Steering Committee
Bautista, Stefanie
Assistant Professor of Archaeology
Research Active
- Office Location
- 427 Rush Rhees
- Telephone
- (585) 275-5378
Christensen, Peter H.
Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Professor of Art and Art History
Senior Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director, Humanities Center
- Office Location
- 317M Lattimore Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 276-7173
- Web Address
Interests: 19th and 20th century architectural history, particularly Europe and North America’s international engagement with the Islamic world; history and aesthetics of infrastructure and industry; historicism; cartography and architecture; critical digital humanities
Colantoni, Elizabeth
Associate Professor of Classics
Research Active
- Office Location
- 429 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-9360
- Web Address
Interests: Roman, Italic, and Etruscan Art and Archaeology; Roman religion; early Rome
Haidu, Rachel
Professor of Art History
Professor of Visual and Cultural Studies
Interim Director, Graduate Program in Visual and Cultural Studies
- Office Location
- 520 Morey Hall
- Telephone
- (585) 275-4112
Interests: Modern, postwar and contemporary art; Eastern European postwar and contemporary art; artist's films and videos; contemporary painting; history of photography; national identity and transnationalism; critical theory and poststructuralist theory; feminism, gender and race studies; visual studies
Jarvis, Michael J.
Professor of History
Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- Office Location
- 441 Rush Rhees Library
- Web Address
Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History
Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Professor, Materials Science
Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
Materials Science Graduate Recruiting Committee
- Office Location
- 216 Hopeman
Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth
Rubel, Nora
Jane and Alan Batkin Professor in Jewish Studies
Associate Professor of Religion
Chair, Department of Religion and Classics
Research Active
- Office Location
- 438 Rush Rhees Library
- Telephone
- (585) 275-7215
Interests: American Religion; Race and Ethnicity; Religion and Foodways
Smoller, Laura Ackerman
Arthur R. Miller Professor of History
Professor of History
- Office Location
- 369A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy