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Past Faculty Fellows

2023-2024 The Place of memory

  • Dominique Béhague (Medicine, Health & Society)
  • Jefferson Cowie (History)
  • Nicole Creanza (Biological Sciences)
  • Tasha Rijke-Epstein, History
  • Carmine Grimaldi (Cinema & Media Arts)
  • Kimberley D. McKinson (Anthropology)

2022-2023 Mending & Transforming

  • Laura M. Carpenter (Sociology)
  • Diana Heney (Philosophy)
  • Vesna Pavlović (Art)
  • Allison Schachter (Jewish Studies, English, East European Studies)
  • Arleen Tuchman (History)
  • Rebecca VanDiver (History of Art & Architecture)

2021-2022 Environments

  • Carwil Bjork-James (Anthropology)
  • Teresa A. Goddu (English)
  • Jessie Hock (English)
  • Ken MacLeish (Medicine, Health & Society; Anthropology)
  • Karen Ng (Philosophy)
  • Samira Sheikh (History)

2020-2021 Imagining Cities

  • Ashley Carse (Human & Organizational Development)
  • Aimi Hamraie (Medicine, Health & Society; American Studies)
  • Bohyeong Kim (Communication Studies)
  • Claire Sisco King (Communication Studies)
  • Letizia Modena (French & Italian)
  • Betsey Robinson (History of Art & Architecture)
  • Steven Wernke (Anthropology)
  • Matthew Worsnick  (History of Art & Architecture)

2019-2020 Borders & Belonging 

  • Candice Amich (English)
  • Brandon Byrd (History)
  • Emily Greble (History; German, Russian & East European Studies)
  • Ruth Hill (Spanish & Portuguese)
  • Sara Safransky (Human & Organizational Development)
  • Anand Taneja (Religious Studies)
  • We Jung Yi (Asian Studies)

2018-2019 

  • José A. Cárdenas Bunsen (Spanish)
  • Patricia Fumerton (English, University of California, Santa Barbara)
  • Jana Harper (Art)
  • Mark Hosford (Art)
  • Paul C. H. Lim (History of Christianity)
  • Kevin D. Murphy (History of Art & Architecture)
  • David H. Price (Religious Studies)
  • Rebecca K. VanDiver (History of Art & Architecture)

2017-2018  Telling Stories: Modes, Media & Meanings

  • Ellen Armour (Divinity School)
  • James F. Brooks (History, Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara)
  • Laura M. Carpenter (Sociology)
  • John Janusek (Anthropology)
  • Shaul Kelner (Sociology, Jewish Studies)
  • Stanley Link (Philosophy, Blair School of Music)
  • Letizia Modena (French & Italian)
  • Catherine Molineux (History)
  • Jonathan Rattner (Art, Cinema & Media Arts)
  • Haerin Shin (English)

2016-2017 Working for Equality & Justice

  • Brooke A. Ackerly (Political Science)
  • Carwil R. Bjork-James (Anthropology)
  • Heath W. Carter (History, Valparaiso University)
  • James C. Fraser (Human & Organizational Development)
  • Juan Floyd-Thomas (African American & Diaspora Studies)
  • Kathy L. Gaca (Classical & Mediterranean Studies
  • N. Michelle Murray (Spanish & Portuguese)
  • C. Melissa Snarr (Ethics & Society) 

2015-2016 Vernacular Islam beyond the Arab World

  • Dianna Bell (Religious Studies)
  • Daniel A. Birchok (Anthropology)
  • Julia Phillips Cohen (Jewish Studies)
  • Ashish Koul (History)
  • Riyaz Latif (History of Art & Architecture)
  • Richard McGregor (Religious Studies)
  • William Murrell (History)
  • Moses Ochonu (History)
  • Samira Sheikh (History)
  • Tony K. Stewart (Religious Studies)
  • Anand Taneja (Religious Studies)
  • David Wasserstein (Jewish Studies)

2014-2015 Public Scholarship in the Humanities

  • Marshall Eakin (History)
  • Aimi Hamraie (Medicine, Health & Society)
  • Joel Harrington (History)
  • Ifeoma Nwankwo (English)
  • Lara Stein Pardo (Anthropology)
  • Lynn Ramey (French & Italian)
  • Daniel Sharfstein (Law School)
  • Paul Stob (Communication Studies)
  • Holly Tucker (French & Italian, Biomedical Ethics & Society)

2013-2014 Culture, Politics & the Construction of Meaning   

  • Greg Barz (Blair School of Music)
  • Vanessa Beasley (Communication Studies)
  • Susan Cahn (History, SUNY Buffalo)
  • Laura M. Carpenter (Sociology)
  • Kenneth MacLeish (Medicine, Health & Society)
  • Mark Schoenfield (English)
  • Arleen Tuchman (History)

2012-2013 Age of Emancipation: Black Freedom in the Atlantic World

  • Emily August (English)
  • Caree Banton (History)
  • Richard Blackett (History)
  • Celso Castilho (History)
  • Nihad Farooq  (American Studies, Georgia Institute of Technology)
  • Teresa Goddu (English, American Studies)
  • Jane Landers (History)
  • Herbert Marbury (School of Divinity)
  • Catherine Molineux (History)
  • Daniel Sharfstein (Law School)

2011-2012 Sacred Ecology: Landscape Transformations for Ritual Practice

  • Robert F. Campany (Asian Studies)
  • Leo C. Coleman (Comparative studies, The Ohio State University)
  • William R. Fowler (Anthropology)
  • John W. Janusek (Anthropology)
  • Jane G. Landers (History)
  • Tracy G. Miller (History of Art & Architecture)
  • Roger E. Moore (English)
  • Betsey A. Robinson (History of Art & Architecture)
  • Helena Simonett (Latin American Studies)
  • Tony K. Stewart (Religious Studies)
  • Bronwen L. Wickkiser (Classical Studies)

2010-2011 Representation & Social Change

  • Laura Carpenter (Sociology)
  • Bonnie Dow (Communication Studies)
  • Terence McDonnell (Sociology)
  • Anne Morey (English, Texas A&M University)
  • Vesna Pavlović (Art)
  • Sergio Romero (Anthropology)
  • Dan Usner (History)
  • Eddie Wright-Rios (History)

2009-2010 Immigration & the American Experience

  • Daniel Cornfield (Sociology)
  • Katharine Donato (Sociology)
  • Gary Gerstle (History)
  • Jonathan Hiskey (Political Science)
  • Kevin Leander (Teaching & Learning)
  • Ifeoma Nwankwo (English)
  • Efrén Pérez (Political Science)
  • Jemima Pierre (Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin)
  • Nina Warnke (European Studies)
  • Jemima Pierre (Anthropology, University of Texas at Austin)

2008-2009 New Directions in Trauma Studies

  • Vivien Fryd (History of art)
  • Laura M. Carpenter (Sociology)
  • Kate Daniels (English)
  • Jon Ebert (Psychiatry)
  • Christina Karageorgou-Bastea (Spanish & Portuguese)
  • Claire Sisco King (Communication Studies)
  • Linda Manning (Women’s & Gender Studies)
  • Charlotte Pierce-Baker (Women’s & Gender Studies, English)
  • Maurice Stevens (Comparative Studies, The Ohio State University)

2007-2008 Black Europe

  • Tina Campt (Women’s Studies, History, Duke University)
  • Devin Fergus (History)
  • Kathryn Gines (African American & Diaspora Studies, Philosophy)
  • Catherine Molineux (History)
  • Ifeoma Nwankwo (English)
  • Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr. (African American & Diaspora Studies, Philosophy)
  • Tiffany R. Patterson (African American & Diaspora Studies, Philosophy)
  • Tracy Sharpley-Whiting (African American & Diaspora Studies, French)
  • Hortense Spillers (English)

2006-2007 Between Word & Image

  • Carolyn Dever (English, Women’s & Gender studies)  
  • Cara Finnegan (Speech Communication, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) 
  • Teresa A. Goddu (English)  
  • Gregg Horowitz (Philosophy)  
  • Robin Jensen (Divinity School)  
  • Kevin M. Leander (Teaching & Learning)
  • Ellen Levy (English)  
  • Richard McGregor (Religious Studies)  
  • Catherine Molineux (History)  
  • Paul Young (English)  

2005-2006 Pre-Modern Others: Race & Sexuality

  • Katherine Crawford (History)  
  • Dyan Elliott (History)  
  • Lynn Enterline (English)
  • Jean E. Feerick (English, Brown University) 
  • Leah Marcus (English)  
  • Carlos Jáuregui (Spanish)  
  • Lynn Ramey (French & Italian)  
  • Holly Tucker (French)  
  • David Wasserstein (History)  

2004-2005 Strategic Actions: Women, Power & Gender Norms

  • Brooke Ackerly (Political Science)  
  • Karen Campbell (Sociology)  
  • Vivien Green Fryd (History of Ar)
  • Holly McCammon (Sociology)  
  • Benita Roth (Sociology, SUNY Binghamton)
  • Melissa Snarr (Divinity School)  
  • Ronnie Steinberg (Sociology)  
  • Cecelia Tichi (English)  
  • Barbara Tsakirgis (Classical Studies)  

2003-2004 Medicine, Health & Society

  • Larry Churchill (School of Medicine)  
  • Craig Anne Heflinger (Human & Organizational Development)  
  • Leonard Hummel (Divinity School, School of Medicine)  
  • A. Scott Pearson (Surgical Oncology) 
  • Matthew Ramsey (History)  
  • Ruth Rogaski (History)  
  • Peggy Thoits (Sociology)  
  • Arleen Tuchman (History)  
  • Stephen Rachman (English, Michigan State University)

2002-2003 Gender, Sexuality & Cultural Politics

  • Brooke Ackerly (Political Science)  
  • Katherine Crawford (History)  
  • Carolyn Dever (English)  
  • Lisa Duggan (History, NYU)  
  • Lynn Enterline (English)  
  • José Medina (Philosophy)  
  • Diane Perpich (Philosophy)  
  • Kathryn Schwarz (English)  
  • John Sloop (Communication Studies)  
  • Holly Tucker (French & Italian)

2001-2002 Memory, Identity & Political Action

  • Gregory Barz (Blair School of Music)  
  • David Bloome (Teaching & Learning)
  • William James Booth (Political Science)  
  • Tina Chen (English)  
  • Larry Griffin (Sociology, History)  
  • Yoshikuni Igarashi (History)  
  • Richard King (History, University of Nottingham) 
  • Amy Kirschke (Fine Arts)  
  • Michael Kreyling (English)  
  • Charles Morris (Communication Studies)  
  • Lucius T. Outlaw, Jr. (Philosophy, African American & Diaspora Studies)  
  • Thomas Schwartz (History)

2000-2001 Rediscovering the New World

  • Anne Demo (Communication Studies, Theater)  
  • Deborah Cohn (Hispanic Studies, McGill University)  
  • Marshal Eakin (History)  
  • Edward Fischer (Anthropology)  
  • Earl Fitz (Spanish & Portuguese)  
  • Cathy Jrade (Spanish & Portuguese)  
  • Jane Landers (History)  
  • William Luis (Spanish & Portuguese)

1999-2000 Constructions, Destructions & Deconstructions of Nature

  • Michael Bess (History)  
  • Beth Conklin (Anthropology) 
  • Leonard Folgarait (Fine Arts)  
  • Kathy Gaca (Classical Studies)  
  • Richard Grusin (English, Georgia Tech) 
  • Laurie Johnson (Germanic & Slavic languages)  
  • Jay Noller (Geology)  
  • David Weintraub (Physics & Astronomy)  
  • David Wood (Philosophy) 

1998-1999 Inventing Work

  • Bruce Barry (School of Management)  
  • Karen Campbell (Sociology)  
  • Dan Cornfield (Sociology)
  • Sharryn Kasmir (Anthropology, Hofstra University) 
  • Laura McDaniel (History)  
  • Mark Schoenfield (English)  
  • Kathryn Schwarz (English)  
  • John Sloop (Communication Studies)  
  • Helmut Smith (History)  
  • Ronnie Steinberg (Sociology) 

1997-1998 Person-Centered Approaches to Culture

  • Aline Baehler (French & Italian)  
  • Volney Gay (Religious Studies)  
  • Roy Gottfried (English)  
  • Thomas Gregor (Anthropology)  
  • Gilbert Herdt (Anthropology, University of Chicago) 
  • Gregg Horowitz (Philosophy)  
  • Richard Pride (Political Science)  
  • Darren Sherkat (Sociology)  
  • Gay Welch, (Religious Studies)  
  • Meike Werner (Germanic & Slavic Languages) 

1996-1997 Question of Culture

  • Jay Clayton (English)  
  • Beth Conklin (Anthropology)  
  • Jim Epstein (History)  
  • Susan Hegeman (English, University of Florida) 
  • Yoshikuni Igarashi (History)  
  • Konstantin Kustanovich (Germanic & Slavic Languages)  
  • Jane Landers (History)  
  • Richard Peterson (Sociology)  
  • Karen Shimakawa (English)  
  • Mark Wollaeger (English) 

1995-1996 Fin de Siècle, Millennium & Other Transitions

  • Kathryn Babayan (History, University of Michigan) 
  • Margaret A. Doody (Comparative Literature)  
  • Myriam J.A. Chancy (English)
  • Janet Schrunk Ericksen (English)  
  • William Franke (Comparative Literature, French & Italian)  
  • Jay Geller (Religious Studies)  
  • Michael Hodges (Philosophy)  
  • Ellen Konowitz (Fine Arts)  
  • Frank Wcislo (History)  
  • David Wood (Philosophy) 

1994-1995 Science & Society

  • Michael Bess (History)  
  • Jeffery Franks (Psychology)  
  • Peter Haas (Religious Studies)  
  • Richard Haglund (Physics & Astronomy)  
  • Cathy Jrade (Spanish & Portuguese)  
  • Barbara Kinach (Teaching & Learning)  
  • John McCarthy (Germanic & Slavic Languages)  
  • Gisela Mosig (Molecular Biology)  
  • Arkady Plotnitsky (English, University of Pennsylvania) 
  • Efstratios Prassidis (Mathematics)  
  • Mark Schoenfield (English)  
  • Arleen Tuchman (History)

1993-1994 American Studies, Its Past, Present & Future

  • Victor Anderson (Divinity School)  
  • Don Doyle (History)  
  • Phyllis Frus (English)  
  • Vivien Green Fryd (Fine Arts)  
  • Teresa Goddu (English)  
  • Larry Griffin (Sociology)  
  • John Lachs (Philosophy)  
  • Jane Landers (History)  
  • William Luis (Spanish & Portuguese)  
  • Lewis Perry (History) 

1992-1993 The South as an American Problem

  • David Carlton (History)  
  • Joyce Chaplin (History)  
  • Don Doyle (History)  
  • James Ely (Law School)  
  • Teresa Goddu (English)  
  • Larry Griffin (Sociology)  
  • Michael Kreyling (English)  
  • Robert Margo (Economics)  
  • Richard Pride (Political Science)  
  • Eric Sundquist (English)

1991-1992 The ‘Discovery’ of the New World & the Old

  • Margaret Kent Bass (English)  
  • Marshall Eakin (History)  
  • William Fowler (Anthropology)  
  • Paul Freedman (History)  
  • Vivien Green Fryd (Fine Arts)  
  • Joel Harrington (History)  
  • Howard Harrod (Divinity School)  
  • Steven Houston (Anthropology)  
  • William Luis (Spanish & Portuguese)  
  • Cecelia Tichi (English) 

1990-1991 Eastern European Literature & Political Change

  • Michael Bess (History)  
  • Jean Bethke Elshtain (Political Science)  
  • Antonina Gove (Slavic Languages & Literature)  
  • Michael Hodges (Philosophy)  
  • David Steiner (Political Science)  
  • Valerie Traub (English)  
  • Frank Wcislob (History)

1989-1990 The Return of Rhetoric

  • Jay Clayton (English)  
  • Jean Bethke Elshtain (Political Science)  
  • William Engel (English)  
  • James Epstein (English)  
  • F. W. Galan (Comparative Literature)
  • David Greenhaw (Divinity School)  
  • Kassian Kovalcheck (Communication Studies)  
  • Jean Porter (Divinity School)  
  • William Race (Classics)  
  • Susan Wiltshire (Classics)

1989-1990 Disciplines & The Canon

  • Timothy Bagwell (Germanic & Slavic Languages)  
  • Jay Clayton (English)
  • Idit Dobbs‑Weinstein (Philosophy) 
  • Duncan Earle (Anthropology) 
  • Jean Bethke Elshtain (Political Science) 
  • Michael Hodges (Philosophy) 
  • Laurence Lerner (English) 
  • Hans‑Joachim Schulz (Germanic & Slavic Languages)  

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