Our faculty are using critical research methods to study human culture, history, literature, and communication. History Brian Williams Professor HistoryLiberal Arts 334 Research site ResearchResearch interestsAmerica's post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and SyriaCIA drone warfare and global counter-terrorismTaliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS terrorism and warfareIslamic Central Asia, Crimea, Russia, Chechnya, Ukraine, Turkey, BalkansHistory of the Ottoman Islamic and Mongol Empires and Barbarian conquests 508-999-8302dyknnkcouBwocuuf0gfw Timothy Walker Professor HistoryLiberal Arts 330 ResearchResearch interestsEarly Modern Europe, the Atlantic World, the Portuguese and their EmpireMaritime History and European Global Colonial ExpansionThe Adoption of Colonial Indigenous Medicines by EuropeansClimate Data Derived from Colonial-Era Archival documentationSlave Trading in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans 508-999-8970x{epoivDyqewwh2ihy Portuguese studies Anna Klobucka Commonwealth Professor PortugueseLiberal Arts 398H Research site ResearchResearch interestsPortuguese and Lusophone African literature 508-999-8241dnorexfndCxpdvvg1hgx Glaucia Silva Professor PortugueseLiberal Arts 396H ResearchResearch interestsTeaching and learning Portuguese as a heritage language 508-999-8271jvloydCxpdvvg1hgx Victor Mendes Associate Professor / Director of Portuguese PortugueseLiberal Arts 398L 508-999-8338riaj`ao<qi]oo`*a`q English & Communication Art History Anna Dempsey Professor / Chairperson Art Education, Art History & Media StudiesCollege of Visual & Performing Arts 360A ResearchResearch interestsContemporary ArtCuratorial StudiesGender StudiesDesign and Architectural HistoryVirtual Museums 508-999-8553befnqtfzAvnbtte/fev Pamela Karimi Professor Art Education, Art History & Media StudiesCollege of Visual & Performing Arts 313 Research site ResearchResearch interestsArtArchitecture and visual culture of the modern Middle EastDesign and sustainability in North America 508-910-6957m^jbi^+h^ofjf=rj^ppa+bar