Faculty Experts

Gregory (Greg) Schwipps

Professor of English

Greg Schwipps (’95) received his BA from DePauw University and his MFA from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. His essays and short fiction can…

David Gellman

Professor of History and Co-Director of the Asher Office of Undergraduate Research

I am a historian of colonial North America and the United States, with a particular focus on efforts to abolish slavery in the Revolutionary Era and in…

Howard Pollack-Milgate

Professor of German Studies

Howard Pollack-Milgate, Professor of German, received his Ph.D. from Indiana University in 1998. He teaches German at all levels and has taught classes…

Erik Wielenberg

Blair Anderson and Martha Caroline Rieth Chair in Applied Ethics and Professor of Philosophy

Wielenberg holds a robust form of moral realism according to which (i) moral properties are sui generis, not reducible to other kinds of properties and…

Sarah Louise Cowan

Assistant Professor of Art and Art History

Sarah Louise Cowan's research focuses on modern and contemporary art of the Americas, with a particular focus on the intersection of visual art and activism…

Carrie F. Klaus

Laurel H. Turk Professor of Modern Languages and Director of the Global Studies Fellows Program

Carrie F. Klaus specializes in writing by women, and by writers posing as women, in early modern France (sixteenth through eighteenth centuries). She is…

Janani Sridhar

Assistant Professor of Music

Janani Sridhar made headlines as the first Singaporean to win the top prize at the Llangollen International Musical Eistedfodd. The competition, commonly…

Eliza Brown

Cassel Grubb University Professor of Music

Eliza Brown loves sound. Their music is motivated by sound and its potential for meaning, interdisciplinary approaches to narrative and process, and attention…

Derek Ford

Associate Professor of Education Studies and Chair of the Education Studies Department

I am associate professor of philosophy and history of education and teach courses on how education has, does, and can help us imagine, struggle for, and…

Jeffrey Dunn

Phyllis W. Nicholas Director of the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics and Associate Director of the Business Analytics Program

I am the Phyllis W. Nicholas Director of the Janet Prindle Institute for Ethics at DePauw University. I am also an associate professor in the DePauw philosophy…

Seth Friedman

John D. Hughes Professor in Communication and Theatre

Seth Friedman is an Associate Professor in the Department of Communication and Theatre. He earned his Ph.D. in Communication and Culture from Indiana University…

Craig Pare

Professor of Music

Craig Paré, Professor of Music, conducts the DePauw University Band and Symphonic Band. Appointed to the Institute of Music faculty in 1993, Dr. Paré has…

Farah Ali

Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies

My primary fields of research are sociolinguistics and second/heritage language acquisition (S/HLA). While my work in these different areas extends over…

Jennifer Heaven Mike

Visiting Global Studies Scholar and Hampton and Esther Boswell Distinguished University Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

Dr. Jennifer Heaven Mike is a scholar and creative writer whose work exists at the rich intersection of law, gender, human rights, and artistic expression…

Marcus Hayes

Dean of the Creative School

Harry Brown

Professor of English and Co-Director of the Environmental Fellows Program

Harry Brown has published three books. "Injun Joe’s Ghost" (2004) examines the figure of the Native American mixed-blood in American writing. "Videogames…

James Wells

Edwin L. Minar Professor of Classical Studies and Coordinator of World Literature

Specialties: Ancient Greek Lyric Poetry, Creative Writing, Translation, and Environmental Humanities

James Bradley Wells is a poet, translator (ancient…

Jordan Sjol, PhD

Assistant Professor of Film and Media Arts

Media Publications: 

“Explosive Cinema” Film Series and How to Blow Up a Pipeline 35 MM premiere
Roxy Cinema. New York, NY. https://www.roxycinemanewyork…

David Alvarez

Associate Professor of English

David Alvarez's research focuses on 18th century British literature and the European Enlightenment. He has a special interest in the Third Earl of Shaftesbury…

Bryon Black II

Assistant Professor of Music

Dr. Black’s primary research focuses on the intersections between gospel music and European choral traditions. His 2024 dissertation used the choral music…

Joseph Albanese

Assistant Professor of Art and Art History

Joe Albanese researches image theory in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, with a focus on the Viceroyalty of Peru. He also studies the trans-Atlantic…

Julia Brüggemann

Albert E. Crandall '56 Professor of History and Chair of the History Department

Julia Brüggemann is the Albert E. Crandall '56 Endowed Professor in History and the Chair of the Department of History. She earned her Ph.D. at Georgetown…

Amy Eremionkhale

Assistant Professor of Business Analytics and Director of the Business Analytics Program

Amy Eremionkhale is an Assistant Professor of Business Analytics at DePauw University. She has experience teaching several courses in economics, business…

Lori Miles

Professor of Art and Art History

Lori Miles focuses on art making, mostly dealing with cultural memes – especially looking at the gap between sculpture and contemporary controversies.…