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Faculty
Robert Anderson
Professor of Anthropology
Vera Long Room 112, 510.430.2193, boba@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Public schools, teacher education, ethnography, human evolution
Meryl Bailey
Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
Art Room 106, 510.430.3287,
mbailey@mills.edu
Professional Interests: The Italian Renaissance, especially late
Renaissance art and architecture in Venice; concepts of violence and
justice in early modern visual culture; popular poetry and Florentine
portraiture; art and the legal system
Judith Bishop
Associate Professor of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Vera Long 128, 510.430.3249, jbishop@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Women in world religions; theoretical approaches to gender, body, and sexuality;
religion in public discourse
Marc A. Joseph
Professor of Philosophy
Frederick A. Rice Professorship
Department Head
On sabbatical Spring 2013
Vera Long 108, 510.430.3219, majoseph@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Metaphysics, philosophy of mind and language, philosophy of logic and
mathematics, classical studies
Ajuan Mance
Professor of English
May Treat Morrison Professorship
On sabbatical Spring 2013
Mills Hall Room 311, 510.430.3378, amance@mills.edu
Professional Interests: African American literature, 19th-century American literature, US popular
culture, the oral tradition in US literature, Black feminist thought, African American art
Mary-Ann Milford
Professor of Art History
Carver Professor of Far Eastern Studies
Department Head
Art 105, 510.430.2117, mmilford@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Contemporary Asian art, specializing in women's art
of South Asia and the art of India, China, and Japan
Cynthia Scheinberg
Professor of English
Chair of the English Department
Dean of Graduate Literary Studies
Mills Hall Room 319, 510.430.2213, cyns@mills.edu
Professional Interests: Victorian literature, emphasis poetry, Anglo-Jewish literature, women's studies,
religion and literature, feminist theory, genre studies, cinema studies, composition and pedagogy,
community service/service learning curriculum development
Visiting Scholars
Mitchell Allen
Visiting Professor
Vera Long 113, 925.285.8664, mallen@mills.edu
Office Hours: Tuesdays 5:30-6:30 and by appointment
Professional Interests: Ancient Near East, archaeology, scholarly publishing
Bula Maddison
Visiting Assistant Professor
Mills Hall Room 330, 510.430.2372, bmaddiso@mills.edu
Office Hours: Mondays 4:00-5:00, Thursdays 1:00-2:00, and by appointment
Professional Interests: Bible, bible in modern literature, Bakhtinian theory
Staff
Holly G. Robinson
Faculty Administrative Assistant
Vera Long Building, 510.430.2113, holly@mills.edu
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