People in the Humanities Council

Chairs and Division Representatives

The Council includes department chairs in the humanities, along with divisional representatives from social sciences, natural sciences, and engineering.

Nathan Arrington

Chair, Department of Art and Archaeology; Professor of Art and Archaeology; Director, Program in Archaeology

Yelena Baraz

Chair, Department of Classics; Kennedy Foundation Professor of Latin Language and Literature; Professor of Classics

Wendy Laura Belcher

Chair, Department of Comparative Literature; Professor of Comparative Literature and African American Studies

Göran Blix

Chair, Department of French and Italian; Professor of French and Italian

Jane Cox

Interim Director, Center on Science and Technology; Professor of the Practice, Theater in the Lewis Center for the Arts; Director, Program in Theater; Co-Director, Fund for Irish Studies

Angela N. H. Creager

Chair, Department of History; Thomas M. Siebel Professor in the History of Science, Professor of History

Devin Fore

2026-2027 Old Dominion Professor in the Humanities Council; Chair, Department of German; Professor of German

Jonathan Gold

Chair, Department of Religion; D.T. Suzuki Professor in Buddhist Studies

Judith Hamera

Chair of the Lewis Center for the Arts; Professor of Dance

M. Şükrü Hanioğlu

Chair, Department of Near Eastern Studies; Professor of Near Eastern Studies; Garrett Professor in Foreign Affairs

Andrew Houck

Dean, School of Engineering and Applied Science; Anthony H.P. Lee '79 P11 P14 Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Tera W. Hunter

Chair, Department of African American Studies; Edwards Professor of American History; Professor of History and African American Studies

Sylvia Lavin

Interim Dean, School of Architecture; Professor of Architecture

Christina Lee

Chair, Department of Spanish and Portuguese; Professor of Spanish and Portuguese

Federico Marcon

Chair, Department of East Asian Studies; Professor of East Asian Studies and History

Robert Spoo

Leonard L. Milberg ’53 Professor in Irish Letters; Chair and Professor of English; Co-Director, Fund for Irish Studies

Ilya Vinitsky

Chair, Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures; Professor of Slavic Languages and Literatures

Deborah J. Yashar

Donald E. Stokes Professor of Public and International Affairs; Professor of Politics and International Affairs; Director, Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies

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