Our People

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​Jami 
Ake​

Assistant Dean in the College of Arts & Sciences​
Senior Lecturer in the Interdisciplinary Project in the Humanities
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​Anupam 
Basu​​​

​Assistant Professor of English
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​​Kurt 
Beals​​

Associate Professor of German and Comparative Literature
Director of the Max Kade Center for Contemporary German Literature Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)
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​Matt 
Erlin

Professor of German
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Reem 
Hilu

Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies
Performing Arts Department (Affiliate)
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​Ignacio 
Infante

​Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and Spanish
Co-Director, Center for the Literary Arts Study Abroad Coordinator, Comparative Literature and WU Madrid Abroad Programs (RLL)
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​Peter 
Kastor

Samuel K. Eddy Professor
Professor of History and American Culture Studies Professor of Law (by courtesy) Associate Vice Dean of Research Director of Undergraduate Studies in History
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​Ken 
Keller

​Director of Arts & Sciences Computing
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Douglas 
Knox

Assistant Director, Humanities Digital Workshop
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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)
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​Melanie 
Micir

​Associate Professor of English
Director of English Graduate Studies
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Steven B.  
Miles​

Professor Emeritus of History
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Lynne​ 
Tatlock​

Hortense and Tobias Lewin Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, Chair, Germanic Languages and Literatures
Director, Comparative Literature Director of Graduate Studies, Comparative Literature
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Tumaini 
Ussiri

Digital Humanities Specialist
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​Abram 
Van Engen

Stanley Elkin Professor in the Humanities, Chair of the Department of English
Professor of Religion and Politics (by courtesy)
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Geoff 
Ward

Professor of African and African American Studies
Director, WashU & Slavery Project, Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Equity (CRE2) Faculty Affiliate in Sociology and American Culture Studies