history of French empire in the early modern period

Africana Studies, colonialism and postcolonialism

cultural anthropology, Brazil, political culture, and theories of discourse

causes of human rights violations and how those violations threaten human wellbeing, the nation-state, and international peace

the intersection of the history of biology, environmental history, and cultural history, particularly in the American context

information-seeking and political behavior

literary and theoretical approaches to the Bible

human rights, race/racism/racialization/racial identity, epistemology and knowledge, and various critical sociologies

political criticism, the materiality of intellectual production, and the transforming effects of new media on politics and political thought

gendered spaces and knowledges, everyday life in nature/society relations, participatory research methodologies, kitchens and gardens, and women's reciprocity networks

public history methods, oral history, 20th century United States with a focus on social movements and religion

philosophy, rhetoric, and scientific and technical communication

social and political theory, international relations theory, critical geopolitics, media and popular culture

formation of “state” and “terrorist” identities within various official and popular discourses

the influences of popular concepts of progress on what counts as engineers and engineering knowledge in different countries.

European and world history, Russian history, women's history, historical and area studies methods

cultural studies, African American folklore, performance studies, and Appalachian Studies

sex and power in post-Franco Spain, the power of the eye/I: contemporary spanish film and fiction, and cultural and literary studies of modern Spain

science studies, feminist critiques of science, postmodern social theory and moral social theory

intersection of religion and violence

philosophical pragmatism

racial and transnational dimension of feminist theory and politics; the intersections of race, class, gender and post-colonial studies within the African diaspora and transnational Latina contexts; and anti-racist feminist education and pedagogy within the U.S. academy.

Postwar Europe (esp. Germany), television/media studies/visual culture, the Cold War

sexed embodiment, feminist and gender theory, and cultural studies of medicine

history of cross-cultural psychiatry in the 20th century, with particular emphasis its development in Nigeria

political economy of development and environment, local governance and informal institutions, and how emerging international environmental and development norms articulate with local livelihoods and practices

U.S. executive institutions, organization theory and institutional design and dynamics, and social science methodologies

constructions/subversions of gender throughout French literary history; narratives of nationalism, gender and violence; feminist and literary theory; the city of Paris; questions of identity and power related to language and Cross-cultural differences in corporate cultures.

history of psychology and psychiatry; the history of children and youth

legislative and judicial politics, public opinion, political parties, and elections

community arts, dramatic literature, dance and movement, women's studies

global gender issues and international marriage migration; gender relations in immigrant families; gender, race and citizenship; global feminist theories; feminist qualitative methods

media violence, religious elements of popular culture, social inequality, and violent crime

Ancient Greek culture, the history of political thought from Socrates to Hobbes and Marx, philosophy and literature, moral philosophy, metaphysics, and 20th Century analytic philosophy

medieval and early modern political theory, comparative political theory, religion and politics

nineteenth-century French public health and medicine

political obligations, electoral ethics and collective action problems

modern and contemporary democratic theory, American political thought, political responsibility, food politics, Marxism, political communication.

ensemble processes, collaborative creation of new work, and creative community partnerships

gender equality and democratization in Latin America

museums, memorials, and monuments as examples of cultural discourse and political rhetoric at work in the development of the economy and society

contemporary environmentalism, cultural theory, the intersections of science and culture, and mountaineering

moral and political philosophy, contemporary issues in moral and political philosophy, moral pluralism, global justice

history of social movements and the connections between gender and political activism/protest

constitutional law and politics in the United States, constitutional and political development, political theory, judicial politics, and comparative constitutional studies

culture, media, race, gender, feminisms, nationalism and globalization

international relations theory and political theory, international law and organization, and international political economy

animal studies, environmental history and cultural history, particularly in the Russian / Eurasian context

formation of religion and the secular in but not restricted to East Asia; modern and contemporary world literature; theories of sex, gender, and sexuality

governing and contemporary ascetics in cultural production, North American critical theory since the postmodern turn, and the governing practices of philanthropy and non-profit organizations

rationality theory, contemporary virtue theory (in both ethics and epistemology), and American pragmatism

naturalism, theories of science

the impact of the technological infrastructure of science on scientific change

language, agency and politics, democratic theory, and individual and corporate personhood in law and politics

the introduction of Western categories in Africa not only as representatives of Western cultural imperatives, but as transformative agents capable of suppressing or neutralizing indigenous knowledges and practices

the ways that people construct identities, particularly in high stakes narratives; feminist research methodologies; genre theory; literacy studies; and writing

Cinema History, Critical Theory, The Culture Industry, Dramaturgy

language and political economy, language and race, and the anthropology of language as a general field of study

vulnerability and resiliency in the daily lives of older adults, older women in particular

disasters and the American state

study of culture production and consumption, as well as violence and crime control within communities

interrelationships between music, film, and social values in Appalachia, Hong Kong, and the Western world in general

Appalachian studies and critical regionalism, reception studies of popular culture, critical whiteness studies, and social and cultural history

modern Jewish thought and history, medieval Jewish thought, religion and literature, Hebrew Bible, philosophical hermeneutics, and German-Jewish history

cultural history of southern India during British colonial rule

medieval and modern Islamic thought, political Islam, Muslim-Christian relations

strategy, international business, economics, finance and organizational theory

gender, law, society, and colonialism in Africa

Ancient political theory (esp Plato and Aristotle) and contemporary political thought, including normative theories of global governance, theories of political judgment, feminist theory and Frankfurt school cultural criticism

other tradition/tradition of otherness, weirdness

gender, labor and globalization; race, citizenship and immigration; and movements for social justice in the U.S. South

youth culture, consumption, and popular culture in Europe since 1945

community change processes, nonprofit and nongovernmental organization governance, international humanitarian relief and disaster risk reduction and environmental justice

international relations theory, international political theory, security studies, and the European Union's enlargement and foreign relations

the meeting and mixing of ethnic and cultural groups within the British and French empires between 1600 and 1850

sociocultural aspects of teacher education, multicultural education, and service-learning in immigrant communities

American geopolitical discourse and the social, cultural and ethical dimensions of global security challenges

microcelebrity, digital identity, new and emerging media, politainment, political fiction and memoir, electronic literature, and 20th-21st century contemporary American poetry

the U.S. South, the history of racial identity in America, and the history of American higher education

the sociology of music and the sociology of death

psychoanalysis, globalization, contemporary marxism, gender, ethnicity, and visual culture

international relations theory and political theory, international law and organization, and international political economy

international monitoring regimes, global accountabilities, the International Labor Organization (ILO), and core international labor standards

critical political and international relations theory, as well as international organization, security, peacekeeping and democratization

technology and aesthetics, utopia, the commons, and science fiction