Department of American Studies, School of Arts and Sciences

Website: http://amerstudies.rutgers.edu

Chair: Allan Punzalan Isaac

Professors:

Angus Kress Gillespie, B.A., Yale; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

Louis Masur, B.A., Buffalo; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton

Michael Aaron Rockland, B.A., CUNY (Hunter College); M.A., Ph.D., Minnesota

Associate Professors:

Leslie E. Fishbein, B.A., CUNY (Hunter College); Ph.D., Harvard

Nicole Fleetwood, B.Phil., Miami (Ohio); Ph.D., Stanford

Allan Punzalan Isaac, B.A., Williams College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., New York

Ben Sifuentes-Jáuregui, B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale

Assistant Professors:

Jefferson Decker, B.A., Amherst; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia

Sylvia Chan-Malik, B.A., California (Berkeley); M.F.A., Mills; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Louis Prisock, B.A., Drexel; Ph.D., Massachusetts (Amherst)

Andrew Urban, B.A., Middlebury; M.A., Ph.D., Minnesota

Instructor:

Affiliate Faculty: 

Ulla Berg, Anthropology and Latino and Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., New York

Dorothy Sue Cobble, Labor Studies; Ph.D., Stanford

Brad Evans, English; Ph.D., Chicago

Judy Gerson, Sociology; Ph.D., Cornell

Christopher Iannini, English; Ph.D., CUNY (Graduate Center)

T.J. Jackson Lears, History; Ph.D., Yale

Jan Lewis, History (Newark); Ph.D., Michigan

Kathy Lopez, History and Latino and Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., Michigan

Ruth Mandel, Eagleton Institute; Ph.D., Connecticut

Yolanda Martínez-San Miguel, Comparative Literature and Latino and Caribbean Studies; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Meredith McGill, English; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins

Albert Nigrin, Cinema Studies; B.A., M.A., M.F.A., Rutgers

Frank Popper, Urban Studies; Ph.D., Harvard

Louisa Schein, Anthropology; Ph.D., California (Berkeley)

Mark Schuster, Ph.D., Iowa

Jeffrey Shandler, Jewish Studies; Ph.D., Columbia

Karen R. Stubaus, B.A., Ph.D., Rutgers

Cheryl Wall, English; Ph.D., Harvard

Carla Yanni, Art History; Ph.D., Pennsylvania

The Department of American Studies at Rutgers features a group of distinguished scholars who are dedicated teachers. American studies is the interdisciplinary study of American cultures, and the extensive and wide-ranging publications of department members illustrate the richness of the field. Our diverse faculty research and teach in literature and history; folklore and popular culture; race and ethnic studies; law and politics; and gender and sexuality studies. From native wampum belts to rock 'n' roll, from urban fashion to 9/11 memorials, American studies examines a range of materials to emphasize integrated approaches to the study of American history and culture.