2023–24
Brooke Holmes: Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Classics; Director, Gauss Seminars in Criticism
Benjamin C. Baer: Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Zahid R. Chaudhary: Associate Professor of English
Andrew Cole: Professor of English
Devin Fore: Professor of German
Monica Huerta: Assistant Professor of English and American Studies
Russell Leo: Associate Professor of English
Dan-el Padilla Peralta: Associate Professor of Classics
Rachel Price: Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Esther H. Schor: (ex officio) John J.F. Sherrerd ’52 University Professor, Professor of English, Chair, Council of the Humanities
2022–23
Andrew Cole: Professor of English; Director, Gauss Seminars in Criticism
Benjamin C. Baer: Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Devin Fore: Professor of German
Brooke Holmes: Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Classics
Russell Leo: Associate Professor of English
Dan-el Padilla Peralta: Associate Professor of Classics
Rachel Price: Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Esther H. Schor: (on leave AY22-23) Professor of English; Chair, Council of the Humanities
2021–22
Andrew Cole: Professor of English; Director, Gauss Seminars in Criticism
Benjamin C. Baer: Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Devin Fore: Professor of German
Eric Gregory: Chair, Humanities Council; Director, Stewart Seminars in Religion; Director, Program in Humanistic Studies; Professor of Religion
Brooke Holmes: Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Classics
Russell Leo: Assistant Professor of English
Dan-el Padilla Peralta: Associate Professor of Classics
Rachel Price: Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Irene Small: Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art and Criticism
Gayle Salamon: Professor of English and Gender and Sexuality Studies
2020–21
Andrew Cole: Professor of English; Director, Gauss Seminars in Criticism
Benjamin C. Baer: Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Devin Fore: Professor of German
Eric Gregory: Chair, Humanities Council; Director, Stewart Seminars in Religion; Director, Program in Humanistic Studies; Professor of Religion
Brooke Holmes: Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Classics
Russell Leo: Assistant Professor of English
Dan-el Padilla Peralta: Associate Professor of Classics
Rachel Price: Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Irene Small: Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art and Criticism
Gayle Salamon: Professor of English and Gender and Sexuality Studies
2019-20
Andrew Cole: Professor of English; Director, Gauss Seminars in Criticism
Benjamin C. Baer: Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
Devin Fore: Professor of German
Eric Gregory: Chair, Humanities Council; Director, Stewart Seminars in Religion; Director, Program in Humanistic Studies; Professor of Religion
Brooke Holmes: Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Classics
Russell Leo: Assistant Professor of English
Rachel Price: Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Irene Small: Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art and Criticism
Gayle Salamon: Professor of English and Gender and Sexuality Studies
2018-19
Andrew Cole: Professor of English; Director, Gauss Seminars in Criticism
Devin Fore: Professor of German
Eric Gregory: Chair, Humanities Council; Director, Stewart Seminars in Religion; Director, Program in Humanistic Studies; Professor of Religion
Thomas Hare: William Sauter LaPorte ’28 Professor in Regional Studies; Professor and Chair of Comparative Literature
Brooke Holmes: Robert F. Goheen Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Classics
Russell Leo: Assistant Professor of English
Spyros Papapetros: Associate Professor, History and Theory of Architecture
Rachel Price: Associate Professor, Spanish and Portuguese Languages and Cultures
Irene Small: Assistant Professor, Contemporary Art and Criticism
Moulie Vidas: Associate Professor, Religion and the Program in Judaic Studies; Behrman Faculty Fellow
The first director of Gauss Seminars was Francis Fergusson, who led the initial seminars in 1949. He was followed by R. P. Blackmur (1957–1965), Joseph Frank (1966–1975), and several others, including Victor Brombert (1986–1989), Michael Wood (1995–2001), Hal Foster, Daniel Heller-Roazen (2007–2014), and Andrew Cole (2015–2019).
