Associated Resources

Arts and Culture

Description

UC Merced's faculty in arts, literature and culture demonstrate a distinctly multicultural approach appropriate for the university's location in the diverse Central Valley. Music, visual art and literature from various ethnic traditions find a home here, and faculty members specializing in their study can contribute to stories about their specialties or about the importance of diversity in the arts.

Associated Faculty

  • Manuel Martin Rodriguez (Hispanic culture in film, literature, and television)
  • Ruth Mostern (Digital maps; Chinese history; political geography)
  • Robin Maria DeLugan (Community, identity, migration, nationalism, transnationalism; Museums, tourism; Mexico, El Salvador)
  • Kevin Fellezs (Jazz; music and popular culture)
  • Gregg Camfield (Literature, humor, Mark Twain; Neuroscience and the arts)
  • Sholeh Quinn (Middle East; Persia; Iran)
  • Peter Vanderschraaf (Morality; justice; convention; politics and morality; politics and justice; elections)
  • Nella Van Dyke (Hate crimes; social movements; collective action; protests)
  • Irenee Beattie (Racial, ethnic and gender inequality in education; law and social policy; adolescent transitions; substance use; promiscuity)