Steering Committee
- Assistant Professor of Archaeology
- sbautist@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5378
- 427 Rush Rhees
- Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
Professor of Art and Art History - Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director, Humanities Center
Director, Andrew W. Mellon Program in the Digital Humanities
- peter.christensen@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7173
- 212C Rush Rhees Library
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
- Associate Professor of Classics
- elizabeth.colantoni@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9360
- 429 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Roman, Italic, and Etruscan Art and Archaeology; Roman religion; early Rome
- Associate Professor of Art History
- rachel.haidu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4112
- 506A Morey Hall
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
- Professor of History
- Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project
- michael.jarvis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4558
- 455 Rush Rhees Library
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
- john.lambropoulos@rochester.edu
- 216 Hopeman
Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth
- Jane and Alan Batkin Professor in Jewish Studies
Associate Professor of Religion and Classics - Chair, Department of Religion and Classics
- nora.rubel@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7215
- 438 Rush Rhees Library
Interests: American Religion; Race and Ethnicity; Religion and Foodways
- Professor of History
- laura.smoller@rochester.edu
- 369A Rush Rhees Library
Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy