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Judith Mitchell

Judith Mitchell

Associate professor, English; program in creative writing

Expert in fiction: novels and short stories

Tomislav (Toma) Longinović

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

Steve Stern

Professor, history; vice provost for faculty and staff

Expert on Latin American history, contemporary affairs, human rights

Mary Layoun

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

David Danaher

Associate professor, Slavic languages & literatures

Expert in Czech and Russian languages, cognitive linguistics, and Václav Havel.

Charles Cohen

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

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

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

Sally Chisholm

Professor, music; artist in residence, Pro Arte Quartet

Expert in viola and string quartets

Patricia Hastings

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

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

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

Ullrich Langer

Ullrich Langer

Professor, French & Italian

Expert on early modern French literature and culture

Lee Wandel

Lee Wandel

Professor, history

Expert in history of Christianity and early modern Europe

Scott Mellor

Scott Mellor

Senior lecturer, Scandinavian studies

Expert on Scandinavian mythology, current Swedish culture, Hans Christian Andersen and folklore

Thomas Armbrecht

Thomas Armbrecht

Associate professor, French

Expert on 20th century French literature, particularly by gay and lesbian authors

Michael Bernard-Donals

Michael Bernard-Donals

Professor, English

Expert on writing, rhetoric, literary and cultural theory, and the Holocaust

Rosemary Bodolay

Rosemary Bodolay

Lecturer, art

Works with digital technology in contemporary art; main area of interest is video

Sabine Gross

Sabine Gross

Professor, German

German literature, teaching of literature, reading

Jack Damer

Jack Damer

Professor, art

Expert on fine art printmaking, especially lithography

Aparna  Dharwadker

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

Thomas Dale

Professor, art history

Expert on Early Christian, Byzantine and medieval European art, global Middle Ages, and medieval race

Louise Robbins

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

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

Jeff Kirsch

Faculty associate, liberal studies and the arts

Expert on Spanish for reading knowledge and Spanish to English translation

Charo D'Etcheverry

Charo D'Etcheverry

Professor, Asian Languages & Cultures; faculty director, Nihongo Hausu (Japanese language floor)

Specialist in pre-modern Japanese literature and culture

Charles Read

Charles Read

Dean emeritus, education; professor emeritus, linguistics

Linguistics: development of spelling and reading

Ronald Troxel

Ronald Troxel

Distinguished lecturer, Hebrew and Semitic studies, religious studies

Expert on ancient Israel, Greco-Roman-era Judaism, early Christianity

Beverly Taylor

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

Brenda Plummer

Professor, history, Afro-American studies

Expert on African American history, Caribbean history, race and international affairs

Daniel Hausman

Daniel Hausman

Professor, philosophy, medical history and bioethics

Works on issues at the boundaries between philosophy and economics: causation, rationality, ethics, methodology

Jane Hutchison

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

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

Shawn Peters

Lecturer, Center for Educational Opportunity

Expertise in religion and law (First Amendment), Catholicism, marginal religions, homeschooling, pedagogical innovation, and DEI.

Severino Albuquerque

Severino Albuquerque

Professor, Portuguese; director, Brazil Initiative

Expert on Brazilian literature and culture

Robert Howard

Robert Howard

Director, Digital Studies Initiative; associate director, Folklore Program; associate professor of communication

Expert on Internet communication and contemporary religious belief

Anna  Gade

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