Department of Communication and Culture

Program Faculty

Parminder Bhachu, Ph.D.
Urban anthropology, immigration, diaspora cultures, nationalism, cultural identities and global processes, new capitalism and markets
Tel: 1-508-793-7599
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Marcia Butzel, Ph.D.
International cinema, film criticism and theory, relationships between film and the other arts
Tel: 1-508-793-7235
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Betsy P. Huang, Ph.D.
Ethnic and racial identities in twentieth-century American literature; science fiction
Tel: 508-793-7145
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Fern Johnson, Ph.D.
Sociolinguistics, with a special emphasis on gender, race, and ethnicity in discourse
Tel: 1-508-793-7142
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Benjamin Korstvedt, Ph.D.
Music history and criticism, music and culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the music of Anton Bruckner
Tel: 1-508-793-7369
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Matthew Malsky, Ph.D.
Program Director for Music; Composition, computer music
Tel: 1-508-793-7377
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Sarah Michaels, Ph.D.
Relationships among language, discourse, culture, and schooling; discourse analysis relating to classroom life and learning; teacher research
Tel: 1-508-793-7222
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Rhys Townsend, Ph.D.
Classical art and archaeology, especially Greek architecture; material culture
Tel: 1-508-793-7689
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Jaan Valsiner, Ph.D.
Cultural psychology, history of ideas
Tel: 1-508-793-8862
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Kristina Wilson, Ph.D.
Program Director for Art History; Nineteenth and twentieth century painting, modern design and architecture, and the history of photography
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Part-Time Faculty

Kirk Jalbert, M.F.A.
Photography, Gallery Director
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D. L. Stephenson, Ph.D.