Program Coordinator and Staff
Patricia White
Centennial Chair
Director, Aydelotte Foundation
Program Coordinator, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film & Media Studies
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Kelly Gomez Zimmer
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Deb Sloman
Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies; Administrative Support, Classics
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Program Committee
Sibelan Forrester
Susan W. Lippincott Professor of Modern and Classical Languages
Modern Languages & Literatures-Russian
Comparative Literature
Interpretation Theory
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Interests: Russian and East European women writers; gender and sexuality in language and literature; Modernism; literary and scholarly translation and translation theory
Alexandra Gueydan-Turek
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Modern Languages & Literatures
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Comparative Literature
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Interests: Postcolonial Theory; Francophone Literature of the Maghreb and the Mashreq; Comics and Graphic Novels in the Arab World; Local Publishing Markets in North Africa; (Neo)colonial representations; Representations of Islam in France.
Maya Nadkarni
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology
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Affiliated Faculty
Sa'ed Atshan ’06
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Peace & Conflict Studies
Peace & Conflict Studies
Sociology & Anthropology
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Jamal Batts
Assistant Professor
Black Studies
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James Blasina
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Medieval Studies
On Leave - Academic Year
Music
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Director, Critical Mass (medieval-renaissance vocal ensemble)
Interests: chant; liturgy; gender; monasticism; middle ages; choral repertory
Note: During the 2025-2026 academic year, Professor Blasina continues in his role as Coordinator of the Program in Medieval Studies.
Maggie Delano
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Engineering
Engineering
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Farha Ghannam
Professor of Anthropology
On Leave - Academic Year
Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology
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On sabbatical 2025-26
Ryan Ku
Visiting Assistant Professor
English Literature
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Luciano Martinez
Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Spanish
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Interests: Higher education administration; language and literature pedagogy; Latin American literatures and cultures; literary theory; gender studies.
Marshall Smith III
Assistant Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Black Studies
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Interests: Francophone and Anglophone Caribbean Literatures and Cultures, African Diaspora Studies, Visual and Material Cultures, Critical Theory, Black Geographies, Africana Philosophy, and Queer Studies.
