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Ameya S. Balsekar
Associate Professor of Government
Campus Phone: 920-832-6930
Education: Brown University, B.A.; Cornell University, M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: Political participation, identity politics and ethnic conflict, politics of Asia, comparative democratization, politics of human rights, multiculturalism
Campus Address: Briggs Hall
Room 213
Government
Years at Lawrence: 2009-
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Peter A. Blitstein
Associate Professor of History
Campus Phone: 920-832-6955
Education: Johns Hopkins University, B.A.; University of California-Berkeley, M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: History of the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, Nationalism and Ethnicity, Historical Theory
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 310
History
Years at Lawrence: 2001-
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Jason Brozek
Stephen Edward Scarff Professor of International Affairs and Associate Professor of Government
Campus Phone: 920-993-6182
Education: Wayne State College, B.A.; University of Wisconsin-Madison, M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: Freshwater, international security, conflict bargaining, US foreign policy, International law
Campus Address: Briggs Hall
Room 207
Government
Years at Lawrence: 2008-
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Hillary Caruthers
Assistant Professor of Economics
Campus Phone: 920-832-7162
Education: Brigham Young University, B.A.; University of Wisconsin at Madison, M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: Economic Development, Labor Migration, Global Nutrition and Health, Natural Resource and Environmental Economics, East and Southeast Asian Studies
Campus Address: Briggs Hall
Room 216
Economics
Years at Lawrence: 2014-
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Dominica Chang
Margaret Banta Humleker Professor of French Cultural Studies and Associate Professor of French
Campus Phone: 920-832-7044
Education: University of Wisconsin-Madison, B.A.; Middlebury College, M.A.; University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: Romance languages and literature
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 313
French and Francophone Studies
Years at Lawrence: 2007-
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Sonja Lynn Downing
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
Campus Phone: 920-832-7165
Education: Swarthmore College, B.A.; University of California-Santa Barbara, M.M., Ph.D.
Interests: ethnomusicology, gender studies, traditional Balinese music
Campus Address: Mursell House
Room 202
Conservatory of Music
Years at Lawrence: 2008-
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Eilene Hoft-March
Milwaukee-Downer College and College Endowment Association Professorship of Liberal Studies and Professor of French
Campus Phone: 920-832-6689
Education: Carroll College, B.A.; University of California-Berkeley, M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: 20th-century and 21st-century French literature, evolution of the novel, life writing
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 301
French and Francophone Studies
Years at Lawrence: 1988-
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Lena L. Khor
Associate Professor of English
Campus Phone: 920-832-7223
Education: Middlebury College, B.A.; University of Texas at Austin, M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: Contemporary world Anglophone literature, human rights and humanitarian discourse, postcolonial studies, literary theory, cultural studies, film
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 314
English
Years at Lawrence: 2009-
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Brent Peterson
Professor of German
Campus Phone: 920-832-6663
Education: Johns Hopkins University, B.A.; University of Iowa, M.A.; University of Minnesota, Ph.D.
Interests: construction of national and ethnic identities; the intersection of historical fiction and history; the “long 19th century” 1789-1918; post-war, post-wall experiences of both Germanies
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 209
German
Years at Lawrence: 2002-
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Claudena Skran
Edwin & Ruth West Professor of Economics and Social Science and Professor of Government
Campus Phone: 920-832-6674
Education: Michigan State University, B.A.; Oxford University, M.Phil., Ph.D.
Interests: international relations, international organizations, refugees, social entrepreneurship, sustainable development, African politics, European politics
Campus Address: Briggs Hall
Room 214
Government
Years at Lawrence: 1990-
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Martyn Smith
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Campus Phone: 920-832-6946
Education: Prairie College-Alberta, B.Th.; Fuller Seminary, M.A.; Emory University, Ph.D.
Interests: Islam, medieval Arabic literature, religion and the environment
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 415
Religious Studies
Years at Lawrence: 2006-
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Rosa Tapia
Associate Professor of Spanish
Campus Phone: 920-832-6682
Education: Universidad de Granada, B.A.; University of Delaware, M.A.; Pennsylvania State University, Ph.D.
Interests: Spanish and Latin American literature, film studies, gender studies
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 308
Spanish
Years at Lawrence: 2002-
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Peter John Thomas
Associate Professor of Russian Studies
Campus Phone: 920-832-7250
Education: Northwestern University, B.A., M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: Russia, poetry, translation, philosophy, contemporary composers
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 405
Russian
Years at Lawrence: 2006-
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Lifongo Vetinde
Professor of French
Campus Phone: 920-832-6685
Education: Université de Yaoundé, Cameroun, B.A.; Université de Dijon, France; University of Oregon, M.A., Ph.D.
Interests: francophone African literature
Campus Address: Main Hall
Room 407
French and Francophone Studies
Years at Lawrence: 1996-
