Dr. Lisa Sundstrom, PhD
Professor
Non-governmental organizations (NGOs), global activism, civil society, human rights, women’s rights, feminism, Russian politics,
Tara Mayer, PhD
Instructor
Global history of fashion, clothing, material culture, and identity, colonial South Asian history, constructions of Britishness, Indo-European commodity exchanges, clothing and other forms of material culture, Orientalist portraiture, empire and aesthetic influence
Lesley Andres
Professor
Higher education, sociology of higher education, international and comparative higher education, life course research, survey research design, longitudinal research, mixed methods research
Gaoheng Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor of Italian Studies
Italian-Chinese cultural relationships, Chinese migrations to Italy, gender in Italy, Italian media and cinema, Italian literature and culture, Italian colonial and postcolonial cultures, Italian travel and migration literature and cinema
Cecil Konijnendijk
Professor
Urban Forestry
Urban forestry and the greening of cities; green infrastructure planning; the relations between people and nature in urban areas
Prof. Heidi Tworek
Associate Professor of International History and Public Policy
health communications, Covid communications, international history, media history, communications history, social media platforms, Germany, platform regulation,
Dr. Florian Gassner, PhD
Associate Professor of Teaching
German, Ukraine, Russia, Central Europe, Censorship,
Prof. Sabina Magliocco, PhD
Professor
Ritual, festival and religion, magic and witchcraft, modern Pagan religions (e.g. Wicca), folklore and expressive culture (narrative and belief, folk healing, material culture), ethnic/regional/national identity issues, animal studies, ethnographic methodology and writing,
Ervin Malakaj, PhD
Assistant Professor of German Studies
Germany, Austria, Central Europe, literary studies, media studies, queer studies, sexuality studies, diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice education
Kristen Hopewell
Associate Professor
International political economy, international trade, trade policy, World Trade Organization (WTO), industrial policy, development, emerging powers, BRICS, trade barriers, trade war, United States, China, India, Brazil, Brexit,
Katherine Bowers, PhD
Assistant Professor of Slavic Studies
Russia, Eastern Europe, Russian literature, Russian culture, Russian language, Siberia, gothic literature, narrative, genre, digital humanities, media studies,