Lina Alam
PhD, History of Art
Research interests: Painting, film & photography in 20th century art; Marxism, critical theory & Black Studies; art of the African and Asian diasporas
Regional interests: Germany, France, UK
Jess Allen
PhD, French
Research Interests: Early Modern French Literature, Renaissance studies, women’s studies, genre theory, pedagogy and second language teaching, digital humanities
Regional Interests: France
Julianne Angeli
Romance Languages and Literatures-French PhD
Research interest: Salon history and culture, literature, postcolonial studies
Regional interest: France, Türkiye, the Mediterranean region
Erina Baci
PhD, Anthropology
Research Interests: prehistory of Kosovo and Albania, geographic information system (GIS), settlement pattern analysis
Regional Interests: Eastern Europe
Clarisse Baudraz
PhD, Sociology and Public Policy
Research interests: Migration and asylum law and policy, forced displacement and refugees, asylum eligibility, politics of membership and citizenship, postcolonial feminist socio-legal theory
Regional interests: Switzerland, Germany, Italy, Belgium, France
Anna Brotman-Krass
PhD, Spanish
Research Interests: Migration and diaspora population in Spain, politics of care, feminist labor activism, collaborative filmmaking
Regional interest: Spain
Grace Bruce
JD, Law
Research Interests: EU integration, development finance, transatlantic relations
Regional Interests: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Poland
Luiza Duarte Caetano
PhD, Comparative Literature
Research Interests: revolution and violence, the Terror, European romanticism, aesthetics and politics, historical literature
Regional Interests: France, Germany, Britain
David Campbell
PhD, Romance Languages and Literatures
Research Interests: Literature, cultural studies, critical theory
Regional Interests: Western Europe, Spain
Luci Cook
PhD, Germanic Languages and Literatures
Research interests: Việt Nam in German literature, film, and culture 1960-1978; aesthetics and historicization of political movements, protest, and activism; German memory culture and the carceral state
Regional interests: Germany, East Germany, Vietnam
Maria Ferreiro
PhD, Romance Languages and Literatures
Research Interests: Memory, politics, law, justice, literature, film studies
Regional Interests: Spain
Anna Halstenbach
PhD, Political Science
Research Interests: Finance of political parties
Regional Interests: Western Europe, Germany
Jason Hawes
PhD, Environment and Sustainability
Research Interests: Urban agriculture in Europe
Regional Interests: UK, France, Germany, Poland
Qian Liu
PhD, Italian
Research Interests: Italian Contemporary Literature and Cinema, Migration and Diaspora, Postcolonial Studies, Urban Theory, West-East Criticism
Regional Interests: Italy, France, Southern Europe, Mediterranean
Nils Neumann
PhD, Sociology
Research Interests: social, economic, and political foundations of economic inequalities, with a particular focus on wealth
Regional Interests: European Union, Germany, France
Gala Patenkovic
PhD, Romance Languages and Literatures, French
Research interest: Comic books, graphic novels, visual arts, museum studies
Regional interest: France, Belgium
Julian Schultz
PhD, Anthropology
Research Interests: Balkan prehistory, Neolithic - Bronze Age transition
Regional Interests: Balkans
Tanya Silverman
PhD, Slavic Languages and Literature
Research Interests: Czech film, Czech literature, Central European Jewish literature, visual cultures
Regional Interests: Czechia, Central Europe
Abigail Skalka
PhD, Sociology
Research interest: Religion, Nationalism, Democracy
Regional interest: Poland
Eryn Talevich
PhD, Sociocultural Anthropology
Research Interests: Textiles and dress, magic and religion of performance/material culture, semiotics of clothing, "traditionality" in folk-costume and drag, queer studies, identity folklore, textile education
Regional Interests: France, Western Europe
Cressandra Thibodeaux
MFA Stamps Graduate Program
Research interest: German Indian Hobbyists
Regional interest: Germany
Iride Tomazic
PhD, Anthropological Archaeology
Research Interests: Late Copper age/Bronze age transition, Balkans, mortuary archaeology, osteology, metallurgy, health in prehistory, social identity, environmental pollution
Regional Interests: South-Eastern Europe, Carpathian Basin
Clayton Van Woerkom
Anthropology PHD
Research interest: ethics and morality; identity and belonging; Imazighen; Islam; kinship; multilingualism; social interaction; transnational migration
Regional interest: France & Morocco
Yipeng Zhou
History PhD
Research interest: History of metal mining in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union; history of capitalism and socialism
Regional interest: Russia, Central Asia, the South Caucasus
