Faculty Database
Learning about the West at Stanford
Faculty across Stanford University – from Humanities & Sciences to Earth Sciences, Business to Law, and Engineering to Education – study and teach about the people and places of the North American West. Through courses, independent study, and research, Stanford undergraduates and graduate and professional students can integrate the study of the West into their academic work.
Browse the faculty members listed by department below.
Do you know of a Stanford faculty member who is not included in this database? Please contact Margaret O’Mara so that we can grow our listings.
Faculty by Department
Anthropological Sciences
Ian Robertson
Assistant Professor of Anthropological Sciences
IGR@stanford.edu
Building 360-362
Relevant Courses: Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology; Archaeology of Central Mexico
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Mexico, Urban
John Rick
Associate Professor of Anthropological Sciences
Curator of Anthropology, Cantor Center for the Arts
johnrick@stanford.edu
Building 360
(650) 723-1854
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Visual Arts, History
Art & Art History
Scott Bukatman
Associate Professor of Art & Art History; Media Studies
Xbody@stanford.edu
Cummings Art Building
(650) 725-0131
Relevant Courses: Cinema and the City, World’s Fairs and Theme Parks, The Body in American Genre Film, Cyborgs and Synthetic Humans
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Visual Arts, Technology
Robert Dawson
Lecturer, Art & Art History
landscape@lgc.org
Relevant Courses: Photography and the North American West
Web Site
Keywords: Visual Arts
Paul Turner
Professor of Art & Art History
pvturner@stanford.edu
(650) 723-3306
Relevant Courses: Frank Lloyd Write
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Visual Arts, History
Biological Sciences
Gretchen Daily
Professor of Biological Sciences
gdaily@stanford.edu
(650) 723-9452
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Ecosystems
Paul Ehrlich
Professor of Biological Sciences
President, Center for Conservation Biology
Herrin 409
(650) 723-3171
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Ecosystems
Harold Mooney
Professor of Biological Sciences
Herrin 477
(650) 723-1179
hmooney@stanford.edu
Relevant Courses: Ecosystems of California
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Ecosystems
Peter Vitousek
Professor of Biological Sciences
vitousek@stanford.edu
Herrin Labs 498A
(650) 725-1866
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Landforms, Ecosystems
Civil and Environmental Engineering
David Freyberg
Associate Professor
freyberg@stanford.edu
Terman M-13
(650) 723-3234
Relevant Courses: Watersheds and Wetlands, Floods and Droughts, Dams and Aqueducts
Faculty Web Site:
Keywords: Environment, Water
Commnication
James Bettinger
Director, John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists
jimb@stanford.edu
McClatchy Hall 426
(650) 725-1189
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Journalism
Fred Turner
Assistant Professor of Communication
fturner@stanford.edu
McClatchy Hall 336
(650) 723-0706
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Journalism; Technology
Comparative Literature
David Palumbo-Liu
Professor of Comparative Literature
palumbo-liu@stanford.edu
Building 260-229
(650) 725-4915
Relevant Courses: Introduction to Asian American Culture, Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Literature, Demographics
Cultural and Social Anthropology
Michael Wilcox
Assistant Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology
Mwilcox@stanford.edu
Building 110, Room 112
(650) 736-1255
Relevant Courses: Native Americans in the 21st Century: Encounters, Identity, and Sovereignty in Contemporary America; Archaeology of the American Southwest: Contemporary Peoples, Contemporary Debates
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Demographics, Native Americans, History
Drama
Susan Cashion
Lecturer, Dance Division
cashion@stanford.edu
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Performing Arts, Mexico
Richard Powers
Professor, Dance Division
vintage@stanford.edu
Roble Gym & Dance Studio, Room 12
(650) 725-0739
Relevant Courses: Social Dances of North America
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Performing Arts, Mexico, Canada
Economics
Roger Noll
Professor of Economics
rnoll@stanford.edu
Landau Economics Building
Relevant Courses: What’s the Matter with California?
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Politics, Economics
English
Shelley Fisher Fishkin
Professor of English
Director, American Studies Program
sfishkin@stanford.edu
Building 460-420
(650) 723-1804
Relevant Courses: Huckleberry Finn and American Culture, Mark Twain and American Culture
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Literature
Joyce Moser
Lecturer in English
mose@stanford.edu
Sweet Hall 422
(650) 723-4618
Relevant Courses: The Dream Machine: Classic Hollywood Movies; Golden State: California in Film and Literature
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Visual Arts, Literature
Geological and Environmental Sciences
Dennis Bird
Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences
bird@pangea.stanford.edu
Green Earth Sciences 229
(650) 723-1664
Relevant Courses: An Introduction to Wilderness Skills, The California Gold Rush: Geologic Background and Environmental Impact
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Landforms
C. Page Chamberlain
Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences
chamb@stanford.edu
Green Earth Sciences 320
(650) 725-6835
Relevant Courses: Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Landforms, Ecosystems
George Hilley
Assistant Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences
hilley@pangea.stanford.edu
Braun Hall (GeoCorner) 233
(650) 723-2782
Relevant Courses: Landscape Tectonics of the San Francisco Bay Area
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Landforms
Gail Mahood
Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences
gail@pangea.stanford.edu
Green Earth Sciences 237
(650) 723-1429
Relevant Courses: Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California Desert Ecology
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Landforms, Ecosystems
Elizabeth Miller
Professor of Earth Sciences
miller@pangea.stanford.edu
Braun 205
(650) 723-1149
Relevant Courses: California Landforms and Plate Tectonics
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Landforms
Karen Seto
Assistant Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences
kseto@stanford.edu
Green Earth Sciences 355
650-736-1295
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Urban; Environment; Technology; Pacific Rim
Geophysics
Gregory C. Beroza
Professor of Geophysics
beroza@pangea.stanford.edu
Mitchell Earth Sciences 329
(650) 723-4958
Relevant Courses: Changes in the Coastal Ocean: The View from Monterey and SF Bays
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Oceans
History
Al Camarillo
Professor of History
camar@stanford.edu
Building 200, Room123
(650) 723-1966
Relevant Courses: California History, Introduction to Mexican American History, Twentieth Century America
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: History; Demographics; Politics; Urban
Gordon Chang
Professor of History
gchang@stanford.edu
Building 200-222
(650) 723-2758
Relevant Courses: Introduction to Asian American History, American in the World, History of US East Asia Relations
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: History; Politics; Pacific Rim
David M. Kennedy
Professor of History
dmk@stanford.edu
Building 200, Room 207
(650) 723-0351
Relevant Courses: America in the 20th Century; Sovereignty and the State
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: History; Politics; Law
Margaret O’Mara
Acting Assistant Professor of History
momara@stanford.edu
Building 200
(650) 723-9342
Relevant Courses: The Suburban West, Cities in the North American West, California and the West in National Politics
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: History; Urban; Politics; Technology
Richard White
Professor of History
whiter@stanford.edu
Building 200
(650) 723-2651
Relevant Courses: American Wests; America in the 19th Century
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment; History
Hopkins Marine Station
Barbara Block
Professor of Marine Sciences
Bblock@stanford.edu
Hopkins Marine Station
(831) 655-6236
Relevant Courses: Stanford at Sea
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Oceans
William Gilly
Professor of Biological Sciences
lignje@stanford.edu
Hopkins Marine Station
Relevant Courses: Holistic Biology
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Oceans
Stephen Palumbi
Professor of Marine Sceicnes
spalumbi@stanford.edu
Hopkins Marine Station
(831) 655-6210
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Oceans
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Environment and Resources (IPER)
Suki Hoagland
Senior Lecturer, IPER
shh@stanford.edu
Mitchell Earth Sciences 132
(650) 724-3074
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Ecosystems
Law
Margaret “Meg” Caldwell
Senior Lecturer in Law
megc@stanford.edu
Law School 243
650-723-4057
Relevant Courses: California Coast: Science Policy and Law; Environmental Law Workshop
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment; Law; Politics, Oceans
Barton H. “Buzz” Thompson, Jr.
Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law
Director, Woods Institute for the Environment
buzzt@stanford.edu
Crown Quad 320
650-723-2518
Relevant Courses: Property, Water Law
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Environment, Law, Politics, Water, Ecosystems
Political Science
David Brady
Professor of Political Science
dbrady@stanford.edu
Encina Hall West, Room 409
(650) 723-9702
Relevant Courses: What’s the Matter with California?
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Politics
Luis Fraga
Professor of Political Science
Fraga@stanford.edu
Encina Central 444
(650) 723-5219
Relevant Courses: California Politics: Past, Present and Future
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Politics, Demographics
Program in Writing and Rhetorice(PWR)
Susan Wyle
Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric
suky@stanford.edu
Building 460-306
Relevant Courses: Writing the American West
Web Site
Keywords: Literature, History, Visual Arts
Sociology
Matthew Snipp
Professor of Sociology
snipp@stanford.edu
Building 120-138
(650) 725-0414
Relevant Courses: American Indians in Contemporary Society; American Indians in Comparative Historical Perspective
Faculty Web Site
Keywords: Demographics, Native American, History, Politics
University Libraries
Margaret Kimball
University Archivist
mkimball@stanford.edu
Green Library
(650) 725-1161
Web Site
Keywords: History; Visual Arts
