Affiliated Faculty
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.
Do you know of a Stanford faculty member who is not included in this list? Please contact Tammy Frisby so that we can grow our database.
| 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 |
