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

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

• E-mail: b.marlon@wustl.edu

​​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
• Professor of Music 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-Jean Cowell

• Professor Emeritus

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

​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

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

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)

• 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

• Professor of Practice in Dance

• E-mail: adouthit-boyd@wustl.edu

Lauren Eldridge Stewart

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

• 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

• Lecturer in Dance

• 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

• 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 Emeritus

• 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)  (On leave the entire 2023-24 academic year)

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

​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)

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

Diane Wei ​ Lewis

• Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
• 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

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

• 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 Mersinger

• Costume Shop Supervisor

• E-mail: rebeccam@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7522

​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

• Classics Department Chair
• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

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

Robert Mark​ Morgan

• Teaching Professor of Drama

• E-mail: rmorgan@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5943

Patricia Olynyk

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

Elaine Peña

• Professor of Performing Arts

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

​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

Isabelle Scheibe

• Stage Management Supervisor

• E-mail: scheibe@wustl.edu

​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

Claire Sommers

• Lecturer, Department of English
• Lecturer in Drama, Performing Arts Department

• E-mail: claire.sommers@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5131

​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