Degree Programs Offered: Master of Arts, Doctor of Philosophy

Director of Graduate Programs: Kyle Riismandel, 243 Conklin Hall, 175 University Avenue, Newark, NJ 07102, 973-353-1886.

Associate Director of Graduate Programs:
Alexandra Chang, Room 321, 110 Warren St., Newark, NJ 07102, 973-353-3733

Website: https://sasn.rutgers.edu/academics-admissions/academic-departments/american-studies

Affiliated Faculty:

Frances Bartkowski, SAS-N; Ph.D., Iowa
Comparative literature; 20th-century French and American narrative; feminist theory

Sterling Bland, SAS-N, Ph.D. New York
African-American literature; 19th-century American literature

Alexandra Chang, SAS-N; M.F.A, New York
EcoArt; global studies; Asian American studies

Melissa Cooper, SAS-N; Ph.D. Rutgers
African American studies; cultural history; 20th century U.S. history; American South

Kimberly DaCosta Holton, SAS-N; Ph.D., Northwestern
Performance studies; migration studies; urban festivity; ethnography and oral history

Belinda Edmondson, SAS-N; Ph.D., Northwestern
Caribbean and other African diaspora literature; postcolonial theory; feminist theory; popular culture

Marta Esquilin, SAS-N, Columbia
Cultural competence; educational equity; sociology

Ruth Feldstein, SAS-N; Ph.D., Brown
U.S. history, with a focus on 20th-century culture and politics; women's and gender history; African-American history

Barbara Foley, SAS-N; Ph.D., Chicago
African-American literature; U.S. literary radicalism; Marxist literary theory

H. Bruce Franklin, SAS-N; Ph.D., Stanford (Emeritus)
Vietnam and America; crime and punishment in America; science fiction, technology, and society; the American environment

James Goodman, SAS-N, Ph.D., Princeton
U.S. history; African-American history; creative nonfiction

David Hoddeson, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Modernism

Elizabeth Hull, SAS-N; Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Constitutional politics; American government

Lyra D. Monteiro, SAS-N; Ph.D., Brown
Public humanities; early U.S. history; race and ethnic identity

Rachel Mundy, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Sound studies; critical animal studies; history of science

Tim Raphael, SAS-N; Ph.D., Northwestern
Contemporary theater, performance, and cultural studies; politics as performance; community-based theater

Kyle Riismandel, SAS-N, Ph.D., George Washington
U.S. cultural history; history of media and technology; sub/urban studies; contemporary America; American Studies

Mary Rizzo, SAS-N, Ph.D., Minnesota
Public humanities; digital humanities; U.S. cultural history; urban studies

Charles Russell, SAS-N emeritus; Ph.D., Cornell
Contemporary literature and art; vernacular visual culture

Beryl Satter, SAS-N; Ph.D., Yale
Post-Civil War U.S. history; women's history; cultural and intellectual history; urban history

Mary Segers, SAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
Political philosophy and theory; religion and politics; ethical issues and public policy

Mara Sidney, SAS-N; Ph.D., Colorado
Urban politics; public policy; race/ethnicity and politics

Robert W. Snyder, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Urban history; journalism; public history; oral history

Paul Sternberger, SAS-N; Ph.D., Columbia
American art; history of photography; history of design

Jack (John Kuo Wei) Tchen, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Race and ethnicity; eugenics; Asian American studies; curatorial studies; public history

Ian Watson, SAS-N; Ph.D., New York
Performance studies; intercultural performance; directing (theory and practice); 20th-century theater; performance training; performance in media and politics