Ryan Brasseaux
Ryan André Brasseaux is Dean of Davenport College and Lecturer in American Studies at Yale. His research explores vernacular American soundscapes, the American Gulf Coast, U.S. cultural history, and cultural trauma and social networks in Francophone North America. He teaches courses in French North America and “Introduction to Public Humanities”—the gateway course for the MA program in public humanities. In addition to his scholarly publications, Brasseaux’s public work has focused on the production of local knowledge, oral history and ethnography, interpretive musical performance, documentary radio and film, and museum exhibit design.
His publications include: Cajun Breakdown: The Emergence of an American-Made Music; Accordions, Fiddles, Two-Step and Swing: A Cajun Music Reader; and Stir the Pot: The History of Cajun Cuisine.
People
- Candace Borders Yale
- Ryan Brasseaux Yale
- Marisa Brown Brown Public Humanities
- Jasmine Chu Brown Public Humanities
- Mary Marshall Clark Columbia
- Stacy M. Hartman CUNY
- Charlotte Hecht Yale
- Matthew Jacobson Yale
- Mark Krasovic Rutgers
- Meredith B. Linn Bard Graduate Center
- Steven Lubar Brown Public Humanities
- Seth Moglen Lehigh University
- Cheryl Nixon University of Massachusetts Boston
- Diane O’Donoghue Tufts
- Mary Rizzo Rutgers
- Karin Roffman Yale
- Katina Rogers CUNY
- Sylvia Ryerson Yale
- Susan Smulyan Brown Public Humanities
- Doris Sommer Harvard University
- Amy Starecheski Columbia
- Laura Troiano Rutgers
- Shana Weinberg Brown Public Humanities
- Laura Wexler Yale
- Catherine Whalen Bard Graduate Center