Carter Lewis, Playwright in Residence leads his playwriting class in discussion of their own works.

Our people are extraordinary.

1

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

Ridgley 313

Marlon M. Bailey

  • 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 Co-Director of Graduate Studies

McMillan Hall 231

​Tili Boon Cuillé

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

Ridgley 411

Joanna Dee​ Das

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

Mallinckrodt Center 304B

​Todd Decker

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

Tietjens Hall 204 / Blewett Hall 102

Karma Frierson

  • ​Assistant Professor of African and African American Studies and Performing Arts (Affiliate)
  • (On sabbatical Fall/Spring '23-'24)

McMillan Hall 240

Reem Hilu

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

Seigle Hall, Room 417

​Caroline Kita​

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

Ridgley 328

Esther Viola Kurtz

  • Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology
  • Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)  Department of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate)  (On leave the entire 2023-24 academic year)

Blewett Hall, 304

​Ji-Eun Lee

  • Associate Professor of Korean Language and Literature
  • Head of the Korean Section​ Comparative Literature (Affiliate) Performing Arts Department (Affiliate) (on leave FL23-SP24)

Busch Hall 221

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)

Duncker 204 and Umrath 235

Yan Ma

  • Lecturer in East Asian Languages and Cultures and in Drama, Performing Arts

Mallinckrodt 327

​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

Ridgley 410

Patricia Olynyk

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

    Elaine Peña

    • Professor of Performing Arts, American Culture Studies, and Anthropology
    • Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2)

    Mallinckrodt, 315

    Monika Weiss

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