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William Acree
Romance Languages and Literatures
Rachel Adams
College Writing Program
Cassie Adcock
HistoryReligious Studies
Ama Bemma Adwetewa-Badu
English
Jami Ake
W. Mark Akin
Music
Tazeen Ali
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Elizabeth Allen
Romance Languages and Literatures
Jeffrey Anderson
Music
Nicola Aravecchia
ClassicsArt History and Archaeology
Jennifer Arch
English
G'Ra Asim
English
Kara Baldus-Mehrmann
Music
Mary Jo Bang
English
Joe Barcroft
Romance Languages and Literatures
Anne Baril
Philosophy
Pamela Barmash
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Marisa Barragán-Peugnet
Romance Languages and Literatures
Colin Bassett
College Writing Program
Margaret Guinn Batten
English
John Baugh
Psychological & Brain Sciences
Anne Margaret Baxley
Philosophy
Deanna Benjamin
College Writing Program
Housni Bennis
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Nancy Berg
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Iver Bernstein
HistoryAfrican and African-American Studies
Ruth Berson
College Writing Program
Anna F. Bialek
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Kate Bloomquist
College Writing Program
Stefanie Boese
College Writing Program
Ian Bogost
Film and Media Studies
Daniel Bornstein
History
J. Dillon Brown
English
Rachel Brown
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
J. Andrew Brown
Romance Languages and Literatures
Eric Brown
Philosophy
William Bubelis
Classics
Sebastian Buhts
Music
Patrick Burke
Music
Colin Burnett
Film and Media Studies
Pannill Camp
Performing Arts
Tarrell Campbell
Assistant Dean, College of Arts & Sciences; Faculty in College Writing Program
Tamara Campbell
Music
Flora Cassen
History
Shefali Chandra
History
Richard Chapman
Film and Media Studies
Jianqing Chen
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Lingchei Letty Chen
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Elizabeth C. Childs
Art History and Archaeology
Rebecca Chung
Music
Amy Eisen Cislo
Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Noah Cohan
American Culture Studies
Erika Conti
Romance Languages and Literatures
Rebecca Copeland
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Becko Copenhaver
Philosophy
Carl F. Craver
PhilosophyPhilosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
Lionel Cuillé
Romance Languages and Literatures
Tili Boon Cuillé
Romance Languages and Literatures
Rebeca Cunill
Romance Languages and Literatures
Elena Dalla Torre
Romance Languages and Literatures
Kelly Daniel-Decker
Music
Bethany Daniels
English
Joanna Dee Das
Performing Arts
Steve Davis
Music
Kathryn Davis
English
Todd Decker
Music
El Hadji Samba Amadou Diallo
African and African-American Studies
Christopher Douthitt
Music
Mark Dowell
Romance Languages and Literatures
Ben Duane
Music
Danielle Dutton
English
Gerald Early
African and African-American Studies
Lauren Eldridge Stewart
Music
Chris A. Eng
English
Matt Erlin
Nathaniel Farrell
College Writing Program
Jonathan Fenderson
African and African-American Studies
Nina Ferrigno
Music
Erin Finneran
English
Kathleen Finneran
English
André Fischer
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Douglas Flowe
History
Hannah Frey
Music
Andrea Friedman
HistoryWomen, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Rebeca Fromm Ayoroa
Romance Languages and Literatures
Eileen G'Sell
College Writing Program
Javier García Liendo
Romance Languages and Literatures
Jason Gardner
Philosophy
Jennifer Gartley
Music
Sandra Geary
Music
Andrew Gott
Music
Kasey Grady
College Writing Program
Seth Graebner
Romance Languages and Literatures
Dominique Green
Performing Arts
R. Marie Griffith
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
James Gulledge
Kathryn Haklin
Romance Languages and Literatures
Elinor Harrison
Performing Arts
Allan Hazlett
Philosophy
John Heil FAHA
Philosophy
Wren Henderson
English
Robert Henke
Performing Arts
Reem Hilu
Film and Media Studies
Ron Himes
Performing Arts
Steve Hindle
History
Sunghee Hinners
Music
Ian Hollenbaugh
ClassicsLinguistics
Dana Hotle
Music
Rita Hu
College Writing Program
Holly Huelskamp
Music
Elizabeth Hunter
Performing Arts
Brett Hyde
PhilosophyPhilosophy-Neuroscience-PsychologyLinguistics
Pascal Ifri
Romance Languages and Literatures
Dustin Iler
College Writing Program
John D. Inazu
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Ignacio Infante
Romance Languages and Literatures
Silvian Iticovici
Music
Candice Ivory
Music
Martin Jacobs
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Meera Jain
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Sara Jay
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Carol Jenkins
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Lance Jenott
Classics
Christine Johnson
History
Sarah Johnson
Music
Nathaniel B. Jones
Art History and Archaeology
Vincent Jouane
Romance Languages and Literatures
Hyeok Hweon Kang
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Roy Kasten
College Writing Program
Peter Kastor
History
Catherine Keane
Classics
Tom Keeline
Classics
Katherine Kerschen
Comparative Literature and Thought
Hillel J. Kieval
HistoryJewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Mijeong Mimi Kim
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Chris King
College Writing Program
Gabi Kirilloff
English
Stephanie Kirk
Amanda Kirkpatrick
Music
Caroline Kita
Germanic Languages and Literatures
John Klein
Art History and Archaeology
Kristina Kleutghen
Art History and Archaeology
Marshall Klimasewiski
English
Krister Knapp
History
Christine Knoblauch-O'Neal
Performing Arts
Nic Koziolek
Philosophy
Elena V. Kravchenko
Religious Studies
Kenneth Kulosa
Music
Esther Viola Kurtz
Music
Jeffrey Kurtzman
Music
Uluğ Kuzuoğlu
History
Philosophy
Silvia Ledesma Ortiz
Romance Languages and Literatures
Ji-Eun Lee
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Carole Lemire-Bowman
Music
William Lenihan
Music
Diane Wei Lewis
Film and Media Studies
Huiyun Liang
Music
Joe Loewenstein
English
Jen Logan Meyer
College Writing Program
Kyle Lombard
Music
Kenneth Ludmerer
History
Germanic Languages and LiteraturesMax Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature
Zhao Ma
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Phillip Maciak
English
Laurie F. Maffly-Kipp
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Deirdre Maitre
Music
Ron Mallon
PhilosophyPhilosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
Zachary Manditch-Prottas
American Culture Studies
Raven Maragh-Lloyd
African and African-American Studies
David Marchant
Performing Arts
Marvin Marcus
East Asian Languages and Cultures
Jeffery Matthews
Performing Arts
William J. Maxwell
EnglishAfrican and African-American Studies
Paige McGinley
Performing Arts
Matt McGrath
Philosophy
William McKelvy
English
Edward McPherson
English
Rebecca Messbarger
Romance Languages and Literatures
Melanie Micir
English
Angela Miller
Art History and Archaeology
Peter Monahan
College Writing Program
Diana J. Montaño
History
Timothy Moore
Classics
Mabel Moraña
Romance Languages and Literatures
Robert Mark Morgan
Performing Arts
Sowande’ Mustakeem
HistoryAfrican and African-American Studies
Mungai Mutonya
African and African-American Studies
Michael O'Bryan
English
Casey O'Callaghan
PhilosophyPhilosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
Eloísa Palafox
Romance Languages and Literatures
Nelson Pardiño
Romance Languages and Literatures
Timothy Parsons
HistoryAfrican and African-American Studies
Anca Parvulescu
English
Amy Pawl
English
Mark Gregory Pegg
History
Dolores Pesce
Music
Carl Phillips
English
Steven Pijut
College Writing Program
Annamaria Pileggi
Performing Arts
Stephanie Pippin
English
Anya Plutynski
Philosophy
Alessandro Poletto
East Asian Languages and Cultures
John Powers
Film and Media Studies
Jane Price
Music
Sarah Price
Music
Philip Purchase
Comparative Literature and Thought
Barbara Raedeke
Music
Christina Ramos
History
Lawrence Revard
College Writing Program
Jonathan Reycraft
Music
Nancy Reynolds
History
Martin Riker
English
Phil Ring
Music
Jessica Rosenfeld
English
Nathan Ruggles
Music
Luis Alejandro Salas
Classics
Ignacio Sánchez Prado
Romance Languages and Literatures
Michael Sanders
Christine Sasse
Music
Sean Savoie
Performing Arts
Wolfram Schmidgen
English
Leigh E. Schmidt
John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics
Nancy Schnurr
Romance Languages and Literatures
David Schuman
English
Henry Schvey
Performing Arts
Rebecca Sears
Classics
Toqeer Shah
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Michael Sherberg
Romance Languages and Literatures
Ila Sheren
Art History and Archaeology
Vincent Sherry
English
Matthew Shipe
English
Julie Singer
Romance Languages and Literatures
Elzbieta Sklodowska
Romance Languages and Literatures
Virginia Slachman
College Writing Program
Rachel Slaughter
College Writing Program
Cecil Slaughter
Performing Arts
Robert Snarrenberg
Music
Andrew Sobel
Global Studies
Claire Sommers
English
Christopher Stark
Music
Alexander Stefaniak
Music
Paul Steinbeck
Music
Amanda Stewart
Music
Harriet Stone
Romance Languages and Literatures
Megan Stout
Music
Gaylyn Studlar
Film and Media Studies
Eyal Tamir
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Younasse Tarbouni
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Lynne Tatlock
Terri Taylor
College Writing Program
Tamara Taylor
College Writing Program
Victoria Thomas
English
Manuela Topalbegovic
Music
Corinna Treitel
History
Romance Languages and Literatures
Andrea Urice
Performing Arts
Brian Vaccaro
Music
Mark Valeri
Abram Van Engen
English
Joel Vanderheyden
Music
Vincent Varvel
Music
Madhavi Verma
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Grace Waitman
College Writing Program
Julia A. Walker
Performing Arts
Anika Walke
History
William Wallace
Art History and Archaeology
Dave Walsh
American Culture Studies
Parkorn Wangpaiboonkit
Music
Rebecca Wanzo
Geoff Ward
African and African-American Studies
David Warren
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Aileen Waters
College Writing Program
Lori Watson
Philosophy
Lori Watt
HistoryGlobal Studies
Mary Weber
Music
Timothy Weddle
Music
Noa Weinberg
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Kit Wellman
Philosophy
William Whitaker
Performing Arts
Germanic Languages and Literatures
Kathryn Wilson
Classics
Elisabeth Windle
English
Claire Workinger
Music
Hayrettin Yücesoy
Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies
Rafia Zafar
Recent Faculty Grants & Awards
Kevin Moeller, professor of chemistry in Arts & Sciences, recently received a nearly $1.2 million grant from the National Science Foundation. The award will support Moeller’s work with the collaborative Center for Synthetic Organic Electrochemistry.
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