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Faculty

Faculty and Staff

Sunka Simon

Henry C. and Charlotte Turner Professor

Department Chair, Film & Media Studies; Modern Languages & Literatures

Section Head, German Studies

Modern Languages & Literatures-German

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7354
  2. Kohlberg Hall 312
  3. Office Hours: by appointment

Sunka Simon is the author of German Crime Dramas from Network Television to Netflix (2023) and Mail-Orders: The Fiction of Letters in Postmodern Culture (2002), co-editor of Globally Networked Teaching in the Humanities (2015) and numerous articles on German literature, film, television, and popular music.

 

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Patricia White

Centennial Chair

Director, Aydelotte Foundation

Program Coordinator, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8148
  2. Kohlberg Hall 111A
  3. Office Hours: Wednesdays 2:00pm-3:00pm, Thursdays 11:15am-12:30pm
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Bob Rehak

Associate Professor

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6204
  2. Kohlberg Hall 111D
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays 10:00am-12:00pm and by appointment
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Rodney Evans

Associate Professor

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6833
  2. Trotter Hall 106
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:30pm-5:00pm by appointment. Alternative times available by appointment
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Maggie Danna

Administrative Assistant II

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5029
  2. Kohlberg Hall 111B
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Affiliated Faculty

Timothy Burke

Professor

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8115
  2. Trotter Hall 206
  3. Office Hours: Wednesdays, 1-4 p.m. and Fridays, 9-11 a.m.

Interests: Africa, cultural studies

Professor Timothy J. Burke

Will Gardner

Professor

Section Head, Chinese; Japanese

Modern Languages & Literatures-Japanese

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6875
  2. Kohlberg Hall 315
Will Gardner

Haili Kong

Professor Emeritus

Modern Languages & Literatures-Chinese

Asian Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8457
  2. Kohlberg Hall 310
Haili Kong

Maya Nadkarni

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8111
  2. Kohlberg Hall 244
  3. Office Hours: By appointment
    Tuesdays,  11:00am- noon, 1:00- 2:00pm
     
Professor Maya Nadkarni

Carina Yervasi

Associate Professor

Executive Director, Global Engagement

Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies

Global Engagement Office

Global Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8167
  2. Kohlberg Hall 309
  3. Cunningham House Scott Arboretum
  4. Office Hours:  In-person in Kohlberg 309, Tuesdays, 2:00 - 4:00 pm &  Thursdays, 9:00 - 11:00 am, 2:00 - 4:00 pm. Virtual on Google Meet,  Fridays, 12:30 - 3:00 pm. Please sign up at the following link.
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