Our people are extraordinary.

William​ Acree​

• Vice Dean of Interdisciplinary Initiatives and Innovation
• Co-Director, Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures Professor of Spanish, American Culture Studies (Affiliate) and Performing Arts (Affiliate)

• 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

• Director of Film & Media Studies, 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 Emerita

• 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 History 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) (On leave Fall '24)

• 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)

• 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

Zachariah Ezer

• Assistant Professor of Performing Arts

• E-mail: ezer@wustl.edu

Samantha Ferguson

• Communications and Marketing Coordinator

• E-mail: fergusons@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

• Lecturer in Dance
• Faculty Affiliate in Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology

• 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

Elizabeth Hunter

• Assistant Professor of Drama

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

​Catherine Keane

• Professor of Classics
• Director of Graduate Studies Professor of Comparative Literature (Affiliate) Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

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

​Caroline Kita​

• Director of Graduate Studies, German and Comparative Literature
• Performing Arts Department, Program in Film and Media Studies (Affiliate)

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

​Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal

• Retired Professor of the Practice in Dance

• E-mail: ckoneal@wustl.edu

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
• Director of Graduate Studies Head of the Korean Section​ Comparative Literature (Affiliate) Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

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

Diane Wei ​ Lewis

• Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
• Performing Arts Department (Affiliate), East Asian Languages and Cultures (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

​David Marchant

• ​Professor of Practice in Dance
• Coordinator of Dance and Somatic Studies Program in the School of Continuing & Professional Studies

• 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

• Classics Department Chair
• Affiliate Faculty, Performing Arts Department Affiliate Faculty, Comparative Literature and Thought

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

• 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

​Sean Savoie​

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

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

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​

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

• 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

• Associate Professor of Spanish
• Performing Arts (Affiliate)

• E-mail: m.a.valerio@wustl.edu

​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