Program Coordinators
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Desiree Diaz
Associate Professor
Comparative Literature
Spanish
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Interests: Latin American literature and cultural studies, Caribbean literature and visual culture, US Latino/a studies, film studies, performance studies, popular and material culture, urban studies.
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Sibelan Forrester
Susan W. Lippincott Professor of Modern and Classical Languages
Program Coordinator, Comparative Literature; Interpretation Theory
Section Head, Russian
Modern Languages & Literatures-Russian
Comparative Literature
Interpretation Theory
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Interests: Russian and East European women writers; gender and sexuality in language and literature; Modernism; literary and scholarly translation and translation theory
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Chris Graves
Professor
Program Coordinator, Environmental Studies
On Leave - Academic Year
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Environmental Studies
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Research interests: synthetic inorganic & organometallic chemistry, catalyst development
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Dan Grodner
Associate Professor
Department Chair, Psychology
Psychology
Cognitive Science
Contact
Interests: Human language understanding: pragmatics and conversational inferencing; sources of linguistic complexity; structural ambiguity resolution.
Office Hours: By email-appointment (dgrodne1)
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Sam Handlin ’00
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Latin American & Latinx Studies
Political Science
Latin American & Latino Studies
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Steven Hopkins
Mari S. Michener Professor of Religion and Asian Studies
Department Chair, Religion
Program Coordinator, Asian Studies
Religion
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Ayse Kaya
Professor
Department Chair, Political Science
Program Coordinator, Global Studies
Political Science
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Lei Ouyang
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Asian American Studies
On Leave - Academic Year
Music
Asian American Studies
Asian Studies
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Links
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Lee Smithey
Professor
On Leave - Academic Year
Peace & Conflict Studies
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William Turpin
Scheuer Family Chair of Humanities
Department Chair, Classics
Classics
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Interests: Roman history
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Patricia White
Centennial Chair
Director, Aydelotte Foundation
Program Coordinator, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Film & Media Studies
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Staff
Cheryl Sharp
Administrative Coordinator, Asian Studies; SCP Replacement, Asian Studies
Interdisciplinary Programs
Contact
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Deb Sloman
Administrative Assistant II, Classics; Administrative Assistant II, Asian Studies; Temporary Administrative Coordinator, Political Science
Classics
Interdisciplinary Programs
Contact
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