Our faculty bring a wide range of talents and expertise across the fields of American studies; Communication studies; History; Holocaust, Genocide, and Human Rights; Humanities; Philosophy; Religious studies; and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality studies.
We value teaching and offer engaging and innovative courses in all of UMA’s teaching modalities–in person on both campuses, online asynchronous, and in a variety of hybrid forms.
INT faculty conduct research, write and publish books and articles, present their work at local, national, and international conferences, and serve our communities in a variety of ways.
We also work with students to design courses and curriculum, research projects, and other opportunities to further individualized learning.
Please feel free to reach out to any of our faculty if you have questions about their work and/or about the opportunities in the rich terrain of interdisciplinary studies!
Courses Taught INT 208 Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies INT 495 Capstone in Interdisciplinary Studies AME/INT/WGS 420/TEM 528 Feminist Praxis for Radical Self and Community Care AME/INT/WGS 430/TEM 530 Embodied Social Justice: Racialized Trauma and Community Transformation AME/ENG/WGS 318 Cultural Criticism and Theory: The Arts of Social Change NUR/INT 331 Integrative Yoga: Theory and Practice for … Read More
Lisa Botshon is a Professor of English who teaches a wide variety of courses, including American literature, graphic storytelling, and women's and gender studies. Her research interests include women writers; issues of gender, race and ethnicity; American popular culture; and early 20th-century back-to-the-land narratives. She has published articles in a range of collections and scholarly journals, … Read More
I teach most of the philosophy courses that UMA offers, including Introduction to Philosophy and Ethics. I also teach the Interdisciplinary Course that is required for Liberal Studies majors. I always like to have a good discussion going in class. Don’t feel bad if you leave my class more confused than you arrived because one … Read More
Courses Taught WGS 101 Introduction to Women’s and Gender Studies WGS 305 Intersections of Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality WGS 345 Abolition Feminism: Gender Violence and the Carceral State WGS 349 The Female Body in Western Culture Bio Her teaching and research fields include critical time studies, feminist activism and social movement theory, and U.S. … Read More
Lorien Lake-Corral is a Professor of Sociology. She earned a B.A. from SUNY Geneseo in Sociology and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Arizona (also in Sociology). Dr. Lake-Corral’s primary interests are in teaching and learning in sociology and her research interests include culture, deviance, and symbolic interaction. Her current research explores the … Read More
Chelsea Ray received her doctorate in Comparative Literature at UCLA, where she focused on nineteenth and twentieth-century French and Russian literature. She completed her B.A. in Comparative Literature and Russian at Beloit College. Her classes at UMA range from French language and composition courses to international literature courses. Most recently, she taught “Francophone Literature,” “The … Read More
Overview of Research, Interdisciplinarity & Teaching Approach Val is an active social and behavioral researcher grounded both in the discipline of communication and the interdisciplinary sexuality, relationship, and family sciences. She researches communication content related to sex, sexuality, and sexual and reproductive health, and communication processes related to disclosure (i.e., revealing personal information), memorable messages … Read More
Courses Taught HTY 103 Introduction to US History I HTY 104 Introduction to US History II HTY 330W Rebels, Renegades, Revolutionaries: Women in U.S. History (new in 2020) HTY 340 A Queer History of the United States (new in 2020) HTY 341 Slavery and Emancipation Teaching Philosophy My central focus in all of my history … Read More
