Tag arts/humanities
Judith Mitchell
Associate professor, English; program in creative writing
Expert in fiction: novels and short stories
Tomislav (Toma) Longinović
Professor, Slavic and comparative literature
Expert on the Balkans, its languages, literature and cultures; East European folklore, especially vampire legends
Steve Stern
Professor, history; vice provost for faculty and staff
Expert on Latin American history, contemporary affairs, human rights
Mary Layoun
Emerita Professor, Comparative Literature
Comparative study of modern cultures, literature and politics of Greece, Cyprus, the Middle East, Japan, U.S.
David Danaher
Associate professor, Slavic languages & literatures
Expert in Czech and Russian languages, cognitive linguistics, and Václav Havel.
Charles Cohen
Professor emeritus, history and religious studies; director, Lubar Institute for the Study of the Abrahamic Religions
Expert on early American history and religious history; braided history of Judaism, Christianity and Islam
Willy Haeberli
Professor emeritus, physics
Expert in general physics, nuclear reactions, nuclear accelerators, physics of sound, physical acoustics
Andrew Irving
Senior lecturer, French and Italian
French language and France, Guy de Maupassant, study abroad, high-school-to- college transition in language, French House
Steven Hutchinson
Professor, Spanish and Portuguese
Expert on Cervantes, Golden Age Spanish literature, early modern Mediterranean world
Christine DeSmet
Faculty associate, Division of Continuing Studies
Expert on the writing of screenplays and novels
Emily Hall
Director, Writing Fellows Program
Expert on teaching writing, tutoring writing, undergraduate peer tutoring and writing centers
Sally Chisholm
Professor, music; artist in residence, Pro Arte Quartet
Expert in viola and string quartets
Patricia Hastings
Distinguished teaching faculty, emeritus, journalism and mass communication
Expert in visual storytelling, broadcast and print news reporting, writing for media, audio storytelling and podcasting.
Joan Hall
Chief Editor Emerita, Dictionary of American Regional English; Distinguished Scientist; English
Expert on the American English language and its regional and social dialects
Robert Frykenberg
Professor emeritus, history, South Asian studies
Expert in South Asia (India): cultures, governance, history, peoples, public affairs, religions, societies, Christianity and Hindu fundamentalism
Scott Mellor
Senior lecturer, Scandinavian studies
Expert on Scandinavian mythology, current Swedish culture, Hans Christian Andersen and folklore
Thomas Armbrecht
Associate professor, French
Expert on 20th century French literature, particularly by gay and lesbian authors
Michael Bernard-Donals
Professor, English
Expert on writing, rhetoric, literary and cultural theory, and the Holocaust
Rosemary Bodolay
Lecturer, art
Works with digital technology in contemporary art; main area of interest is video
Aparna Dharwadker
Professor, English; Professor, Interdisciplinary Theatre Studies
Expert on modern Indian literature and theater, post-colonial literature and theater, contemporary world theater, global Indian diaspora, comparative theater theory
Thomas Dale
Professor, art history
Expert on Early Christian, Byzantine and medieval European art, global Middle Ages, and medieval race
Louise Robbins
Professor, library and information studies
Expert on history of American librarianship during the Cold War, libraries and librarianship generally, strategic planning in librarianship, library education
Mark Louden
Professor, German; Director, Max Kade Institute for German-American Studies
Amish and Mennonite faith, life, and health culture; Pennsylvania Dutch language and culture; Yiddish language and culture
Jeff Kirsch
Faculty associate, liberal studies and the arts
Expert on Spanish for reading knowledge and Spanish to English translation
Charo D'Etcheverry
Professor, Asian Languages & Cultures; faculty director, Nihongo Hausu (Japanese language floor)
Specialist in pre-modern Japanese literature and culture
Charles Read
Dean emeritus, education; professor emeritus, linguistics
Linguistics: development of spelling and reading
Ronald Troxel
Distinguished lecturer, Hebrew and Semitic studies, religious studies
Expert on ancient Israel, Greco-Roman-era Judaism, early Christianity
Beverly Taylor
Professor, music; director of choral activities
Expert on choral and choral-orchestral music and musical setting of texts and on classical music in general
Brenda Plummer
Professor, history, Afro-American studies
Expert on African American history, Caribbean history, race and international affairs
Daniel Hausman
Professor, philosophy, medical history and bioethics
Works on issues at the boundaries between philosophy and economics: causation, rationality, ethics, methodology
Jane Hutchison
Professor emerita, art history
Expert on Dutch and German painting and graphic art of the 15th through 17th centuries; history of museums and collecting.
Julia Murray
Professor emerita, art history, E. Asian studies, & religious studies
Scholar of Chinese pictorial art in historical & cultural contexts, particularly as related to Confucian ideology
Shawn Peters
Lecturer, Center for Educational Opportunity
Expertise in religion and law (First Amendment), Catholicism, marginal religions, homeschooling, pedagogical innovation, and DEI.
Severino Albuquerque
Professor, Portuguese; director, Brazil Initiative
Expert on Brazilian literature and culture
Robert Howard
Director, Digital Studies Initiative; associate director, Folklore Program; associate professor of communication
Expert on Internet communication and contemporary religious belief
Anna Gade
Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies
Expert on Islam, religion and society, Southeast Asia, environmental ethics, and global environmental studies from cultural perspectives