Faculty List

Madeline Y. Hsu

Director, Associate Professor

myhsu@mail.utexas.edu  |  475-7850  |  GAR 3.222

Education   

Ph.D., Yale University, 1996

Interests

  Migration, Transnationalism and Diaspora, Chinese Overseas, and Ethnic Studies.

Shanti Kumar

Associate Professor

shantikumar@mail.utexas.edu  |  232-3498  |  WWH 404

Education   

Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomington

Robert M Oppenheim

Assistant Professor

rmo@mail.utexas.edu  |  (512) 471-7279  |  WCH 5.134

Education   

Ph.D., University of Chicago

América Rodríguez

Associate Professor

arodriguez@mail.utexas.edu  |  512.471.6645  |  CMA 6.118

Education   

Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Sharmila Rudrappa

Associate Professor

rudrappa@mail.la.utexas.edu  |  232-6310  |  BUR 574

Education   

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Interests

  Comparative Race and Ethnicity, Feminist Theory, Labor, Immigration, and Citizenship.

Lok Siu

Associate Professor

lok.siu@mail.utexas.edu  |  512.232.3832  |  EPS 2.202

Education   

Ph.D., Stanford University

Interests

  Migration, diaspora, transnationalism, cultural citizenship, race and gender, Chinese diaspora, Central America and Panama, Asians in the Americas.

Julia H. Lee

Assistant Professor

jxlee@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-6095  |  CAL 315

Education   

Ph.D., 2005, University of California, Los Angeles

Interests

  Asian American Literature; African American Literature; and Twentieth-century American Literature

Nhi T. Lieu

Assistant Professor

nlieu@mail.utexas.edu  |  232-2792  |  BUR 444

Education   

Ph.D., American Culture, 2004, University of Michigan

Interests

  Cultural Studies and Media Representations, 20th century U.S. Immigration, Social Theories on Popular Amusements, Transnationalism, Cultural Politics, and Comparative Beauty Cultures.

Madhavi Mallapragada

Assistant Professor

madhavim@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-9239  |  CMA 6.172

Education   

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Naomi Paik

Assistant Professor

anpaik@illinois.edu

Education   

Ph.D., American Studies, 2009, Yale University

Eric Tang

Visiting Assistant Professor

erictang@mail.utexas.edu  |  DCE 215

Kenyatta Y. Dawson

Lecturer

kydawson@mail.utexas.edu  |  232-9468  |  GRG 220

Education   

M.A., Texas State University

Interests

  Multicultural Counseling; Service-Learning; Comparative Education; Applied Learning Theory

Jeanette M. Herman

Assistant Dean-Academic Initiatives for the School of Undergraduate Studies, Lecturer

hermanjm@mail.utexas.edu  |  471-3948  |  FAC 22

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin

Interests

  Literature from South Asia and the Diaspora, Gender Studies, Colonial and Postcolonial Studies

Anju N. Reejhsinghani

Lecturer

anju@mail.utexas.edu  |  232-6427  |  GRG 220

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, 2009

Interests

  Sports and Cultural History; Spanish and English Caribbean; Asian Diaspora in the U.S. and Latin America; Colonial and Modern India

Angela Ahlgren

Assistant Instructor

akahlgren@gmail.com

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, Present

Mohan Ambikaipaker

Assistant Instructor

mohan_a@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, Present

Rebecca D'Orsogna

Assistant Instructor

rdorsogna@gmail.com

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, Present

Irene Garza

Assistant Instructor

irene.garza@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, Present

Melanie Haupt

Assistant Instructor

mkhaupt@mail.utexas.edu

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, Present

Linda Ho Peche

Assistant Instructor

litto@mail.utexas.edu  |  512-567-3906

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, Present

Interests

  Popular Religion; Migration/Diaspora/Transnationalism; Politics of Representation; Museum studies

Curran Nault

Assistant Instructor

curran@shampoopoetry.com  |  GRG 220

Education   

Ph.D., University of Texas - Austin, Present

Interests

  Independent and experimental media; Asian American cinema; punk aesthetics and practices; discourses of the body; and theories of feminism, sexuality and race.