Faculty

Affiliated Faculty

Jennifer Ashton
Associate Professor, English
PhD, Johns Hopkins University
20th- and 21st-century American poetry and literary theory

Lori Baptista
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Theatre
PhD, Northwestern University
Performance Ethnography, Cultural & Environmental Sustainability, African-American/Diaspora Culture

Brian Bauer
Professor, Anthropology
PhD, University of Chicago
New World Prehistory, Development of Complex Societies, Archaeological and Ethnohistorical Theory and Method, Andean Civilization
 
Jennifer Brier
Director of Gender and Women‘s Studies
PhD, Rutgers University 
US History, History of Gender and Sexuality; Public History, Queer Studies, Community Engagement
Nicholas Brown
Associate Professor, African American Studies
PhD, Duke University
Marxism, the History of Aesthetics, Lusophone literature, and Music Studies
 
Rosa Cabrera
Director, Rafael Cintrón Ortiz Latino Cultural Center
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Anthropology
Museums and Cultural Heritage, Latino Identity and Citizenship, Social and Environmental Justice, Art and Civic Engagement
 
John D. Emilio
Professor, Gender and Women’s Studies, History
PhD, Columbia University, History
US since World War II, Social Movements, and the History of Sexuality
 
Lennard Davis
Professor, English and Disabilities Studies
PhD, Columbia University, English and Comparative Literature
 
Penelope Dean
Assistant Professor, Architecture
PhD, University of California at Los Angeles
Architecture and Design
 
Anne Eaton
Assistant Professor, Philosophy
PhD, University of Chicago, Philosophy and Art History
Philosophy of Art, Feminism, Italian Renaissance
 
Alexander Eisenschmidt
Assistant Professor, Architecture
 
Olivia Gude
Professor, Art
MFA, University of Chicago
Contemporary Art, Arts Education, Critical Social Theory
 
Sara Hall
Associate Professor and Chair, Moving Image Arts
PhD, University of California at Berkeley, German Literature and Culture
German Studies Film Theory and History, German Literature, German Visual Culture 1870-present
 
Valerie Harris
Assistant Professor, Special Collections and University Archives Department
MS, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Users of Special Collections, Archives, and Visual Resources, Digital Preservation
 
Rosilie Hernandez
Associate Professor, Hispanic and Italian Studies
PhD, University of California, Irvine
Spanish Early Modern Cultural Studies and Visual Cultures
 
Claudine Isé
Visiting Faculty, Museum and Exhibition Studies
PhD, University of Southern California, School of Cinema-Television, Los Angeles, CA
Film, Literature, and Culture
 
Robert Johnston
Associate Professor, History
PhD, Rutgers University
Public History, Class and Democracy, Progressive Era, and the Politics of Historiography
 
Roberta Gray Katz
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Art History
PhD, University of Illinois at Chicago, Art History
American Art: Colonial through Postmodern
 
Vincent LaMotta
Assistant Professor, Department of Anthropology
PhD, University of Arizona, Anthropology
Archaeology of the North American Southwest, Southwestern Religion and Ritual, Puebloan Pottery
 
Steven Marsh
Associate Professor
PhD, University of London, Hispanic Cultural Studies
Hispanic and Italian Studies
 
Colleen McQuillen
Assistant Professor and Director, Polish and Russian Language Programs
PhD, Columbia University, Slavic Languages and Literatures
Literature, Visual and Material Cultures (especially fashion) of Russia and Eastern Europe
 
Walter Benn Michaels
Professor and Head, English
PhD, University of California at Santa Barbara, English
American Literature, Literary Theory, Photography
 
Joel Palka
Assistant Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies
PhD, Vanderbilt University
Latin American and Latino Studies
 
Anna Roosevelt
Professor, Anthropology
PhD, Columbia University, Anthropology
Tropical Chiefdoms, Paleoindian Amazonian Art
 
Carrie Sandahl
Associate Professor, Disability and Human Development
PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Theatre and Drama
Disability as it intersects with race, class, gender, and sexuality in live performance, including theatre, dance, and performance
 
Margarita Saona
Associate Professor, Hispanic and Italian Studies
PhD, Columbia University, Latin American Literature
Visual Cultures and Discourses on Gender in Latin America
 
Salome Skvirsky
Assistant Professor, Latin American and Latino Studies
PhD, University of Pittsburgh
Latin American Film, Documentary Film, Film Theory, Ethnographic Film, Racial Melodrama
 
Lorelei Stewart
Director, Gallery 400
MA, Center for Curatorial Studies, Bard College
 
David Stovall
Associate Professor, African American Studies
PhD, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Critical Race Theory, Social Justice in Education, Critical Pedagogy, Youth Popular Culture
 
Joseph Tabbi
Professor, Associate Head Department of English
PhD, University of Toronto
Contemporary literature; technology and literature
 
Jennifer L. Tobin
Associate Professor, Classics and Art History
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Classic Archaeology
Greek and Roman Art
Retired Faculty

Ellen Taylor Baird
Professor Emerita
PhD, University Of New Mexico, Art History
Pre-Columbian and Colonial Latin American Art

Robert Bruegmann
Professor Emeritus
PhD, University of Pennsylvania, Art History
Modern and Contemporary Architecture, the Decentralizing Urban Environment

Ross Edman
Assistant Professor Emeritus
Asian Art

Donald L. Ehresmann
Associate Professor Emeritus
Medieval Art

Peter B. Hales
Professor Emeritus
PhD, University of Texas, Austin, American Civilization
Photography, American Spaces and Landscapes, Contemporary Art

Victor Margolin
Professor Emeritus
PhD, Union Institute, Design History
Design History, Theories of Modern and Contemporary Art and Society

Robert Munman
Associate Professor Emeritus
PhD, Harvard University, Art History
Renaissance art

Sidney K. Robinson
Professor Emeritus
Modern Architecture

David M. Sokol
Professor Emeritus
PhD, New York University, American Civilization
American Art, Modern Art, Museology