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Marlon M. 
Bailey

Professor of African and African American Studies, Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies, and Faculty Affiliate in the Performing Arts Department and the Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity and Equity
Associate Chair Co-Director of Graduate Studies
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Heather 
Berg

Assistant Professor of Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Co-Director of Graduate Studies
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Robyn 
Berghoff

BECHS-Africa Fellow
Lecturer, Department of General Linguistics, Stellanbosch University (South Africa)
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Fannie 
Bialek

Assistant Professor of Religion and Politics
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​Patrick 
Burke

Chair, Department of Music
Associate Professor of Ethnomusicology
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Alicia 
Dean

Administrative Coordinator II
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Jonathan​ 
Fenderson

​Associate Professor of African and African-American Studies
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Kathleen G. 
Fields

Publications & Communications Manager
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Elizabeth 
Hunter

Assistant Professor of Drama
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Ann Marie 
Jakubowski

Graduate Student, Literature
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Meredith 
Kelling

Assistant Director for Student Engagement
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Stephanie 
Kirk

Director of the Center for the Humanities
Professor of Spanish, Comparative Literature, and Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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Uluğ 
Kuzuoğlu

Assistant Professor of History
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Caitlin 
McCoy

Finance Cluster Supervisor
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Diana J. 
Montaño

Associate Professor of History​
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Stephanie 
Nebenfuehr

PhD student in Comparative Literature, International Writers Track
Washington University Center for the Humanities Graduate MPE
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​Casey  
O'Callaghan​

​Professor of Philosophy and Philosophy-Neuroscience-Psychology
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Anca​ 
Parvulescu

Liselotte Dieckmann Professor of Comparative Literature, ​Professor of English
Pronouns: she/her/hers
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Laura 
Perry

Assistant Director for Research and Public Engagement
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Salvador Lopez 
Rivera

Graduate Student, French
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Jessica 
Rosenfeld

Associate Professor of English
Associate Chair, Department of English
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Ila 
Sheren

Associate Professor of Art History and Archaeology
Study Abroad Advisor
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Anya 
Yermakova

ACLS Emerging Voices Postdoctoral Fellow, 2022-24
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Xuela 
Zhang

PhD student in Comparative Literature; track for international writers