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Our Faculty and Staff

Urban Studies Minor Advisors

Theo Greene

Theodore Greene

Associate Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Sociology Department
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Jill E. Pearlman

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
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Rachel Sturman

Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Director of Asian Studies Program

Contributing Faculty

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Sakura Christmas

Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
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James Higginbotham

Associate Professor of Classics on the Henry Johnson Professorship Fund and Associate Curator for the Ancient Collection
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Matthew Klingle

Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Director of Environmental Studies Program
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Brian Purnell

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Chair of Africana Studies Department
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Brian Purnell

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Chair of Africana Studies Department
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Robert Sobak

Associate Professor of Classics, on leave for the 2025 fall semester
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Hilary J. Thompson

Professor of English, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year

Department Coordinator