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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…
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Marcus Hayes
Dean of the Creative School
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…
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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…
Read more"It's important to help students feel comfortable with that environment and learn to re-express themselves."
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
Read more"We’re not looking for unflawed people; you won’t find them. But you will find that history is a resource where you can be inspired."
Ivelisse Rodriguez
Assistant Professor of English and Mary Rogers Field and Marion Field McKenna Distinguished Professor in Creative Writing
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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…
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Sarah Rowley
Associate Professor of History
I am historian of the 20th-century United States, specializing in the histories of women, gender, and sexuality. For the past several years my research…
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Humberto Barreto
Professor of Business Analytics
Humberto Barreto is Professor of Business Analytics at DePauw University. He earned his Ph.D. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Professor…
Read more"...as a human being, I find that being underestimated is is an exceptional point of power."
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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Guangjun Qu
Hiram L. Jome Professor of Economics and Management
Specialties: Globalization, Trade, Tariff, Currency Exchange Rate, Fiscal Policy, Monetary Policy, Asian Economies, Business, Investment, Geopolitics,…
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Jennifer Adams
Professor of Communication and Theatre and Chair of the Communication and Theatre Department
Jennifer Adams has a fellowship to conduct archival research on free speech issues. In particular she is researching World War I-era women radicals who…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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…
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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…
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