Faculty

Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought Faculty

Click on the tabs below for a list of Alliance for Social, Political, Ethical, and Cultural Thought faculty members alphabetically and by discipline.

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Core Faculty

Affiliate Faculty

Emeritus

Core Faculty

Name	Department	Research Area	Available for Committee Service
Danna Agmon	History	French Empire in India and the Indian Ocean 17th-20th centuries	Yes
Mauro Caraccioli	Political Science	Political Theory International Relations Latin American Studies/Politics Postcolonial Theory Critical Ecology	No
François Debrix	Political Science	Contemporary Political Theory Biopolitics/Necropolitics Critical International Relations Theory Critical Geopolitics Critical Approaches to Neoliberalism Critical World Order Studies	No
Bikrum Gill	Political Science	Global Political Economy Political Ecology Decolonial Theory Critical Race Theory Colonialism/Imperialism
Bettina Koch	Political Science	Political Theory History of Political Thought (Cross-Cultural) Comparative Political Theory Islamic Political Thought	Yes
Desirée Poets	Political Science	Postcolonial, Decolonial, and Settler Colonial Theories Race, Ethnicity, Class and Gender (De-)Militarization, Carcerality and Abolitionism Arts and Community Change (especially Social/New Museology) Collaborative and Critical Methods	Yes
Audrey Reeves	Political Science	World politics Affect, emotion, embodiment Difficult heritage at museums and memorials Gender, feminism and security governance Conflict, peace and knowledge	Yes
Rachel M. Scott	Religion and Culture	Islamic Law and Personal Status Law Religion, Law, and Constitutions Modern Islamic Political Thought: Citizenship, Religious Minorities, Religious Authority, and Religion and State Islamism (Particularly the Muslim Brotherhood) in Egypt Religion and Secularism	Yes
Brett L. Shadle	History	Kenya Ethiopia Race Refugees Colonialism	Yes

Affiliate Faculty

Name	Department	Research Area	Available for Committee Service
Danna Agmon	History	French Empire in India and the Indian Ocean 17th-20th centuries	Yes
Onwubiko Agozino	Sociology	Law and Society Sociology Africana Studies Decolonization of Social Sciences	Yes
Aaron Ansell	Religion and Culture	Sociocultural anthropology Northeast Brazil Alternative democracy Political discourse anti-poverty policy	Yes
Amaryah Shaye Armstrong	Religion and Culture	Black Studies Political Theology Black Feminist Theory Religion and Culture Continental Philosophy of Religion	No
Sweta Baniya	English	Professional and Technical Writing Non-Western Rhetorics Cultural and Digital Rhetoric Transnational Disaster Rhetorics and Risk/Crisis Communication Community and Civic Engagement	Yes
Mark V. Barrow, Jr.	History	History of Natural History and Wildlife Conservation Environmental History Ideas, Scientific Practices, and Policies Related to Extinction History of Ornithology Cultural and Environmental History of the American Alligator
Shannon Elizabeth Bell	Sociology	Environmental Justice and Environmental Sociology Energy and Climate Change Gender Social Movements Photovoice and Participatory Action Research
Binio S. Binev	Political Science	Comparative Politics European Politics Latin American Politics Comparative Political Economy Democracy and Populism
Aaron Brantly	Political Science	Cyber Conflict and Security Terrorism Intelligence Big Data Internet Governance
Daniel Breslau	Science, Technology, and Society	Economic sociology Sociology of the social sciences Politics of energy markets STS studies of economics	Yes
Brian Britt	Religion and Culture	Religion and Literature Theory of Religion and Culture Hebrew Bible Modern Jewish Thought	Yes
Christopher Campo-Bowen	Performing Arts	Czech Music Opera Studies Music and Empire Music and Race/Ethnicity Music and Queerness	Yes
Chris Brown	Computer Science	digital education human-computer interaction software engineering
Mauro Caraccioli	Political Science	Political Theory International Relations Latin American Studies/Politics Postcolonial Theory Critical Ecology	No
S. Moon Cassinelli	English	The Korean diaspora Transnational adoption studies Queer kinship	No
Danille Christensen	Religion and Culture	Gendered/domestic labor Material culture (foodways, craft) Performance studies/Ethnography of communication Cultural and environmental sustainability Local knowledge	Yes
Carolyn D. Commer	English	Classical and Modern Rhetorical Theory Rhetoric and Public Policy Critical Theory Argumentation Theory Critical University Studies Professional and Technical Writing	Yes
Samuel R. Cook	History	Indigenous Natural Resource Management among Virginia Indian Nations Understanding Anthropology within the Context of Indigenous Agency Creating Linkages Between African Slave Descendant Communities and Cultural Sites in Southwest Virginia
Nicholas Copeland	History	Political Imaginaries Governance Indigenous Politics Guatemala and Latin America Democracy Social Theory	Yes
Mercedes Maria Corredor
Cara Daggett	Political Science	Energy Studies Political Ecology Environmental Politics Feminist Political Thought Global Studies/ International Relations	No
Giselle Datz	GIA	Sovereign debt restructuring Pension funds Financial crises and regulation Financial technology and banking Latin American politics	Yes
François Debrix	Political Science	Contemporary Political Theory Biopolitics/Necropolitics Critical International Relations Theory Critical Geopolitics Critical Approaches to Neoliberalism Critical World Order Studies	No
Priya Dixit	Political Science	U.S. Foreign Policy Terrorism and Counterterrorism Global Security and Critical Security Studies	Yes
A. Roger Ekirch	History	Early American History Atlantic History History of the British Isles History of Sleep and Sleep Disorders History of Crime and Punishment
Tom Ewing	History and Office of the Dean	History of Information, Knowledge, and Data History of Medicine (Influenza Epidemics) Russian/Soviet History World History Digital History
Brandy S. Faulkner
Jessica Folkart
Matthew R. Gabriele
Bikrum Gill
Carmen Gitre
Edward J. K. Gitre
Nicholas Goedert
Liora O'Donnell Goldensher
Saul Halfon
Anthony K. Harrison
Matthew Heaton
Rebecca Hester
Karen Hult
James Ivory
Javiera Jaque
Sharon P. Johnson
Sylvester Johnson
Melanie Kiechle
Bryan Klausmeyer
Bettina Koch
Christine Labuski
Robert (Bob) Leonard
Douglas Lind
Ilja A. Luciak
Timothy W. Luke
Natalia Mielczarek
Rachel Midura
Michael Moehler
Marian Mollin
Wayne D. Moore
Scott G. Nelson
Su Fang Ng
Zhange Ni
Kim L. Niewolny
Shaily Patel
Lydia Patton
Desiree Poets
Paulo Polanah
Katrina M. Powell
Karl Precoda
Besnik Pula
Khadijah Queen
Geovani Ramirez
Audrey Reeves
Ashley Reichelmann
Patrick Roberts
Fernanda Rosa
Emily M. Satterwhite
Rachel M. Scott
Paula Seniors
Brett L. Shadle
Ashley Shew
Eric Standley
Robert P. Stephens
Max Stephenson
Yannis Stivachtis
Jessica Taylor
Tyechia Thompson
Gerard Toal
Sharone L. Tomer
Kelly Trogdon
Vinodh Venkatesh
Andrew Wadoski
Peter Wallenstein
Janell Watson
Edward Weisband
Fabian Wendt
Trevor Wilson
Philip Yaure
Laura Zanotti
Bonnie Zare
Anna Zeide

Emeritus

Name	Position	Email
Elizabeth Fine	Professor	bfine@vt.edu
Thomas Gardner	Professor	tom.gardner@vt.edu
James Garrison	Professor	wesley@vt.edu
Ann Laberge	Associate Professor	alaberge@vt.edu
Amy Nelson	Associate Professor	anelson@vt.edu
Joseph C. Pitt	Professor	jcpitt@vt.edu
Anita Puckett	Associate Professor	apuckett@vt.edu
Richard Rich	Professor	rrich@vt.edu
Michael Saffle	Professor	msaffle@vt.edu
Bob Siegle	Professor	bob.siegle@vt.edu
Richard Shingles	Associate Professor	shingles@vt.edu
Barbara E. Smith	Professor	smithbe@vt.edu