Faculty

David Amico

Professor of Art
Roland Reiss Endowed Chair in Art

Research Interests

Art, Painting

Matthew Bowman

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

Research Interests

History of religion, Mormonism, Religion in North America

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

Janet Farrell Brodie

Professor of History
Chair, History Department

Research Interests

Cold War, War and American history, Women and gender

Eric Bulson

Professor of English

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

Ingolf Dalferth

Danforth Professor of Philosophy of Religion

Research Interests

Philosophical and theological hermeneutics, Ecumenical theology, Subjectivity theory, Religion and emotion

Nicola Denzey Lewis

Margo L. Goldsmith Chair in Women’s Studies in Religion
Chair, Religion Department

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

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

Joshua Goode

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and History

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

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

Associate 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: educational systems

Rachel Lachowicz

Associate Professor of Studio Art

Research Interests

Studio art, Installation art

Daniel Lewis

Research Associate Professor of History

Research Interests

History of science, American history, Latin American history, Environmental history

David Luis-Brown

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies and English
Director, Africana Studies Program

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, Transdisciplinary studies

Anselm Min

Professor of Religion

Research Interests

Theology of globalization, Liberation theology, Religious pluralism, Comparative theology, Contemporary systematic theology, Postmodern philosophy and theology

Eve Oishi

Associate Professor of Cultural Studies
Chair, Cultural Studies Department

Research Interests

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

David Pagel

Professor of Art Theory and History
Chair, Art Department

Research Interests

Art, Art media, Painting

Linda Perkins

Associate University Professor
Director, Applied Women’s Studies

Research Interests

Women and African-American higher education

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

Professor of Religion

Research Interests

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

Sallama Shaker

Full Clinical Professor of Middle East & International Studies

Research Interests

Power politics, religion, and culture in the Middle East; Feminization of poverty and global challenges; Islam state politics; Islamic feminism; Cultural diversity; Globalization

Nancy van Deusen

Professor of Music
Louis and Mildred Benezet Chair in the Humanities

Research Interests

Piano, Musicology, Music theory

Robert Zappulla

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

Research Interests

Harpsichord, Historical performance practices, Baroque music