Affiliated Faculty
2024 – 2025
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Brad BowmanAssociate Professor & Director of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies Education: PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: Medieval Islamic History, Medieval Arabic poetry, Christian communities of Syria-Palestine under Muslim rule in the early Islamic period. Christian-Muslim cultural interaction in the early Islamic period, the history of the early caliphates, relations between the Byzantine Empire and the Islamic world, as well as medieval Christian monasticism and pilgrimage routes in the Levant. Courses: HIST 356-01. Islamic Middle East [Fall 2024] Office: Gottschalk Hall 201 C |
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John GibsonProfessor of Philosophy Education: PhD, University of Toronto Research Interests: Aesthetics; philosophy of literature; philosophy of language; value theory Humanities Course:
Office: Bingham Humanities 313D |
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Gregory HutchesonAssociate Professor of Spanish Education: PhD, Harvard University Research Interests: Gender, sexuality, and queer desire in the Spanish Middle Ages; sites of cultural and confessional negotiation in the medieval Mediterranean, with a specific focus on literary and legal texts Humanities Courses:
Office: Bingham Humanities 323 |
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Manuel MedinaProfessor of Spanish & Director of Latin American and Latino Studies Education: PhD, University of Kansas Research Interests: Latin American Film, Ecuadorian Film, Latin American Literature, US Latinx literature and film, History and Literature, technology in education, gender and cultural identity, underrepresented voices and social movements. Courses:
Office: Humanities 329B |
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Jennifer WesterfeldAssociate Professor of History & Director of the Medieval Renaissance Graduate Certificate Education: PhD, University of Chicago Research Interests: Cultural and religious history of late antique Egypt; Coptic epigraphy; papyrology; appropriation and reinterpretation of pharaonic monuments by Coptic Christian communities in late antiquity Humanities Teaching:
Office: Gottschalk 201B |
