepner, Tricia	Anthropology	Cultural Anthropology (Political, Legal): Transnationalism and globalization; Conflict, war, and violence; Human rights; African diasporas and refugees	865-974-8962	thepner@utk.edu
Jalata, Asafa	Sociology	Political economy, global studies, race and ethnicity, sociology of development, national movements, terrorism, nationalism, African and African-American studies	865-974-7027	ajalata@utk.edu
Kalafsky, Ron	Geography	Economic and industrial geography; Quantitative methods; International trade; Manufacturing	865-974-0407	kalafsky@utk.edu
King, Lisa Michelle	English	Cultural rhetorics, American Indian rhetorics, visual and material rhetorics, museum studies, cross-cultural communication	865-974-8002	lking33@utk.edu
Lofaro, Mike	English	American Literature; American Studies, Folklore; James Agee	865-974-4928	lofaro@utk.edu
Louis, Bertin	Anthropology	Cultural Anthropology, Haitian Protestantism, Migration & Transnationalism, Race and Ethnicity, the African Diaspora; the Caribbean (the Bahamas, Haiti) and the United States	865-974-4408	blouis2@utk.edu
Magra, Christopher	History	Early America, Atlantic World	865-974-9868	cmagra@utk.edu
Maland, Chuck	English	Film and American Culture; 19th and 20th Century American literature; 19th and 20th Century American cultural/intellectual History	865-974-6963	cmaland@utk.edu
McCollough, Sean	Music	American music with an emphasis in the music of Appalachia	865-974-7556	sean@utk.edu
Ndigirigi, Gichingiri	English	Literature/Drama/Theater of Africa and the African diaspora; Postcolonial and transnational studies	865-974-6942	jndigiri@utk.edu
Nolt, John	Philosophy	Environmental ethics, logic, contemporary metaphysics	865-974-7218	nolt@utk.edu
Norrell, Robert	History	Southern history; U.S. History in the Twentieth Century; American Race Relations	865-974-1130	rnorrell@utk.edu
Olssen, Tore	History	Modern U.S., Transnational History, Food and Agriculture, Rural/Agrarian Studies, Environmental History, American South, Latin America	865-974-7081	colsson@utk.edu
Papke, Mary	English	American Literature, Feminist Theory	865-974-6934	papke@utk.edu
Presser, Lois	Sociology	The role of language and discursive forms in social arrangements and action, including criminal action, and the promises and problems of restorative justice approaches to crime and other conflict	865-974-7024	lpresser@utk.edu
Reidy, David	Philosophy	Political philosophy, philosophy of law, history of ethics, human rights	865-974-7210	dreidy@utk.edu
Scheb, John	Political Science	American Politics, Public Law, Judicial Politics	865-974-2261	scheb@utk.edu
Schoenbach, Lisi	English	Twentieth Century Literature, Transatlantic Modernism, Critical Theory	865-974-4839	aschoenb@utk.edu
Shefner, Jon	Sociology	Social movements and other political action in response to the globalized economy	865-974-7022	jshefner@utk.edu
Wanamaker, Marianne	Economics	American economic history, American labor history, business ethics, managerial economics	865-974-1700	wanamaker@utk.edu
Williams, Shannen	History	African-American History, Post-Civil War United States, Gender and Sexuality, Civil Rights/Black Power, Black Catholic Diaspora, Black Women's Political and Religious History	865-974-7066	swill132@utk.edu
Winford, Brandon	History	Late nineteenth and twentieth century U.S. History, African American history, Southern U.S. history, and Civil Rights history	865-974-7078	bwinford@utk.edu