Faculty

Susan Ossman Susan Ossman, Director of Global Studies
INTS 3116
(951)827-1261
susan.ossman@ucr.edu

Susan Ossman is the director of the Global Studies Program. She works closely with the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies and the faculty steering committee. Courses and seminars in Global Studies are taught by faculty from departments throughout the University.
   
Anne Sutherland Anne Sutherland
INTS 3117
(951) 827-2466/827-5575
anne.sutherland@ucr.edu

Anne Sutherland is professor of Global Studies and sociocultural anthropology and Director of Interdisciplinary Studies at the University of California, Riverside. She has a Diploma, M.Litt and D.Phil in social anthropology from Oxford University and has taught at Durham University (England),  Macalester College (St. Paul, MN), and Georgia State U. (Atlanta) before coming to UCR.  Major research includes globalization in Belize and its impact on national identity and an ethnographic history of Texas culture from 1830 to 1910.  She is a world expert on Gypsies (Roma) in America. Her latest research is on crime, punishment and cultural misunderstanding between Roma and the American legal system as well as the consequences of global processes on  the Roma.
   
Justine Lemos Dr. Justine Lemos

Justine Lemos studies the globalization of embodied practices including the globalization of classical Indian dance from the 19th century to the present, contemporary South Asian choreography, and the globalization of Yoga practice and philosophy. Lemos' upcoming book focuses on the embodiment of gender as manifest in women's dance practices in Kerala, South India. Fellowships from the American Institute for Indian Studies, U.S. Fulbright
Foundation and the Association of American University Women have supported her research and writing. Lemos earned her Ph.D. from UCR. She also holds a Master's degree in Dance Studies from Mills College.

Faculty Steering Committee:

Muhamad Ali (Religious Studies)
Juliann Allison (Political Science)
Veronica Benet-Martinez (Psychology)
Chris Chase-Dunn (Sociology)
Marcelle Chauvet (Economics)
Walter Clark (Music)
Anil B. Deolalikar (Economics)
Alessandro Fornazzi (Hispanic Studies)
V.P. Franklin (History)
Mariam Lam (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages)
Bronwyn Leebow (Political Science)
Perry Link (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages)
Henk Maier (Comparative Literature and Foreign Languages)
Alan McHughen (CNAS, Botany & Plant Sciences)
Toby Miller (Media and Cultural Studies)
Kurt Schwab (CNAS, Environmental Science)