Ethnic Studies Faculty

Core Faculty

 

 

 

Name &Title

Credentials

Focus

At NAU

Sara Alemán, Ph.D., Professor in Sociology and Social Work; Director of Ethnic Studies

(B.S., Corpus Christi State University; M.S.W., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Brandeis University 1993)

Gerontology, social welfare policy, case management, Latino elders

 

NAU 1997

Richard Guthrie, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ethnic Studies

 

Ricardo.Guthrie@nau.edu

(Ph.D., Univ. of California, San Diego 2006; M.S., Boston University, M.A. Boston University; A.B., Harvard College)

African American Studies, the Black Press, race, media & communication

NAU 2008

Michelle Harris, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Ethnic Studies and Sociology

 

Michelle.Harris@nau.edu

(B.A., M.A.,The University of South Florida; Ph.D, The University of Michigan 1998)

Social Psychology, Gender and Health; Sociology of Deviance

NAU 2007

Faculty Affiliates

Mark A. Beeman, Ph.D., Professor in Sociology and Social Work

(B.S., M.A., Central Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Illinois 1985)

Race and ethnic relations, international development, social change

 

NAU 1989

 

Jeffrey Berglund, Ph.D., Associate Professor in English

 

Jeff.Berglund@nau.edu

(B.A., Creighton University; M.A., Washington University; Ph.D., Ohio State University 1996)

Native American literature, American literature

 

NAU 1999

 

Monica Brown, Ph.D., Associate Professor in English

 

monica.brown@nau.edu

(B.A., University of California–Santa Barbara; M.A., Boston College; Ph.D., Ohio State University 1998)

Chicano/a & Latino/a literature & cultural studies; feminist theory; women writers; contemporary multi-ethic literatures of the United States

 

NAU 1999

 

Geeta Chowdhry, Ph.D., Associate Professor in Political Science

 

Geeta.Chowdhry@nau.edu

(B.A., M.A., St. John’s College, Agra University, India; Ph.D., University of Florida 1987)

World food politics, international political economy, comparative politics, South Asian politics, feminist theory, women and development

NAU 1989

Juanita Heredia, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Modern Languages

 

juanita.heredia@nau.edu

(B.A., University of California–Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California–Los Angeles 1998)

Chicanoa/Latina feminism; U.S. Latina/o & Latin American literature & popular culture; comparative cultures of the Americas

NAU 2002

John Leung, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History

 

john.leung@nau.edu

(B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University 1982)

Chinese intellectual & social history; modern China; Asian American history

NAU 1989

 

 

 

 

Eric Meeks, Ph.D., Assistant Professor in History

(B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas–Austin 2001)

Chicano/a history, United States history

 

NAU 2001

 

Administrative Affiliate

Deborah Harris

Associate Dean of Student Life

 

deborah.harris@nau.edu

 

Student retention, student development, student leadership & involvement

 

Adjunct Faculty

T. Mark Montoya

 

T.Montoya@nau.edu

 

 

 

Daisy Purdy

 

Daisy.Purdy@nau.edu

 

 

 

Jerinomo Vasquez

 

Jerinomo.Vasquez@nau.edu