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Comparative Race and Ethnicity Studies

CRES Faculty & Staff

At 91²ÝÝ®ÊÓÆµ, CRES faculty take different disciplinary approaches to the study of race and ethnicity, including anthropological, creative, historical, literary, and sociological. They also engage with multiple interdisciplinary fields and scholarly traditions: Black Studies, Indigenous studies, performance studies, postcolonial studies, and more. 

CRES Committee 2025–2026

Radhika Natarajan, Chair: History
Kris Cohen: ArtJoan Kane: English
Shohei Kobayashi: Music
Anand Vaidya: Anthropology

Administrative Coordinator

Charlie Wilcox: PAB 133 (503) 517-5131 - cwilcox@reed.edu

Contributing Faculty

Betsey Brada
Charlene Makley
Paul Silverstein
LaShandra Sullivan
Anand Vaidya

Dance
Oluyinka Akinjiola-Parsons
Victoria Fortuna
Kemba Shannon
Minh Tran


Joan Kane
Kritish Rajbhandari 
Pancho Savery
Sarah Wagner-McCoy

French
Hugh Hochman

German
Katja Garloff

History
David Garrett
Ben Lazier
Liz Matsushita
Margot Minardi
Radhika Natarajan

Linguistics
Kara Becker

Mark Burford
Shohei Kobayashi
Morgan Luker

Religion
Tatyana Castillo-Ramos
Michael Foat
Chauncey Handy
Candace Mixon
Kristin Scheible

Russian
Naomi Caffee
Marat Grinberg

Alex Hrycak 
Marc Schneiberg
Kjersten Whittington

Spanish
Christian Kroll-Bryce

Theatre
Catherine Ming T'ien Duffly