Welcome to Pamela Wynne Butler, Visiting Assistant Professor in American Studies. Butler holds a PhD in American Studies, with a minor in Feminist Studies, from the University of Minnesota. She has taught American Studies, Political Science, and Gender Studies at the University of Michigan-Flint and the University of Notre Dame, where she recently completed a 3-year visiting faculty position. Her research explores race, empire, and political economy in US feminisms, with an emphasis on popular and public cultures. She is currently working on a book project (tentatively) titled The Secret History of American Knitting: Entanglements of Race, Sex, and Empire.
