American Studies Faculty

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Ric Sheffield, Director

Professor of Sociology & Legal Studies

Distinguished Professor in Diversity and Inclusion

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P: (740) 427-5852

E: sheffier@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
Ralston House 104

Sylvie Coulibaly

Associate Professor of History

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P: (740) 427-5624

E: coulibalys@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
Seitz House 01

Areas of Expertise

African American intellectual tradition; immigration, border studies and transnationalism; Atlantic history.

Melissa Dabakis

Professor Emerita of Art History

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P: (740) 427-5345

E: dabakis@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
Gund Gallery 115

Areas of Expertise

American and modern European art history.

Juan De Pascuale

Associate Professor of Philosophy

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P: (740) 427-5284

E: depascualej@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
Ascension Hall 122

Areas of Expertise

Existentialism and phenomenology, Zen Buddhism, philosophy of art and philosophy of religion, Nietzsche, Kierkegaard and Heidegger.

Ennis Edmonds

Donald L. Rogan Professor of Religious Studies

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P: (740) 427-5726

E: edmondse@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
O'Connor House 204

Areas of Expertise

African diaspora religions, religion in America, sociology of religion and Caribbean society and culture.

Francis Gourrier

Assistant Professor of American Studies and History

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P: (740) 427-5772

E: gourrierf@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
Seitz House 06

Areas of Expertise

African American; women and gender; modern U.S. history (1845-present).

Glenn McNair

Professor of History

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P: (740) 427-5325

E: mcnairg@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
O'Connor House 205

Areas of Expertise

Civil rights, slavery and Southern history, criminal justice history, African American political and intellectual culture, dynamics of American identity formation.

Austin Porter

Assistant Professor of Art History and American Studies

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P: (740) 427-5426

E: portera@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
Gund Gallery 112

Areas of Expertise

American Art and Visual Culture, Art and Government, Modern and Contemporary Art

Gregory Spaid

Professor of Art

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P: (740) 427-5976

E: spaidg@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
Horvitz 208

Areas of Expertise

Photography, mixed media, drawing, art education.

Jonathan Tazewell

Thomas S. Turgeon Professor of Drama

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P: (740) 427-5538

E: tazewellj@kenyon.edu


Campus Address
Hill Theater 201

Areas of Expertise

Film/video production and history, African American theater.

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