 
    		      		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
