Visual Studies Affiliated Faculty

Name	Title/Interest	Email
Touraj Daryaee	Ph.D., UCLA, 1999, History, Maseeh Chair in Persian Studies & Culture, History School of Humanities Director, Dr. Samuel M. Jordan Center for Persian Studies and Culture School of Humanities Interests: Ancient and Medieval Iranian History, Iranian Languages and Literature, Zoroastrianism, Numismatics, World History Faculty Website Published Books	tdaryaee@uci.edu
Edward Dimendberg	Ph.D. University of California, Santa Cruz; Professor of Humanities Published Books	ed1@uci.edu
Kyung Hyun Kim	Ph.D. University of Southern California, Professor of Korean Culture; Asian American Studies; Film and Media Studies; Visual Studies Published Books	kyunghk@uci.edu
Jared Sexton	Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley; Professor of African American Studies; Visual Studies Interests: Race and Sexuality, Policing and Imprisonment, Contemporary U.S. Cinema and Political culture, Multiracial Coalition, Critical Theory Published Books	jcsexton@uci.edu
Michael Szalay	Ph.D. Johns Hopkins University, Professor of English; Film and Media Studies; Visual Studies Published Books	mszalay@uci.edu
Elizabeth Tinsley	Ph.D., Otani University / Columbia University, Buddhist Culture (2011) / Religion (2019) M.A., University of Cambridge, History of Art Interests: Buddhism, East Asian Religions, Anthropology of Religion, Art History (Asia), Japanese Tantric/Esoteric Buddhism, Ritual practice, Kami worship, , Buddhist/religious visual cultures, spirit possession Faculty Website	etinsley@uci.edu
Roxanne Varzi	Ph.D., Columbia University; Professor of Anthropology; Culture and Theory; Film and Media Studies; Religious Studies; Visual Studies Interests: Iran, Media, War, Visual Anthropology, Film Studies, Ethnographic and Fiction Writing	rvarzi@uci.edu