Faculty Directory
Department Chair
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 # 339
- Office Hours Monday 9-11am (or by appointment)
Graduate Director
María Puig de la Bellacasa
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 328
- Office Hours Please book here: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0/r/week/2025/4/27
Regular Faculty
Karen Barad
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, Rm 330
Banu Bargu
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 831-502-7076
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 331
- Office Hours By appointment
Isaac Julien
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 8319008684
- Website
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
- Office Location
- Humanities 431
- Office Hours T 2-4pm
Mark Nash
- Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone 831 239 4322
- Office Location
- Humanities & Social Sciences Building, XXX Unknown
- Office Hours By appointment Tues 2-4 and Thurs 2-4
Robert Nichols
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 337
Dimitris Papadopoulos
- Title
- Professor of History of Consciousness
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Science & Justice Research Center
- Latin American & Latino Studies
- Global & Community Health
- Phone 831-459-2773
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 334
- Office Hours Wednesday 10:00-11:30am [please use the link above to book]
Eric C Porter
- Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
- Title
- Distinguished Professor
- Department
- History Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Critical Race and Ethnic Studies
- Phone
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 235
- Office Hours Spring 2025: Tuesdays 10:30am to 12:30pm, in-person drop-in or zoom by appointment.
Honorary Members
Carla A 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;
Faculty Emeriti
Victor Burgin
- Title
- Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
James T Clifford
- Title
- Distinguished Professor Emeritus
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Website
Angela Y Davis
- Title
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Feminist Studies Department
Teresa De Lauretis
- Title
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Academic Senate
Barbara L Epstein
- Title
- Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Humanities Division
- Office Hours By appointment
Donna J Haraway
- Title
- Distinguished Professor Emerita
- Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Feminist Studies Department
- Website
Affiliated Faculty
Hunter Bivens
- Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Literature Department
- Phone
- Office Location
- Cowell College Academic Building, 110
- Office Hours T/Th 2-3:00pm and by appointment
Christopher L Connery
- Title
- Professor, Literature
- Professor, History of Consciousness
- Department
- Literature Department
- History of Consciousness Department
- Phone
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 641
- Office Hours By appointment
Gina Dent
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Humanities Division
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 338
- Office Hours By appt only
Nathaniel P Deutsch
- Title
- Distinguished Professor and Baumgarten Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies
- Director of the Center for Jewish Studies
- Department
- History Department
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 331 Humanities 1
- Office Hours Winter 2025: Tuesdays, 11:30pm to 1:30pm, email in advance to set up in-person or Zoom meeting during office hours
Mayanthi L Fernando
- Title
- Professor of Anthropology
- Department
- Anthropology Department
- Phone 831-459-2240
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 347
- Office Hours On Leave
Jennifer A Gonzalez
- Pronouns she/her
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- History of Art/Visual Culture
- Phone 831-459-2099
- Office Location
- Porter College Academic, D208 Porter College
- Office Hours Wednesdays 9:00-11:00 AM 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
Deborah Gould
- Title
- Professor and Chair
- Department
- Sociology Department
- Phone
- Website
- Office Location
- Rachel Carson College Academic Building, 206
- Office Hours Winter 2024: by appointment
Minghui Hu
- Pronouns he, him, his, his, himself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- History Department
- Phone
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 536 Humanities 1
- Office Hours Winter 2025: Monday 11-12 AM or Zoom appointment
Kimberly J Lau
- Title
- Professor, Literature
- Provost, College Nine and John R. Lewis College
- Department
- Literature Department
- Website
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 214
- Office Hours by appointment
Dean P Mathiowetz
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Politics Department
- Phone 831-704-6163
- Website
- Office Location
- Merrill College Academic Building, 112
- Office Hours Fridays, 9:30-11:30, on Zoom (link above). The password is 2025. (Winter, 2025)
Warren Sack
- Pronouns he/him/his
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Film and Digital Media Department
- Phone 831-459-1497
- Website
- Office Location
- Digital Arts Research Center, 147
- Office Hours by appointment
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
- Website
- Office Location
- Humanities Building 1, 630
- Office Hours W 2-4pm, and by appointment
Vanita Seth
- Pronouns She/her
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Politics Department
- Phone 831-459-4443
Megan C Thomas
- Pronouns she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Associate Professor
- Department
- Politics Department
- Phone 8314592026
- Website
- Office Location
- Merrill College Faculty Office Annex, Room 160
- Office Hours Sp '25: M 1-3pm (sign up online, link above)
Anna L Tsing
- Title
- Professor
- Department
- Anthropology Department
- Phone 831-459-4795
- Website
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 411
- Office Hours On Leave
James Gordon Williams
- Title
- Assistant Professor of Composition
- Department
- Music Department
- Phone 000-000-0000
- Website
- Office Location
- Music Center, 291
- Office Hours Fridays, 11-12:45 by advanced appointment
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