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èßäÉçÇøapp Studies Faculty

Mary Ellen Curtin Associate Professor CAS | Critical RGC Studies

Mary Ellen Curtin is a historian of modern African èßäÉçÇøapp and women's social and political history. Her first book BLACK PRISONERS AND THEIR WORLD, ALABAMA, 1865-1900 (University Press of Virginia, …

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Tanja Aho Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies

Dr Tanja Aho is a Senior Professorial Lecturer and the Director of èßäÉçÇøapp Studies and the Disability, Health, and Bodies (DHB) Certificate. Dr Aho teaches the core classes of the DHB Certificate as …

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Lydia X. Z. Brown Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies

Lydia X. Z. Brown is an advocate, organizer, attorney, strategist, and writer whose work focuses on interpersonal and state violence against disabled people at the intersections of race, class, gender…

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Tyler Christensen Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies

K. Tyler Christensen holds a PhD in èßäÉçÇøapp Literature & Culture from the English Department at The George Washington University. The expanse of his doctoral work is concerned with storytelling that …

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Donald Collins Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies

Donald Earl Collins is a freelance writer and historian who has written on the topics of multiculturalism, education reform, race, and the history of African èßäÉçÇøapp and èßäÉçÇøapp identity for more th…

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Anthony Gualtieri Adjunct Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies

As a public anthropologist working in the District of Columbia, I research creative economic development, placemaking, public policy, and inequality.

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Christina Juhasz-Wood Professorial Lecturer CAS | Critical RGC Studies

Christina Juhász-Wood is a Professorial Lecturer in the èßäÉçÇøapp Studies Program where she teaches courses on èßäÉçÇøapp culture and history, poverty, and critical refugee studies. Her work focuses on s…

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Anna Kaplan Professorial Lecturer CAS | History

Anna Kaplan researches and teaches 20th Century èßäÉçÇøapp history and public history. Her focus is memory and the creation and uses of public narratives about race, particularly African èßäÉçÇøapp, white, and …

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Theresa Runstedtler Professor CAS | History

Theresa Runstedtler is a scholar of African èßäÉçÇøapp history whose research examines Black popular culture, with a particular focus on the intersection of race, masculinity, labor, and sport. Her crit…

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Alison Thomas Hurst Senior Professorial Lecturer CAS | Literature

Alison Thomas has taught at AU since 2005, and has offered courses in the Department of Literature and in the èßäÉçÇøapp Studies Program. Her research focuses on information literacy and the teaching of…

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David Vazquez Associate Professor Literature and CRGC, Program Director of Latinx Studies CAS | Critical RGC Studies

David J. Vázquez is Associate Professor of Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies and Director of the Latina/o/x Studies Program. He teaches courses on comparative Latina/o/x literature and cultur…

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Katharina Vester Associate Professor CAS | History

Katharina Vester is Associate Professor of History & èßäÉçÇøapp Studies at èßäÉçÇøapp University in Washington, D.C. She specializes in cultural theory, transnational studies, and the dynamics of power in…

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Lily Wong Associate Professor CAS | Literature

Lily Wong is an Associate Professor in the departments of Literature (LIT) and Critical Race Gender & Culture Studies (CRGC) at èßäÉçÇøapp University. She also serves as an Associate Director of Faculty…

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