Dr. Lydia Mattice Brandt Department of Art
Research and Teaching Interests: American Art and Architectural History, Historic
Preservation, Cultural Landscapes
Dr. Duncan Buell Department of Computer Science and Engineering
Research and Teaching Interests: Digital Humanities, Mobile Applications, Critical
Interactives
Dr. Lana A. Burgess Faculty Curator, McKissick Museum and Director, Museum Management Certificate Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Museum Studies, 20th Century American Art, Controversial
Exhibitions, Cultural Reception and Interpretation in Museums, Identity Politics,
and Contemporary Outsider Art
Dr. Heidi Rae Cooley Department of Art and Film & Media Studies Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Mobile Technologies, Digital Humanities, Biopolitics,
History and Theory of Documentary
Dr. Mark Garrett Cooper Department of English and Film & Media Studies Program
Research and Teaching Interests: Hollywood Cinema (in a global context), Newsfilm,
Managerial Culture
Dr. Kenneth G. Kelly Department of Anthropology and Coordinator, Certificate in Historical Archaeology
& Cultural Resource Management
Research and Teaching Interests: Historical Archaeology of the African Diaspora, African
Archaeology, Caribbean Plantations
Laura Kissel, MFA Director of Film and Media Studies Program, Department of Art
Research and Teaching Interests: Documentary Film Theory, Orphan Films and Media Archaeology,
Landscape and Environment
Dr. Jennifer A. Marshall School of Library & Information Science and Coordinator, Joint Program in Public History
and Library & Information Science
Research and Teaching Interests: Archival Studies, particularly Appraisal; Preservation
Administration; Record Keeping, Accountability, and Memory
Dr. Page Putnam Miller Distinguished Visiting Lecturer in Public History
Research and Teaching Interests: Archival and Information Policy, Historic Preservation
and Public Policy
Dr. Amy Mills Department of Geography
Research and Teaching Interests: Social Theory and Space/Place; Landscape Studies;
Nationalism and Modernity in Urban Space; Gender, Identity, and the City
Lynn Robertson Executive Director Emeritus, McKissick Museum
Research and Teaching Interests: Museum Studies, Management of Museums and other Cultural
Institutions
Dr. Sara Schwebel Department of English
Research and Teaching Interests: Children’s and Young Adult Literature
Dr. Lauren Rebecca Sklaroff Department of History
Research and Teaching Interests: U.S. Cultural and Intellectual History, History of
Race Relations in the United States
Dr. Steven D. Smith Director, South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology
Research and Teaching Interests: Cultural Resource Management, U.S. Military History,
the American Revolution, African-American Military History
Saddler Taylor Curator of Folklife & Research, The Folklife Resource Center, McKissick Museum
Research and Teaching Interests: Communal Foodways, Folk Music in Contemporary Society,
Folklife Genres, Audio and Video Field Documentation, Digital Media in the Modern
Archive