Global Studies in the Arts and Humanities invites faculty to affiliate with the program.  GSAH is working to expand the MSU network of scholars and teachers who are interested in opportunities for interdisciplinary teaching and a collaborative engagement on global issues.  By building connections within and across colleges with affiliated faculty, GSAH aims to bring the arts and humanities into dialogue with a broad range of disciplinary approaches to globalization. 

  • Affiliated faculty contribute to co-curricular activities sponsored by the program (conferences, lunches, brown-bags, reading groups and writing groups). 
  • Affiliated faculty courses in their home department can serve to fulfill GSAH student degree requirements.
  • Affiliated faculty can advertise their courses to GSAH students. 
  • Affiliated faculty can mentor GSAH majors’ capstone projects.
  • Affiliated faculty extend the program’s research and teaching network of scholars.

Please contact the program for affiliating with GSAH.  

Affiliated Faculty

Askari, Kaveh

Department of English
Associate Professor

Cinema and Media History in a Global Context

askarik1@msu.edu

Aslami, Zarena

Department of English
Associate Chairperson for Graduate Studies, Associate Professor

19th Century British Literature

 aslami@msu.edu

Borcila, Andaluna

James Madison College
Associate Professor

American Studies

borcila@msu.edu

Chakrani, Brahim

Linguistics/Languages
Assistant Professor

Arabic

chakrani@msu.edu

Chaudhary, Anjam (she/elle/ella) 

International Studies and Programs
DEI Program Coordinator

chaud110@msu.edu 

Choti, Jonathan  

African Languages and Cultures
Assistant Professor   

chotijon@msu.edu 

Contreras, Sheila

Department of English
Associate Professor

20th Century and Contemporary Literature/US Latin, Literature, Film, and Culture

sheilac@msu.edu

Das Gupta, Sejuti

James Madison College
Assistant Professor

dasgup16@msu.edu

Denzel, Valentina

Department of Romance and Classical Studies
Assistant Professor

French

vdenzel@msu.edu

Driver, Megan

Department of Romance and Classical Studies
Assistant Professor

driverme@msu.edu

Floyd, Phylis

Department of Art, Art History, and Design
Associate Professor

Modern Art, Museology, Art History & Visual Culture

floyd@msu.edu

Issa, Sadam

Linguistics/Languages
Assistant Professor

Arabic

sissa@msu.edu

Keune, Jon

Department of Religious Studies
Assistant Professor

South Asian Religions

keunejon@msu.edu

Kononova, Aanastasia

Department of Advertising + Public Relations
Assistant Professor

kononova@msu.edu

Long, Christopher

College of Arts and Letters
Dean

cplong@msu.edu

Ma, Sheng-Mei

Department of English
Professor

Asian American and Asian Diaspora Studies/Film Studies/Postcolonial Literature and Culture/20th Century and Contemporary Literature

mash@msu.edu

McCallum, Ellen

Department of English
Associate Professor

Critical Theory, Film Studies, Modernism

emc@msu.edu

McLaughlin, Zoe

Librarian for South and Southeast Asia

mclau197@msu.edu

Merrill, Jason

Linguistics/Languages
Professor

Russian

merril25@msu.edu

Mittman, Elizabeth

Linguistics/Languages
Associate Professor

German

mittman@msu.edu

Pegler-Gordon, Anna

James Madison College
Associate Professor

American Studies

gordonap@msu.edu

Pillai, Swarnavel

Department of English
Assistant Professor

Film Studies

eswaran@msu.edu

Pregent, Grace

The Writing Center
Associate Director

pregentg@msu.edu

Quispe-Agnoli, Rocio

Department of Romance and Classical Studies
Professor

Spanish

quispeag@cal.msu.edu

Rohs, Stephen

James Madison College
Associate Professor

American Studies

rohs@msu.edu

Ryu, Catherine

Linguistics/Languages
Associate Professor

Japanese

ryuc@msu.edu

Sayed, Linda

James Madison College
Assistant Professor

Contemporary Middle East

sayedlin@msu.edu

Singh, Jyotsna

Department of English
Professor

Early Modern Literature and Culture/Film Studies/Postcolonial Literature and Culture

jsingh@msu.edu

Stowe, David

Department of English
Professor

20th Century and Contemporary Literature

stowed@msu.edu

Tans, Eric

MSU Library
Science Collections Coordinator and Environmental Sciences Librarian

tans@msu.edu

Thobani, Sitara

Residential College in the Arts and Humanities
Assistant Professor

Performance Arts in Colonial and Post Colonial South Asia

thobanis@msu.edu 

White, Ann Eleanor-Folino

Department of Theatre
Associate Professor, Head of Theatre Studies

Theatre Studies and Directing

whitea38@msu.edu

Wurst, Karin

German
Professor

wurst@msu.edu