Our People

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

Our people are extraordinary.



Adam Jehle

Adam
Jehle

Technical Director/Scene Shop Supervisor
Caroline Kita

Caroline
Kita

Associate Professor of German Director of Graduate Studies, German and Comparative Literature
Performing Arts Department, Program in Film and Media Studies (Affiliate)
​Christine  Knoblauch-O'Neal

​Christine
Knoblauch-O'Neal

Professor of the Practice Emerita
Esther Viola Kurtz

Esther Viola
Kurtz

Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology, Performing Arts Department (Affiliate), 
Department of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate),
(On sabbatical Spring 2026)
​Ji-Eun Lee

​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)
Diane Wei ​ Lewis

Diane Wei ​
Lewis

Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies Performing Arts Department (Affiliate), East Asian Languages and Cultures (Affiliate), MDes for Human-Computer Interaction and Emerging Technology (Affiliate), Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate)
Joe Loewenstein

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)
Raven  Maragh-Lloyd

Raven
Maragh-Lloyd

Associate Professor of African and African American Studies and Film and Media Studies
​David Marchant

​David
Marchant

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

​Jeffery
Matthews

Professor of Practice in Drama​
​Rebecca Messbarger

​Rebecca
Messbarger

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

​Timothy
Moore

John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor of Classics , Classics Department Chair, Affiliate Faculty, Performing Arts Department,
Affiliate Faculty, Comparative Literature and Thought
Robert Mark​ Morgan

Robert Mark​
Morgan

Teaching Professor of Drama
Bernadette Myers

Bernadette
Myers

Assistant Professor of English Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies (Courtesy Affiliation)
Jamie Newhard

Jamie
Newhard

Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature Head of the Japanese Section
Japanese Study Abroad Advisor
Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)
Patricia Olynyk

Patricia
Olynyk

Professor, Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts Affiliate Professor of Performing Arts
Elaine A. Peña

Elaine
Peña

Professor of Performing Arts, American Culture Studies, and Anthropology Interim Director, Program in American Culture Studies

Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2)
​Annamaria Pileggi​

​Annamaria
Pileggi​

​Professor of Practice in Drama
​Sean Savoie​

​Sean
Savoie​

Teaching Professor of Design-Technical Theater Coordinator of Design-Technical Theater Program
​Henry Schvey​

​Henry
Schvey​

Professor Emeritus
Ila Sheren

Ila
Sheren

Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology
​Cecil Slaughter​

​Cecil
Slaughter​

​Professor of Practice in Dance
Claire Sommers

Claire
Sommers

Lecturer, Departments of Performing Arts and English Director of Undergraduate Studies of Drama
Alexander​ Stefaniak​

Alexander​
Stefaniak​

Head of Musicology, Professor of Musicology,
Director of Undergraduate Studies


Caroline  Kita

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

Ridgley Hall, Room 328

Esther Viola  Kurtz

  • Assistant Professor of Ethnomusicology,
  • Performing Arts Department (Affiliate), 
    Department of African and African-American Studies (Affiliate),
    (On sabbatical Spring 2026)

Blewett Hall, 304

​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)

Busch Hall 221

Diane Wei ​  Lewis

  • Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
  • Performing Arts Department (Affiliate), East Asian Languages and Cultures (Affiliate), MDes for Human-Computer Interaction and Emerging Technology (Affiliate), Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate)

​Seigle 416

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

​David  Marchant

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

Mallinckrodt 322

​Rebecca  Messbarger

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

Ridgley 410

​Timothy  Moore

  • John and Penelope Biggs Distinguished Professor of Classics
  • Classics Department Chair,
  • Affiliate Faculty, Performing Arts Department,
    Affiliate Faculty, Comparative Literature and Thought

​Umrath Hall 243

Jamie  Newhard

  • Associate Professor of Japanese Language and Literature
  • Head of the Japanese Section
    Japanese Study Abroad Advisor
    Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

January Hall 205

Patricia  Olynyk

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

 

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Elaine  Peña

  • Professor of Performing Arts, American Culture Studies, and Anthropology
  • Interim Director, Program in American Culture Studies

    Faculty Affiliate, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2)

Mallinckrodt, 315

​Sean  Savoie​

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

Mallinckrodt 309​