Graduate Faculty
Erica Scharrer, Professor and Chair, B.A., New York at Geneseo, 1992; M.A., Syracuse, 1995; Ph.D., 1998.
Emily West, Associate Professor and Graduate Program Director, B.A.S., McMaster, Canada, 1997; M.A., Pennsylvania, 2000; Ph.D., 2004
Seyram Avle, Assistant Professor, B.A., Brandeis, 2007; Ph.D., Michigan at Ann Arbor, 2014.
Soo Young Bae, Assistant Professor, B.A & BBA., Korea University, Seoul, 2008; Ph.D, Michigan, 2014.
Benjamin Bailey, Professor, B.A., Brown, 1987; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 1996; Ph.D., 1999.
Burcu Baykurt, Assistant Professor, B.A., Bogazici University, 2006; M.A. Goldsmiths, University of London, 2009; M.A. New York University, 2012; Ph.D., Columbia University, 2019.
Mari Castañeda, Professor, B.A., California at Los Angeles, 1993; Ph.D., California at San Diego, 2000.
Briankle G. Chang, Professor, B.A., Fu Jen Catholic, Taiwan, 1976; M.A., Alabama, 1978; M.A., Illinois, 1981; Ph.D., 1990.
Anne T. Ciecko, Associate Professor, B.A., LaSalle, 1986; M.A., Pennsylvania State, 1988; Ph.D., Pittsburgh, 1997.
Leda M. Cooks, Professor, B.S., Miami, 1986, M.A., Ohio University; Ph.D. 1993
Gonen Dori-Hacohen, Associate Professor, B.A., Open University of Israel, 1996; M.A., Hebrew University, Jerusalem, 2000; M.A., California at Los Angeles, 2003; Ph.D., Haifa, Israel, 2009.
Martha Fuentes-Bautista, Senior Lecturer, B.A., Universidad Central de Venezuela, 1996; M.A., SUNY at Buffalo, 2000; Ph.D., Texas at Austin, 2007.
Stephen Olbrys Gencarella, Associate Professor, B.A., Providence College, 1993; M.A., Tufts, 1995; Ph.D., Indiana, 2003.
Seth K. Goldman, Associate Professor, B.A., George Washington, 2004; M.A., Pennsylvania, 2007; Ph.D., 2010.
Claudio Moreira, Professor, B.A., Universidad de Campinas, Brazil, 1999; M.A., Illinois, 2002; Ph.D., 2007.
Martin F. Norden, Professor, B.J., Missouri, 1973; M.A., 1974; Ph.D., 1977.
Jonathan C. Ong, Professor, B.A., Ateno de Manila University, Philippines, 2003; M.Sc., London School of Economics, UK, 2007; Ph.D., Cambridge, UK, 2012.
Kimberly Pérez, Assistant Professor, B.A., California State, Northridge, 2003; M.A. Maine, 2005; Ph.D., Arizona State, 2014.
Shawn Shimpach, Associate Professor, B.A., Brandeis, 1993; M.A., New York University, 1996; Ph.D., 2004.
Alena L. Vasilyeva, Associate Professor, B.A., Minsk State Linguistic University, Belarus, 1996; Candidate of Science, 2002; Ph.D., Rutgers, 2010
Weiai Xu, Assistant Professor, B.A. Zhejiang University of Technology, China, 2009; M.A., Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2011; Ph.D., SUNY, Buffalo, 2015.
Ethan Zuckerman, Associate Professor, B.A. Williams College of Public Policy, Communication, and Information, 1993.
Associate Faculty
Amrita Basu, Professor of Political Science & Women's & Gender Studies, Amherst College
Daniel Horowitz, Professor of American Studies, Smith College
Alexandra Keller, Associate Professor of Film Studies, Smith College
Jina Kim, Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies, Smith College
Faculty Emeriti
Carolyn Anderson, Professor Emerita (2006).
Donal A. Carbaugh, Professor Emeritus (2019).
Vernon Cronen, Professor Emeritus (2011).
Jarice Hanson, Professor Emerita (2016).
Sut Jhally, Professor Emeritus (2020).
Michael Morgan, Professor Emeritus (2016).