Interdisciplinary Studies
Head: Christine M. Doran
Secretary: Sandra G. Larock
TEL: (315) 267-2206 103A Morey Hall
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Peter J AndersonAdjunct Instructor Interdisciplinary Studies |
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John D. YoungbloodAssociate Professor Interdisciplinary Studies, English & Communication
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Gaylynn J. WelchLecturer History, Interdisciplinary Studies
Gaylynn J. WelchLecturerSatterlee Hall 323welchgj@potsdam.edu View CV I received my master's degree from the University of Nebraska at Kearney in 1998, and in 2001 I moved east to continue my graduate work at Binghamton University. Beginning in the summer of 2003, I have enjoyed teaching U.S. survey and New York State history courses at SUNY Potsdam. My main area of interest is U.S. women's history. While working on my master's degree, I discovered that Nebraska had an interesting and active suffrage movement, and devoted my thesis to the topic. As my dissertation title "The Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States: National and Local Perspectives, 1870-1890" suggests, the scope of my current project is much broader. I use local and state suffrage movements, including the Nebraska campaign of 1882, to compare two rival "national" organizations: the American Woman Suffrage Association and the National Woman Suffrage Association. When I am not teaching or writing, I enjoy spending time with friends. More Info |
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Jessica E RogersAssistant Professor Environmental Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies
Jessica E RogersAssistant ProfessorSatterlee Hall 307Arogersje@potsdam.edu http://drjessicarogers.weebly.com/ More Info |
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Susan S. NovakAssociate Professor English & Communication, Interdisciplinary Studies
Susan S. NovakAssociate ProfessorMorey Hall 246novakss@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-3257 FAX: (315) 267-3256 View CVMore Info |
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Derek C. MausProfessor English & Communication, Interdisciplinary Studies
Derek C. MausProfessorMorey Hall 244mausdc@potsdam.edu View CV Who me? A description?!? Yeah, well...I guess you could say at root I'm just a guy who likes comparing things, especially if those things happen to be literary in some way. I got my start back in the early 1990s, comparing medieval history and postmodern literature under the tutelage of amazing professors like Lynda Coon, William Tucker, Keith Booker, Margaret Bolsterli, and Janet Tucker at the University of Arkansas. Got my introduction to the practice of comparing Russian and American literature there as well and ended up writing an undergraduate honors thesis that, with many twists and turns, additions and cuts, elaborations and simplifications, ended up turning into both my doctoral dissertation and my first book (see below). After a few years (unintentionally) comparing being in academia with not being in academia, I went to the University of North Carolina, where I got both my M.A. and my Ph.D in English, in the process getting the chance to work with such amazing mentors as Linda Wagner-Martin, Madeline Levine, Christopher Putney, Julius Rowan "Jack" Raper, and many others. My mania for comparison broadened to include not only cross-cultural comparisons of Russian and American literature during the Cold War, but also inter- and intra-cultural comparisons within American (and especially African American) literature. I published my first scholarly articles while at UNC, on such diverse topics as devilish figures in the works of Nathaniel Hawthorne and Nikolai Gogol, paternalistic colonialism in novels by Thomas Pynchon and J. M. Coetzee, religious satire in works by Nikolai Gogol and Flannery O'Connor, as well as editing several collections of essays for introductory-level scholars on topics including Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Albert Camus, Russia, postmodernism, and the Cold War. I was fortunate to land a job at SUNY Potsdam in 2001 and started teaching a wide range of courses in September of that year. In ten years at SUNY Potsdam, I've taught over seventy sections of thirty-two different courses, ranging from introductory-level composition and literature surveys to graduate-level seminars. Most of my courses look at how writers from a variety of backgrounds approach similar topics, looking for how and why a careful reader can gain insight from noting both the similarities and the differences among such writers. A full list of the courses I've taught can be found by clicking the link for my CV above. While at SUNY Potsdam, I've managed to find time to continue my scholarly work as well, producing several articles and conference presentations, almost all of which are products of my desire to compare things. For example, I published an article on teaching war fiction by Tim O'Brien and Duong Thu Huong side-by-side and I gave a conference presentation comparing the satirical techniques of Herman Melville and Nikolai Gogol. I also had the pleasure of working with my friend and colleague Owen Brady of Clarkson University in co-editing a collection of scholarly essays on Walter Mosley (http://www.upress.state.ms.us/books/1150) that was published by the University Press of Mississippi in 2008. My own book on Russian and American satirical fiction during the Cold War (http://www.sc.edu/uscpress/books/2011/3985.html) was published by the University of South Carolina Press in 2011. I am currently working on two book-length projects: a collection of scholarly essays on contemporary African American satire that I am co-editing with my colleague James J. Donahue, and a monograph on Colson Whitehead for the University of South Carolina Press's Understanding Contemporary American Literature series. Finally, I was fortunate enough to be selected for a Fulbright Lecturing Award for the spring 2010 semester, during which I taught three courses in the American Studies program at Karl-Franzens Universitaet in Graz, Austria. In addition to getting to compare the cultures of Austria and the United States while on this grant, I also got to give lectures to academic audiences in Turkey, Croatia, Italy, and Germany, as well as to (re)visit Switzerland, Belgium, Hungary, Slovenia, and the Czech Republic. In short, it was a dream come true for an ardent comparer like me and I am grateful to everyone that made it possible. More Info |
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Sergio D LopezAssistant Professor Modern Languages, Interdisciplinary Studies
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Linghong (Lily) LiChair/Associate Professor Physics, Interdisciplinary Studies
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Sandra G. LarockDepartment Secretary Interdisciplinary Studies, Women's and Gender Studies Program, Computer Science, College Writing CenterSandra G. LarockDepartment SecretaryMorey Hall 103Alarocksg@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2206 FAX: (315) 267-2797 More Info |
larocksg@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2206 FAX: (315) 267-2797 |
Matthew J LaVineAssistant Professor Environmental Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies
Matthew J LaVineAssistant ProfessorDunn Hall 309;Satterlee Hall 317-3lavinemj@potsdam.edu More Info |
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Julie E HunterAssociate Professor: Ethnomusicology Interdisciplinary Studies, Crane School of Music
Julie E HunterAssociate Professor: EthnomusicologyBishop Hall C317hunterje@potsdam.edu Julie Hunter is an Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology specializing in African music. She has a secondary appointment in the Department of Anthropology, and teaches courses in the Africana and Women's and Gender Studies programs. She also directs the Crane West African Drum and Dance Ensemble. She joined the faculty at the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam in fall 2012, after receiving her Ph.D. and M.A. in ethnomusicology from Brown University, and B.M. with High Honors in Music History and Literature from Vanderbilt University. Her research interests include the music of Africa, Ewe music, Ghanaian dance-drumming, music and gender, highlife, musics of the African diaspora, Afropop, performance studies, music pedagogy, and applied ethnomusicology. Hunter's dissertation research, under the direction of Jeff Todd Titon, explored the rise of women's drumming in West Africa through the lens of Ewe female drummers, dancers, singers, and composers, and their unique expressions of gender and musical innovations within music associations, or habobo. During her graduate studies, she organized an African Music Festival at Brown, and edited an extensive digital collection of African field recordings by James Koetting, which highlights Kasena music and culture of Northern Ghana. Hunter has received funding for her research from SUNY Potsdam, the West African Research Association (WARA), Brown University, and the U.S. Department of Education (Foreign Language and Area Studies Fellowship).
At SUNY Potsdam, Julie Hunter teaches music and liberal arts majors in a range of courses, supervises undergraduate ethnomusicology projects, organizes global music events, leads African music workshops, and serves on numerous committees. She is also the faculty advisor to the Potsdam Okuma Taiko ensemble. Courses taught include Global Popular Music and Urban Cultures, Music of Africa, World Music Cultures, Gender and Music in Cross-Cultural Perspective, Music, Culture, and Politics in West Africa, Introduction to Ethnomusicology, West African Drum and Dance Ensemble, and Music History III: Music Since 1900. Previously, she taught at Brown University (Teaching Assistant), Bryant University and Boston College before coming to Crane.
She has studied West African performance from Martin Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng, Manavi Deku, Daniel Atiso, Stephen Atiso, and Kwame Ahime with a primary focus on Ewe, Akan, and Ga traditions of southern Ghana. Hunter has been an active member of the Society for Ethnomusicology (SEM) since 2000, among other professional affiliations, and from 2002-2005 served as student representative on the SEM Council. She has presented at regional and national conferences. More Info |
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Bryan M HudakAdjunct Instructor English & Communication, Modern Languages, Interdisciplinary Studies
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Jessica R HeffnerInstructor English & Communication, Interdisciplinary Studies |
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Libbie J. FreedAssociate Professor History, Interdisciplinary Studies
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Christine M. DoranAssociate Professor / Director, Women's and Gender Studies / Chair, Interdisciplinary Studies English & Communication, Interdisciplinary Studies, Women's and Gender Studies Program
Christine M. DoranAssociate Professor / Director, Women's and Gender Studies / Chair, Interdisciplinary StudiesMorey Hall 104B/233dorancm@potsdam.edu View CV More Info |
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James J. DonahueAssociate Professor; Director of Graduate Studies English & Communication, Interdisciplinary StudiesJames J. DonahueAssociate Professor; Director of Graduate StudiesMorey Hall 130donahujj@potsdam.edu View CV James J. Donahue is primarily interested in exploring the complex literary and cultural tensions of twentieth century America. In particular, he is endlessly fascinated with the Beat Movement, Modernism/Postmodernism, Historical Fiction, and Native American fiction. He also collects books by British sci-fi/fantasy author Michael Moorcock, and has been told on more than one occasion that he reads more Ezra Pound than is healthy. More Info |
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Robin L. CollenProfessor, Theatre & Dance / Associate Dean of Arts & Sciences Theatre and Dance, School of Arts & Sciences, Interdisciplinary Studies
Robin L. CollenProfessor, Theatre & Dance / Associate Dean of Arts & SciencesPerforming Arts Center 222;Dunn Hall 103collenrl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2234 / 2230 FAX: (315) 267-3140 Education: BA/MS, Dance, University of Oregon PhD, Dance, Texas Woman's University CMA (Certification in Laban Movement Analysis), Laban/Bartenieff Institute for Movement Studies. Dr. Collen began teaching at SUNY Potsdam in 1998. She teaches courses in Laban Movement Analysis, Modern Dance, Ballet, Dance History/Appreciation, Pilates, Improvisation, Pedagogy, and Composition. At SUNY Potsdam her choreography has included contemporary works, musical theatre--including Cabaret and Ragtime--and operas--The Sailor-Boy and the Falcon, Orpheus in the Underworld, Venus and Adonis, and Dido and Aeneas. Dr. Collen is affiliated with National Dance Education Association, Congress on Research in Dance, Society of Dance History Scholars, Laban/Bartenieff Institute of Movement Studies, and Motus Humanus. She serves on the editorial board for the Journal of Dance Education. She is also a member of the New York State DanceForce, a consortium of dance activists committed to increasing the quantity and quality of dance activity throughout New York State. Dr. Collen is the recipient of the 2011 SUNY Potsdam President's Award for Excellence in College Service. More Info |
collenrl@potsdam.edu TEL: (315) 267-2234 / 2230 FAX: (315) 267-3140 |
Kelly K. BonnarAssociate Professor Associated Colleges, Public Health & Human Performance, Interdisciplinary Studies
Kelly K. BonnarAssociate ProfessorVan Housen Extension S287;Dunn Hall 100Abonnarkk@potsdam.edu More Info |
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Trevor J. BlankAssociate Professor English & Communication, Interdisciplinary Studies
Trevor J. BlankAssociate ProfessorMorey Hall 119blanktj@potsdam.edu View CV Folklorist Trevor J. Blank's teaching and research centers on the study of folk and popular culture, humor, mass media, and the digital humanities. He is the author or editor of nine books, including Folklore and the Internet, Folk Culture in the Digital Age, and The Last Laugh: Folk Humor, Celebrity Culture, and Mass-Mediated Disasters in the Digital Age. His most recent research project, Slender Man Is Coming, examines the narrative genre of "creepypasta," the popularization of the Slender Man character and Mythos, as well as the formation and transmission of legends on the Internet. Follow him on Twitter @trevorjblank. More Info |