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Core Faculty

William Decker

Regents Professor
Department of English
Areas of Expertise: American literature colonial to contemporary; ethnicities and color lines; literature of travel and migration; autobiography, memory, epistolarity
211A Morrill Hall
405-744-8949

David Gray

Teaching Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: history of U.S. capitalism; motivation; propaganda; labor; business cultures
2216 Main Hall, Tulsa
918-594-8288

Tom Jorsch

Teaching Assistant Professor of American Studies
Department of History
Areas of Expertise: U.S. history; radicalism in America; U.S. politics; truth and reconciliation
Social Sciences and Humanities 118

John Kinder

Director of American Studies and
Professor
Department of History
Areas of Expertise: cultural history of war; disability studies; zoo history; animal studies
159 Social Sciences and Humanities
405-744-8198

Bin Liang

Professor of Sociology
Areas of Expertise: law and society; globalization; comparative legal systems; the Chinese legal system; crime and deviance
2223 Main Hall, Tulsa
918-594-8286

Reanae McNeal

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and GWST
Areas of Expertise: Afro-Indigenous studies; African American studies; American Indian studies; gender and women’s studies
Social Sciences and Humanities 226

Lindsey Smith

Professor
Department of English
Areas of Expertise: American Indian studies; global Indigenous studies; Native American literature
109F Morrill Hall
405-744-6255

Stacy Takacs

Professor of American Studies
Department of English
Areas of Expertise: TV and media studies; popular culture; post-9/11 culture
2221 Mail Hall, Tulsa
311W Morrill Hall, Stillwater
918-594-8331

Adjunct Faculty

Scott Childers

3737 E. 30th Street, Tulsa
918-749-6212

Staff

Melissa Muhammad

Administrative Assistant
202 Life Sciences East
405-744-8451

Angel Ray

Academic Counselor
Academic Services
357 North Hall, Tulsa
918-594-8355

Anthony Valentine

Undergraduate Advisor
213 Life Sciences East
405-744-5658

Affiliate Faculty

Department of English

  • Andrew Belton

  • Richard Frohock

  • Lisa Hollenbach

  • Jeff Menne

  • Carol Moder

Department of Geography

  • Rebecca Sheehan

Department of History

  • Laura Arata

  • Richard Boles

  • Holly Karibo

  • Greg Kosc

  • Kallie Kosc

  • Sarah Foss

  • Douglas Miller

  • Jen Murray

  • Brandy Wells

Department of Sociology

  • Corinne Schwarz

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Alumni Testimonials

 

To me, the AMST [program] is the ultimate awareness program. Now more than ever, I just want to read, analyze, interpret and as [Stuart] Hall insists, interrogate language – the discourse of meanings and the powers that fix them. How are we invested in these meanings? What shared conceptual maps about American culture are held elsewhere? How has media shaped these maps? So what?

Tiffany Deason

2010 Grad

The level of writing and research instruction I found in the American Studies program at Oklahoma State gave me the confidence to walk into a local newspaper office after graduation and ask for a job as its assistant editor. If I had chosen a degree without the multidisciplinary focus American Studies offers, I might not have had the skills or courage to build my own multimedia company which, by my 26th birthday, will have seen its hub, the blog TashaDoesTulsa.com, be named to the 2009 class of the Hot 100 of Tulsa’s movers and shakers by Urban Tulsa Magazine, or have been honored in its 2009 Absolute Best of Tulsa awards as a top Tulsa blogger.

- Tasha Ball
2005 Grad

The multidisciplinary nature of the program provided an opportunity to explore a vast number of subjects and aspects of American society. The instructors in the program have an obvious passion for the courses that they teach. This enthusiasm is apparent to the student and makes the learning environment productive and enjoyable. [After taking American Studies courses,] I have much more confidence in my ability to read, comprehend and articulate thoughts and ideas. I obviously use these skills everyday, both professionally and personally.

- Scott Childers
2005 Grad

I can’t say enough about how much I enjoyed OSU-Tulsa and the American Studies program. Not only did I enjoy all my classes and professors, but I found the program really useful in my everyday life.

- Tabitha Layman
2005 Grad

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