Faculty Directory

Regular Faculty

Banu Bargu

  • Title
    • Professor and Director of Graduate Studies
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
  • Phone
    831-502-7076
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 438
  • Office Hours By appointment
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Christopher Connery

  • Title
    • Professor, Literature
    • Professor, History of Consciousness
  • Department
    • Literature Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
  • Phone
    831-459-2761 (Office)
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 641
  • Office Hours By appointment
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Isaac Julien

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Mark Nash

  • Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
  • Phone
    831 239 4322
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities & Social Sciences Building, XXX Unknown
  • Office Hours By appointment Tues 2-4 and Thurs 2-4
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Robert Nichols

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Dimitris Papadopoulos

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Eric Porter

  • Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
  • Title
    • History Graduate Program Director
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
    • Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
  • Phone
    831-459-5287 (office, voice mail checked infrequently)
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 235
  • Office Hours Spring 2024: By appointment; email to set up zoom or in-person appointment; Tuesdays and Wednesdays are usually best for in-person
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Maria Puig de la Bellacasa

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Massimiliano Tomba

  • Title
    • Chair and Professor, History of Consciousness
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
  • Phone
    831-502-7059
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, Office # 436
  • Office Hours Thursday 1-3pm (or by appointment)
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Honorary Members

Carla Freccero

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor
  • Department
    • Literature Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
  • Phone
    8314295364
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, Humanities I 637
  • Office Hours By appointment;
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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
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities 431
  • Office Hours T 2-4pm
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Faculty Emeriti

Victor Burgin

  • Title
    • Professor Emeritus
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
    • Humanities Division
  • Email
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James Clifford

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Angela Y Davis

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor Emerita
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
    • Humanities Division
    • Feminist Studies Department
  • Email
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Teresa De Lauretis

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor Emerita
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
    • Humanities Division
    • Academic Senate
  • Email
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Barbara Epstein

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Donna J Haraway

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Affiliated Faculty

Karen Barad

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Hunter Bivens

  • Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Literature Department
  • Phone
    831-459-4037 (Office)
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Cowell College Academic Building, 110
  • Office Hours T/Th 2-3:00pm and by appointment
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Gina Dent

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Feminist Studies Department
  • Phone
    831-459-3424
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 338
  • Office Hours By appt only
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Nathaniel Deutsch

  • Title
    • Distinguished Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
    • Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 331 Humanities 1
  • Office Hours Spring 2024: Mondays 12:00pm to 2:00pm, email in advance to set up in-person or Zoom meeting during office hours
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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
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Social Sciences 1, 347
  • Office Hours On Leave
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Jennifer A Gonzalez

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History of Art/Visual Culture
  • Phone
    831-459-2099
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Porter College Academic, D208 Porter College
  • Office Hours See faculty webpage
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Deborah Gould

  • Title
    • Professor and Chair
  • Department
    • Sociology Department
  • Phone
    831-459-5720 (office)
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Rachel Carson College Academic Building, 206
  • Office Hours Winter 2024: by appointment
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Minghui Hu

  • Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Phone
    831-459-5270 (office)
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 536 Humanities 1
  • Office Hours Spring 2024: Thursday 12-1 PM
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Kimberly J Lau

  • Title
    • Professor, Literature
  • Department
    • Literature Department
  • Phone
    831-459-5145
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 239 Humanities 1
  • Office Hours by appointment
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Dean Mathiowetz

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B. Ruby Rich

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Warren Sack

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Film and Digital Media Department
    • Digital Arts and New Media
  • Phone
    831-459-1497
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Digital Arts Research Center, Room 147
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G.S. Sahota

  • Title
    • Associate Professor, Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
  • Department
    • Literature Department
  • Phone
    831-459-2487 (office)
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 630
  • Office Hours W 10am-noon, and by appointment
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Vanita Seth

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Politics Department
  • Phone
    831-459-4443
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • 119 Merrill College
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Megan Thomas

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Anna L Tsing

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James Gordon Williams

  • Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
  • Title
    • Assistant Professor of Composition in African/African American/Global-African Traditions
  • Department
    • Music Department
  • Phone
    000-000-0000
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Music Center, 291
  • Office Hours by advanced appointment
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Divisional Appointments Teaching in HISC

Rasmus Grønfeldt Winther

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Humanities Division
  • Phone
    415-658-9911
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 514
  • Office Hours Tuesdays 2-3 pm, Humanities 1-514
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