Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures
Institute of the Humanities & Global Cultures

Past Board Members

The IHGC wishes to acknowledge all past members of the IHGC Advisory Board for their service.  

 

2024-2025 (academic year) 

IHGC Director:  Jack Chen, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures 

  • Jessica Andruss, Department of Religious Studies 

  • JoVia Armstrong, Department of Music 

  • Sheila Crane, School of Architecture, Architectural History 

  • Ashon Crawley, Department of Religious Studies; and, Department of African American & African Studies 

  • Kevin Duong, Department of Politics 

  • Njelle Hamilton, Department of English and Africana Studies 

  • Fiona Ngo, Department of American Studies 

  • Ricardo Padron, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Kiki Petrosino, Department of English - Creative Writing Program 

  • Kristina Richardson, Department of Drama 

  • Christa Robbins, Department of Art & Art History 

  • Katelyn Hale Wood, Department of Drama 

Ex officio – Sarah Betzer, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of Art History 

 

2023-2024 (academic year) 

IHGC Director:  Jack Chen, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures 

  • Alison Booth, Department of English; and, Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA Library 

  • Mehr Farooqi, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures  

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • Natasha Heller, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Bruce Holsinger, Department of English 

  • Fotini Kondyli, Department of Art History 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • M. Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Joseph Wei, PhD student representative, Department of English 

Ex officio – Sarah Betzer, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of Art History 

 

2022-2023 (academic year) 

IHGC Director:  Debjani Ganguly, Department of English 

  • Alison Booth, Department of English; and, Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA Library 

  • Enrico Cesaretti, Department for Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Jack Chen, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures 

  • Mehr Farooqi, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures  

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • Natasha Heller, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Bruce Holsinger, Department of English 

  • Fotini Kondyli, Department of Art History 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • M. Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Joseph Wei, PhD student representative, Department of English 

Ex officio – Sarah Betzer, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of Art History 

 

2021-2022 (academic year) 

IHGC Director:  Debjani Ganguly, Department of English 

  • Sarah Betzer, Department of Art History 

  • Alison Booth, Department of English; and, Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA Library 

  • Enrico Cesaretti, Department for Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Jack Chen, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures 

  • Mehr Farooqi, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures  

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • Natasha Heller, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Fotini Kondyli, Department of Art History 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • M. Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Aswin Punathambekar, Department of Media Studies 

  • Joseph Wei, PhD student representative, Department of English 

Ex officio – Alison Levine, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of French 

 

2020-2021 (academic year) 

IHGC Interim Director:  Bruce Holsinger, Department of English 

  • Hanadi Al-Samman, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures 

  • Ira Bashkow, Department of Anthropology 

  • Sarah Betzer, Department of Art History 

  • Alison Booth, Department of English; and, Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA Library 

  • Enrico Cesaretti, Department for Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Mehr Farooqi, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures  

  • Rita Felski, Department of English 

  • Camilla Fojas, Department of Media Studies; and, Department of American Studies 

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • James Igoe, Department of Anthropology 

  • Willis Jenkins, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Fotini Kondyli, Department of Art History 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • Charles A. Laughlin, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures; and, Director, UVA Asia Institute 

  • M. Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Ricardo Padron, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • William Sherman, School of Architecture 

  • Matthew Slaats, PhD student representative, School of Architecture - Urban Planning 

  • Joseph Wei, PhD student representative, Department of English 

Ex officio – Alison Levine, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of French 

 

2019-2020 (academic year) 

IHGC Director:  Debjani Ganguly, Department of English 

  • Hanadi Al-Samman, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures 

  • Ira Bashkow, Department of Anthropology 

  • Sarah Betzer, Department of Art History 

  • Alison Booth, Department of English; and, Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA Library 

  • Enrico Cesaretti, Department for Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Mehr Farooqi, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures  

  • Rita Felski, Department of English 

  • Camilla Fojas, Department of Media Studies; and, Department of American Studies 

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • James Igoe, Department of Anthropology 

  • Willis Jenkins, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Fotini Kondyli, Department of Art History 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • Charles A. Laughlin, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures; and, Director, UVA Asia Institute 

  • M. Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Ricardo Padron, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • William Sherman, School of Architecture 

  • Matthew Slaats, PhD student representative, School of Architecture - Urban Planning 

  • Joseph Wei, PhD student representative, Department of English 

Ex officio – Alison Levine, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of French 

 

2018-2019 (academic year) 

IHGC Director:  Debjani Ganguly, Department of English 

  • Hanadi Al-Samman, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures 

  • Ira Bashkow, Department of Anthropology 

  • Sarah Betzer, Department of Art History 

  • Alison Booth, Department of English; and, Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA Library 

  • Enrico Cesaretti, Department for Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Swati Chawla, PhD student representative, Corcoran Department of History; and, Clay Endowment Awardee for the Humanities, 2015-16 

  • Mehr Farooqi, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures  

  • Rita Felski, Department of English 

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • Martien Halvorson-Taylor, Department of Religious Studies 

  • James Igoe, Department of Anthropology 

  • Willis Jenkins, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Fotini Kondyli, Department of Art History 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • Charles A. Laughlin, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures; and, Director, UVA Asia Institute 

  • M. Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Ricardo Padron, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • William Sherman, School of Architecture 

  • Samantha Wallace, PhD student representative, Department of English 

Ex officio – Brie Gertler, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of Philosophy 

 

2017-2018 (academic year) 

IHGC Director:  Debjani Ganguly, Department of English 

  • Hanadi Al-Samman, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures 

  • Ira Bashkow, Department of Anthropology 

  • Sarah Betzer, Department of Art History 

  • Alison Booth, Department of English; and, Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA Library 

  • Enrico Cesaretti, Department for Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Swati Chawla, PhD student representative, Corcoran Department of History; and, Clay Endowment Awardee for the Humanities, 2015-16 

  • Marcia Childress, Department of Medical Education (Medical Humanities); and Director, Programs in Humanities, UVA School of Medicine 

  • Mehr Farooqi, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures  

  • Rita Felski, Department of English 

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • Martien Halvorson-Taylor, Department of Religious Studies 

  • James Igoe, Department of Anthropology 

  • Willis Jenkins, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Fotini Kondyli, Department of Art History 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • Charles A. Laughlin, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures; and, Director, UVA Asia Institute 

  • M. Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Brian Owensby, Department of History; and Director, Center for Global Inquiry & Innovation 

  • Ricardo Padron, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • William Sherman, School of Architecture 

  • Samantha Wallace, PhD student representative, Department of English 

  • Chad Wellmon, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures 

  • Gweneth West, Department of Drama 

Ex officio – Francesca Fiorani, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of Art History 

 

2016-2017 (January 2016 – June 2017) 

IHGC Director:  Debjani Ganguly, Department of English 

  • Hanadi Al-Samman, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures 

  • Ira Bashkow, Department of Anthropology 

  • Sarah Betzer, Department of Art History 

  • Alison Booth, Department of English; and, Director, Scholar’s Lab, UVA Library 

  • Enrico Cesaretti, Department for Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Swati Chawla, PhD student representative, Corcoran Department of History; and, Clay Endowment Awardee for the Humanities, 2015-16 

  • Marcia Childress, Department of Medical Education (Medical Humanities); and Director, Programs in Humanities, UVA School of Medicine 

  • Mehr Farooqi, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures  

  • Rita Felski, Department of English 

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • Martien Halvorson-Taylor, Department of Religious Studies 

  • James Igoe, Department of Anthropology 

  • Willis Jenkins, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Fotini Kondyli, Department of Art History 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • Charles A. Laughlin, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures; and, Director, UVA Asia Institute 

  • M. Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Brian Owensby, Department of History; and Director, Center for Global Inquiry & Innovation 

  • Ricardo Padron, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • William Sherman, School of Architecture 

  • Samantha Wallace, PhD student representative, Department of English 

  • Chad Wellmon, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures 

  • Gweneth West, Department of Drama 

  • Jennifer Wicke, Department of English 

Ex officio – Francesca Fiorani, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of Art History  

 

2014-2015  

Acting Director:  Hanadi Al-Samman, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures 

  • Allison Alexy, Department of Anthropology 

  • Hanadi Al-Samman, Department of Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures 

  • Ira Bashkow, Department of Anthropology 

  • Sarah Betzer, Department of Art History 

  • Enrico Cesaretti, Department for Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Marcia Childress, Department of Medical Education (Medical Humanities); and Director, Programs in Humanities, UVA School of Medicine 

  • Rita Felski, Department of English 

  • Jennifer Geddes, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Bonnie Gordon, Department of Music 

  • Martien Halvorson-Taylor, Department of Religious Studies 

  • James Igoe, Department of Anthropology 

  • Willis Jenkins, Department of Religious Studies 

  • Anne Kinney, Department of East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures 

  • Krishan Kumar, Department of Sociology 

  • Jordan Love, Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia 

  • John Miller, Department of Classics 

  • Bethany Nowviskie, Scholar's Lab, UVA Library 

  • Brian Owensby, Department of History; and Director, Center for Global Inquiry & Innovation 

  • Ricardo Padron, Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese 

  • Lili Powell, UVA Darden School of Business 

  • William Sherman, School of Architecture 

  • Maurice Wallace, Department of English 

  • Chad Wellmon, Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures 

  • Gweneth West, Department of Drama 

Ex officio – Francesca Fiorani, Associate Dean for Arts & Humanities; and, Professor, Department of Art History  

 

For information on Advisory Board members serving prior to 2014-2015 academic year, please contact the Director.