Tanja Aho
Professorial Lecturer
CAS - Critical RGC Studies
Dr Tanja Aho is a Professorial Lecturer in American Studies, where Dr Aho teaches classes focused on disability and madness, settler colonialism and racial capitalism, and gender and sexuality. Dr Aho…
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Marcy Campos
Director, Center for Community Engagement & Service
Ctr for Community Engagement and Svc
Marcy Fink Campos joined AU’s Center for Community Engagement & Service in 2004. As Director, she oversees all office programs and serves as the liaison to the Office of Campus Life, Academic Affairs,…
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(202) 885-1551
Donald Collins
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
Donald Earl Collins is a freelance writer and historian who has written on the topics of multiculturalism, education reform, race, and the history of African American and American identity for more th…
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Anthony Gualtieri
Adjunct Professorial Lecturer
As a public anthropologist working in the District of Columbia, I research creative economic development, placemaking, public policy, and inequality.
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Jason Ottley
Adjunct Instructor
Provost, Office of the
Dr. Jason Ottley (he/him/his) serves as an Assistant Director of First Year Advising at American University. Prior to this position, Jason was a Visiting Assistant Professor at California University o…
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Theresa Runstedtler
Associate Professor
CAS - History
Theresa Runstedtler is a scholar of African American history whose research examines black popular culture, with a particular focus on the intersection of race, masculinity, labor, and sport. She is …
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(202) 885-6991
Hye Young Shin
Professorial Lecturer
CAS - World Languages and Cultures
Dr. Shin received her Ph.D. in Multilingual and Multicultural Education from George Mason University and Master’s degree in TESOL from American University. As a native Korean, she has taught both heri…
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(202) 885-1513
Alison Thomas
Hurst Sr Professorial Lecturer
CAS - Literature
Alison Thomas has taught at AU since 2005, and has offered courses in the Department of Literature and in the American Studies Program.
Her research focuses on information literacy and the teaching o…
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(202) 885-8945
David Vazquez
Associate Professor
CAS - Literature
David J. Vázquez is Associate Professor of Literature and Critical Race, Gender, and Culture Studies. He teaches courses on comparative Latina/o/x literature, comparative ethnic American literature, c…
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Katharina Vester
Associate Professor
CAS - History
Katharina Vester is Associate Professor of History & American Studies at American University in Washington, D.C. She specializes in cultural theory, transnational studies, and the dynamics of power in…
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(202) 885-2409
Li (Lily) Wong
Associate Professor
CAS - Literature
Lily Wong is an Associate Professor in the departments of Literature (LIT) and Critical Race Gender and Culture Studies (CRGC) at American University. Her research focuses on the politics of affect/em…
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(202) 885-2987