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