Faculty | Department of American Studies

Name	Title	Research Interests	Email
Alexander, Kelly	Assistant Professor	Food Studies Ethnographic Methods Documentary Studies Feminisms Southern Foodways Critical Food Studies	kelly.alexander@unc.edu
Berlinger, Gabrielle	Associate Professor	Material Culture Ritual Jewish Folklore and Ethnology Ethnography Public Folklore Museum Anthropology	gberling@unc.edu
Cobb, Daniel	Professor	American Indian and Indigenous Studies American Indian History Politics and Activism Ethnohistorical Methods Biography and Memory Global Indigenous Rights	dcobb@unc.edu
Douglas, Kita	Teaching Assistant Professor	Asian American Literature Asian American Visual Culture Gender & Sexuality Studies Archives and Material Culture	kitakd@email.unc.edu
Engelhardt, Elizabeth	Distinguished Professor	Southern Cultures Food Appalachia Feminism Literature Region and Place	e.engelhardt@unc.edu
Frey, Benjamin E.	Assistant Professor	Sociolinguistics language shift Cherokee language	benfrey@live.unc.edu
Hinson, Glenn	Associate Professor	Public Folklore Ethnography African American Expressive Culture American South	ghinson@unc.edu
Holland, Sharon	Distinguished Professor	Critical Race Theory Feminist Theory Queer Theory Sexuality Studies Animal Studies	pasharon@email.unc.edu
Kotch, Seth	Associate Professor and Director, Southern Oral History Program	Modern South Oral History Criminal and Social justice	sethkotch@unc.edu
Marr, Timothy	Professor	Nineteenth-Century American literary and Cultural History Transnational American Studies Religion in American culture Islam in/and America Herman Melville	marr@unc.edu
Randolph, Antonia	Assistant Professor	Black Masculinity Popular Culture (Hip-Hop) Music Race Theory Education Sexuality	antonia.randolph@unc.edu
Richotte, Jr., Keith	Associate Professor	American Indian Law and Policy Legal History Constitutionalism	richotte@email.unc.edu
Robinson, Michelle	Associate Chair Associate Professor	US Religious History Film Studies Comedy Detective Fiction	mmrobins@email.unc.edu
Sawin, Patricia	Chair of American Studies Associate Professor	Narrative Discourse Festival Culture of Adoption	sawin@unc.edu
Willis, Rachel	Professor	Global American Studies Transportation Planning Labor Economics Service-learning, Experiential and Higher Education	Rachel.Willis@unc.edu

Adjunct/Affiliated:

Daniel Anderson, English & Comparative Literature
William L. Andrews, English & Comparative Literature
Sarah Boyd, English & Comparative Literature
Fitzhugh Brundage, History
Maggie Cao, Art & Art History
Claude Clegg, African American & Diaspora Studies, and History
Tyree Daye, English & Comparative Literature
María DeGuzmán, English & Comparative Literature
Kathleen DuVal, History
Lawrence Grossberg, Communication Studies
Philip F. Gura, English & Comparative Literature
Amy Hertel, American Indian Center
Wes Hogan, Center for Documentary Studies-Duke
Heidi Kim, English & Comparative Literature
Malinda Maynor Lowery, History
Jocelyn Neal, Music and Folklore
Michael Palm, Communication Studies
Della Pollock, Communication Studies
Eliza Richards, English & Comparative Literature
Katherine Roberts, Center for the Study of the American South
William Sturkey, History
Jane Thrailkill, English & Comparative Literature
Tim Tyson, Center for Documentary Studies-Duke
Harry Watson, History
Anne Whisnant, History

Emeritus Professors

Marcie Ferris
William R. Ferris
Bernie Herman
Bobby Allen
Peter Filene
Jacquelyn Hall
John Kasson
Joy Kasson
Daniel Patterson
Theda Perdue
Charles Zug

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Emeritus Professors

Marcie Ferris
William R. Ferris
Bernie Herman
Bobby Allen
Peter Filene
Jacquelyn Hall
John Kasson
Joy Kasson
Daniel Patterson
Theda Perdue
Charles Zug