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American Studies Faculty

Chair

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Jonathan Tazewell Thomas S. Turgeon Professor of Drama and Film Areas of Expertise Theater directing, filmmaking, acting	Campus Address Hill Theater 201 Phone Number (740) 427-4275538 Email tazewellj@kenyon.edu	Dance, Drama & Film American Studies African Diaspora Studies

Faculty

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Patrick Bottiger Associate Professor of History Areas of Expertise History of North American Indigenous Peoples; Ancient America; the American Revolution and Ohio Valley; the History of Three Sisters polyculture farming; Red Power and Indigenous Activism; Agricultural History and Corn	Campus Address Oden Hall 324 Phone Number (740) 427-4275597 Email bottigerp@kenyon.edu	History American Studies
Sylvie Coulibaly Associate Professor of History Areas of Expertise African American intellectual tradition; immigration, border studies and transnationalism; Atlantic history	Campus Address Oden Hall 425 Phone Number (740) 427-5624 Email coulibalys@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies
Juan DePascuale Associate Professor of Philosophy Areas of Expertise Existentialism and phenomenology, Zen Buddhism, philosophy of art and philosophy of religion, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Heidegger.	Campus Address Oden Hall 213 Phone Number (740) 427-4275284 Email depascualej@kenyon.edu	Philosophy American Studies
Ennis Edmonds Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious Studies Areas of Expertise African diaspora religions, religion in America, sociology of religion and Caribbean society and culture.	Campus Address O'Connor House 204 Phone Number (740) 427-5726 Email edmondse@kenyon.edu	Religious Studies American Studies International Studies African Diaspora Studies
H. Abbie Erler Professor of Political Science Areas of Expertise American politics, women and politics, political reform.	Campus Address Oden Hall 429 Phone Number (740) 427-5733 Email erlerh@kenyon.edu	Political Science Law & Society Gender & Sexuality Studies Public Policy Computing
Francis Gourrier Assistant Professor of American Studies and History Areas of Expertise African American, 20th Century U.S., Gender, Movement/s, and Education	Campus Address O'Connor House 203 Phone Number (740) 427-5772 Email gourrierf@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Austin Johnson Associate Professor of Sociology Areas of Expertise LGBTQ Sociology, medical sociology, social psychology	Campus Address Oden Hall 322 Phone Number (740) 427-5058 Email johnson2@kenyon.edu	Sociology
David Lynn Professor Emeritus of English and Editor Emeritus of the KR Special Advisor for the Bicentennial Book Project	Campus Address Treleaven House 201 Phone Number (740) 427-4275271 Email lynnd@kenyon.edu	Office of the President English
Zachary McGee Assistant Professor of Political Science Areas of Expertise Congress, political parties, public policy	Campus Address Oden Hall 421 Phone Number (740) 427-5641 Email mcgee1@kenyon.edu	Political Science
Glenn McNair Professor of History Areas of Expertise Race and criminal justice, slavery and southern history, the dynamics of African-American identity formation	Campus Address Oden Hall 315 Phone Number (740) 427-5325 Email mcnairg@kenyon.edu	History American Studies African Diaspora Studies
Austin Porter Associate Professor of Art History and American Studies Areas of Expertise American Art and Visual Culture, Art and Government, Modern and Contemporary Art	Campus Address Gund Gallery 112 Phone Number (740) 427-4275426 Email portera@kenyon.edu	Art History American Studies
Nancy Powers Assoc Dir of the Center for the Study of American Democracy Assistant Professor of Political Science Areas of Expertise Immigration, Latin American politics, global poverty, democratic theory in comparative perspective, political activism	Campus Address Oden Hall 313 Phone Number (740) 427-5313 Email powersn@kenyon.edu	Political Science Center for the Study of American Democracy International Studies Latino/a Studies American Studies
Ben Schmack Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies Areas of Expertise American labor history, racial capitalism, radicalism, repression	Campus Address Oden Hall 220 Email schmack1@kenyon.edu	American Studies
Matthew Suazo Assistant Professor of English Areas of Expertise Hemispheric American literature, early and nineteenth-century, literature and environment, postcolonial studies, slave narrative and autobiography	Campus Address Waite House 202 Phone Number (740) 427-5321 Email suazom@kenyon.edu	English
Jan Thomas Senior Advisor for Community Relations - Retired Professor of Sociology	Campus Address Wright Center 100A Phone Number (740) 427-5903 Email thomasj@kenyon.edu	Office for Community Partnerships American Studies Gender & Sexuality Studies

Emeriti

Name	Contact	Department or Center	Profile Image
Peter Rutkoff Professor Emeritus of American Studies Special Advisor to the Dean of Admissions/VP for Enrollment	Campus Address Lowell House Email rutkoff@kenyon.edu	Admissions African Diaspora Studies
Howard Sacks Professor Emeritus of Sociology	Campus Address Palme House 101 Phone Number (740) 427-5406 Email sacksh@kenyon.edu	American Studies African Diaspora Studies Sociology
Gregory Spaid Professor Emeritus of Art Areas of Expertise Photography, mixed media, drawing, art education.	Campus Email spaidg@kenyon.edu	Studio Art American Studies

Kimberly Gerhart

Administrative Assistant in the Academic Division

Contact

Phone Number

4275316

Email Address

gerhart1@kenyon.edu

Location

Oden Hall 317