Cultural Studies

Cultural studies is both its own unique field and an approach that works across the humanities and social sciences.

You’ll find programs and courses with an emphasis in African American studies, international studies, maritime studies, queer studies, and women’s and gender studies.

Faculty Associated With This Field
Title Expertise
Benson-Quaziena, Marcella Human and organizational systems
Blewett, Lori Communication
Bowcutt, Frederica Botany, ecology, environmental history
Buchman, Andrew Music composition
Crowley, Lin Media and Chinese studies
Diamant, Hirsh Visual arts, Chinese studies, human development
Eamon, Kathleen Aesthetics and philosophy, critical theory, psychoanalysis
Eloheimo, Marja Ethnobotany, Indigenous Studies, Climate Justice
Hardy, Tara
Krotscheck, Ulrike Classics, archaeology
Mellis, Miranda Fiction, nonfiction, and contemporary literature
Ocampo, Catalina Spanish language, Latin American literature
Pittman, Kyle Indigenous Studies, Tribal Governance, History
Russo, Julie Media studies, gender & women's studies, sexuality and queer studies
Saliba, Therese International feminism, Middle East studies, English
Simons, Suzanne poetry and literary arts, community studies/Middle East studies, journalism
Williams, Sarah Feminist Theory, Cultural Studies
Williams, Sean Ethnomusicology
Selected Programs 2022-23
Title Class Standing Credits
"The Good War"? WWII and How It Shaped the Nation
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
8
Adventures in Archaeology
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
8
Antisemitism Revisited: Post-Pandemic Hands-On Learning
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
2
Botany: Plants and People
  • Junior
  • Senior
16
Capstone in Humanities
  • Junior
  • Senior
16
Comparative Literature and World Cinema: Reading Globalectically
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
16
Cultural Arts and Identity
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
2
Forest, Farm, Shellfish Garden: Experiential Learning
  • Freshman
8, 14, 16
Ireland in History and Memory
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
16
Many Israels
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4
Selected Programs 2023-24
Title Class Standing Credits
Advanced Studies in Music and Humanities
  • Junior
  • Senior
4, 16
America to 2025: Expressive Culture, History, and Identity
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
16
Arts and the Child: Early Childhood (A)
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4
Arts and the Child: Early Childhood (B)
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4
Botany: Plants and People
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
16
Chinese - First Year I
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4
Chinese - First Year II
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4
Chinese - First Year III
  • Freshman
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
4
Decolonizing Place Names
  • Sophomore
  • Junior
  • Senior
16
Humanities Capstone: Advanced Work in the Arts and Humanities
  • Senior
16