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Associate Professor Tony Ballantyne (Ph.D., University of Cambridge)
Department: IAS and History
Teaches Crossing Borders II, Intro to South Asian Civilization, courses on South Asian culture and history.
Area interests: Culture of colonialism in South Asia; South Asian migrant communities (especially in the United Kingdom); colonial knowledge in British empire.
Email: aballant@wustl.edu
Office: Busch Hall 101, Campus Box 1062
   
Associate Professor Letty Chen (Ph.D., Columbia University)
Department: Asian and Near Eastern Languages and Literatures
Teaches courses on modern Chinese Literature and Culture, Chinese American Literature, Chinese Global Cities, Identity Politics, History and Cultural Memory.
Area interests: China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Chinese Diaspora
Email: llchen@artsci.wustl.edu
Office: Busch 124A, Campus Box 1111

   
Assistant Professor Seth Graebner (Ph.D., Harvard University)
Department: IAS and Romance Languages and Literatures
Teaches courses on Francophone Literature, Crossing Borders II and one of the freshman ILP courses.
Area interests: North Africa and the Arab world
Email: graebner@wustl.edu
Office: North Ridgley 315, Campus Box 1077
   
Professor Steven C. Hause (Ph.D., Washington University)
Senior Scholar in the Humanities
Department: History
Teaches courses on modern French History and Introduction to European Studies. Area interests: Europe, specifically France.
Area interests: Europe, specifically France.
Email: shause@artsci.wustl.edu
Office: Busch Hall 222, Campus Box 1062
   
Professor Mabel Moraña (Ph.D., University of Minnesota)
Department: IAS and Romance Languages and Literatures
Teaching: Latin American Literature and Intro to Latin American Culture
Area interests: Latin America
Email: mmorana@artsci.wustl.edu
Office: Ridgley Hall 309, Campus Box 1077
   

Prof. Derek Pardue (Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign)
Departments: IAS and Anthropology
Teaches courses on cities, language, violence, pop life, and music.
Area interests: Brazil, Portugal, and Haiti
Email: dpardue@artsci.wustl.edu
Office: McMillan 145 Campus Box 1114
Website: http://artsci.wustl.edu/~dpardue/web_pardue/index.htm

   
Prof. Ignacio Sanchez-Prado (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh)
Departments: IAS and Romance Languages and Literatures
Teaches courses on Mexican literature and culture, Survey of Latin American Culture and Crossing Borders II.
Area interests: Mexico, nation theory, literary theory, issues of canonicity and Latin American literature and film.
Email: isanchez@yahoo.com
Office: North Ridgley 314A Campus Box 1077
   
Dr. Priscilla Stone (Ph.D., University of Arizona)
Adjunct Associate Professor
Departments: IAS and Anthropology
Teaches courses in the areas of globalization, development, anthropology, and African studies, as well as Introduction to International Studies.
Area interests: sub-Saharan Africa
Email: pstone@wustl.edu
Office: Stix House 101, Campus Box 1088
   
Asst. Dean Nicole Svobodny (Ph.D., Columbia University)
Departments: IAS and Russian
Teaches Intro to Russian Civilization and 19 th Century Russian Novel.
Area interests: Russia
Email: nsvobodn@artsci.wustl.edu
Office: 205 S. Brookings Campus Box 1117
   

Professor Lynne Tatlock (Ph.D., Indiana University)
Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Department: Germanic Languages and Literatures
Teaches Focus on French and German Nationalism (1789-1914) and courses on the literature, languages and cultures of the German-speaking world.
Area interests: Europe, especially the German-speaking countries and France.
Email: ltatlock@wustl.edu
Office: Ridgley 327, Campus Box 1104

   

Assistant Professor Lori Watt (Ph.D., Columbia University)
Departments: IAS and History
Teaches Crossing Borders I and courses on modern East Asian history and historiography, empire and decolonization, nations and nationalism, and migration.
Area interests: East Asia, especially Japan and Northeast China.
Email: lwatt@wustl.edu
Office: Busch Hall 219, Campus Box 1062

   

Professor James V. Wertsch (Ph.D., University of Chicago)
Marshall S. Snow Professor in Arts & Sciences
Departments: IAS, Anthropology and Education
Teaches courses on memory, identity and national security.
Area interests: the former Soviet Union, Russia, and the Caucasus
Email: jwertsch@wustl.edu
Office: Cupples II 112, Campus Box 1173

 
     
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