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Shawn Alexander, Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies (PhD., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 2004) and interim director of the Langston Hughes Center at the University of Kansas. His area of concentration is African American social and intellectual history of the 19th and 20th Centuries.
Maria Carlson, Professor, Director of Graduate Studies, and Associate Chair of Slavic Languages and Literature (PhD., Indiana University). Her area of concentration includes Russian cultural and intellectual history (18–21st centuries) and non-Marxist thought.
Ruben Flores, Assistant Professor of American Studies (Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley). His research interests include Latin American migration to the United States, the comparative histories of Mexico and the US, and the development of the social sciences during the era of industrialization.
Christopher Forth, Professor of Humanities & Western Civilization (Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo, 1994). His research and teaching interests revolve around the cultural history of gender, sexuality and the body, with an initial focus on France that has expanded in recent years to include American and British culture.
Michael Hoeflich, Professor of Law (J.D., Yale, 1979; Ph.D., Cambridge, 2001). His research interests include Ethics, legal history, comparative law, contracts.
Randal Jelks, Associate Professor of American Studies and African & African American Studies (Ph.D., Michigan State). His research and writing interests are in the area of African American Religious, Urban, and Civil Rights History.
David Katzman, Professor of American Studies (Ph.D., University of Michigan). His research and teaching focus on American culture and race, ethnicity, identity, work, migration, and community.
Richard Ring, Watson Library (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Medieval History; MLS, University of Wisconsin-Madison). His research interests include Early Medieval Europe, especially Italy; Anglo-Saxon England; and Charlemagne.
Joshua Rosenbloom, Professor of Economics (Ph.D., Economics, Stanford University) and Associate Vice Provost for Research & Graduate Studies. His research interests include U.S. Economic History, and Applied Microeconomics.
Ann Schofield, Professor of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Ph.D., the State University of New York at Binghamton, 1980). Her area of concentration is U.S. Women's History.
William Tuttle, Professor Emeritus of American Studies (Ph.D., University of Wisconsin). His research interests include social and cultural history, recent American history, and African American history.