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![Krystion Obie-Nelson, M.A.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2023/11/20200707_182009-300x300.jpg)
![Trevor Pearce, Ph.D.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2023/11/Pearce190x190_0.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
![Sonya Ramsey, Ph.D.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/plugins/uncc-people/blocks/directory/template-part/images/default-avatar.jpg)
![Phillip Rutledge, M.A.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/plugins/uncc-people/blocks/directory/template-part/images/default-avatar.jpg)
![Mark Sanders, Ph.D.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2023/11/Sanders-Photo-300x300.jpg)
![W. John Schacht, M.A.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2023/11/JS.POINTLOMA-2-300x300.jpg)
![Heather Smith, Ph.D.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2023/11/Dr.-Heather-Smith.jpg)
![John David Smith, Ph.D.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2023/11/John-David-Smith-color-photo-300x300.jpg)
Charles H. Stone Distinguished Professor of American History
![Ashli Stokes, Ph.D.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2023/11/643-300x300.jpg)
![Aaron Toscano, Ph.D.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2024/07/Toscano_FacultyProfile_square-1.jpg)
Director, American Studies; Associate Professor, English
![Mark West, Ph.D.](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2023/11/West-300x300.jpg)
![Karyn Williamson-Coria](https://americanstudies.charlotte.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/897/2024/01/Karyn-Headshot.jpg)