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 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.

Do you know of a Stanford faculty member who should be included in this list? Please contact Jon Christensen Executive Director of the Bill Lane Center for the American West.

Department	First Name	Last Name	Title	Location	Contact	Relevant Courses	Keywords
Anthropological Sciences	Ian	Robertson	Assistant Professor of Anthropological Sciences	Building 40		Introduction to Mesoamerican Archaeology; Archaeology of Central Mexico	Keywords: Mexico, Urban
Anthropological Sciences	John	Rick	Associate Professor of Anthropological Sciences; Curator of Anthropology, Cantor Center for the Arts	Building 40	(650) 723-1854		Visual Arts, History
Art & Art History	Scott	Bukatman	Associate Professor of Art & Art History; Media Studies	Cummings Art Building	(650) 725-0131	Cinema and the City, World's Fairs and Theme Parks, The Body in American Genre Film, Cyborgs and Synthetic Humans	Visual Arts, Technology
Art & Art History	Robert	Dawson	Lecturer, Art & Art History			Photography and the North American West	Visual Arts
Art & Art History	Paul	Turner	Professor of Art & Art History		(650) 723-3306	Frank Lloyd Write	Visual Arts, History
Biological Sciences	Gretchen	Daily	Professor of Biological Sciences		(650) 723-9452		Environment, Ecosystems
Biological Sciences	Paul	Ehrlich	Professor of Biological Sciences; President, Center for Conservation Biology	Herrin 409	(650) 723-3171		Environment, Ecosystems
Biological Sciences	Harold	Mooney	Professor of Biological Sciences	Herrin 477	(650) 723-1179	Ecosystems of California	Environment, Ecosystems
Biological Sciences	Peter	Vitousek	Professor of Biological Sciences	Herrin Labs 498A	(650) 725-1866	Relevant Courses:	Environment, Landforms, Ecosystems
Civil and Environmental Engineering	David	Freyberg	Associate Professor	Terman M-13	(650) 723-3234	Watersheds and Wetlands, Floods and Droughts, Dams and Aqueducts	Environment, Water
Communication	James	Bettinger	Director, John S. Knight Fellowships for Professional Journalists	McClatchy Hall 426	(650) 725-1189	Relevant Courses:	Journalism
Communication	Fred	Turner	Assistant Professor of Communication	McClatchy Hall 336	(650) 723-0706		Journalism; Technology
Comparative Literature	David	Palumbo-Liu	Professor of Comparative Literature	Building 260-229	(650) 725-4915	Introduction to Asian American Culture, Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity	Literature, Demographics
Cultural and Social Anthropology	Michael	Wilcox	Assistant Professor of Cultural and Social Anthropology	Building 110, Room 112	(650) 736-1255	Native Americans in the 21st Century: Encounters, Identity, and Sovereignty in Contemporary America; Archaeology of the American Southwest: Contemporary Peoples, Contemporary Debates	Demographics, Native Americans, History
Drama	Susan	Cashion	Lecturer, Dance Division				Relevant Courses:Performing Arts, Mexico
Drama	Richard	Powers	Professor, Dance Division	Roble Gym & Dance Studio, Room 12	(650) 725-0739	Social Dances of North America	Performing Arts, Mexico, Canada
Earth Systems	Gregory	Simon	Post-Doctoral	Y2E2		NAFTA	Politics, Geography
Economics	Roger	Noll	Professor of Economics	Landau Economics Building		What's the Matter with California?	Politics, Economics
English	Shelley	Fisher Fishkin	Professor of English; Director, American Studies Program	Building 460-420	(650) 723-1804	Huckleberry Finn and American Culture, Mark Twain and American Culture	Literature
English	Joyce	Moser	Lecturer in English	Sweet Hall 422	(650) 723-4618	The Dream Machine: Classic Hollywood Movies; Golden State: California in Film and Literature	Visual Arts, Literature
Geological and Environmental Sciences	Dennis	Bird	Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences	Green Earth Sciences 229	(650) 723-1664	An Introduction to Wilderness Skills, The California Gold Rush: Geologic Background and Environmental Impact	Environment, Landforms
Geological and Environmental Sciences	C. Page	Chamberlain	Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences	Green Earth Sciences 320	(650) 725-6835	Environmental and Geological Field Studies in the Rocky Mountains	Environment, Landforms, Ecosystems
Geological and Environmental Sciences	George	Hilley	Assistant Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences	Braun Hall (GeoCorner) 233	(650) 723-2782	Landscape Tectonics of the San Francisco Bay Area	Environment, Landforms
Geological and Environmental Sciences	Gail	Mahood	Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences	Green Earth Sciences 237	(650) 723-1429	Volcanoes of the Eastern Sierra Nevada, California Desert Ecology	Environment, Landforms, Ecosystems
Geological and Environmental Sciences	Elizabeth	Miller	Professor of Earth Sciences	Braun 205	(650) 723-1149	California Landforms and Plate Tectonics	Environment, Landforms
Geological and Environmental Sciences	Karen	Seto	Assistant Professor of Geological and Environmental Sciences	Green Earth Sciences 355	650-736-1295		Urban; Environment; Technology; Pacific Rim
Geophysics	Gregory C.	Beroza	Professor of Geophysics	Mitchell Earth Sciences 329	(650) 723-4958	Changes in the Coastal Ocean: The View from Monterey and SF Bays	Environment, Oceans
History	Matthew	Booker	Assistant Professor of History	Y2E2 Building, Room 338		Spatial History Project	History
History	Al	Camarillo	Professor of History	Building 200, Room 123	(650) 723-1966	California History, Introduction to Mexican American History, Twentieth Century America	History; Demographics; Politics; Urban
History	Gordon	Chang	Professor of History	Building 200-222	(650) 723-2758	Introduction to Asian American History, American in the World, History of US East Asia Relations	History; Politics; Pacific Rim
History	David M.	Kennedy	Professor of History	Building 200, Room 207	(650) 723-0351	America in the 20th Century; Sovereignty and the State	History; Politics; Law
History	Richard	White	Professor of History	Building 200	(650) 723-2651	American Wests; America in the 19th Century	Environment; History
Hopkins Marine Station	Barbara	Block	Professor of Marine Sciences	Hopkins Marine Station	(831) 655-6236	Stanford at Sea	Environment, Oceans
Hopkins Marine Station	William	Gilly	Professor of Biological Sciences	Hopkins Marine Station		Holistic Biology	Environment, Oceans
Hopkins Marine Station	Stephen	Palumbi	Professor of Marine Sciences	Hopkins Marine Station	(831) 655-6210		Environment, Oceans
Interdisciplinary Graduate Program on Environment and Resources (IPER)	Suki	Hoagland	Senior Lecturer, IPER	Mitchell Earth Sciences 132	(650) 724-3074		Environment, Ecosystems
Law	Margaret "Meg"	Caldwell	Senior Lecturer in Law	Law School 243	650-723-4057	California Coast: Science Policy and Law; Environmental Law Workshop	Environment; Law; Politics, Oceans
Law	Barton H. "Buzz"	Thompson, Jr.	Robert E. Paradise Professor of Natural Resources Law; Director, Woods Institute for the Environment	Crown Quad 320	650-723-2518	Property, Water Law	Environment, Law, Politics, Water, Ecosystems
Political Science	David	Brady	Professor of Political Science	Encina Hall West, Room 409	(650) 723-9702	What's the Matter with California?	Politics
Political Science	Tammy	Frisby	Lecturer Political Science	Y2E2 Room 339	(650) 723-1577	California Constitution Project	Politics
Program in Writing and Rhetoric(PWR)	Susan	Wyle	Lecturer in Writing and Rhetoric	Building 460-306		Writing the American West	Literature, History, Visual Arts
Sociology	Matthew	Snipp	Professor of Sociology	Building 120-138	(650) 725-0414	American Indians in Contemporary Society; American Indians in Comparative Historical Perspective	Demographics, Native American, History, Politics
University Libraries	Margaret	Kimball	University Archivist	Green Library	(650) 725-1161		History; Visual Arts

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