{"id":51,"date":"2018-01-17T06:33:29","date_gmt":"2018-01-17T06:33:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/160-critical-theory\/steeringcommittee\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T15:18:20","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T20:18:20","slug":"steeringcommittee","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/about\/steeringcommittee\/","title":{"rendered":"Steering Committee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students are advised in their concentration by a steering committee member of their choice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The director interfaces with the college administration, faculty and inquiring students on behalf of the program; keeps track of the total number of concentrations, collects copies of all major research projects, and ensures that requirements are being fulfilled; and leads occasional steering committee meetings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DIRECTOR: KIARINA A. KORDELA (GERMAN STUDIES)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Steering Committee Members<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-62\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Erik Davis\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/erikdavis-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/religiousstudies\/facultystaff\/erikdavis\/\">Erik Davis<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Associate Professor, Religious Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">current focus: collective and ritual creativity associated with social protest movements in urban Cambodia and Southeast Asia.<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:davise@macalester.edu\" >davise@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6152<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-331\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Rothin Datta\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"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   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/political-science\/facultystaff\/rothin-datta\/\">Rothin Datta<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Assistant Professor of Political Science\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Political theory; racial capitalism; value-form theory; non-western political thought; history of economic thought<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:rdatta1@macalester.edu\" >rdatta1@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-67\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Joanna Inglot\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/joannainglot-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/art\/facultystaff\/joannainglot\/\">Joanna Inglot<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Edith M. Kelso Associate Professor, Art History\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">Focuses on modern and contemporary art, particularly in Europe and the United States<\/li>\n\t\t   \t                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:inglot@macalester.edu\" >inglot@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6657<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-71\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Martyn\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"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   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/german\/facultystaff\/davidmartyn\/\">David Martyn<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor, German and Russian Studies\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">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                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:martyn@macalester.edu\" >martyn@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6547<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-74\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"David Chioni Moore\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/davidmoore-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/internationalstudies\/facultystaff\/davidmoore\/\">David Chioni Moore<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Associate Professor, International Studies and English\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">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                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:mooredc@macalester.edu\" >mooredc@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6242<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"card card-profile vcard tease tease-profile card-figure card-figure-left\" id=\"tease-75\">\n      <div class=\"card-figure card-figure-padded\">\n\t         <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Khaldoun Samman\" style=\"width: auto; max-width: 100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/critical-theory\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/533\/2018\/01\/khaldounsamman-150x0-c-default.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t   <\/div>\n   <div class=\"card-body\">\n      <ul>\n         <li class=\"fn\">\n                           <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macalester.edu\/sociology\/facultystaff\/khaldounsamman\/\">Khaldoun Samman<\/a>\n                     <\/li>\n         <li class=\"title\">\n            Professor of Sociology\n         <\/li>\n\t               <li class=\"position-description\">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                  <li class=\"email\"><a class=\"email\" href=\"mailto:samman@macalester.edu\" >samman@macalester.edu<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t   \t      \t\t  <li>651-696-6845<\/li>\n\t      \t            <\/ul>\n             \n         <\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Students are advised in their concentration by a steering committee member of their choice. 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