HSA Faculty and Staff

Department Chair: Darryl Wright
Advising Coordinator: Salvador Plascencia

Faculty

William Alves

Professor of MusicLouisa and Robert Miller Professor of HumanitiesDMA, University of Southern Californiaalves@hmc.edu

Music composition; computer music; alternate tuning systems; gamelan music; abstract computer animation.

Isabel Balseiro

Professor of Comparative LiteratureAlexander and Adelaide Hixon Professor in the HumanitiesPhD, New York University909.607.2661isabel_balseiro@hmc.edu

Contemporary writers and film makers of Africa and South America; cultural and race studies; film and postcolonial literature.

Isabel Beavers

Hixon-Riggs Early Career FellowMFA, Tufts University

David Cubek

Professor of MusicJoint music facultyDMus, Northwestern Universitydcubek@g.hmc.edu

Conducting symphonic and operatic repertoire; research on alternative modes of orchestral training and music as an interdisciplinary art form.

Ambereen Dadabhoy

Associate Professor of LiteraturePhD, Claremont Graduate University909.607.7346ambereen_dadabhoy@hmc.edu

Early modern English literature; Shakespeare; postcolonial theory; East-West encounter.

Associate Professor of Religious StudiesWillard W. Keith, Jr., Fellow in the HumanitiesPhD, Columbia UniversityOffice Hours: Monday 11 a.m.–Noon and Thursday 2–4 p.m. (by appointment only)909.607.0856erika_dyson@hmc.edu

Religion and science; intersections between social-change activism and religion; American religious history; and church and state.

Kenneth Fandell

Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson Professor in Arts and the HumanitiesMFA, University of Illinois at Chicagoken_fandell@hmc.edu

Interdisciplinary arts.

Alfred P. Flores

Associate Professor of Asian American StudiesPhD, University of California, Los Angeles909.627.0453alflores@g.hmc.edu

Pacific Islander History; diaspora; labor; indigeneity; militarization; oral history; settler colonialism.

Anup Gampa

Assistant Professor of PsychologyPhD, University of Virginiaagampa@g.hmc.edu

Social psychology of social movements, racism, capitalism and wealth inequality.

Jeffrey D. Groves

Professor of LiteraturePhD, Claremont Graduate School909.607.7346groves@hmc.edu

Nineteenth-century American literature; history of the book; Shakespeare.

Jia Yi Gu

Assistant Professor of ArchitecturePhD, U.C.L.A.jiayigu@g.hmc.edu

Vivien Hamilton

Professor of the History of SciencePhD, University of Toronto909.607.7997vivien_hamilton@hmc.edu

History of physics; history of medicine; gender and science; disciplinary cultures in science.

Charles Kamm

Professor of MusicJoint music facultyDMA, Yale Universityckamm@g.hmc.edu

Concert choir; chamber choir; music history.

Dede Long

Assistant Professor of EconomicsPhD, Oregon State Universitydlong@g.hmc.edu

Environmental economics; microeconomic theory.

Rachel Mayeri

Professor of Media StudiesDirector of Hixon Riggs ProgramMFA, University of California, San Diego909.607.0461rachel_mayeri@hmc.edu

Experimental documentary production; motion graphics and animation; history of special effects; genetics and society; ecology and art; history of science and art.

Salvador Plascencia

Advising CoordinatorAssociate Professor of Creative WritingMFA, Syracuse University909.621.8022splascencia@hmc.edu

Creative writing; The novel as print technology.

David K. Seitz

Associate Professor of Cultural GeographyPhD, University of Toronto909.621.8022dseitz@g.hmc.edu

Geographies of citizenship; feminist, critical race and queer theories; affect.

Sarah Stefanos

Assistant Professor of SociologyPhD, University of Wisconsin, Madisonsstefanos@g.hmc.edu

Paul Steinberg

Malcolm Lewis Professor in Sustainability and SocietyProfessor of Political Science and Environmental PolicyPhD, University of California, Santa Cruz909.607.3840paul_steinberg@hmc.edu

International and comparative environmental politics; policy analysis; sustainable development; biodiversity; political science research methods.

David Wilson

Assistant Professor of MusicPhD, University of Chicagodfwilson@g.hmc.edu

Darryl Wright

Willard W. Keith, Jr., Fellow in the HumanitiesProfessor of PhilosopyChair, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the ArtsPhD, University of Michigan909.607.4478darryl_wright@hmc.edu

History of ethics; metaethics; moral and political philosophy.