Our Faculty and Staff

Urban Studies Minor Advisors

Theo Greene

Associate Professor of Sociology, Chair of the Sociology Department

Jill E. Pearlman

Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies

Rachel Sturman

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

Contributing Faculty

Barbara Weiden Boyd

Winkley Professor of Latin and Greek

Sakura Christmas

Associate Professor of History and Asian Studies

Crystal Hall

Professor of Digital and Computational Studies

James Higginbotham

Associate Professor of Classics on the Henry Johnson Professorship Fund and Associate Curator for the Ancient Collection, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year

Matthew Klingle

Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies and Environmental Studies Program Director

Brian Purnell

Associate Professor of Africana Studies and History, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year

Jill Suzanne Smith

Associate Professor of German, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year

Robert Sobak

Associate Professor of Classics

Hilary J. Thompson

Professor of English

Carolyn Wolfenzon Niego

Professor of Romance Languages and Literatures, on leave for the 2026–2027 academic year

Department Coordinator

Marybeth Bergquist

Academic Department Coordinator