Faculty & Staff

Robert T. Anderson
Professor of Anthropology
Department Head of Sociology and Anthropology
Vera Long 112, 510.430.2193, boba@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Public schools, religion, medical anthropology, human evolution

Ken Burke
Professor of Film Studies
Professor of Art and Art History
Program Head of Film Studies
Mills Hall Room 342, 510.430.3152, ninak@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Film, communication theory, video production, scriptwriting, social effects of mass media

Héctor Mario Cavallari
Professor of Spanish and Spanish-American Studies
Mills Hall Room 335, 510.430.2207, xango@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Contemporary Latin American literature, Hispanic cultures, literary criticism, critical theory, Hispanic cinema, cultural studies

Fred Frith
Professor of Music
Department Head of Music
Mary S. Metz Professorship for Excellence and Creativity in Teaching
Music 3, 510.430.2142, frith@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Composition and songwriting; the performance of both composed and improvised music; collaboration in the fields of theater, dance, and film; improvisational pedagogy

Melinda Micco
Associate Professor of Ethnic Studies
Mills Hall Room 341, 510.430.3324, melinda@mills.edu
Professional Interests: American Indian history; film studies and literature; multiracial identity studies; ethnic identity in tribal communities; indigenous women, nationally and internationally; enrolled member of Seminole Nation of Oklahoma

Kirsten Saxton
Associate Professor of English, Director of Composition
Mills Hall Room 348, 510.430.2214, ktsaxton@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Women and the law, the history of the novel, 18th-century British literature, post-colonial literature and culture, theories of sexuality, pedagogy and composition studies

Julia Sudbury
Professor of Ethnic Studies
Sarlo Award Recipient
Department Head of Ethnic Studies
Mills Hall Room 343, 510.430.3163, jsudbury@mills.edu
Professional Interests: African Diaspora studies; women of color organizing; race, gender, and incarceration

Andrew A. Workman
Associate Professor of History
Associate Provost for Academic Affairs
May Treat Morrison Chair
Vera Long 117, 510.430.2347, aworkman@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Twentieth-century American history, labor, constitution, African American history

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Staff

Marilyn Maxwell Mary
Faculty Administrative Assistant
Art Center 121, 510.430.2117, mmaxwell@mills.edu

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