Faculty

Faculty and Staff

Bob Rehak

Associate Professor

Department Chair, Film & Media Studies

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 957-6204
  2. Martin Hall 108
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays 11:00am-1:00pm and by appointment
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Sunka Simon

Henry C. and Charlotte Turner Professor

On Leave - Academic Year

Modern Languages & Literatures-German

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-7354
  2. Martin Hall 106
  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. Martin Hall 109
  3. Office Hours: Mondays 1:00pm-3:00pm and by appointment
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Rodney Evans

Associate Professor

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-6833
  2. Martin Hall 104
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays 3:30pm-5:00pm by appointment with alternate remote meeting times available on Zoom 
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Maggie Danna

Administrative Assistant II

Film & Media Studies

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 690-5029
  2. Martin Hall 102
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Affiliated Faculty

Timothy Burke

Peggy Chan Professor

History

Contact

  1. Phone: (610) 328-8115
  2. Old Science Hall 206
  3. Office Hours: Tuesdays 1 p.m. to 4 p.m., or by appointment 

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
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 1:00- 2:00pm 
    Thursdays 4:00- 5:00pm
     
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. Scott Arboretum (Cunningham House)
  4. Office Hours: Mondays (in person, Kohlberg 309) : 5-6pm - No appointment necessary in person in Kohlberg 309 || Tuesdays/Thursdays (in person, Kohlberg 309) : 2:40-4:30pm - Sign up via link ||  Fridays (virtual) : 12:30-3:00pm - Sign up via link
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