- Duchess Harris
- Professor of American Studies and Acting Chair for Spring 2022
- Focuses on 20th-century African American political history and civil rights
- harris@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6478
- Karín Aguilar-San Juan
- Professor of American Studies, Department Chair
- Focuses on Vietnam antiwar movement and critical prison studies
- sanjuan@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6148
- Kirisitina Sailiata
- Assistant Professor
- Focuses on Pacific History, Transnational Feminism and Critical Indigenous Studies
- ksailiat@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6648
- Jake E. Nagasawa
- CFD Postdoctoral Fellow
- jnagasaw@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6420
- he/him/his
- Jackie Starbird
- Department Coordinator
- jstarbir@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6420
Steering Committee
- William Hart
- Professor, Religious Studies
- Religion, Ethics, Politics
- whart1@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6596
- Laura Smith
- Associate Professor, Geography
- Urban economics, North America, and Native Americans
- smithl@macalester.edu
- 651-696-6505