Affiliated Faculty

Sammy Basu

Associate Professor of Politics
Teaches courses in political philosophy and ethics and public policy. His research interests include democratic theory, discourse theory, pedagogy, humor, death, and justice. Race, gender and other categories and issues of identity recur in his courses and figure prominently in Topics in Political Theory: Death in America.

Ray Black

Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Nathaniel I. Cordova

Assistant Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies
Teaches courses in Contemporary Rhetorical Theory, Latino Discourse, Rhetoric of Religion, and Race, Ethnicity and the Public Sphere. His primary areas of research revolve around issues of political subjectivity, public memory, public moral argument, and Puerto Rican political identity. His interest and commitment to American Ethnic Studies stems from his professional work in social services serving traditionally underrepresented communities, his own experiences of cultural hybridity, and his commitment to social justice.

Seth Cotlar

Assistant Professor of History
Teaches courses in American History. His primary areas of research include the history of American radicalism and the evolution of democratic thought in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. He is committed to Ethnic Studies because he believes that it is impossible to understand American history without a solid grasp of the ways in which race and ethnicity have structured American social, cultural, and political life.

Robert C. Dash

Professor of Politics
Teaches courses in Latin America, Third World, Latino politics, and globalization. His research interests include Latinos in Oregon and Latin American politics and literature.

Rebecca Dobkins

Associate Professor of Anthropology and Curator at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art
Teaches courses in Native American Studies, Museum Studies, Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights, and Art, Culture, and Power. Her research deals primarily with traditional and contemporary arts by Native American artists, and she is interested in how those artists express complex issues of identity, change, and renewal in their work. As a cultural anthropologist, she is committed to Ethnic Studies because she believes the field offers a foundation for understanding and transforming American society.

Emily Drew

Assistant Professor of Sociology
Teaches courses in Race & Ethnic Relations, Urban Sociology, Mass Media, and Social Change. Her primary areas of research include racism in the media, white racial identity, housing policy, tourism, and institutional change. She is committed to Ethnic Studies because she believes this field provides an academic foundation and “home” for those wishing to work for racial justice in society.

Ellen Eisenberg

Dwight & Margaret Lear Professor of American History
Teaches courses in post-Civil War American history including Social History, Immigration History, African American History, and Reconstruction. Her primary areas of research include American Jewish history and ethnic/race relations in the American West. She is committed to Ethnic Studies because she sees race and ethnicity as central themes in American history, and believes that history provides an essential foundation for exploring contemporary racial and ethnic identities, issues and relations.

Steve Hey

Professor of Sociology
Teaches courses about race and Chicago. He is the fonder of the popular Chicago Experience.

Jong Bum Kwon

Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Frann Michel

Associate Professor of English

Pamela Moro

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Sudarat Musikawong

Lausanne Graduate Fellow- Sociology

Vaughn Rasberry

Lausanne Graduate Fellow- English

Charlie Wallace

Chaplain and Associate Professor of Religious Studies