Our Faculty and Staff
Urban Studies Minor Advisors
Jill E. Pearlman
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
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
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 yearDepartment Coordinator