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
  (On Leave Fall '25)

• Email: b.marlon@wustl.edu

Candace  Borders

• Mellon Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Humanities

• Email: cborders@wustl.edu

Elizabeth C.  Childs

• Etta and Mark Steinberg Professor of Art History
• On Leave, AY 2025-2026

• Email: ecchilds@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5270

​Talia  Dan-Cohen

• ​Associate Professor of Sociocultural Anthropology
• Associate Director of the Center for the Humanities

• Email: tdan-cohen@wustl.edu

Alicia  Dean

• Administrative Coordinator II

• Email: aliciad@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-5576

Rachael  DeWitt

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Humanities

• Email: dewitt@wustl.edu

Kathleen G.  Fields

• Publications & Communications Manager

• Email: kfields@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4416

Rebecca  Hanssens-Reed

• PhD student in Comparative Literature; track for international writers

• Email: h.rebecca@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-8258

Clarissa Rile  Hayward

• Associate Chair of Political Science
• Professor of Political Science
  Professor of Philosophy (By Courtesy), and American Culture Studies (Affiliate)

• Email: chayward@wustl.edu

Elizabeth  Hunter

• Assistant Professor of Drama
• Director of Graduate Studies, M.A. in Performance Studies

• Email: ehunter@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4978

Meredith  Kelling

• Assistant Director for Student Research and Engagement

• Email: mlkelling@wustl.edu

Naomi  Kim

• Graduate Student, Literature

Stephanie  Kirk

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

• Email: skirk@wustl.edu

Caroline  Kita

• Associate Professor of German
• Director of Graduate Studies, German and Comparative Literature
  Performing Arts Department, Program in Film and Media Studies (Affiliate)

• Email: ckita@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4304

Kim  Lacey

• Graduate Student in History
• Status: Post-Qualification, ABD

• Email: klacey@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4127
• Advisor: Lori Watt

Jillian  Lepek

• Graduate Student, PhD

• Email: j.lepek@wustl.edu
• Advisor: Ila Sheren

Joe  Loewenstein

• Professor of English​
• Director of Undergraduate Studies, Comparative Literature
  Director of the Humanities Digital Workshop and the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities
  Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)

• Email: jfloewen@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4404

Thembelani (Themba)  Mbatha

• Assistant Professor of African & African American Studies
• Assistant Professor of English (Courtesy Affiliate)

• Email: mbatha@wustl.edu

Caitlin  McCoy

• Finance Cluster Supervisor

• Email: c.mccoy@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-7735

Patricia  Olynyk

• Florence and Frank Bush Professor in Art
• Professor, Sam Fox School of Design and Visual Arts
• Affiliate Faculty in Medical Humanities, Performing Arts, and Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies
  Faculty Scholar, Institute for Public Health
  Biodiversity Fellow, Living Earth Collaborative
  College of Arts & Sciences
  
  Affiliate Faculty, Center for Humanism and Ethics in Surgical Specialties
  School of Medicine
  
  Medicine + Media Arts Fellow, UCLA
  Co-Director, NY LASER, (Leonardo/ISAST), New York

• Email: olynyk@wustl.edu

Laura  Perry

• Assistant Director for Research and Public Engagement

• Email: plaura@wustl.edu

John  Powers

• Assistant Professor, Film and Media Studies

• Email: jpowers22@wustl.edu

Daisy  Reid

• Mellon Modeling Interdisciplinary Inquiry Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for the Humanities

• Email: d.reid@wustl.edu

​Nancy  Reynolds​

• ​Associate Professor of History, of Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies (Affiliate), and of Jewish, Islamic, and Middle Eastern Studies (Affiliate)

• Email: nreynolds@wustl.edu
• Phone: 314-935-4167