Faculty Directory

Department Chair

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 Monday 9-11am (or by appointment)
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Graduate Director

María Puig de la Bellacasa

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 328
  • Office Hours Fall Quarter 2024 - Tuesdays 9.30-11am
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Regular Faculty

Karen Barad

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Banu Bargu

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
  • Phone
    831-502-7076
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 438
  • 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 C Porter

  • Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
  • Title
    • 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 Fall 2024: History 20 students: Tuesdays, 10am to noon (drop in, zoom link on course Canvas site) and by appointment; Everyone else: please email me for zoom or in-person appointment
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Honorary Members

Carla A 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 L 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 T 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 L Epstein

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Donna J Haraway

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Affiliated Faculty

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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Christopher L 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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Gina Dent

  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Humanities Division
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 338
  • Office Hours By appt only
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Nathaniel P 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 Fall 2024: Mondays 11:30pm to 1:30pm, email in advance to set up in-person or Zoom meeting during office hours
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Mayanthi L Fernando

  • Title
    • Professor of 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

  • Pronouns she/her
  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • History of Art/Visual Culture
  • Phone
    831-459-2099
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Porter College Academic, D208 Porter College
  • Office Hours Fridays 11:00-1:00 on Zoom by appointment. Please use this URL to sign up: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19JLt4WU37aJ4hFMmVu8cIM-eW_8ZNQT8sDSP7pemsmI/edit?gid=0#gid=0
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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
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • History Department
  • Phone
    831-459-5270 (office)
  • Email
  • Office Location
    • Humanities Building 1, 536 Humanities 1
  • Office Hours Fall 2024: Monday 10-11 AM
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Kimberly J Lau

  • Title
    • Professor, Literature
    • Provost, College Nine and John R. Lewis College
  • Department
    • Literature Department
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Social Sciences 1, 214
  • Office Hours by appointment
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Dean P Mathiowetz

  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Politics Department
  • Phone
    831-704-6163
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Merrill College Academic Building, 112
  • Office Hours Thursdays, 1:15-1:45, 112 Merrill; Fridays, 1:45-3:15 on Zoom (link above).
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Warren Sack

  • Pronouns he/him/his
  • Title
    • Professor
  • Department
    • Film and Digital Media Department
  • Phone
    831-459-1497
  • Email
  • Website
  • Office Location
    • Digital Arts Research Center, 147
  • Office Hours on Zoom, by appointment Mondays 10:00am-noon Book a 15 minute appointment here: https://warrensack.youcanbook.me/ Zoom link: https://bit.ly/warren-sack-office-hours
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G.S. Sahota

  • Title
    • Associate Professor, Aurora Chair in Sikh and Punjabi Studies
  • Department
    • Literature Department
    • History of Consciousness Department
    • History Department
    • History of Art/Visual Culture
  • 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

  • Pronouns She/her
  • Title
    • Associate Professor
  • Department
    • Politics Department
  • Phone
    831-459-4443
  • Email
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Megan C Thomas

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Anna L Tsing

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James Gordon Williams

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Post Doctoral Scholars