Faculty Expertise

feminist approaches to politics and television, genre studies, genre studies of conspiracy and captivity, myth and narrative in popular and political culture, mythic and narrative construction of alternative belief systems, rhetorical theory and criticism, television genres

decolonial feminisms, feminist and queer theory, history of political thought, intersectionality, Lesbian political theory and second wave feminism, politics of the family and sexuality

audiovisual art, digital and electronic music, experimental film, experimental music, feminist science and technology studies, media histories, media studies, sound art, sound studies, video art

community economies, diverse livelihood practice, ecological politics, economic anthropology, economic geography, feminist political economy, Marxian political economy, new materialist & actor network theory, political economy, political theory, post-capitalist community & economic development, poststructuralist political theory, regional community & economic development, regional development & environmental politics in Maine

ancient Greek and Roman culture, Ancient slavery, ancient street culture, ancient theories of disgust, cultural studies, feminist theory, gender, history, memory studies, Roman comedy and theater, Roman invective, Roman satire, urban theory, women and gender studies

empirical philosophy, feminist philosophy, implicit associations, inclusion, moral philosophy, moral psychology, moral theory

desire, dispositional properties, epistemology, fashion and feminism, feminist philosophy, introspective knowledge, metaphysics, motivation, objectification, response-dependence, semantics of gendered slurs

18th-century studies, access, anti-racism, culture- and theory-making in unexalted contexts, feminist/queer/trans sports and movement studies, gender, pleasures, politics and practices of teaching, queer, resources, sexualities, sexuality and migration studies, sexuality studies, sports studies, trans, trans and queer studies, visual and popular culture studies, writing

autoethnography, composition, feminist writing theory, memoir, peer education, social justice pedagogy, writing across the curriculum, writing assessment and curriculum design, writing centers, Writing Pedagogy

19th century French literature, critical theory, cultural studies, Franco-American culture and identity, Franco-American history and literature, French feminist theory, French women writers of the 19th century, literature, literature as history, narrative, post-structuralist theory, race and ethnicity, representations of political and social change, women and gender studies