Steering Committee
The American Studies faculty is composed of professors based in the traditional departments of the University, chiefly in the humanities and social sciences. The faculty includes some of University of Tennessee, Knoxville's finest faculty members, award-winning teachers and scholars who have earned international reputations for their articles and books.
| Name | Department | Research & Teaching Interests | Phone | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brown, Michelle | Sociology | Law and Society (Pain, Death, and the Law); Carceral and Critical Prison Studies; Theory, Culture, and Media; Feminist Studies; Justice Studies | 865-974-6021 | mbrow121@utk.edu |
| Campbell, Mary | Art History | American art, especially in the nineteenth century; history of photography; early photography and religious discourses. | 865-974-3407 | mcampb33@utk.edu |
| Chiles, Katherine | English | African-American studies, Native American studies, early American literatures and cultures, critical race theory, and print cultures | 865-974-6945 | kchiles1@utk.edu |
| Fitzgerald, Mike | Political Science | American political institutions with a focus on the relations among mass media (especially cinema), popular culture, and U.S. politics. | 865-974-7049 | mfitzge1@utk.edu |
| Foresta, Ron | Geography | Urban Geography in the US and Latin America | 865-974-6044 | foresta@utk.edu |
| Freeberg, Ernest | History | American cultural, social and religious history, with an emphasis on the 19th and early 20th century. | 865-974-7090 | efreeber@utk.edu |
| Gay, Leslie | Musicology | Ethnomusicology; American popular music; music and technoculture | 865-974-7525 | lesgay@utk.edu |
| Grzanka, Patrick | Psychology | Intersectionality; emotions; race and racism; sexuality and LGBT issues; feminist theory and research | 865-974-3328 | patrick.grzanka@utk.edu |
| Griffin, Martin | English | American literature (19th and 20th century); war and memory; American diplomacy and cultural history | 865-974-7166 | wmg@utk.edu |
| Heath, Barbara | Anthropology | Historical archaeology, the African diaspora, material culture, public archaeology | 865-974-4408 | bheath2@utk.edu |
| Holmlund, Christine | MFLL | Film, film theory, feminist, post-colonial, and queer theory, cultural studies | 865-974-6994 | cholmlun@utk/edu |
| Hulsether, Mark | Religious Studies | Religion, Culture, and Society in 20th Century North America; interdisciplinary methods for the study of culture and power. | 865-974-2466 | mhulseth@utk.edu |
| Jennings, La Vinia Delois | English | Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture; Women's Literature; African-American Literature | 865-974-6959 | laviniaj@utk.edu |
| Lee, Benjamin | English | Modern and Contemporary Poetry, Twentieth-Century American Literature and Culture | 865-974-6962 | blee15@utk.edu |
| Nownes, Anthony | Political Science | US Politics, with a special focus on interest groups, lobbying, and public policy | 865-974-7052 | anownes@utk.edu |
| Pendry, De Ann | Anthropology | U.S. Latinos, Migration, Health, American Cultures, Latin America | 865-974-4408 | dpendry@utk.edu |
| Reed, Julie | History | Cherokee History, Southeastern Indians, American Indian History | 865-974-7078 | jreed56@utk.edu |
| Roessner, Amber | Journalism | American cultural history and critical cultural theory, with an emphasis on the practice of mass communication in the late 19th and 20th century | 965-974-5142 | aroessne@utk.edu |
| Sharma, Madhuri | Geography | Urban social and economic issues with a focus on racial/ethnic segregation and housing disparity; labor segmentation; the impact of the informal economy on urban landscape | 865-974-6077 | msharma3@utk.edu |