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Culture, Gender and Social Change

Notwithstanding the challenges globalization has posed to our societies over the past decades, tangible and intangible cultural exchanges and new forms of local (intersecting) identity-related appropriations have also created innovative spaces for historically marginalized groups, such as  and sexual minorities amplify their voices through popular art forms, creating more diversity. Montclair State researchers working in the arts, fashion,  gender studies, and critical race theory,  for instance, join forces to showcase important global and transnational trends that map the influence of culture, such as film, language, music and dance, not only on local communities, but also on entire populations across nation states. In sum, they help us grasp the politics of culture from a global perspective.

Associated Faculty


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Aditya Adarkar

Associate Professor, Classics and General Humanities

Phone
973-655-4419
Email
adarkara@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 146
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Deborah Chatr Aryamontri

Associate Professor, Classics and General Humanities

Phone
973-655-7380
Email
aryamontrid@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 145
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Livia Alexander

Associate Professor, Art and Design

Phone
973-655-4167
Email
alexanderli@montclair.edu
Location
Life Hall, 0434

Chedia Ayari

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Educational Leadership, Educational Leadership

Email
ayaric@montclair.edu
Location
University Hall
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Cortni Borgerson

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Email
borgersonc@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall
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Antonella Calarota-Ninman

Director, Center for Latine and Spanish Academic Success and Excellence (CLASE), Spanish and Latino Studies

Email
calarotaa@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall
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Elenice De Souza Oliveira

Associate Professor, Justice Studies

Email
desouzaolive@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 321
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Elizabeth Emery

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-4452
Email
emerye@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241J
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Teresa Fiore

Professor and Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-7292
Email
fiorete@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241D
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Reva Jaffe-Walter

Associate Professor, Educational Foundations

Phone
973-655-7216
Email
jaffewalterr@montclair.edu
Location
University Hall, 2144
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Yanick Joseph

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Email
josephy@montclair.edu
Location
The School of Nursing and The Graduate School
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Christopher Kaczmarek

Chairperson, Art and Design

Phone
973-655-4102
Email
kaczmarekc@montclair.edu
Location
Calcia Hall
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Kathleen Kelley

Chairperson, Theatre and Dance

Phone
973-655-4115
Email
kelleyka@montclair.edu
Location
Life Hall
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Fawzia Afzal-Khan

Professor, English

Phone
973-655-7309
Email
khanf@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 454
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Arnaud Kurze

Associate Professor, Justice Studies

Phone
973-655-7960
Email
kurzea@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 352
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Francesca Laguardia

Professor, Justice Studies

Phone
973-655-5149
Email
laguardiaf@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 316
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Pankaj Lal

Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies

Phone
973-655-3137
Email
lalp@montclair.edu
Location
Center for Environmental & Life Sciences, 426
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Julie Landweber

Associate Professor, History

Phone
973-655-7482
Email
landweberj@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 412
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Fanny Lauby

Associate Professor, Political Science and Law

Email
laubyf@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 205
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Johnny Lorenz

Professor, English

Phone
973-655-7318
Email
lorenzj@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 359
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Kathleen Loysen

Chairperson, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-7422
Email
loysenk@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241K

Carlee Denholtz

Adjunct, Nutrition and Food Studies

Phone
973-655-4154
Email
malkowskic@montclair.edu
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Manveer Mann

Associate Professor, Marketing

Email
mannm@montclair.edu
Location
School of Business, 583
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Stephanie Mayer

Budget Analyst, Budget and Planning

Email
mayerst@montclair.edu
Location
Overlook
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Gina Miele

Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-5537
Email
mieleg@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 222
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Katherine McCaffrey

Professor, Anthropology

Phone
973-655-7560
Email
mccaffreyk@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 108
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Daniel Mengara

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-5143
Email
mengarad@montclair.edu
Location
Conrad J. Schmitt Hall, 241G
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Bryan Murdock

Associate Vice President for Community Partnerships, Office of the President

Phone
973-655-6831
Email
murdockb@montclair.edu
Location
Sprague Library, 140A
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Wendy Nielsen

Professor, English

Phone
973-655-7321
Email
nielsenw@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 465
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Zsolt Nyiri

Associate Professor, Political Science and Law

Phone
973-655-4238
Email
nyiriz@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 211
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Sangeeta Parashar

Associate Professor, Sociology

Phone
973-655-7168
Email
parashars@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 310

Vania Penha-Lopes

Professor of Sociology, Academic Affairs

Email
penhalopesv@montclair.edu
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Luis Portes

Professor, Economics

Phone
973-655-2126
Email
portesl@montclair.edu
Location
School of Business, 557
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Bryan Powell

Associate Professor, Cali School of Music

Phone
973-655-7279
Email
powellb@montclair.edu
Location
Chapin Hall, 348

Alison Price-Rom

Adjunct, Educational Foundations

Email
priceroma@montclair.edu
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Stephen Ruszczyk

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email
ruszczyks@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 313
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Adam Rzepka

Associate Professor, English

Phone
973-655-7646
Email
rzepkaa@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 309
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Vikas Singh

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email
singhv@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 308
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Marissa Silverman

Professor, Cali School of Music

Phone
973-655-7779
Email
silvermanm@montclair.edu
Location
Chapin Hall
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Tony Spanakos

Professor, Political Science and Law

Phone
973-655-7575
Email
spanakost@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 203
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Ethne Swartz

Professor, Management

Email
swartze@montclair.edu
Location
School of Business
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Kate Temoney

Chairperson, Religion

Phone
973-655-3778
Email
temoneyk@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 446
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Alyssa Leslie Villasenor

Engagement and Outreach Manager, University Galleries

Email
villasenora@montclair.edu
Location
Red Hawk Deck
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James Woodard

Professor, History

Email
woodardj@montclair.edu
Location
Dickson Hall, 320