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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.

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

Sarah Clayton

Sarah Clayton

Professor, Anthropology

Archaeologist specializing in everyday life in early cities; migration; rural-urban interaction; community formation and persistence. Director of the Chicoloapan Viejo Archaeology Project in central Mexico.

Sage Goellner

Sage Goellner

Associate Professor, Department of Liberal Arts and Applied Studies

French literature; adult language learning

James Brown

James Brown

Assistant professor of English

Research covers rhetoric and digital culture, Wikipedia, networked software, blogging and wikis

Heather Willis Allen

Heather Willis Allen

Assistant professor, French and second language acquisition

Expert in second language learning and teaching

Matthew Bakkom

Matthew Bakkom

Assistant professor, photography and art

Internationally established contemporary artist with special interests in material cultural, political expression and aesthetic psychology.

Daniel Grabois

Daniel Grabois

Assistant professor of horn, school of music

Expert on contemporary music, brass playing, French horn.

Derek Johnson

Derek Johnson

Assistant professor, communication arts

Expert on media industries, creative collaboration, and the production of popular culture