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American Studies Faculty
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Professor Rydell has taught in the Department of History and Philosophy for twenty-six years. He is an authority on world's fairs and has published widely on their cultural significance and on the contested nature of their representations. Among his books are All the World's a Fair and Buffalo Bill in Bologna, co-authored with Rob Kroes. Professor Rydell has held the John Adams Chair in American Studies at the University of Amsterdam and lectured widely on American Studies in Europe and Asia. He is currently serving as Director of the MSU Humanities Institute and working as the project director for a U.S. Department of Education Teaching American History Grant. |
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| Professor Robert Bennett from the MSU Department English is with a group of student leaders from the Middle East who participated in Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI) program. Montana State University is one of three universities across the country to host a "Study of the U.S. Institute for Middle Eastern and North African Student Leaders" sponsored by the U.S. Department of State's MEPI program and the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affiairs. |
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Dr. Walter Metz is an associate professor and the interim department head in Media and Theatre Arts at Montana State University, where he teaches the history, theory, and criticism of film, theatre, and television. He is the author of two books: Engaging Film Criticism: Film History and Contemporary American Cinema (Peter Lang, 2004) and Bewitched (Wayne State University Press, 2007). He is also the author of thirty journal articles and book chapters, many of which center on intertextuality in the cinema. In 2003-2004, he was Fulbright Guest Professor of American Studies at the John F. Kennedy Institute at the Free University in Berlin, Germany.
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