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Barry Shank

Director, Humanities Institute and Humanities Collaboratory; Professor, Department of Comparative Studies

440 Hagerty Hall

shank.46@osu.edu

Jonathan Combs-Schilling

Associate Director, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies, Assistant Professor, French and Italian

215 Hagerty Hall

combs-schilling.1@osu.edu

Christopher Highley

Director, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Director; Professor, Department of English

Denney Hall 558

highley.1@osu.edu

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Hannah Kosstrin

Director, Melton Center for Jewish Studies, Associate Professor, Department of Dance

310 Sullivant Hall

kosstrin.1@osu.edu

Namiko Kunimoto

Director, Center for Ethnic Studies; Associate Professor, Department of History of Art

220 Pomerene Hall

kunimoto.3@osu.edu

Isaac Weiner

Director, Center for the Study of Religion; Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Studies

433 Hagerty Hall

weiner.141@osu.edu

Pranav Jani

Program Director, Asian American Studies; Associate Professor, Department of English

567 Denney Hall

jani.4@osu.edu

Paloma Martinez-Cruz

Program Director, Latino/a Studies; Professor, Department of Spanish and Portuguese

283 Hagerty Hall

martinez-cruz.2@osu.edu

Elissa Washuta

Program Director, American Indian Studies; Associate Professor, Department of English

466 Denney Hall

washuta.2@osu.edu

Nicholas Booker

Graduate Associate & PhD Student

booker.200@osu.edu

Lori Botnick Fireman

Program Coordinator, Melton Center for Jewish Studies

460 Hagerty Hall

fireman.2@osu.edu

MacKenzie DiMarco

Event Coordinator, Humanities Institute

452 Hagerty Hall

dimarco.33@osu.edu

Megan Moriarty

She/her/hers

Communications and Marketing Specialist, Humanities Institute

456 Hagerty Hall

moriarty.8@osu.edu

Nick Spitulski

Associate Manager, Business Operations

454 Hagerty Hall

spitulski.1@osu.edu

İlayda Üstel

she/they

Ph.D. Candidate, 2023-24 GAHDT Graduate Team Fellow

ustel.2@osu.edu

Maya Cruz

she/they

Feminist Science and Technology Studies & Social Justice Working Group Leader, Provost's "Fellow to Faculty"

Hagerty Hall 450

cruz.446@osu.edu

Madhumita Dutta

South Asian Studies Initiative Working Group Leader; Assistant Professor, Department of Geography; Faculty Affiliate, Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies

1178 Derby Hall

dutta.71@osu.edu

Harriet Fertik

she/her/hers

Metaphors of Reception, Reception as Metaphor Working Group Leader; Assistant Professor, Department of Classics

426 University Hall

fertik.1@osu.edu

Benjamin Folit-Weinberg

Metaphors of Reception, Reception as Metaphor Working Group Leader, Assistant Professor, Department of Classics

450B University Hall

folit-weinberg.1@osu.edu

Liliana Gil

she/they

Feminist Science and Technology Studies & Social Justice Working Group Leader Assistant Professor, Comparative Studies

Hagerty Hall 436

gils.1@osu.edu

Laura Lisbon

Living Art and Eco Lab; Chair, Department of Art, and Professor, Painting and Drawing

258 Hopkins Hall

lisbon.1@osu.edu

Amy Youngs

she/her

Living Art and Eco Lab; Associate Professor, Art and Graduate Studies Chair

youngs.6@osu.edu

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Asia Adomanis

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Ethnic Studies

adomanis.1@osu.edu

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Genevieve Berendt

Graduate Research Associate, Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies

208 Hagerty Hall

berendt.7@buckeyemail.osu.edu

Shurouq Ibrahim

Graduate Research Associate, Center for the Study of Religion

Ibrahim.278@osu.edu

Nicole Stevens

Graduate Research Associate, Humanities Institute

stevens.1234@osu.edu

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