Global Studies Faculty

Peter Blitstein is a historian of modern Russia specializing in the Soviet period and the history of nationalism and ethnicity.  He teaches courses on all aspects of Russian history, the history of intelligence agencies and state security, and historical theory.

Jason Brozek is Associate Professor of Government and Stephen Edward Scarff Professor of International Affairs, and since joining the faculty in 2008, has taught courses on global politics, international law, US foreign policy, climate change, and environmental policy.

I was trained as a scholar of 19th-century French literature and revolutionary studies. However, I love teaching all aspects of French and Francophone Studies, especially language courses, cultural studies, and film studies.

I am an ethnomusicologist and a member of the Musicology Department.

I love reading literature: It teaches, delights, and moves me. I enjoy sharing my love of literature with others through my research and teaching. My research areas are human rights and humanitarianism (how to love and live with people) and environmentalism (how to love and live with nature).

What I love about religious studies is the way it allows for studying how groups of people find meaning in their lives and impart value to the world around them.

Prof. Tapia's teaching and research focus on the contemporary cinema and late 20th-century fiction of Spain and Latin America. Co-organizer of Lawrence University's Latin American and Spanish Film Festival.

Brigid E. Vance's research focuses on the intellectual and cultural history of dreams and dream divination in late Ming China.