Faculty & Affiliates

Students will have the opportunity to study with distinguished faculty from departments and programs in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters.

Executive Committee: 

Please see Executive Committee webpage for updated committee list

Faculty Affiliates:

Alejanda Abad, Communication & Multimedia
Anthony Abbate, Architecture
Robert Don Adams, Department of English
Camila Afanador-Llach, Visual Arts & Art History
Eerang Ahn, Music
Emily Anderson, Comparative Studies
Stephanie Anderson, English
Nicole Anslover, History
Jennifer Appel, Music
Ivy Ashe, Communications & Multimedia
Burton Atkins, Political Science
Prisca Augustyn, Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Laura Backstrom, Sociology
Mehrdad Baghbani, Visual Arts & Art History 
Nicholas Baima, Philosophy/Honor's College
Stacey Balkan, English
Matthew Baltrucki, Music
Marina Banchetti, Department of Philosophy
Joey Bargsten, Communication & Multimedia
Barclay Barrios, Department of English
Evan Bennett, Department of History
Eric Berlatsky, Department of English
Monica Berovides-Hidalgo, Music
Géraldine Blattner, Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Daniel Bolojan, Architecture
Ann Branaman, Department of Sociology
Adam Bradford, Comparative Studies
Douglas Broadfield, Anthropology
Amy Broderick, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Clifford Brown, Anthropology
Julia Brown, Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Cornelia Brubeck, Music
Ayse Bucak, English
Oliver S. Buckton, Department of English
Carla Calarge, Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Jean Caldieron, Architecture
Carmen Canete Quesada, Humanities
Jane Caputi, Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies
Cynthia Carrico, Communication & Multimedia
DaLaine Chapman, Music
Stephen Charbonneau, Communication & Multimedia
Kuo-Pei Cheng-Lin, Music
Clarissa Chenovick, English
Joseph Choma, Architecture
Frederic Conrod, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Peter Cruise, Public Administration
James Cunningham, Department of Music
Stephanie Cunningham, Visual Arts & Art History
Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, Department of English
Maneck Daruwala, Comparative Studies
Christian Davenport, Anthropology
Marc Decker, Music
Brandy DeMil, Theatre & Dance
Susan Dorchin, Music
Nannetta Durnell-Uwechue, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Shane Eason, Communication & Multimedia
Meredith Ellis, Anthropology
Christopher Ely, History
Stephen D. Engle, Department of History
Andres Espinoza, Music
Ali Farazmand, Public Administration
Emily Fenichel, Visual Arts & Art History
Adrian Finucane, History
Patricia Fleitas, Department of Music
Andrew Furman, Department of English
Steven Gadet, Comparative Studies
Desmond Gallant, Department of Theatre and Dance
Yolanda Gamboa, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Barbara Ganson, Department of History
Luzmarina Garcia, Political Science
Adriana Garriga-Lopez, Anthropology
Erin Gittlesohn, Music
Nuria Godón, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Mary Ann Gosser-Esquilín, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Willa Granger, Architecture
Alan Gravano, Comparative Studies
Danyelle Greene, Communication & Multimedia
Robert Gutsche, Communication & Multimedia
Taylor Hagood, Department of English
Michael Hamilton,  Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Eric Hanne, Department of History
Michael S. Harris, Anthropology
Rachel Harris, Communication & Multimedia
Sharon Hart, Visual Arts & Art History
Clevis Headley, Department of Philosophy
Wendy Hinshaw, Department of English
Michael Hofmann, Communication & Multimedia
Kenneth W. Holloway, Department of History
Michael J. Horswell, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Philip Hough, Department of Sociology
Jeffery Huber, Architecture
Mitchell Hutchings, Music
Laura Joella, Music
Courtney Jones, Music
Douglas Kanter, Department of History
Viktor Kharlamov, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Dukhong Kim, Department of Political Science
Orin Kirshner, Political Science
Sipai Klein, English
Irena Kofman, Music
Patricia A. Kollander, Department of History
Elissa Lakofsky, Music
Corey Lamb, Visual Arts & Art History
Eric Landes, Visual Arts & Art History
Robin Larson, Public Administration
Karen Leader, Department of Visual Arts and Art History
Rebecca Susan LeMoine, Department of Political Science
Jose Leon, Music
Stacy Lettman, English
Philip Lewin, Sociology
Matty Lichtenstein, Sociology
Heather Ligler, Architecture
Kristen Lindbeck, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Gao Liu, Public Administration
Qiaozhen Liu, Public Administration
Nelsey Lucatero, Theatre & Dance
Francis Lyn, Architecture
Carissa Ma, English
Ian MacDonald, English
Regis Mann, English
Valentina Martinez, Anthropology
Julia Mason, English
Clifford McCue, Public Administration
Marquese McFerguson, Communications & Multimedia
Douglas McGetchin, Department of History
Becka McKay, Department of English
Martha Mendoza, Language, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Alkadri Miktha, Comparative Studies
Timothy Miller, English
Garret Mindt, Philosophy
Alessandra Montali, Comparative Studies
Jeffrey Morton, Department of Political Science
Katharine Napora, Anthropology
Aidan Nettles, Theatre & Dance
Provides Ng, Comparative Studies
Matthew Nichols, Music
Angela Nichols, Department of Political Science
Beatriz Nieto-Fernandez, Communication & Multimedia
Wairimu Njambi, Women's Studies
Sandra Norman, Department of History
Andrea O'Reilly, Comparative Studies
Roland Ofori, Public Administration
Romeo Oriogun, English
Lucas Perello, Political Science
Kevin M. Petrich, School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Emanuele Pettener,  Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Kate Polak, English
Deandre Poole, Communication & Multimedia
Kyle Prescott, Department of Music
Eric Prier, Political Science
Palina Prysmakova, Public Administration
Robert Rabil, Department of Political Science
Norma Riccucci, Public Administration
Romain Rivaux,  Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Jaime Robb, Communication & Multimedia
Chris Robé,  School of Communication and Multimedia Studies
Steven Roper, Political Science
Mark H. Rose , Department of History
David Rossow, Music
Stacie Rossow, Music
Teresa Russo, Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Katharina Rynkiewich, Anthropology
Alejandro Sanchez-Samper, Music
John Sandell, Architecture
Neil Santaniello, Communication & Multimedia
Alka Sapat, Public Administration
Susan Schneider, Philosophy
Jason Schwartz, Department of English
Melissa Sclafani, Visual Arts & Art History
Jermaine Scott, History
Lotus Seeley, Sociology
Arthur Sementelli, Public Administration
Ilaria Serra, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Dawn Shamburger, Theatre & Dance
Jason Sharples, History
Renat Shaykhutdinov, Department of Political Science
Thomas Shorrock, Theatre & Dance
Richard M. Shusterman, Dorothy F. Schmidt Eminent Scholar in the Humanities
Abu Bakkar Siddique, Public Administration
Gerald Sim, Communication & Multimedia
Alexander Slotkin, English
Lee Soroko, Theatre & Dance
Kristen Soroko, Theatre & Dance
Christopher Strain, Social Science - Honors
Gretchen Suarez-Pena, Theatre & Dance
Laura Tanner, Visual Arts & Art History
Taryne Taylor, English
Carla Maria Thomas, English
William Trapani, Communication & Multimedia
Luisa Turbino-Torres, Political Science
Julieann Ulin, English
Miguel Vazquez, Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature
Aaron Veenstra, Communication & Multimedia
Joseph Velasquez, Visual Arts & Art History
Emmanouil Vermisso, Architecture
Robert Vannucci, Anthropology
Ruth Von Spalding, Communication & Multimedia
Christopher Voparil, Comparative Studies
Kevin Wagner, Political Science
Eyal Weinberg, History
Justin White, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature
Dustin White, Architecture
Deborah Williams, Anthropology
Kevin Wilt, Music
Laura Winn, Communication & Multimedia
Rubén D. Yepes Munoz, Visual Arts & Art History
Kaila Witkowski, Public Administration
Michael Zager, Music

Resident visiting faculty have included the following:

• Linda Martín Alcoff, Syracuse University, feminist philosopher
• Gloria Anzaldúa, University of California Santa Cruz, Chicana writer
• Susan Buck-Morss, Cornell University, art critic and social theorist
• Randy Conner, University of California at Berkeley, queer theorist
• Nawal El Saadawi, Cairo, Egypt, activist and novelist
• Stanley Fish, University of Illinois, Chicago, scholar and theorist of literature and law
• Anna Camaiti Hostert, La Sapienza University, literary scholar
• Vincent Leitch, University of Oklahoma, literary and cultural theorist
• Jane Shaw, Oxford theologian and Episcopalian priest
• Dessima Williams, Brandeis University, Caribbean women’s rights advocate

Lecturers have included the following:

• Anthony Appiah
• Drucilla Cornell
• Jeffrey Escoffier
• Jack Goody
• Christopher Hitchins
• Russell Jacoby
• Juliet Mitchell
• Val Plumwood
• Jeremy Rifkin

There are also regular visits from leading environmentalists, bioethicists, journalists, political figures, novelists, poets and cultural critics.