Faculty Expertise

20th century continental philosophy, Davidson, early Heidegger, history of philosophy, intentionality, Kant, Merleau-Ponty, metaphysics, metaphysics of mind, philosophy, philosophy of mind, pragmatism

applied linguistics, critical media literacy, language pedagogy, project-based language teaching, technology and media in language teaching

anthropology, archaeology, climate and culture, climate catastrophies, environmental catastrophies, historical ecology, history, maritime cultures, medieval archaeology, North Atlantic archaeology, Scandinavian and Celtic archaeology and ethnohistory

ceramic facility development and organization, creation of ceramic art works with drawn and painted surfaces for exhibition, exhibition planning and negotiation, glaze chemistry testing and development, ornamentation and pattern, Photoshop, portfolio development, soda firing technology, studio practice, studio practice, studio set up and organization, surface design as applied to three-dimensional objects, two-dimensional design in drawing and painting, visual history of ceramics and decorative Chinese and Japanese arts, visual history of ceramics and decorative Hispano-Moresque arts, visual history of ceramics and decorative Iznik and Greek arts

art and culture, collaboration, contemporary performance practices, dance, performance and live art, performing arts as individual and cultural expression

Chinese and comparative literature, Ming-Qing fiction (1368 to 1911)

African immigrants in Maine, African markets, African studies, community engagement, cultural politics, cultural politics of Hollywood film, culturally informed financial programming, Disney animation, economic anthropology, female chieftaincies, financial literacy, gender studies, human rights, impact of ‘economic development’ programs, Lewiston + Auburn, Nigerian bureaucracies, Ondo history, Ondo Women's War, public anthropology, representations of Africa and Africans in various film industries, restorative justice, sharia compliant banking, Somali Bantu resettlement, Somalis in diaspora, Somalis in Maine, visual anthropology, West African theories of gender, Women's protests, Yoruba culture