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 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., 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 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 Assistant 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. Ph.D., City University of New York; M. 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