Ben Lisle
Title
Assistant Professor of American Studies; Chair of American Studies
Department
American Studies
Information
- [email protected]
- Miller Library 244
Address
4587 Mayflower Hill Waterville, Maine 04901-8853
Current Courses
| CRS | Title | Sec |
|---|---|---|
| AM171 | Introduction to American Studies | A |
| AM293 | Methods in American Studies | A |
| AM351 | Machigonne to Portland: A Digital Atlas | A |
Education
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 2010
M.A., University of Virginia, 2001
B.A., Carleton College, 1997
Areas of Expertise
- Urban Studies
- Cultural Geography
- Built Environment
- Sports History
- Digital Humanities
Books
Modern Coliseum: Stadiums and American Culture. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2017
Articles and Book Chapters
“Modernizing the Mill Town: Space, Power, and Urban Renewal in Waterville, Maine.” The Many Geographies of Urban Renewal: New Perspectives on the Housing Act of 1949, edited by Douglas R. Appler, Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2023.
“Materiality and Meaning: Synthetic Grass, Sport, and the Limits of Modern Progress.” In Material Matters: Selections from the Winterthur Material Culture Symposium for Emerging Scholars, 2013.
“Football, Fútbol, and Chuck.” In Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy, edited by Seth Vannatta. Chicago: Open Court, 2012.
“‘We Make a Big Effort to Bring Out the Ladies’: Visual Representations of Women in the Postwar American Stadium.” In The Visual in Sport, edited by Mike Huggins and Mike O’Mahony. London: Routledge, 2011.
“‘We Make a Big Effort to Bring Out the Ladies’: Visual Representations of Women in the Postwar American Stadium.” International Journal of the History of Sport 28, no. 8-9 (2011): 1203-1218.
“In Conversation: Gary Green with Ben Lisle,” Tilted Arc (October 2015).
Professional Activities
Digital Maine, project coordinator (2016-)