American Studies Faculty & Staff

Below are the core members of American Studies at Pomona College. View the core faculty members of American Studies at all The Claremont Colleges.

American Studies Faculty

Aimee Bahng

Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies; Coordinator of American Studies; Coordinator of Gender and Women's Studies

The Gender and Women’s Studies House

107

Bill Boyer

Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies and Media Studies

Crookshank Hall

205

bill.boyer@pomona.edu

Maritza Geronimo

Pomona Scholar-in-Residence in American Studies

maritza.geronimo@pomona.edu

M. Bilal Nasir

Assistant Professor of Asian American Studies

Lincoln Hall

1100

bilal.nasir@pomona.edu

Tomás F. Summers Sandoval Jr.

Professor of History and Chicana/o Latina/o Studies; Director, The Humanities Studio

Mason Hall

122

tfss@pomona.edu

American Studies Affiliated Faculty

Preston McBride

Assistant Professor of History; On leave Fall 2026

preston.mcbride@pomona.edu

Olivia Anne Lafferty

Assistant Professor of English

olivia.lafferty@pomona.edu

Amira Lundy-Harris

Assistant Professor of Gender and Women's Studies

amira.lundy-harris@pomona.edu

American Studies Staff

Lariza Rigor

Academic Coordinator of American Studies, Anthropology, Sociology, and Science, Technology and Society

Hahn Hall

212

lariza.rigor@pomona.edu