NAME

Erika Berroth

TITLE

Associate Professor of German

NAME

Michael Bray

TITLE

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Specialty

Political Philosophy; Critical Theory

NAME

Eileen Cleere

TITLE

Professor of English

Specialty

Victorian literature and culture, the novel, film studies, feminist studies.

NAME

Joseph E. Hower

TITLE

Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Specialty

U.S. History, Labor and Politics in Modern America, Social Movements, Urban History, Policy History

NAME

Melissa Johnson

TITLE

Professor of Anthropology

Specialty

Topical: Nature, the more than human and the human; Race and Racism; Environment; Conservation; Development; Social Theory; Environmental History; Tourism; Gender. Area: Belize; Caribbean; U.S.-Mexico Borderlands; Central Texas

NAME

Kathleen Juhl

TITLE

Professor of Theatre

Specialty

Acting, Directing, Voice, Dialects, Alexander Technique, Performance Studies, Theatre for Social Justice, Feminist Performance

NAME

Maria R. Lowe

TITLE

Professor of Sociology

Specialty

Race and racism, surveillance studies, community and urban sociology, campus climate research (race, gender, and sexual orientation), the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, social movements and activism, and gender inequalities and identities.

NAME

Shannon Mariotti

TITLE

Professor of Political Science

Specialty

19th Century American Transcendentalism, American Political Thought, 20^th century Critical Social Theory, Democratic Theory, Buddhist Political Theory

NAME

Ken Mello

TITLE

Associate Professor of Religion

Specialty

• Native American religious traditions
• Folklore
• Contemporary Native Identity
• Sacred Space
• Gender and Sexuality
• Myth and Narrative
• Other non-textual religious traditions.

NAME

Sandi Nenga

TITLE

Professor of Sociology

Specialty

Children and youth; social class; volunteer work and civic engagement; qualitative methods

NAME

Aaron Prevots

TITLE

Associate Professor of French

Specialty

All levels of French language, literature and culture. French feminisms; poetry; novels; music; film; translation. Interdisciplinary coursework including through International Studies and the Paideia program.

NAME

Omar Rivera

TITLE

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Specialty

Latin American Philosophy, Decolonial Philosophy, Race and Ethnicity, Political Philosophy, Aesthetics, 19th and 20th Century Continental Philosophy, Ancient Philosophy

NAME

Brenda Sendejo

TITLE

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Specialty

Anthropology of religion, Mexican American spiritualities and indigenous heritage, gender and racialization, and Chicana feminisms. Geographic specialization: U.S. - Mexico Borderlands, Central and South Texas.

NAME

Kimberly Smith

TITLE

Professor of Art History