The Instructors
Prof. Mary Corbin Sies is an
Associate Professor and Director of Graduate Studies in the Department of
American Studies, an affiliate
faculty member of the Women's Studies Program, and
a member of the Historic Preservation faculty.
A specialist in material culture studies, she is an expert
in the social, cultural, architectural, and planning history of American
suburbia. In addition to HONR 259J (American Suburbia), she sometimes
teaches AMST 205 (Material Aspects of American Life), AMST 211 (Technology
and American Values), AMST 330 (Critics of
American Culture), and AMST 450 (Senior Seminar). In real life she is
lucky to be part of a great marriage. She and her spouse are
sports fanatics, avid readers, lovers of the great outdoors, and intrepid
explorers, especially of
obscure and remote architectural sites, beaches that don't have skylines,
and seafood joints close enough to smell the ocean. She has just
bought a totally suburban house in
Greenbelt, Maryland.
Office hours: Tuesday 11:00 to 12:00, 1:30
to 3:30,
Thursday, 11:00 to 12:00 and 1:30 to 3:00. Also by appointment at other
times by contacting the professor.
Office: Room 2117, Taliaferro Hall
E-mail: ms128@umail.umd.edu
Phone:
(301) 405-1361 (office); (301) 345-1924 (home)
Note: Please
don't call before 10 am or after 9:30 pm.
Appointments: Please schedule appointments by contacting Mrs.
Valerie Brown, 301-405-1354, vb33@umail.umd.edu.
Arthur B. Hobson II is a Junior at the University
of Maryland majoring in
Computer Science, a Banneker/Key scholar, member of the National
Collegiate Honor Society, employee of the department of Resident Life, and
all around nice guy. He is an expert in the History of many professional
wrestlers and comic book characters from the '80s. He has also studied
great cinematic performances such as Coming to America and
Ferris
Bueller's Day Off. He has grown up in a suburban setting all his life
and
has never traveled outside of the US but has been as far south and west
as Texas. He enjoys most types of music, ranging from Classical to Hip
Hop.
Email: abhii@glue.umd.edu
Office Hours: Arranged by student request. Feel free to email me
at the address above, and we can meet as necessary.
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