Staff
Faculty and Staff
| Faculty | Title | Expertise | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dehan-Schmidt, K.U. (Kristi) |
k.u.schmidt rug.nl room 1315.0304 |
Lecturer |
Research interests/teaching focus: History of and contemporary challenges facing the First Amendment (Freedom of speech) in the United States, specifically on university campuses; political utilization of the First Amendment by populist figures; access to speech/ socio-political engagement in the digital age; historical/ economic/ political sources causes for (in)voluntary migration movements between South America and North America as well as into Europe |
| Jelfs, dr. T. (Tim) |
t.jelfs rug.nl room 1315.0309 |
Assistant Professor | Twentieth and Twenty-first Century American literature, culture, politics and history; Democracy, imperialism and militarism in U.S. history, culture and politics; Marxist approaches to American culture |
| Martinez, dr. A.M. (Anne) |
a.m.martinez rug.nl room 1315.0308 |
Assistant Professor | Twentieth Century cultural and intellectual histories; U.S.-Mexico relations; Mexican American history and culture; American Catholicism; Religion and national identity |
| Olsen, E.A., PhD (Erik) |
e.a.olsen rug.nl room 1315.0324 |
Lecturer | Twentieth and Twentifirst Century American governance, public policy and affairs, politics and culture; the relationships between branches of government and the bureaucracy and issues related to national security concerns balanced with civil liberties and Constitutional protections |
| Olthof, dr. J. (Jelte) |
jelte.olthof rug.nl room 1315.0306 |
Assistant Professor | Legal and political history of the United States Constitution; American Government and Political Development; Antebellum American political history (1776-1865); Rhetorical Criticism |
| Roberts, dr. K.S. (Kathryn) |
k.s.roberts rug.nl room 1315.0311 |
Assistant Professor |
U.S. Literature and Culture (1900-present); Sociological and Institutional approaches; Creative and reproductive labor; Artist communities; Podcasts |
| Schnepf, dr. J.D. (Jennifer) |
j.d.schnepf rug.nl room 1315.0314 |
Assistant Professor | US literature and culture (Contemporary), Gender, Imperialism, Media Studies |
| Thompson, dr. M.L. (Mark) |
M.L.Thompson rug.nl room 1315.0310 |
Assistant Professor | Colonial America, the American Revolution, the Early Republic, and the US South; Ethnicity, national identity and race; Early Modern Atlantic World |
| den Toonder, dr. J.M.L. (Jeanette) |
j.m.l.den.toonder rug.nl room 1315.0191 |
Assistant Professor; Director Center for Canadian Studies | Canadian Studies; French and Francophone Contemporary Literature and Culture; Minority and First Nations Literature in Canada |
| Zwiers, dr. M. (Maarten) |
m.zwiers rug.nl room 1312.0525 |
Assistant Professor | U.S. History, History of the U.S. South, Political Culture, American Studies, Southern Studies, Regional Identity, Civil Rights Movement, U.S. Civil War. |
| Staff | Title | ||
| Drs E.M. Herman-Pletiougina |
info-americanstudies rug.nl room |
Academic Advisor |
| Last modified: | 04 October 2022 12.55 p.m. |