2024-25 Humanities Advisory Committee Membership

Joe Cleary | John M. Schiff Professor of English

Stephen Davis | Woolsey Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of History

Marlene Daut | Professor of French and of African American Studies

Casey Dunn | Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and of Genetics

Beverly Gage | John Lewis Gaddis Professor of History

Scott Herring | Professor of American Studies and of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Laurie "LA" Paul | Millstone Family Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Cognitive Science

Kishwar Rizvi | Robert Lehman Professor in the History of Art and Architecture

Shawkat Toorawa | Brand Blanshard Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations and Professor of Comparative Literature

Noël Valis | Kingman Brewster, Jr. Professor of Spanish and Portuguese

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Marc Robinson | Committee Chair; FAS Dean of Humanities; Malcolm G. Chace ’56 Professor of Theater and Performance Studies and of English, Professor of American Studies, and Professor in the Practice of Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Past Humanities Advisory and Tenure and Appointments Committees

Humanities Advisory Committee Membership

Sunil Amrith | Renu and Anand Dhawan Professor of History

Michael Della Rocca (Fall 2023 only) | Sterling Professor of Philosophy

Sarah Demers | Professor of Physics

Paul Freedman | Chester D. Tripp Professor of History

Elizabeth Hinton | Professor of History, African American Studies, and Law

Alice Kaplan (Spring 2024 only) | Sterling Professor of French

Christina Kraus | Thomas A. Thacher Professor of Classics

Kishwar Rizvi | Robert Lehman Professor in the History of Art and Architecture

Kirk Wetters | Professor of German

Ruth Yeazell | Sterling Professor of English

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Kathryn Lofton | Committee Chair; FAS Dean of Humanities; Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies, of History, and of Divinity

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Humanities Advisory Committee Membership

Marisa Bass | Professor in the History of Art

Michael Della Rocca | Sterling Professor of Philosophy and Andrew Downey Orrick Professor of Philosophy

Sarah Demers | Horace D. Taft Professor of Physics

Fatima el-Tayeb | Professor of Ethnicity, Race, and Migration and Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

David Engerman | Leitner International Disciplinary Professor of History

Paul Freedman | Chester D. Tripp Professor of History

Alice Kaplan | Sterling Professor of French and John M. Musser Professor of French

Gary Tomlinson (Fall 2022 only) | Sterling Professor of Music and of Humanities

Michael Warner | Seymour H. Knox Professor of English and Professor of American Studies

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Kathryn Lofton | FAS Dean of Humanities; Acting Dean of the FAS (January 1 - June 30, 2023); Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History

Tamar Szabó Gendler (Fall 2022 only) | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Humanities Advisory Committee Membership

Keith DeRose | Allison Foundation Professor of Philosophy

David Engerman | Leitner International Interdisciplinary Professor of History

Phillip Atiba Goff (Spring 2022 only)| Carl I. Hovland Professor of African American Studies and Professor of Psychology

Gregory Laughlin | Professor of Astronomy and of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Lisa Lowe | Samuel Knight Professor of American Studies

Tina Lu | Colonel John Trumbull Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Nadine Moeller | Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Paul North | Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures

Gary Tomlinson | John Hay Whitney Professor in the Music Department and Professor of Humanities

Michael Warner (Fall 2021 only) | Seymour H. Knox Professor of English and Professor of American Studies

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Kathryn Lofton | Committee Chair, Dean of Humanities; Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Humanities Advisory Committee Membership

Kathryn Lofton | Committee Chair, Humanities Advisory Committee; FAS Dean of Humanities; Lex Hixon Professor of Religious Studies and Professor of American Studies and of History

Milette Gaifman | Professor of the History of Art and of Classics

Brad Inwood | William Lampson Professor of Philosophy, Professor of Classics

Joshua Knobe (fall 2020 only) | Professor of Philosophy, of Linguistics, and of Psychology

Tina Lu | Colonel John Trumbull Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures, Head of Pauli Murray College

Samuel Moyn | Henry R. Luce Professor of Jurisprudence and Professor of History

Tavia Nyong’o | Professor and Chair, Theater and Performance studies; Professor of American Studies and of African American Studies

Katie Trumpener | Emily Sanford Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of English

Michael Veal | Professor of Music, of African American Studies and of American Studies

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Gregory Laughlin | Outside Member, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Professor of Astronomy and of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Humanities Advisory Committee Membership

Kathryn Lofton | Committee Chair, Humanities Advisory Committee; Acting FAS Dean of Humanities; Professor of Religious Studies, of American Studies and of History

Ned Blackhawk | Professor of History and of American Studies

Edyta Bojanowska | Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Eckhart Frahm | Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Kirk Freudenburg | Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor of Classics

David Kastan | George M. Bodman Professor of English

Naomi Lamoreaux | Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics and History

Paul North | Professor of German

Ken Winkler | Kingman Brewster, Jr. Professor of Philosophy

Additional Members of Tenure and Appointments Committee

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Committee Chair, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Catherine Panter-Brick | Outside Member, Tenure and Appointments Committee; Professor of Anthropology, Health, and Global Affairs

Committee Membership

Amy Hungerford | Committee Chair; Dean of Humanities; Professor of English and of American Studies

Rudiger Campe | Alfred C. and Martha F. Mohr Professor of German Languages and Literatures

Brad Inwood | Professor of Philosophy and of Classics

Ed Kamens | Sumitomo Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Jonathan Kramnick (spring only) | Maynard Mack Professor of English

Stephanie Newell (fall only) | Professor of English

Marc Robinson (fall only) | Professor of Theater Studies, of American Studies and of English and Professor in the Practice of Drama

Pierre Saint-Amand | Benjamin F. Barge Professor of French

Stuart Schwartz | George Burton Adams Professor of History

Caleb Smith | Professor of English and of American Studies

Michael Veal (fall only) | Professor of Music, of African American Studies and of American Studies

Tenure and Appointments Committee Members Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Margaret Clark | John M. Musser Professor of Psychology

Committee Membership

Amy Hungerford | Committee Chair; Dean of Humanities; Professor of English and of American Studies

Egbert Bakker | Professor of Classics

Christine Hayes (fall only) | Robert F. and Patricia R. Weis Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica and Professor of Religious Studies

Alan Mikhail | Professor of History

Mary Miller (spring only) | Sterling Professor in the History of Art

Stephanie Newell (fall only) | Professor of English

Paul North | Professor of German

Marc Robinson | Professor of Theater Studies, of American Studies and of English and Professor in the Practice of Drama

Pierre Saint-Amand (fall only) | Benjamin F. Barge Professor of French

Caleb Smith | Professor of English and of American Studies

Jing Tsu (spring only) | Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures and of Comparative Literature

Michael Veal (spring only) | Professor of Music, of African American Studies and of American Studies

Tenure and Appointments Committee Members Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Catherine Panter-Brick | Professor of Anthropology, of Health, of Global Affairs and of Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Committee Membership

Amy Hungerford | Committee Chair; Dean of Humanities; Professor of English and of American Studies

Egbert Bakker | Professor of Classics

R. Howard Bloch (fall only) | Sterling Professor of French

Ardis Butterfield | John M. Schiff Professor of English and Professor of French and of Music

Eckart Frahm | Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Christine Hayes | Robert F. and Patricia R. Weis Professor of Religious Studies in Classical Judaica and Professor of Religious Studies

Alan Mikhail | Professor of History

Stephanie Newell | Professor of English

Nicola Suthor | Professor in the History of Art

Michael Veal | Professor of Music, of African American Studies and of American Studies

Tenure Appointment Committee Members Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Catherine Panter-Brick | Professor of Anthropology, of Health, of Global Affairs and of Chronic Disease Epidemiology

Committee Membership

Amy Hungerford | Committee Chair; Dean of Humanities; Professor of English and of American Studies

R. Howard Bloch | Sterling Professor of French

Eckart Frahm | Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations

Aaron Gerow | Professor of Film Studies and of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Emily Greenwood | Professor of Classics and of African American Studies

Inderpal Grewal | Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and of American Studies

Carol Jacobs | Birgit Baldwin Professor of German and Professor of Comparative Literature

Caleb Smith | Professor of English and of American Studies

David Sorkin (spring only) | Lucy G. Moses Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History

Nicola Suthor | Professor in the History of Art

Anders Winroth (spring only) | Forst Family Professor of History

Tenure Appointments Committee Members Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Tyrone Cannon | Clark L. Hull Professor of Psychology and Professor of Psychiatry

Committee Membership

Amy Hungerford | Committee Chair; Dean of Humanities; Professor of English and of American Studies

Dudley Andrew | R. Seldon Rose Professor of Comparative Literature and Professor of Film Studies

Timothy Barringer (spring only) | Paul Mellon Professor in the History of Art

Katerina Clark (fall only) | Professor of Comparative Literature and of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Aaron Gerow | Professor of Film Studies and of East Asian Languages and Literatures

Carol Jacobs | Birgit Baldwin Professor of German and Professor of Comparative Literature

Kathryn (Katie) Lofton | Professor of Religious Studies, of Divinity, of History, of American Studies and of Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies

Alan Mikhail | Professor of History

Mary Miller (fall only) | Sterling Professor in the History of Art

Linda Peterson | Niel Gray Jr. Professor of English

Maurice Samuels | Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French

David Sorkin | Lucy G. Moses Professor of Judaic Studies and Professor of History

Gary Tomlinson (fall only) | John Hay Whitney Professor in the Music Department and Professor of Humanities

Anders Winroth | Forst Family Professor of History

Tenure Appointments Committee Members Only

Tamar Szabó Gendler | Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Vincent J. Scully Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Psychology and Cognitive Sciences

Richard Burger (fall only) | Charles J. MacCurdy Professor of Anthropology

Stephen Stearns (spring only) | Edward P. Bass Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology