Faculty

David Amico

Professor of Art
Chair, Art Department

Research Interests

Art, Painting

Matthew Bowman

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

Research Interests

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

Peter Boyer

Professor of Music
Helen M. Smith Chair in Music

Research Interests

Composition, Conducting, American film music, 20th- and 21st-Century music, American composers

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)

Nadine Chan

Assistant Professor of Cultural Studies

Programs

Cultural Studies, Media Studies

Research Interests

Media historiography and theory, postcolonial and new empire studies, environmental humanities, media and the Anthropocene, visual studies, media anthropology, media and materiality, nontheatrical film, studies in Global Asia, Southeast Asian film and media, cultural studies.

David Cressy

Research Professor of History

Research Interests

Early modern European history; Power, culture, and the state; Race, ethnicity, and nation

Nicola Denzey Lewis

Professor of Religion
Margo L. Goldsmith Chair in Women’s Studies in Religion

Research Interests

Social and Intellectual History of the Roman Empire, Gnosticism, Women’s Studies, Religion in the Roman Empire and Late Roman Empire, Late Antiquity

Patricia Easton

Executive Vice President and Provost

Research Interests

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

Mark Eaton

Research Professor of American Literature

Research Interests

American literature and culture, film studies, historical fiction, religious studies, religion and literature

Lori Anne Ferrell

Dean, School of Arts & Humanities
John D. and Lillian Maguire Distinguished Professor in the 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

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and History
Chair, History Department

Research Interests

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

Iva Gueorguieva

Adjunct Professor of Art

Research Interests

Art, Painting

Romeo Guzmán

Assistant Professor of History

Programs

History

Research Interests

Citizenship, Migration, Sport, Public history, Digital humanities

Julian Hoeber

Adjunct Professor of Art

Research Interests

Sculpture, Installation

Robert Hudspeth

Research Professor of English

Research Interests

Margaret Fuller, Henry David Thoreau

Carmine Iannaccone

Adjunct Professor of Art

Research Interests

Art, Painting, Sculpture

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

Fortepiano, piano, 18th 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

Research Interests

Conceptual practices in feminism, materiality, and social politics

David Luis-Brown

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and English
Chair, Cultural Studies Department

Research Interests

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

Gideon Manning

Research Associate Professor of Early Modern Studies

Research Interests

History of philosophy, medicine, and science; European intellectual, social and cultural history; Early Modern reception studies

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

Darrell Moore

Visiting Associate Professor of Cultural Studies
Philosophy Teachout Coordinator

Research Interests

Aesthetics, Africana Intellectual Thought, Critical Theory, Continental Philosophy

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
Roland Reiss Endowed Chair in Art

Research Interests

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

Linda Perkins

Associate University Professor
Director, Applied Gender Studies

Research Interests

Women and African-American higher education, history and contemporary issues on women in higher education, especially Black women, global gender issues.

JoAnna Poblete

Associate Professor of History

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

Michael Reafsnyder

Adjunct Professor of Art

Research Interests

Art, Painting

Jenny Rose

Adjunct Faculty

Research Interests

Zoroastrianism

Enrico Mario Santí

Research Professor of English

Research Interests

Latin American literatures and cultures, modern poetry, critical theory and cultural studies, Cuban and Caribbean culture, post-colonial studies, intellectual history, modern painting

Tammi J. Schneider

Danforth Professor of Religion

Research Interests

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

Nancy van Deusen

Professor of Music
Louis and Mildred Benezet Chair in the Humanities

Research Interests

Piano, Musicology, Music theory

Kevin Wolfe

Assistant Professor of Religion

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