Faculty
Department Chair: Massimiliano Tomba
Graduate Program Director: Banu Bargu
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Regular Faculty
Banu Bargu
- Title
- Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 831-502-7076
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 438
- Office Hours By appointment
Christopher Connery
- Title
- Professor, Literature
- Professor, History of Consciousness
- Department
- Literature Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 831-459-2761 (Office), 831-459-1924 (Message)
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 641
- Office Hours By appointment
Carla Freccero
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- Literature Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 8314295364
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Humanities I 637
- Office Hours By appointment;
Robert Meister
- Title
- Professor of Social and Political Thought
- Department of the History of Consciousness
- Department
- Social Sciences Division
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 831-459-2781, 831-459-4563
- Office Location
- Humanities 431
- Office Hours T 2-4pm
Eric Porter
- Title
- History Graduate Program Director
- Professor
- Department
- History Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
- Phone 831-459-5287 (office)
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 235
- Office Hours Winter 2023: Drop-in office hours for History 20 students: Tuesdays, 10:30am to 12:00pm (zoom link on course Canvas page); for others, please email to set up an appointment.
Massimiliano Tomba
- Title
- Chair and Professor, History of Consciousness
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 831-502-7059
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Office # 436
- Office Hours Fall: Wednesday 9.30-10.30 (or by appointment)
Faculty Emeriti
Victor Burgin
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Phone 831-459-2757
- Office Location
- 415 Humanities 1
James Clifford
- Title
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Phone 831-459-1924
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 429
Angela Y Davis
- Title
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Feminist Studies Department
- Phone 831-459-5332, 831-459-1924
- Office Location
- Humanities I, Rm. 430
Teresa De Lauretis
- Title
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Academic Senate
- Phone 831-459-1924
- Office Location
- Humanities I, Rm. 431
Barbara Epstein
- Title
- Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Phone 831-459-1924
- Office Location
- Humanities I, Rm. 432
- Office Hours By appointment
Donna J Haraway
- Title
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Feminist Studies Department
- Phone 831-459-1924, 831-459-4738
- Website
- Office Location
- 433 Humanities I
Affiliated Faculty
Karen Barad
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- Feminist Studies Department
- Phone 000-000-0000
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Rm 330
- Office Hours On leave, AY 2020-21
Hunter Bivens
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Literature Department
- Phone 831-459-4037 (Office), 831-459-1924 (Message)
- Office Location
- Cowell College Academic Building, 110
- Office Hours by appointment
Gina Dent
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Feminist Studies Department
- Phone 831-459-3424
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 338
- Office Hours Fall 2019 By appt only
Nathaniel Deutsch
- Title
- Director of the Center for Jewish Studies (on leave 2022-2023)
- Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
- Department
- History Department
- Phone 831-459-1924 (Message)
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 515 Humanities 1
- Office Hours Spring 2022: Tue. 11:00am to 1:00pm by appointment via Zoom.
Mayanthi L Fernando
- Title
- Associate Professor of Anthropology
- Director, Center for Cultural Studies
- Director of Graduate Studies, Anthropology
- Department
- Anthropology Department
- Phone 831-459-2240
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 347
- Office Hours On Leave
Jennifer A Gonzalez
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History of Art/Visual Culture
- Phone 831-459-2099
- Office Location
- Porter College Academic, D208 Porter College
- Office Hours See faculty webpage
Deborah Gould
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Sociology Department
- Phone 831-459-5720 (office)
- Website
- Office Location
- Rachel Carson College Academic Building, 206
- Office Hours Spring 2022: Tuesdays, 1:30-4:30PM, by appointment
Kimberly J Lau
- Title
- Professor, Literature
- Department
- Literature Department
- Phone 831-459-5145
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 239 Humanities 1
- Office Hours by appointment
Dean Mathiowetz
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Politics Department
- Phone 831-704-6163
- Website
- Office Location
- Merrill College Academic Building, 112
- Office Hours Fridays, 9-1 by Zoom (link above)
B. Ruby Rich
- Title
- Professor
- Film and Digital Media Department
- Social Documentation MFA Program
- Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
- Phone 831-459-2428
- Website
- Office Location
- Kresge College Annex Building B, 107
- Office Hours Always by appointment - standard times change but usually Tues.
Warren Sack
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
- Digital Arts and New Media
- Phone 831-459-1497
- Website
- Office Location
- Digital Arts Research Center, Room 147
Vanita Seth
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Politics Department
- Phone 831-459-4443
- Office Location
- 119 Merrill College
Megan Thomas
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Politics Department
- Phone 8314592026
- Website
- Office Location
- Merrill College Faculty Office Annex, Room 160
- Office Hours Fall '22: Tuesdays 12:30-2:30pm. (For link to sign-up sheet, see
Anna L Tsing
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Anthropology Department
- Phone 831-459-4795
- Website
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 411
- Office Hours On Leave
Divisional Appointments Teaching in HISC
Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther
- Title
- Full Professor
- Department
- Humanities Division
- Phone 415-658-9911
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 514
Post Doctoral Scholars
Michelle C. Velasquez‑Potts
- Title
- Chancellor's Postdoctoral Fellow
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 831-459-4324 (Department contact)
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, #435
- Office Hours By appointment