Faculty
Meet the Faculty
Derek Buckaloo
Administrative Coordinator of African American Studies
Professor of History
B.A. Stanford University
M.A. Emory University
Ph.D. Emory University
Dr. Buckaloo teaches United States history, with special focus on 20th century politics and culture, including the 1960s and the African American social justice movements associated with that era.
Katie Rodgers
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Coe College
M.A., Rutgers University
Ph.D., University of Oregon
Dr. Rodgers specializes in issues of race, class, and gender inequality, focusing on how these inequalities show up in a variety of social institutions. She has published work on inequality in sport, news media, and higher education. She is also particularly interested in inequalities in the justice system and restorative justice practices. All of her teaching centers issues of power and oppression and includes classes on the family, globalization, sport, race, and sexuality.
Amber Shaw
Henry and Margaret Haegg Associate Professor of English
B.A., Rhodes College
M.A., University of Georgia
Ph.D., University of Georgia
Dr. Shaw studies 19th century American and transatlantic literature and is particularly interested in the history of the novel, material culture and gender studies. She teaches courses in early and 19th century American literature, 19th century fiction, American women writers, the Black Atlantic and transnationalism across the long 19th century.
Brie Swenson Arnold
William P. and Gayle S. Professor of History
B.A., Concordia College — Moorhead, MN
M.A., University of Minnesota
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Dr. Swenson Armold teaches United States history, specializing in early American, Civil War, African American, women's and gender, and public history. Her research focuses on race and gender in the nineteeth century. Her work on the African American history of the Midwest has appeared in numerous scholarly publications and in public history projects with the City of Cedar Rapids and the African American Museum of Iowa.