\n\t ![\"A.](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/kiarinakordela-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
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\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n
- \n
- \n A. Kiarina Kordela<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Director, Critical Theory; Professor of German Studies & Chair\n <\/li>\n\t
- Director of the Critical Theory concentration, focuses on philosophy, intellectual history, critical political economy, psychoanalysis, comparative literature, political theory, film theory, and biopolitics<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- kordela@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6524<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Morgan](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/morgan-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Morgan Adamson<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Assistant Professor, Media and Cultural Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on film and media theory, documentary and avant-garde cinema, critical theory and cultural studies, film and video production, and critical political economy<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- madamson@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6340<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Karin](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/karin-w_-camcorder-by-Jun-Oquias-1-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Karin Aguilar-San Juan<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor, American Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on urban sociology and Asian American studies<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- sanjuan@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6148<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Andrew](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/andrewbilling-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Andrew Billing<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor and Chair\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on 18th-century French literature, Enlightenment political and moral philosophy, colonialism, and critical theory<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- abilling@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6306<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/davidblaney-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n David L. Blaney<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n G. Theodore Mitau Professor of Political Science\n <\/li>\n\t
- Global political economy, international political theory<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- blaney@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6020<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Ernesto](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/ernestocapello-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Ernesto Capello<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor of History and Latin American Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Andes, cultural history, art and architecture, transnationalism, cartography, transhemispheric imaginaries, urban history, colonial narratives and nostalgia, and Amazonia<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- ecapello@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- Old Main 302, 651-696-6772<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Julia](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/juliachadaga-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Julia Chadaga<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor of Russian Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Specializes in nineteenth- and twentieth-century Russian literature and culture<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- chadaga@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6587<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Rothin](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2024\/08\/IMG_4569-140x0-c-default-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Rothin Datta<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Assistant Professor of Political Science\n <\/li>\n\t
- Political theory; racial capitalism; value-form theory; non-western political thought; history of economic thought<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- rdatta1@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Erik](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/erikdavis-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Erik Davis<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor, Religious Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- current focus: collective and ritual creativity associated with social protest movements in urban Cambodia and Southeast Asia.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- davise@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6152<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Olga](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/olgagonzalez-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Olga Gonz\u00e1lez<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Chair of Latin American Studies; Associate Professor, Anthropology\n <\/li>\n\t
- Cultural anthropology, memory and secrecy, truth and reconciliation, violence and subjectivity, Latin America<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- ogonzale@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6589<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Michael](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2023\/05\/Griffin-portrait_ksuzuki-scaled-150x0-c-default-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Michael Griffin<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor (NTT) of Media and Cultural Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on issues of representation in media, film and journalism. Publications address representation in visual journalism and documentary, and media treatments of social identity, community, environmental issues, and war and conflict.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- mgriffi1@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 612-998-3512<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Duchess](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/NewDuchessPhotoforwebpage2-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Duchess Harris<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor of American Studies, Department Chair\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on 20th-century African American political history and civil rights<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- harris@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6478<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Sheharyar](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2025\/09\/Sherry-photo-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Sheharyar Imran<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Assistant Professor of Political Science\n <\/li>\n\t
- International relations theory; global political economy<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- simran@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Joanna](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/joannainglot-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Joanna Inglot<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Edith M. Kelso Associate Professor, Art History\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on modern and contemporary art, particularly in Europe and the United States<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- inglot@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6657<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Alix](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2023\/05\/Headshot-1-1-scaled-140x0-c-default-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Alix Johnson<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Assistant Professor of International Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Digital infrastructure and information technology; spatial politics; surveillance; empire; ethnography<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- ajohns39@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6913<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"John](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/John-Kim-Humanities-and-Media-and-Cultural-Studies-0809--150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n John Kim<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor, Media and Cultural Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Is a theorist and practitioner of new media, who has published widely and created interactive installations and projects at museums and galleries around the world.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- jkim5@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6788<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2025\/04\/David-Adlerhof-retouched-scaled-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n David Martyn<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor, German and Russian Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on comparative literature, literary theory, culture from the 18th century to the present, philosophy, and literature written in German by \u201cforeign\u201d-language authors<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- martyn@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6547<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Mark](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/markmazullo-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Mark Mazullo<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor (musicology and piano)\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- mazullo@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6582<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"David](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/davidmoore-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n David Chioni Moore<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Associate Professor, International Studies and English\n <\/li>\n\t
- Literary interactions in the Black Atlantic world, notably Africa, the Caribbean, and African America; post-colonial and\/as the post-Soviet; comparative literature; cultural theory; globalization.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- mooredc@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6242<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Khaldoun](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/khaldounsamman-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Khaldoun Samman<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor of Sociology\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on world historical-comparative and urban sociology, globalization, sociology of religion, and modes of identities in the Middle East<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- samman@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6845<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Sonita](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/sonitasarker-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Sonita Sarker<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and English\n <\/li>\n\t
- Feminist and literary theories; cultural studies of globalization as it intersects with nationalism, democracy, and imperialism; “minoritized” literatures, with a transnational comparative basis in Western Europe and Asia.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- sarker@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6316<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Ross](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2023\/09\/Photo-for-Mac-Website-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Ross Shields<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Visiting Assistant Professor of German Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Literature, philosophy, critical theory, the history of science, environmental humanities<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- rshields@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Jo\u00eblle](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/joellevitiello-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Jo\u00eblle Vitiello<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Professor, French and Francophone Studies\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on 20th-21st-century French and francophone literature and culture; Haitian literature and culture; French and Francophone Cinema; Postcolonial identities; Immigration; Violence in France and the francophone world.<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- vitiello@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6412<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Della](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2023\/08\/dellazurick-150x0-c-default-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Della Zurick\n <\/li>\n
- \n Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- dzurick@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6807<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n
Emeritus Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Joy](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/joylaine-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Joy Laine<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Adjunct Professor, Philosophy\n <\/li>\n\t
- Focuses on the philosophy of mind and language in the context of both Western and Indian philosophical traditions<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- lainej@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6353<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t![\"Diane](\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/dianemichelfelder-150x0-c-default.jpg\")
\n\t\t <\/div>\n \n- \n
- \n Diane Michelfelder<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n Chair and Professor of Philosophy\n <\/li>\n\t
- Environmental ethics, ethics of information and computing technologies<\/li>\n\t\t \t
- michelfelder@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6197<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
\n\n\t <\/div>\n\n- \n
- \n Linda Schulte-Sasse<\/a>\n <\/li>\n
- \n DeWitt Professor and Chair of German Studies\n <\/li>\n\t \t
- schultesasse@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t \t \t\t
- 651-696-6401<\/li>\n\t \t <\/ul>\n \n <\/div>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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