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Faculty and Staff Roster
| Faculty | Title | Expertise | |
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| Becker, S. (Sandra), MA |
s.becker rug.nl |
PhD student | 20th- and 21st-Century U.S. Culture & History, Film & Television Studies, Gender Studies & Intersectionality Theory |
| Bieger, prof. dr. L.C. (Laura) |
l.c.bieger rug.nl room 1315.0304 |
Professor |
American cultural, literary & media history, esp. space-media & text-reader relations; Political culture & theory, esp. theories of democracy; Aesthetics; Narrative use; Critical theory; American art & architecture; Popular culture; Transnational American Studies
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| 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 |
| 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 |
| Messmer, dr. M.E. (Marietta) |
M.E.Messmer rug.nl room 1315.0312 |
Associate Professor |
Hemispheric American Studies; Cultural and Political Relations between the U.S. and Mexico; Central American Migration to the U.S.; Ethnic Minorities (in particular Chicanos and Native Americans); Cultural Theory; Gender Theory
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| 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, K.S. (Kathryn) |
k.s.roberts rug.nl room 1315.0311 |
Assistant Professor | American Literature and Culture (modern & contemporary), Critical Theory, Feminist & Queer Theory, Media History, History of Cultural Institutions |
| 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 | ||
| Harmsen, drs. D.E. (Deirdre) |
info-americanstudies rug.nl room 1315.0314 |
Academic Advisor |
| Last modified: | 19 May 2020 4.10 p.m. |