American Studies Faculty and Staff Kenneth Aslakson Job Title Associate Professor of History American Studies Program Director Lippman Hall 106 Phone (518) 388-8794 aslaksok@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: History, Africana Studies, American Studies B.A., Southwestern University; J.D., Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin David A. Cotter Job Title Professor of Sociology Acting Chair of the Sociology Department Director of Faculty Development Lippman Hall 225 Phone (518) 388-6457 cotterd@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies, Academic Affairs B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Ph.D., University of Maryland Lorraine Morales Cox Job Title Associate Professor of Visual Arts Chair of the Visual Arts Department Visual Arts Center 310 Phone (518) 388-8038 coxl@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Visual Arts, Africana Studies, American Studies, LACS B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Andrew Feffer Job Title Professor of History Co-Director of Film Studies 36 Union Avenue 103 Phone (518) 388-6787 feffera@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: History, American Studies, Film Studies B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania Andrea R. Foroughi Job Title Associate Professor of History Chair of the History Department Lippman Hall 116 Phone (518) 388-7109 forougha@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: History, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies B.A., Santa Clara University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota Melinda A. Goldner Job Title Professor of Sociology Chair of the Department of Sociology Lippman Hall 217 Phone (518) 388-6725/6292 goldnerm@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, SMTC B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Washington State University; Ph.D., Ohio State University Bradley Hays Job Title Chair of the Political Science Department Associate Professor Lippman Hall 203 Phone 518 (388)-6227 haysb@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies B.S., Northeastern University; Ph.D., University of Maryland Deidre Hill Butler Job Title Associate Professor of Sociology Lippman Hall 206 Phone (518) 388-8070 butlerd@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, Africana Studies, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, Campus Diversity & Inclusion B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Clark University Bradley Lewis Job Title Professor of Economics Lippman Hall 220 Phone (518) 388-6089 lewisb@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Economics, American Studies, Asian Studies B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago Tom Lobe Job Title Senior Lecturer Lippman Hall 111 Phone (518) 388-8740 lobet@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies B.A., Earlham College; M.A., London School of Economics; Ph.D., University of Michigan Katherine Lynes Job Title Associate Professor of English Karp Hall 202 Phone (518) 388-8768 lynesk@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: English, Africana Studies, American Studies, ESPE B.A., Biology, Lewis & Clark College; B.A., English, Portland State University; M.A., Portland State University; Ph.D., Rutgers University Lori Jo Marso Job Title Doris Zemurray Stone Professor of Modern Literary and Historical Studies Professor of Political Science Africana Studies Program Director Lippman Hall 115 Phone (518) 388-6626 marsol@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, Africana Studies, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies B.S., University of South Dakota; M.S., London School of Economics; Ph.D., New York University Jillmarie Murphy Job Title Professor of English Director of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies Karp Hall 104 Phone (518) 388-8796 murphyj@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: English, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, American Studies, ESPE, SMTC B.A., College of Saint Rose; M.A., College of Saint Rose; Ph.D., University at Albany, State University of New York Timothy Olsen Job Title Professor of Music Director of Jazz Ensemble Taylor Music Center 204 Phone (518) 388-6563 olsent@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Music, Africana Studies, American Studies, LACS, WMC B.M., Washington University; D.M.A., M.M., Yale University; M.A., University of Minnesota Zoe Oxley Job Title Professor of Political Science Lippman Hall 226 Phone (518) 388-6719 oxleyz@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Political Science, American Studies, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies A.B., Bowdoin College; M.A., Ph.D., Ohio State University Robert Samet Job Title Associate Professor of Anthropology Lamont House 306 Phone (518) 388-6299 sametr@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Anthropology, American Studies, LACS B.A., Duke University; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Stanford University Jordan Smith Job Title Edward Everett Hale Jr., Professor of English Karp Hall 205 Phone (518) 388-6573 smithj@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: English, American Studies B.A., Empire State College; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.F.A., The University of Iowa Timothy P. Stablein Job Title Associate Professor of Sociology Lippman Hall 216 Phone (518) 388-6712 stableit@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Sociology, American Studies B.S., Bridgewater State College; M.A., University of Massachusetts Boston; Ph.D., University of Connecticut Bunkong Tuon Job Title Associate Professor of English Karp Hall 216 Phone (518) 388-6044 tuonb@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: English, American Studies, Asian Studies B.A., California State University at Long Beach; M.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst Dan Venning Job Title Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance Henle Dance Pavilion 202 Phone (518) 388-7035 venningd@union.edu DEPARTMENT/PROGRAM: Theater & Dance, English, Gender, Sexuality & Women's Studies, American Studies Areas of expertise: Theater history, dramatic literature, theater criticism, Shakespearean performance, musical theater, theater and nation building. 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