Culture, Gender and Social Change

Notwithstanding the challenges globalization has posed to our societies over the past decades, tangible and intangible cultural exchanges and new forms of local (intersecting) identity-related appropriations have also created innovative spaces for historically marginalized groups, such as  and sexual minorities amplify their voices through popular art forms, creating more diversity. Montclair State researchers working in the arts, fashion,  gender studies, and critical race theory,  for instance, join forces to showcase important global and transnational trends that map the influence of culture, such as film, language, music and dance, not only on local communities, but also on entire populations across nation states. In sum, they help us grasp the politics of culture from a global perspective.

Associated Faculty


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Aditya Adarkar

Associate Professor, Classics and General Humanities

Phone
973-655-4419
Email
adarkara@montclair.edu
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Deborah Chatr Aryamontri

Associate Professor, Classics and General Humanities

Phone
973-655-7380
Email
aryamontrid@montclair.edu
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Livia Alexander

Associate Professor, Art and Design

Phone
973-655-4167
Email
alexanderli@montclair.edu
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David Axelrod

Instructional Specialist, Economics

Phone
973-655-3762
Email
axelrodd@montclair.edu

Chedia Ayari

Post-Doctoral Fellow in Educational Leadership, Educational Leadership

Email
ayaric@montclair.edu
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Cortni Borgerson

Associate Professor, Anthropology

Email
borgersonc@montclair.edu
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Antonella Calarota-Ninman

Instructional Specialist, Spanish and Latino Studies

Email
calarotaa@montclair.edu
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Elenice De Souza Oliveira

Associate Professor, Justice Studies

Email
desouzaolive@montclair.edu
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Elizabeth Emery

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-4452
Email
emerye@montclair.edu
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Teresa Fiore

Professor and Inserra Chair in Italian and Italian American Studies, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-7292
Email
fiorete@montclair.edu
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Reva Jaffe-Walter

Associate Professor, Educational Leadership

Phone
973-655-7216
Email
jaffewalterr@montclair.edu
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Yanick Joseph

Associate Professor, School of Nursing

Email
josephy@montclair.edu
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Kathleen Kelley

Chairperson, Theatre and Dance

Phone
973-655-4115
Email
kelleyka@montclair.edu
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Arnaud Kurze

Associate Professor, Justice Studies

Phone
973-655-7960
Email
kurzea@montclair.edu
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Pankaj Lal

Professor, Earth and Environmental Studies

Phone
973-655-3137
Email
lalp@montclair.edu
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Julie Landweber

Associate Professor, History

Phone
973-655-7482
Email
landweberj@montclair.edu
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Fanny Lauby

Associate Professor, Political Science and Law

Email
laubyf@montclair.edu
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Kathleen Loysen

Associate Professor, College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Phone
973-655-7422
Email
loysenk@montclair.edu

Carlee Denholtz

Adjunct, Nutrition and Food Studies

Phone
973-655-4154
Email
malkowskic@montclair.edu
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Manveer Mann

Associate Professor, Marketing

Email
mannm@montclair.edu

Stephanie Mayer

Budget Analyst, Budget and Planning

Email
mayerst@montclair.edu
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Gina Miele

Assistant Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-5537
Email
mieleg@montclair.edu
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Daniel Mengara

Professor, World Languages and Cultures

Phone
973-655-5143
Email
mengarad@montclair.edu
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Bryan Murdock

Associate Vice President for Community Partnerships, Office of the President

Phone
973-655-6831
Email
murdockb@montclair.edu
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Zsolt Nyiri

Associate Professor, Political Science and Law

Phone
973-655-4238
Email
nyiriz@montclair.edu
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Sangeeta Parashar

Associate Professor, Sociology

Phone
973-655-7168
Email
parashars@montclair.edu
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Shelagh Patterson

Instructional Specialist, Writing Studies

Phone
973-655-3066
Email
pattersonsh@montclair.edu

Vania Penha-Lopes

Professor of Sociology, Academic Affairs

Email
penhalopesv@montclair.edu
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Luis Portes

Professor, Economics

Phone
973-655-2126
Email
portesl@montclair.edu
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Bryan Powell

Assistant Professor, Cali School of Music

Phone
973-655-7279
Email
powellb@montclair.edu

Alison Price-Rom

Adjunct, Educational Foundations

Email
priceroma@montclair.edu
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Stephen Ruszczyk

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email
ruszczyks@montclair.edu
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Adam Rzepka

Associate Professor, English

Phone
973-655-7646
Email
rzepkaa@montclair.edu
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Vikash Singh

Associate Professor, Sociology

Email
singhv@montclair.edu
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Marissa Silverman

Professor, Cali School of Music

Phone
973-655-7779
Email
silvermanm@montclair.edu
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Tony Spanakos

Professor, Political Science and Law

Phone
973-655-7575
Email
spanakost@montclair.edu
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Ethne Swartz

Professor, Management

Email
swartze@montclair.edu
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Kate Temoney

Chairperson, Religion

Phone
973-655-3778
Email
temoneyk@montclair.edu
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Michael Viega

Associate Professor, Cali School of Music

Email
viegam@montclair.edu
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Alyssa Leslie Villasenor

Engagement and Outreach Coordinator, University Galleries

Email
villasenora@montclair.edu