Program Coordinator and Staff
Ayse Kaya
Professor
Department Chair, Political Science
Program Coordinator, Global Studies
Political Science
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Carina Yervasi
Associate Professor
Executive Director, Global Engagement
Modern Languages & Literatures-French & Francophone Studies
Global Engagement Office
Global Studies
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Shashwat Dhar
Visiting Instructor
Global Studies
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Kelly Gomez Zimmer
Administrative Coordinator
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Deb Sloman
Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies; Administrative Support, Lang Center-Social Responsibility
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
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Program Committee
Farha Ghannam
Eugene M. Lang Research Professor of Anthropology
On Leave - Academic Year
Sociology & Anthropology-Anthropology
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On sabbatical 2025-26
Steven Hopkins
Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion and Asian Studies
On Leave - Fall
Religion
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Jose-Luis Machado
Associate Professor
Biology
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Research: Invasive species and plant physiological ecology of temperate and tropical ecosystems
Maria Pia Olivero
Associate Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Economics
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Areas of interest: Macroeconomics, International Finance, Credit Markets, Latin American Economies.
Sunka Simon
Henry C. and Charlotte Turner Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Modern Languages & Literatures-German
Film & Media Studies
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Sunka Simon is the author of German Crime Dramas from Network Television to Netflix (2023) and Mail-Orders: The Fiction of Letters in Postmodern Culture (2002), co-editor of Globally Networked Teaching in the Humanities (2015) and numerous articles on German literature, film, television, and popular music.
Tristan Smith
Associate Professor of Physics
On Leave - Fall
Physics & Astronomy-Physics
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Research interests: Early universe cosmology; tests of modified theories of gravity; analysis of the cosmic microwave background
