Our people are extraordinary.

William​ Acree​

• Associate Vice Dean of Graduate Education
• Professor of Spanish, American Culture Studies (Affiliate) and Performing Arts (Affiliate) Co-Director, Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures

• E-mail: acree@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5145

Catherine Adams

• Master Electrician - Theater

• E-mail: c.adams@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9165

Marlon M. Bailey

• Faculty Member & Professor of African and African American Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Faculty Affiliate in the Performing Arts Department and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Equity
• Associate Chair

​​Kurt Beals​​

• Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature
• Director of the Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: kbeals@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3047

​Patrick Burke

• Chair, Department of Music
• Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: pburke@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5581

​Colin Burnett

• Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: cburnett@wustl.edu

​Pannill Camp

• ​Associate Professor of Drama

• E-mail: pcamp@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3348

Mary Clemens

• Marketing and Development Coordinator

• E-mail: mclemens@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7025

​Mary-Jean Cowell

• Professor Emeritus

• E-mail: mjcowell@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4474

​Tili Boon Cuillé

• Professor of French and Comparative Literature
• Director of Undergraduate Studies in French Core faculty in the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities Affiliate faculty in Performing Arts and Film and Media Studies

• E-mail: tbcuille@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7950

Joanna Dee​ Das

• Assistant Professor of Dance​
• Faculty Affiliate in the Program in American Culture Studies Faculty Affiliate in the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity, and Equity (CRE2)

• E-mail: Joanna.D.Das@wustl.edu

​Todd Decker

• Professor of Musicology, American Culture Studies, and Film and Media Studies Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: tdecker@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5581

Antonio Douthit-Boyd

• Distinguished Performing Artist

• E-mail: adouthit-boyd@cocastl.org
• Phone: 314-725-6555

Lauren Eldridge Stewart

• Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate) Department of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate) (On sabbatical '22-'23)

• E-mail: leldridgestewart@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5581

Chris A. Eng

• Assistant Professor of English
• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: ceng@wustl.edu

Emily Frei

• Scenic Artist
• Props Master

• E-mail: emily_frei@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9165

Karma Frierson

• ​Assistant Professor of African and African-American Studies and Performing Arts (Affiliate)

• E-mail: karma.frierson@wustl.edu

Kelly Ging

• Administrative Coordinator II

• E-mail: ging@wustl.edu
• Phone: 3149358608

Dominique Green

• Lecturer in Costume Design

• E-mail: drglaros@wustl.edu

Elinor Harrison

• Postdoctoral Fellow
• Dance and Neurology

• E-mail: harrisonel@wustl.edu

Ryadah Heiskell

• Administrative Coordinator

• E-mail: rjheiske@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5858

​Robert Henke

• ​Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature
• Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. in Performance Studies

• E-mail: rhenke@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-9336

Reem Hilu

• Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies
• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: reemhilu@wustl.edu

Ron Himes

• Henry E. Hampton, Jr. Artist-in-Residence

• E-mail: RHimes@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3347

Elizabeth Hunter

• Assistant Professor of Drama

• E-mail: ehunter@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4978

​Catherine Keane

• Chair and Professor of Classics
• Professor of Comparative Literature (Affiliate) Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: ckeane@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5198

​Caroline Kita​

• ​Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature
• Director of Graduate Studies, Germanic Languages and Literatures Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: ckita@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4304

​Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal

• ​Professor of Practice in Dance
• Director of Graduate Studies of MFA Program in Dance

• E-mail: ckoneal@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4475

Esther Viola Kurtz

• Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)  Department of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate) 

• E-mail: ekurtz@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5581

​Ji-Eun Lee

• Associate Professor of Korean Language and Literature
• Head of the Korean Section​ Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: lee.j@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4448

Diane Wei ​ Lewis

• Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies (On Leave, Fall 2022 - Spring 2023)
• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: dlewis24@wustl.edu

Joe Loewenstein

• Professor of English​
• Director of Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Literature Director of the Humanities Digital Workshop and the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: jfloewen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4404

Yan Ma

• Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow in Chinese Performance Cultures

• E-mail: mayan@wustl.edu

​David Marchant

• ​Professor of Practice in Dance
• Coordinator of the Dance Program Coordinator of Dance and Somatic Studies Program in University College

• E-mail: marchant@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4476

​Jeffery Matthews

• Professor of Practice in Drama​

• E-mail: jmatthew@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-265-2334

​Paige McGinley

• Associate Professor of Performing Arts​
• Director, Program in American Culture Studies

• E-mail: pmcginley@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6106

​Rebecca Messbarger

• ​Professor of Italian
• Affiliate Professor of History, Art History, Global Studies, Performing Arts, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Director of Undergraduate Studies in Italian Co-Founder and First Director of Medical Humanities

• E-mail: rmessbar@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5478

​Timothy Moore

• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• E-mail: tmoore26@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-6618

Robert Mark​ Morgan

• Teaching Professor of Drama
• Director of the Beyond Boundaries Program

• E-mail: rmorgan@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-3040

Patricia Olynyk

• Professor, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
• Affiliate Professor of Performing Arts

​Annamaria Pileggi​

• ​Professor of Practice in Drama

• E-mail: apileggi@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4058

Jack Rushen

• Production Manager/Technical Director

• E-mail:  rushen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5877

​Sean Savoie​

• Teaching Professor of Design-Technical Theater
• Coordinator of Design-Technical Theater Program

• E-mail: ssavoie@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7523

​Henry Schvey​

• Professor of Drama and Comparative Literature

• E-mail: hischvey@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5885

Ila Sheren

• Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology

• E-mail: isheren@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4487

​Cecil Slaughter​

• ​Professor of Practice in Dance
• Director of Undergraduate Studies of Dance

• E-mail: cslaught@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8075

​Corinna Treitel​

• History Department Chair
• Professor of History Department of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Affiliate

• E-mail: ctreitel@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5333

​Andrea Urice

• Teaching Professor of Drama
• Director of Undergraduate Studies of Drama

• E-mail: aurice@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4057

Miguel Valerio

• Assistant Professor of Spanish
• Performing Arts (Affiliate)

• E-mail: m.a.valerio@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5175

​Julia A. Walker​

• Chair of the Performing Arts Department
• Professor of English and Performing Arts

• E-mail: jwalker28@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7134

Monika Weiss

• Professor, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts
• Affiliate Professor of Performing Arts

​William Whitaker

• ​Professor of Practice in Drama

• E-mail: whitaker@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4060