Faculty

David Amico

Professor of Art

Research Interests

Art, Painting

Matthew Bowman

Professor of Religion and History
Howard W. Hunter Chair of Mormon Studies

Research Interests

Mormonism, new religious movements, evangelicalism, religion and American politics

Eric Bulson

Andrew W. Mellon All-Claremont Chair in the Humanities
Professor of English
Chair, English Department

Programs

English

Research Interests

James Joyce, Modernism, Critical theory, Media studies, World literature, Visual storytelling, British and Anglophone literature (1850–2000)

Lucia Cantero

Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies

Research Interests

Consumer culture, social media, algorithms and data science, infrastructures and urban public space

Deshonay Dozier

Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies

Research Interests

Black studies, urban geography, policing and carceral studies, abolition studies, cultural studies, indigenous studies, racial capitalism.

Patricia Easton

Vice President of Strategy
Professor of Humanities

Research Interests

Philosophy, History of modern philosophy, Philosophy of mind, History of science

Lori Anne Ferrell

Dean, School of Arts & Humanities
Director, Early Modern Studies Program
Director, Kingsley & Kate Tufts Poetry Awards

Research Interests

English Renaissance and Reformation Literature; Early Modern British and European History; Reformation Studies, Protestantism, the Bible and English-language Culture; the Bible in America; William Shakespeare

Joshua Goode

Professor of History and Cultural Studies
Chair, Cultural Studies Department

Research Interests

Modern Spain, 19th- and 20th-century Europe, Genocide and racial thought, Museums and commemoration, Memory

Romeo Guzmán

Assistant Professor of History

Programs

History

Research Interests

Citizenship, Migration, Sport, Public history, Digital humanities

Ruqayya Y. Khan

Professor of Religion
Malas Chair of Islamic Studies

Research Interests

The Qur'an, Arabic literatures, progressive Islamic theologies, women in Islam, Islam and environmental ethics, Islam and the digital age, late antiquity and Islam, origins of Islam, cultures of Umayyad Damascus and Abbasid Baghdad

Jenny Soonjin Kim

Assistant Professor of Practice

Research Interests

Piano, Fortepiano, 18th & 19th-century performance practices, 20th century atonal piano compositions, digital keyboard laboratory, the board of directors of Los Angeles Master Chorale: Education Committee and Gala Host Committee

Rachel Lachowicz

Professor of Studio Art
Roland Reiss Endowed Chair in Art

Research Interests

Conceptual practices in feminism, materiality, and social politics

David Luis-Brown

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and English

Research Interests

Hemispheric Americas studies, Latino/a/x studies, Black diaspora studies, American literature and culture

Wendy Martin

Professor of American Literature and American Studies

Research Interests

American literature and culture, American poetry, American studies, Women’s studies, Death and Dying in American Literature and Culture; Jazz in American Culture

Eve Oishi

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies

Research Interests

Cultural studies, Media studies, Feminist and queer theory, Asian American studies

David Pagel

Professor of Art Theory and History
Faculty Coordinator, Center for Business & Management of the Arts
Chair, Art Department

Research Interests

Art, Art media, Painting, Contemporary Art, Art Criticism, Museums and Creativity

JoAnna Poblete

Professor of History
John D. and Lillian Maguire Distinguished Professor in the Humanities
Chair, History Department

Research Interests

Colonialism and empire, unincorporated territories, migration and labor, comparative ethnic studies, Asian-American and Pacific Islander studies, 20th-century United States, indigenous issues, environmental history, oral history, U.S. expansionism

Daniel Ramírez

Associate Professor of Religion

Research Interests

American religious history; Latin American religious history; Religion, migration, and transnationalism; Religion in borderlands; Contemporary theories of religion

Tammi J. Schneider

Danforth Professor of Religion
Chair, Applied Gender Studies Department

Research Interests

Ancient Near Eastern history, literature, archaeology, and religion;
Women in the Hebrew Bible

Kevin Wolfe

Assistant Professor of Religion
Horton Chair of Religion and Africana Studies

Research Interests

Religion and Critical Thought; Critical Philosophy of Race; Africana Religious and Political Thought; Religion, Ethics, and Politics; Moral Philosophy; Philosophy of Religion.

Robert Zappulla

Professor of Music
Fred W. Smith and Grace Hobson Smith Chair in Music
Chair, Department of Music

Research Interests

Harpsichord, Historical performance practices, Baroque music