
Our Faculty and Staff
Urban Studies Minor Advisors


Jill E. Pearlman
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
Rachel Sturman
Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, Director of Asian Studies ProgramContributing Faculty

Barbara Weiden Boyd
Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek
Sakura Christmas
Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
Crystal Hall
Associate Professor of Digital Humanities
James Higginbotham
Associate Professor of Classics on the Henry Johnson Professorship Fund and Associate Curator for the Ancient Collection
Eileen Sylvan Johnson
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
Ann Louise Kibbie
Associate Professor of English
Matthew Klingle
Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies, Director of Environmental Studies Program
Brian Purnell
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Chair of Africana Studies Department
Brian Purnell
Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, Chair of Africana Studies Department
Jill Suzanne Smith
Associate Professor of German and Chair of German Department
Robert Sobak
Associate Professor of Classics, on leave for the 2025 fall semester
Hilary J. Thompson
Professor of English, on leave for the 2025–2026 academic year
Carolyn Wolfenzon Niego
Professor of Romance Languages and LiteraturesDepartment Coordinator
