Rows of multicoloured empty chairs facing forward

People

Headshot of Nic Sammond
 

Director, Centre for the Study of the United States

Leah Montange - Bissell-Heyd Lecturer at CSUS - Landscape photo
 

Bissell-Heyd Lecturer in American Studies

Alexandra Rahr
 

American Studies

 
Professor, Department of English
Michael Baker
 
Professor, Department of Economics
 
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Cinema Studies Institute
 
Professor Emeritus, Department of Political Science
 
Associate Professor, Department of Sociology
 
Associate Professor, Department of Art History
 
Associate Professor, Sociology, University of Toronto Mississauga
Headshot of Shiri Breznitz — photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
Director of Research
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
 
Lecturer and Curator, Museum Studies and Faculty of Information Studies
 
Professor, Historical Studies - History, University of Toronto Mississauga
Interim Associate Vice Principal Research (through June 30, 2023), University of Toronto Mississauga
Carol Chin headshot
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
 
Professor, Department of English
 
Associate Professor, Cinema Studies Institute (on leave to June 30, 2023)
 
Professor, Department of English
 
Associate Professor, Department of English, University of Toronto Scarborough
Headshot of Shari Eli
 
Director, Undergraduate Program in Public Policy
Director, People's History Lab
Associate Professor, Munk School
Associate Professor, Department of Economics
Cindy Ewing headshot
 
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Assistant Professor, International Relations Program, Trinity College
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
Fellow, Trinity College
 
Associate Professor, Department of Geography & Planning
 
Professor Emeritus, Department of Economics
 
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
 
Professor, Department of Historical and Cultural Studies, University of Toronto Scarborough
 
Associate Professor, Department of Arts, Culture and Media, University of Toronto Scarborough
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
 
Associate Professor Emerita, Department of History
 
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science
 
Professor, Department of Art History
 
Associate Professor, Department of History
Associate Professor, University of Toronto Scarborough
 
Principal, Innis College
Professor, Department of History
Professor, Cinema Studies Institute
 
Professor, Department for the Study of Religion
 
Professor Emerita, Department of English
 
Associate Professor, Department of Art History
Headshot of Ron Levi
 
Director, Global Justice Lab
Distinguished Professor of Global Justice
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Professor, Department of Sociology
 
Associate Professor, Teaching Stream, Political Science, University of Toronto Scarborough
 
Professor, Department of Geography and Planning
Headshot of Phillip Lipscy - photo by Alexis MacDonald
 
Director, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
Chair in Japanese Politics and Global Affairs
Professor, Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy
Professor, Department of Political Science
Peter Loewen - Headshot
 
Director, Munk School
Professor, Department of Political Science
Professor, Munk School
Director, PEARL
 
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of English, University of Toronto Scarborough
 
Associate Professor, Department of Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
 
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Professor, Women & Gender Studies Institute
 
University Professor, Department of Philosophy
 
Assistant Professor, Department of History
Leah Montange - Photo by Jamie Napier
 
Bissell-Heyd Lecturer in American Studies
Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream
 
Professor, Department of English
 
Professor, Department of English
Cross-appointment, Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies
 
Professor, Department of History (On Leave to June 30, 2023)
Cross-appointment, Institute for History and Philosophy of Science and Technology
Cross-appointment, School of Environment
 
Professor, Department for the Study of Religion (On Leave to June 30, 2023)
Director, Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies
Mio Otsuka_CSUS&CSGJ
 
Events and Program Coordinator, Centre for the Study of Global Japan
Events and Program Coordinator, Centre for the Study of the United States

Our governance structure 

The CSUS Program Committee consists of Americanist faculty members from the University of Toronto who meet with the CSUS Director twice a year to determine CSUS programming and update the undergraduate American Studies program. The composition of the committee is determined by the CSUS Director. 

The 2022-23 CSUS Program Committee members are: 

  • Nic Sammond (Chair, CSUS Director) 
  • Leah Montange (American Studies Bissell-Heyd Lecturer) 
  • Alexandra Rahr (Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy)
  • Shari Eli (Economics) 
  • Avery Slater (English) 
  • Matt Farish (Geography) 
  • Max Mishler (History) 
  • Jordan Bear (History of Art) 
  • Lance McCready (OISE) 
  • Emily Gilbert (Canadian Studies) 
  • Jooyoung Lee (Sociology) 
  • Gillian Hamilton (Economics) 
  • Uahikea Maile (Political Science) 
  • Jason Spicer (Geography) 
  • Lauren Cramer (Cinema Studies) 
  • Thy Phu (Arts, Culture, and Media) 
  • Ron Levi (Sociology) 
  • Pamela Klassen (Religion) 
  • Rosemary Crowley (American Studies Student Rep) 
  • Mio Otsuka (CSUS Program Coordinator)