{"id":465,"date":"2021-10-06T16:52:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-06T16:52:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/gender-women-studies\/faculty-staff\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T09:28:34","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T14:28:34","slug":"faculty-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/faculty-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"RGSS Faculty &amp; Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"wysiwyg wysiwyg-primary-block alignfull\" >\n\t<div class=\"container grid-default wysiwyg__container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<nav class=\"sidebar-menu \" aria-label=\"Site Menu\" id=\"page-nav\">\n\t\t<div class=\"sidebar-menu__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<header class=\"sidebar-menu__header\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"sidebar-menu__headerLabel\">Race, Gender &amp; Sexuality Studies Menu<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button class=\"sidebar-menu__mobileToggle\" title=\"Toggle Menu\" :aria-expanded=\"mobileOpen\"><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/header>\n\n\t\t\t<ul class=\"sidebar-menu__list\" v-show=\"mobileOpen\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/gender-women-studies\/major-minor\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >RGSS Major &#038; Minor<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/faculty-staff\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >RGSS Faculty &#038; Staff<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"\/arts-sciences\/gender-women-studies\/graduates\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Where Are They Now? Butler RGSS Grads<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/study-abroad\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >RGSS Study Abroad Programs<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"sidebar-menu__listItem initial-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/race-gender-studies\/student-awards\/\" class=\"sidebar-menu__listLink\" >Student Awards<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/nav>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__wrapper wysiwyg__wrapper--hasSidebar\">\n\t\t\t<!-- content from editor -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wysiwyg__content wysiwyg__contentContainer\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-rgss-faculty-amp-staff\">RGSS Faculty &amp; Staff<\/h1>\n\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69f735e1ca1c3\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Acting Program Director<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Sholeh Shahrokhi <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/sshahrok-3IEGtQVc5F3o_92D6o6GY-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Sholeh Shahrokhi' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; Anthropology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8535'>317-940-8535<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:sshahrok@butler.edu'>sshahrok@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-sshahrok'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-sshahrok'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Sholeh Shahrokhi\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-sshahrok' role='region' aria-labledby='person-sshahrok' hidden><p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Sholeh Shahrokhi<\/strong> is a professor of anthropology and of race gender sexuality studies, whose research and teaching focuses on an intersectional critique of power and explores cultural values that empower empathetic approach to diversity of human relations against systemic racism, sexism, and other technologies of exclusion. She received her PhD in Anthropology from University of California, Berkeley in 2008. In the same year, she began serving as a faculty in anthropology at Butler University in the Deaprtment of History, Anthropology &amp; Classics, and across multiple interdisciplinary programs including, Race Gende Sexuality Studies, Global and Historical Studies, and International Studies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her scholarship takes an intersectional critique of power in everyday life practices, brining to focus intentional enactment of ethics of care in the face of &nbsp;human diversity and structural inequity. Her published work on anthropology of inclusions and visual culture include, a book chapter Iranian War Cinema: The Art of Remembering Pain (2012) that offers a gendered read of women in war cinema in the 1980\u2019s and 1990\u2019s, graphic novels and political change in Middle East and North Africa (2011), and a feminist reading of Farhadi\u2019s cinematic repertoire (2012).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, she has published a number of articles on politics of the body as represented on screen in a global context (2009, 2015), and bodies in political protests in Iran (2010, 2016, 2024), art as protest (2012). Her research on the intersection of art-activism and asylum communities in Europe and in the US has led to publication of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/jj.20753033.8?seq=1\"><strong>bookchapter<\/strong><\/a>s and journal articles focused on border crossing art activism (2018, 2023), and photo albums as evocative articulation of memory and place-making among refugees and migrants (2024).<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Selected published works:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I. Book Chapters<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jstor.org\/stable\/jj.20753033.8?seq=1\"><strong>Between Lights and Shadows: Border Crossing and the Art of &nbsp;&#8216;Seeing&#8217; and Being Seen<\/strong><\/a><strong> (2024), in Entangled Histories of Art and Migration. Edited by Cathrine Bublatzky, Burcu &nbsp;Dogramaci, Kerstin Pinther and Mona Schieren. Intellect. Bristol, UK.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1uLLtuqnnqHnLc2n79tu9P2xcHYZPJ2FM\" target=\"\"><strong>Gender and Sexuality: An Anthropological Approach (2017)<\/strong><\/a><strong>, in&nbsp;<\/strong><em><strong>Ethnology, Ethnography and Cultural Anthropology, [Eds. Paolo Barbaro], in&nbsp;Encyclopedia of Life Support Systems (EOLSS),&nbsp;<\/strong><\/em><strong>Developed under the Auspices of the UNESCO, Eolss Publishers, Oxford, UK, [http:\/\/www.eolss.net]&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1gjs2lpM3k_eW7IwXX4bCmCGemuxS2w0e\"><strong>Iranian War Cinema: The Art of RememberingPain<\/strong><\/a><strong>, in the Iranian War Cinema: National Identity, Ethnic Diversity, and Gender Issues, (2012). Edited book by P. Khosronejad. S. K. Publishing, Oxford:UK.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1ID2VwtbvUV38M9f1eisJJKQzsVDaQe7E\"><strong>Beyond \u201ctragedy\u201d: A Cultural Critique of SexTrafficking of Young Iranian Women<\/strong><\/a><strong>, in Sex Trafficking, Human Rights, andSocial Justice, (2010). Edited volume by T. Zheng. Routledge, NY.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Articles:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1G0Nqp4emm1LH55Qc3TVVMimydp7wyaNt\"><em><strong>Life jackets on shore: Anthropology, refugees, and the politics of belonging in Europe<\/strong><\/em><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/open?id=1G0Nqp4emm1LH55Qc3TVVMimydp7wyaNt\"><strong>,<\/strong><\/a><strong> in Anthropology of the Contemporary Middle East and Central Eurasia 4(2):11-33. (2018). Sean KingstonPublishing. Oxford: UK.<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.huichawaii.org\/assets\/shahrokhi_sholeh_body_aesthetics_and_protest_art_ahs2014.pdf\"><strong>Body Aesthetics and Protest Art In Contemporary Iran (2014)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Adolescents&#8217; perspective on addiction. Co-author<br>\nhttp:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/j.1442-2018.2005.00237.x\/full<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><strong>III. Selected Conference Papers:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udu.cas.cz\/en\/akce\/photo-albums-twisted-meanings-between-nostalgia-and-trauma-469\"><strong>&#8220;Family Albums in Flux: Portraits of life and memory across borders.&#8221;<\/strong><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udu.cas.cz\/en\/akce\/photo-albums-twisted-meanings-between-nostalgia-and-trauma-469\"><strong> <\/strong><\/a><strong>Photo Albums Twisted Meaning: Between nostalgia and trauma. Institute of Art History of the Czech Academy of Sciences and DOX &#8211; Center for Contemporary Art. Prague, Cz. (November 2021).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/d-QupXnP-oI\"><strong>&#8220;Life in Fragments: Anthropology and Art Across the Border&#8221;.<\/strong><\/a><strong>&nbsp;Hostile Terrain 94. Butler University. (October 2021).&nbsp;<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Crossing the Border: Anthropology, identity politics, and the role of Art.&#8221; A workshop organized by Zanan: Iranian Women in Northern California (April 2021).&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cArt-Activism &#8211; an exercise in love: Stories from Iranian refugees living in Europe.\u201d Didar VaGoftar Seminar: A critical inquiry special group of Iranians in Indiana. Zionsville, Indiana. (2019)<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/nomadit.co.uk\/conference\/easa2018\/paper\/44653\"><strong>\u201cBetween Lights andShadows: The art of \u2018seeing\u2019 refugees.\u201d<\/strong><\/a><strong> European Association of SocialAnthropologists (EASA). Staying, Moving, and Settling conference. StockholmUniversity. Stockholm, Sweden. (2018).<br>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.desmondtutucenter.org\/2016\/10\/28\/sex-and-transgender-in-iran\/\"><strong>\u201cLiving as Trans*: The experiences from fieldwork in Tehran, Iran.\u201d <\/strong><\/a><strong>Transgender Lives in GlobalPerspective: Trans Lives in Iran. Religion Seminar by the Center for Faith andVocation at Butler University and the Desmond Tutu Center at the ChristianTheological Seminary. (2016)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/gws.as.uky.edu\/engendering-protester-body-politics-and-sexual-representation-iranian-political-protest-dr-sholeh\"><strong>Engendering the Protester: Body politics and sexual representation of the Iranian protests (2012)<\/strong><\/a><strong><br>\nhttps:\/\/gws.as.uky.edu\/engendering-protester-body-politics-and-sexual-representation-iranian-political-protest-dr-sholeh<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/92f6p1p8\"><strong>Body Beautiful: Making the Figure of Women in Film, Contemplation on the Iranian New Wave Cinema of the Past Decade (2009)<\/strong><\/a><strong><br>\nhttps:\/\/escholarship.org\/uc\/item\/92f6p1p8<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Courses (Butler):<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>I. Core Courses in the Social World<\/strong><br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SW 215 Being Human: An Introduction to Anthropology; Designated Social Justice Diversity (SJD)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; SW 233 Political Islam in Paris<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Core Courses in Global and Historical Studies<\/strong><br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GHS207 Global Women: Rights and Resistance<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Cross-listed: Race, Gender, Sexuality Studies(RGSS), (SJD)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; GHS211 Modern Middle East and North Africa&nbsp;(RGSS &amp; SJD)&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>II. Core Courses in Perspectives in the Creative Arts<\/strong><br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; PCA 215 Art Across Borders: Refugees in Political North<\/p>\n<p><strong>IV. Courses in&nbsp;Anthropology (Majors\/Minors)<\/strong><br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 311 Trespass: Anthropology of Power &amp; Difference<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;Cross-listed: RGSS, International Studies (IS)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 315 Gender and Colonialism (RGSS)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 320 Gender and Sexuality Through Globalization (RGSS)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 326 Youth and Global Cinema (IS)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 328 Popular Culture: Michael Jackson (RGSS)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 340 Non-western Art: Ethnographic Art (RGSS, IS)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 345 Conflict Resolution Through Art (IS)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 352 Anthropological Method: Ethnography<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 368 Coming of Age in the Middle East (IS)<br>\n&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; AN 390 Anthropological Thought: Theory<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-sshahrok --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69f735e1ea310\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Core Faculty<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Teigha Van Hester <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/tvanhester-4RxngdizANHo4NaeQrNqm-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Teigha Van Hester' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:tvanhester@butler.edu'>tvanhester@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-tvanhester'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-tvanhester'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Teigha Van Hester\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-tvanhester' role='region' aria-labledby='person-tvanhester' hidden><p><p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teighamae.com\">Teigha VanHester<\/a> aka Dr. V&nbsp;(she\/they) &nbsp;is a fierce intellectual; pleasure activist; joyful griot; SoCal native; Cancer; proud Black, Oceania femme; and assistant professor of Race, Gender and Sexuality studies at Butler University. Dr. V\u2019s community-based scholar-activist cultivates an understanding of sovereignty as a literacy, human right, and key component of survival. This work is mainly done through theorizing ecologies of Black femme intellectual ancestry, cultural rhetoric, and antecedent knowledge creation, and grassroots activism. They work to situate joy, rest, creativity, and pleasure as imperative strategies to liberation..&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Dr. V has presented at several conferences, including the Cultural Rhetoric Conference, the Conference for College Composition and Communication, Community Writing Conference, and the National Women\u2019s Studies Association Conference. They have been a Coalition for Community Writing writer-in-residence and a recipient of the CCW\u2019s Emerging Scholars Award, a recipient of the Conference on College Composition and Communication\u2019s Scholars for the Dream Travel Award and a NAFSA RISE (Representation, Inclusion, Support, and Empowerment) Fellow, and an Indiana Humanities Wilma Gibbs Fellow. Dr. V was the first Forum Editorial Fellow and has served as a peer reviewer for the journal&nbsp;Emerging Voices in Education. Their work has been featured in Race and Yoga; Rhetoric, Politics, and Culture; Community Literacy Journal and Women\u2019s Studies Quarterly.&nbsp;In addition to scholastic work, they loves cave and shipwreck diving, Beyonce, horror films, professional wrestling, the Chicago Blackhawks, Texas BBQ, spades and visiting as many of the World\u2019s 50 Best Restaurants as possible.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Current Research Projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>Undercurrents of Resistance<\/li>\n  <li>Wayfinding as Liberation<\/li>\n  <li>Queerness in Professional Wrestling<\/li>\n  <li>Megan thee Stallion<\/li>\n  <li>Identifying Rituals in the Borderlands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Expertise:<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>Cultural Rhetorical Theory<\/li>\n  <li>Decolonization and Resistance<\/li>\n  <li>Community Literacies<\/li>\n  <li>Intersectionality\/Assemblage<\/li>\n  <li>Black Feminist Ecologies<\/li>\n  <li>Pleasure Activism<br>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Fall 2025 Office Hours provided<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-tvanhester --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69f735e218143\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Jointly Appointed Faculty<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Mira Assaf <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/mkafantaris-PHsdHQmcG53sV6WvQqobR-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Mira Assaf' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Associate Professor &#8211; English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-6812'>317-940-6812<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:massaf@butler.edu'>massaf@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-massaf'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-massaf'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Mira Assaf\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-massaf' role='region' aria-labledby='person-massaf' hidden><p><p>Mira Zoubeida &#8216;Assaf \u0645\u064a\u0631\u0627 \u0632\u0628\u064a\u062f\u0629 \u0639\u0633\u0627\u0641 &nbsp;is an Assistant Professor of English and Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies at Butler University, specializing in Premodern Critical Race Studies, Shakespeare, and Early Modern Culture.&nbsp;She earned her Ph.D. in English from The Ohio State University, her&nbsp;M.A.&nbsp;in English from the American University of Beirut, and her B.A. in English Literature and Language from the Lebanese University.&nbsp;Her trans-historical and cross-disciplinary research explores the intersections of race-making with the politics of royal marriage, foreign queens, and border-crossing in the early modern period and in our current historical moment.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Assaf is completing her first open-access manuscript, titled&nbsp;<em>Royal Marriage, Foreign Queens, and Constructions of Race in Early Modern England<\/em>, which is&nbsp;under contract with&nbsp;the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acmrs.asu.edu\/\">Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies<\/a>&nbsp;Press and will be published in 2026. She was a 2023-2024 Folger Shakespeare Library Long-Term fellow.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>With Sonja Drimmer and Treva B. Lindsey, she co-edited an open-access&nbsp;special issue of the Barnard Center for Research on Women\u2019s journal,&nbsp;<em>The Scholar and Feminist Online<\/em>, titled&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/sfonline.barnard.edu\/race-ing-queens\/\">\u201cRace-ing Queens<\/a>.\u201d Her book chapters have appeared in&nbsp;<em>Race and\/as Affect<\/em>;&nbsp;<em>The Palgrave Handbook of Shakespeare\u2019s Queens<\/em>; and&nbsp;<em>The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Ben Jonson<\/em>&nbsp;(with Richard Dutton).&nbsp;&nbsp;A new commissioned article on the mobility of racialized foreign queens is forthcoming in<em>&nbsp;The Oxford Handbook of Travel, Identity, and Race in Early Modern England,<\/em>&nbsp;edited by Nandini Das. Her current work includes an open-access edited collection (with Urvashi Chakravarty) on early modern queenship, premodern critical race studies, and queer theory, <em>Race\/Queer\/Queens<\/em>.&nbsp;The volume will be published in 2026 by the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/acmrs.asu.edu\/\" title=\"&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;dpmed-1-0&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\">Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies<\/a>&nbsp;Press&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>For the&nbsp;<em>Oxford World Series, <\/em>she is&nbsp;writing the critical introduction to&nbsp;<em>Antony and Cleopatra.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Her public humanities essays have appeared in several online publications, including the Folger Shakespeare Library&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.folger.edu\/authors\/mira-assaf\/\"><em>Collation<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shakespearesglobe.com\/discover\/blogs-and-features\/2022\/05\/23\/queen-quean-and-welfare-queen\/\"><em>Shakespeare Globe<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em>&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fmedium.com*2Fthe-sundial-acmrs*2Fwhat-things-of-darkness-taught-me-about-the-world-ea2b43fd1302&amp;data=04*7C01*7Cmmor*40kcl.ac.uk*7Cce8668ec0a524d743b2208d9cc75ce88*7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356*7C0*7C0*7C637765629985143700*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000&amp;sdata=Y5d3VaNWcjSSDEZABGKcE3hy2T4LGsTTgvmg8pNa7Lo*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!NuAq3lKL!8L09K2byTodYvS2HRu9ZjPLAcb5Pr7MtAnD3BImo2Opju0WWfNoNknj9AA0X-hpu13nE$\"><em>The Sundial<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fthemillions.com*2F2020*2F12*2Fa-year-in-reading-mira-assaf-kafantaris.html&amp;data=04*7C01*7Cmmor*40kcl.ac.uk*7Cce8668ec0a524d743b2208d9cc75ce88*7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356*7C0*7C0*7C637765629985143700*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000&amp;sdata=je*2FuZ*2BWb1W9P5rDLyvIzXLhTVRcJKg*2FQNkfMZEC1HLk*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJQ!!NuAq3lKL!8L09K2byTodYvS2HRu9ZjPLAcb5Pr7MtAnD3BImo2Opju0WWfNoNknj9AA0X-tFgiJ1r$\"><em>The Millions<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https*3A*2F*2Foverland.org.au*2F2020*2F08*2Fsergio-or-the-wretched-of-lebanon-iraq-and-east-timor*2F&amp;data=04*7C01*7Cmmor*40kcl.ac.uk*7Cce8668ec0a524d743b2208d9cc75ce88*7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356*7C0*7C0*7C637765629985143700*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000&amp;sdata=smh3BvRwBzB45CUijRmeJ*2F*2F6YApkAs4eV39*2Bi98DSeY*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!NuAq3lKL!8L09K2byTodYvS2HRu9ZjPLAcb5Pr7MtAnD3BImo2Opju0WWfNoNknj9AA0X-nNoHzEJ$\"><em>Overland Journa<\/em>l<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fthe-rambling.com*2F2019*2F08*2F19*2Fissue5-kafantaris*2F&amp;data=04*7C01*7Cmmor*40kcl.ac.uk*7Cce8668ec0a524d743b2208d9cc75ce88*7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356*7C0*7C0*7C637765629985143700*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000&amp;sdata=mlNm8CralGa7GtEOBpVQwDlGGOVnIRdOdEx0IQjUI40*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!NuAq3lKL!8L09K2byTodYvS2HRu9ZjPLAcb5Pr7MtAnD3BImo2Opju0WWfNoNknj9AA0X-i1kR_DF$\"><em>The Rambling<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https*3A*2F*2Ftheconversation.com*2Flebanon-uprising-unites-people-across-faiths-defying-deep-sectarian-divides-125772&amp;data=04*7C01*7Cmmor*40kcl.ac.uk*7Cce8668ec0a524d743b2208d9cc75ce88*7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356*7C0*7C0*7C637765629985143700*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000&amp;sdata=RXe7l6l4*2Bb*2FJY*2BRjcqZF3b42zAUn4Q9OVoxJFjwqqvA*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!NuAq3lKL!8L09K2byTodYvS2HRu9ZjPLAcb5Pr7MtAnD3BImo2Opju0WWfNoNknj9AA0X-t-CXbl8$\"><em>The Conversation<\/em><\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fmedium.com*2F*40assaf.mira*2Fwriting-a-diversity-statement-as-a-woman-of-color-fd12ef464382&amp;data=04*7C01*7Cmmor*40kcl.ac.uk*7Cce8668ec0a524d743b2208d9cc75ce88*7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356*7C0*7C0*7C637765629985143700*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000&amp;sdata=YajH*2FvlCKtXt1*2Fd8ci56V4cLtTS38WBC5ueyWo0JObM*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUl!!NuAq3lKL!8L09K2byTodYvS2HRu9ZjPLAcb5Pr7MtAnD3BImo2Opju0WWfNoNknj9AA0X-pOAr093$\"><em>Medium-Equity<\/em><\/a>, and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/urldefense.com\/v3\/__https:\/eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https*3A*2F*2Fwww.the-platform.org.uk*2F2021*2F03*2F19*2Foprah-optics-and-oppression-what-meghan-markles-interview-tells-us-about-the-iconography-of-black-liberation*2F&amp;data=04*7C01*7Cmmor*40kcl.ac.uk*7Cce8668ec0a524d743b2208d9cc75ce88*7C8370cf1416f34c16b83c724071654356*7C0*7C0*7C637765629985143700*7CUnknown*7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0*3D*7C2000&amp;sdata=6MMm4fRjrxLQC1M2YljUE*2B3V9h5Mnw*2B3oARNlC3ogE0*3D&amp;reserved=0__;JSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSUlJSU!!NuAq3lKL!8L09K2byTodYvS2HRu9ZjPLAcb5Pr7MtAnD3BImo2Opju0WWfNoNknj9AA0X-pgA96_u$\"><em>The Platform<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Assaf currently serves as Early Modern Section Editor for&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/the-sundial-acmrs\" target=\"_blank\"><em>The Sundial<\/em><\/a>.&nbsp; In 2023-2024, she served on the Program Committee for the Shakespeare Association of America. Her work has been supported by generous grants and fellowships from The Folger Shakespeare Library, The Shakespeare Association of America,&nbsp;The Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies (ACMRS),&nbsp;The Renaissance Society of America, Butler Awards Committee Faculty Research Grant, The Women\u2019s Place at The Ohio State University, The Muslim Studies Endowment (Butler), and&nbsp;NEH\/Frederic M.&nbsp;Ayres&nbsp;Fund&nbsp;(Butler).<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>At Butler, &#8216;Assaf teaches courses on Shakespeare, early British literature, premodern critical race studies, women, gender, sexuality and trans* studies, and in the Core Curriculum. She regularly and enthusiastically mentors graduate and honors students.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Past Awards:<\/p>\n<p>2021-22: Folger Shakespeare Library and Society for the Study of Early Women and Gender Margaret Hannay Fellow.<\/p>\n<p>2021: Arizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies Short-Term Fellow.<\/p>\n<p>2013-2014: Ohio State University Presidential Fellowship<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-massaf --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Terri Carney <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/tcarney-1yO2zc5lc4xo5CBVBDwKF-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Terri Carney' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; Spanish<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8438'>317-940-8438<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:tcarney@butler.edu'>tcarney@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-tcarney'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-tcarney'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Terri Carney\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-tcarney' role='region' aria-labledby='person-tcarney' hidden><p><p>Dr. Terri Carney<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Professor of Spanish<br>\nModern Languages, Literatures &amp; Cultures<br>\nButler University, JH391A (940-8438)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:tcarney@butler.edu\" target=\"_blank\">tcarney@butler.edu<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/works.bepress.com\/terri_carney\/about\/\">https:\/\/works.bepress.com\/terri_carney\/about\/<\/a><br>\n<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-tcarney --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Ann Savage <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/asavage-WKqKwyZ2_zBDWakSN0ClE-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Ann Savage' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; Communication &#038; Media Studies<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5974'>317-940-5974<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:asavage@butler.edu'>asavage@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69f735e237d91\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Staff<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Jill Korblick <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/jkorblick-3nKo_4JTEQhw_OoBwMATP-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Jill Korblick' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Administrative Specialist Interdisciplinary Programs<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5927'>317-940-5927<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:jkorblick@butler.edu'>jkorblick@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><\/div> <!-- .directory-cards --><\/section>\n\n<section id=\"block_directory_69f735e27270c\" class=\"directory vertical\"><header class=\"directory__heading\"style=\"justify-content: space-between;\"><h2>Affiliate Faculty<\/h2><\/header><div class=\"directory-cards directory-cards-vertical\"><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Chad Bauman <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/cbauman-2p9dMGb3y25_9MY2QFOUt-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Chad Bauman' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; Religion<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8705'>317-940-8705<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:cbauman@butler.edu'>cbauman@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-cbauman'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-cbauman'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Chad Bauman\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-cbauman' role='region' aria-labledby='person-cbauman' hidden><p><p><br><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biography<\/strong><br>\nProfessor Bauman grew up in eastern Pennsylvania before going to Goshen College, in Northern Indiana, where he earned a Bachelor\u2019s degree. After college, Professor Bauman went to Princeton Theological Seminary (PTS) and earned both an M.Div. and Ph.D. degree, while teaching courses on Buddhism and Islam at PTS, Princeton University, and The College of New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Contributions<\/strong><br>\nProfessor Bauman\u2019s earliest research focused on the interaction of low-caste Christians and Hindus in colonial Chhattisgarh. His book on the topic, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eerdmans.com\/Products\/6276\/christian-identity-and-dalit-religion-in-hindu-india-1868-1947.aspx\"><em>Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;<\/em>(Eerdmans Publishers, 2008)&nbsp;won the prize for Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies, 2006-2008, from the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies. During this time period, Professor Bauman also conducted research on Sathya Sai Baba, a popular, miracle-working Indian guru with an international following that extends even to the city of Indianapolis.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>From 2008 to 2019, Professor Bauman conducted research on Hindu-Christian conflict. His most recent book, published by Cornell University Press, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cornellpress.cornell.edu\/book\/9781501750687\/anti-christian-violence-in-india\/#bookTabs=1\"><em>Anti-Christian Violence in India<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>and earlier he published a book on the same topic with specific reference to Pentecostals and the public controversies surrounding conversion (called <a href=\"https:\/\/global.oup.com\/academic\/product\/pentecostals-proselytization-and-anti-christian-violence-in-contemporary-india-9780190202101?cc=us&amp;lang=en&amp;\"><em>Pentecostals, Proselytization, and anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India<\/em><\/a><em>)<\/em>. Both this book&nbsp;and a volume he co-edited with Richard Fox Young (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Constructing-Indian-Christianities-Culture-Conversion\/dp\/1138020184\"><em>Constructing Indian Christianities<\/em><\/a><em>)&nbsp;<\/em>were named as prize finalists for the&nbsp;Best Book in Hindu-Christian Studies (History\/Ethnography), 2013-17, by the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>In 2020, he co-edited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Routledge-Handbook-Hindu-Christian-Relations-Handbooks\/dp\/0367000709\/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&amp;keywords=handbook+of+hindu-christian+relations&amp;qid=1599507121&amp;sr=8-1\"><em>The Routledge Handbook of Hindu-Christian Relations<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;with Michelle Voss Roberts, and in 2024, he co-edited <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/The-Routledge-Handbook-of-Megachurches\/Adogame-Bauman-Parsitau-Yip\/p\/book\/9781032120072\"><em>The Routledge Handbook of Megachurches<\/em><\/a><em> <\/em>with Afe Adogame, Damaris Parsitau, and Jeaney Yip.<\/p>\n<p>His future projects will likely focus on religion and the law in Asia, and on the experiences and treatment of Hindu minorities in predominantly Christian countries.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Butler Teaching Assignment&nbsp;<\/strong><br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Professor Bauman teaches introductory surveys of the world\u2019s religions as well as upper-level courses on Hinduism and Buddhism. He has recently taught topical courses such as &#8220;Religion, &#8216;Cults,&#8217; and (In)Tolerance in America,&#8221;&nbsp;\u201cReligion, Politics and Conflict in South Asia,\u201d \u201cReligion, Gender, and the Goddess in Asia,\u201d &#8220;Race and Religion in America,&#8221; and \u201cTheory and Method in the Study of Religion.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-cbauman --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Sophie Benn <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/sbenn-XS_vHnSPRdbhdEPpw6Q7u-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Sophie Benn' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor of Musicology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8500'>317-940-8500<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:sbenn@butler.edu'>sbenn@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-sbenn'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-sbenn'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Sophie Benn\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-sbenn' role='region' aria-labledby='person-sbenn' hidden><p><p>Musicologist and cellist Dr. Sophie Benn enjoys a multifaceted career that encompasses performance, research, and public outreach in many forms.&nbsp;In her academic work, Dr. Benn studies theatrical and social dance in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century France and the United States, modernist temporalities, and historical performance practice. Her recent and forthcoming publications center on dance theory and notation, social dance in Paris and Chicago, dance on early French film, and cello literature. Dr. Benn has presented at many national and international conferences, including the annual meetings of the Dance Studies Association, the American Musicological Society, the German Studies Association, and the Society for American Music. She currently serves as the chair of the Dance Studies Association\u2019s Dance and Music Working Group.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Benn is the recipient of numerous awards and fellowships, including an American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women, a NEH\/Newberry Library Summer Research Institute fellowship, travel grants from the American Musicological Society and the Eva L. Pancoast Memorial Fund, a Graduate Affiliateship at the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities, and a Case Western Reserve University Fellowship at the Library of Congress.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Benn also maintains an active career as a cellist and baroque cellist. She thrives when working with composers and in finding new sounds. As an interpreter of new music, she served as one of the principal cellists of the Lucerne Festival Academy Orchestra; has premiered work in the United States, Europe, and Canada; and has collaborated with Joel Sachs, Miranda Cuckson, and members of the International Contemporary Ensemble, Alarm Will Sound, Yarn\/Wire, and the Kronos Quartet.&nbsp;As a baroque cellist, she has studied under Jaap ter Linden, Julie Andrijeski, and Debra Nagy, and has appeared in masterclasses for Malcom Bilson and Paul O\u2019Dette.<\/p>\n<p>For nine years, Dr. Benn was a proud member of the music scene in Cleveland, Ohio, where she had a particular passion for building community through artistic projects. Between 2017 and 2021, she served as a director of Cleveland Uncommon Sound Project (CUSP), an organization dedicated to new and experimental music that she co-founded with the saxophonist Noa Even. Due to this work, Dr. Benn was named one of the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland\u2019s New Agents, a group of 52 \u201cexperimenters, catalysts, and change-makers, who are pushing Cleveland forward right now.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Benn holds degrees in cello performance, pedagogy, and music history from Rice University and the Cleveland Institute of Music. She received her PhD in musicology from Case Western Reserve University in 2021 and has previously taught at Western Kentucky University, the Cleveland Institute of Music, and Case Western Reserve University.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-sbenn --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Natalie Carter <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/ncarter-ceFfc1ZcJFBbAnKrY5jo1-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Natalie Carter' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Senior Lecturer English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8784'>317-940-8784<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:ncarter@butler.edu'>ncarter@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-ncarter'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-ncarter'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Natalie Carter\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-ncarter' role='region' aria-labledby='person-ncarter' hidden><p><p>Natalie Carter holds a&nbsp;Ph.D. in English with a concentration in American Literature and Culture from George Washington University. &nbsp;Her&nbsp;research&nbsp;and pedagogical&nbsp;interests&nbsp;include trauma theory, gender and&nbsp;sexuality&nbsp;studies, and the dynamics of race, ethnicity, and violence in Twentieth and Twenty-First Century literary and cultural artifacts. &nbsp;Scholarship includes publications on Dorothy Allison, Julia Alvarez, and Ernest Hemingway, as well as works addressing violence against women and race-related trauma in American society.&nbsp; She&nbsp;teaches American Literature and Culture in addition to courses in the Honors and First-Year Seminar Programs, and&nbsp;is Affiliate Faculty in the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) program.<\/p>\n<p>Carter is the Faculty Director of the Butler University Honors Program (more information about which may be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/honors\/\">here<\/a>), and an Innovation Fellow in BU&#8217;s Transformation Lab. &nbsp;She serves on President Danko&#8217;s Faculty Advisory Group; the evaluation committee for Prestigious Scholarships &amp; Fellowships; and the steering committee for BU&#8217;s Undergraduate Research Conference. &nbsp;She has been named Butler University&#8217;s Woman of Distinction (2019), and received the&nbsp;College of Liberal Arts &amp; Sciences&#8217; Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching (2021).&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-ncarter --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Krista Cline <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/kcline1--dytAvLG0WSHBnw-nrKkn-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Krista Cline' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Associate Professor &#8211; Sociology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:kcline1@butler.edu'>kcline1@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-kcline1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-kcline1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Krista Cline\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-kcline1' role='region' aria-labledby='person-kcline1' hidden><p><p>I am Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminology at Butler University. Before coming to Butler, I earned a dual-title Ph.D. from Purdue University in sociology and gerontology. I then spent at year at the University of Missouri as a postdoctoral scholar in the Research Center for Human Animal Interactions.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>My research interests include the roles of women and mothers, health and body weight issues, and social psychology. I teach a variety of courses including;&nbsp; families, international crime, gender, race, and crime, health and society, aging and the life course, and gender and society.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>My research is currently funded by the National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS). This research examines mothers&#8217; perspectives of the benefits of interscholastic activities of their high school students. This is a 10 year longitudinal study that begin in the fall of 2019. I also host the podcast, MOMent with Mom, with members of the NFHS.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-kcline1 --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Vivian Deno <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/vdeno-QP1MVwO9pnnk8DWrt9M5c-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Vivian Deno' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor History<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9681'>317-940-9681<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:vdeno@butler.edu'>vdeno@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-vdeno'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-vdeno'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Vivian Deno\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-vdeno' role='region' aria-labledby='person-vdeno' hidden><p><h4>Background<\/h4>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<h4>Research<\/h4>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<h4>Teaching<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Fall 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MW 1-2:15 HST 305 Vexing Women: Transnational Feminist Histories and Struggles, 1870-1940<\/p>\n<p>MW 2:30-3:40&nbsp;American Visions<\/p>\n<p><strong>Spring 2022<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MW 1-2:15 American Visions<\/p>\n<p>T\/TH 1-2:15 Formation of Modern America<\/p>\n<p><strong>Fall 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>MW 1-2:15 HST 342 US Workingwomen in the Modern City, 1870-1940<\/p>\n<p>T Dolly&nbsp;Parton&#8217;s America: Gender, Region, &amp;&nbsp;Culture<\/p>\n<ul>\n  <li>Check out our Spotify <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/playlist\/6vwM6oEys2NbnVQZS9YZxX?si=3d2494b308eb455c\">playlist<\/a> for our course read, Sarah Smarsh,&nbsp;<em>She Come By It Natural: Dolly Parton and the Women Who Lived Her Songs <\/em>(2020)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-vdeno --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Elise Edwards <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/emedwar1-ToCGm7Kb6DAdZhauSQytE-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Elise Edwards' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>LAS Executive Associate Dean; Professor &#8211; Anthropology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9743'>317-940-9743<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:emedwar1@butler.edu'>emedwar1@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-emedwar1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-emedwar1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Elise Edwards\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-emedwar1' role='region' aria-labledby='person-emedwar1' hidden><p><p>My research interests include the history and culture of Japan, the anthropology of sport, the anthropology of science, gender studies, feminist theory, historical anthropology, mass\/popular culture, theories of embodiment, urban anthropology, and visual culture. Most of my fieldwork has focused on cultures of sport in Japan and while I study and teach about all kinds of sport, football (soccer) is my ultimate passion. I continue to work on my primary project about soccer, corporate sport, the recession of the 1990s, and national identity in Japan, but have also written recently about the new professional women&#8217;s soccer league in Japan and the history of women&#8217;s professional soccer\/football globally; I&#8217;m also interested in issues related to trans* athletes in Japan and the U.S.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-emedwar1 --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Nadia Eldemerdash <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/neldemerdash-mCAHmsM4oWcUXWoD2NKJ9-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Nadia Eldemerdash' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Lecturer Political Science<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5922'>317-940-5922<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:neldemerdash@butler.edu'>neldemerdash@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Charlene Fletcher <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/cfletche-PDqY57AfJcUTcXP3Ca1LZ-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Charlene Fletcher' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; History<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5790'>317-940-5790<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:cfletche@butler.edu'>cfletche@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-cfletche'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-cfletche'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Charlene Fletcher\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-cfletche' role='region' aria-labledby='person-cfletche' hidden><p><p>Dr. Charlene Fletcher is the Frances Shera Fessler Assistant Professor of History and affiliate faculty in the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) Program.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Before her academic career, Charlene led a domestic violence and sexual assault program, as well as a significant prison reentry initiative in New York City, helping individuals transition from incarceration back to society. She also served as a lecturer in Criminal Justice at the City University of New York. Her forthcoming book, <em>Confined Femininity: Race, Gender, and Incarceration in Kentucky, 1865-1920<\/em>, explores the experiences of African American women in confinement in Kentucky during the Reconstruction and Progressive Era. This work specifically highlights the lives of confined Black women by examining not only carceral settings but also mental health institutions and domestic spaces as sites of confinement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Charlene&#8217;s latest research project is inspired by her grandmother&#8217;s memories and adopts a transnational approach to race and confinement in the American South. Titled <em>Catfish and Spaghetti: Social Relations between Italians and African Americans in the Mississippi Delta, 1880-1950<\/em>, this project investigates Italian migration and experiences in the Mississippi Delta from the late nineteenth century to the mid-twentieth century. It critiques the Italian padrone system as a form of confinement and examines the relationships between Italians and African Americans, who shared close proximity and similar experiences in the rural Jim Crow South.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>In addition to her research, Dr. Fletcher serves on the editorial boards of <em>The Register of the Kentucky Historical Society <\/em>and the <em>North Meridian Review<\/em>. She is also an elected member of the National Council of Public History (NCPH) Board of Directors.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-cfletche --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Lee Garver <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/lgarver-4RIrq-edmTLIFce5VAthP-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Lee Garver' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Associate Professor &#8211; English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9859'>317-940-9859<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:lgarver@butler.edu'>lgarver@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-lgarver'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-lgarver'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Lee Garver\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-lgarver' role='region' aria-labledby='person-lgarver' hidden><p><p>Lee Garver teaches in Butler University\u2019s English Department and Global and Historical Studies program. He is the author of introductions to Volumes 8 and 19 of the Modernist Journals Project online edition of the early twentieth-century magazine <em>The New Age<\/em> and has published articles on modernist literature and politics in such journals as <em>Modernism\/Modernity,<\/em> <em>The Journal of Modern Literature<\/em>, and <em>The Journal of Modern Periodical Literature<\/em> as well as such collections as <em>Women, Periodicals, and Print Culture in Britain, 1890s-1920s<\/em> and <em>T.E. Hulme and the Question of Modernism<\/em>. A co-recipient of a National Endowment for the Humanities Enduring Questions Grant, Garver has served as English Chair, Global and Historical Studies Director, and Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Director, and he has taught study abroad courses for Butler in Ireland, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Teaching Goals<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs someone who passionately loves literature, film, and the arts, especially work that is formally challenging or unconventional in subject matter, I make it a priority to assist students in appreciating the wonders of language, storytelling, and cinema through lively classroom discussion and friendly debate. As someone deeply invested in global historical inquiry, whether of global modernisms, colonialism and the transatlantic slave system, or international art cinema, I seek to situate texts and films in their original historical contexts and awaken students to their deeper social and political meanings. Finally, as someone with a strong commitment to social justice, diversity, and free and open dialogue, I make it my mission to call attention to inequity, explore the social experiences of marginalized communities, and foster a classroom climate of mutual respect and support.\u201d<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-lgarver --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/mgeertse-YrW60v6QIgD7E6dGB6ggN-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism and Creative Media<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-6047'>317-940-6047<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:mgeertse@butler.edu'>mgeertse@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-mgeertse'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-mgeertse'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-mgeertse' role='region' aria-labledby='person-mgeertse' hidden><p><p>Margaretha Geertsema-Sligh is a Professor of Journalism and Director of Graduate Studies in the College of Communication. &nbsp;Her textbook, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Journalism-and-Gender-Global-Perspectives\/Geertsema-Sligh\/p\/book\/9781032662701?srsltid=AfmBOorX4lueCqg9OT5wBAVz1fl8uXafn7Y81JnaJquuTYCS1BaCROYV\">Journalism and Gender: Global Perspectives<\/a>,&#8221; with Routledge, was published in August 2025.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She held the Richard M. Fairbanks endowed chair from 2018 to 2024 and served as Interim Dean from April 2021 to December 2022. Before her appointment as Interim Dean, Dr. Geertsema-Sligh served as Director of the Eugene S. Pulliam School of Journalism and Creative Media for five years. She joined Butler University in 2005 and has taught classes in news writing, gender and news, and global media.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Geertsema-Sligh holds a doctorate in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin, a master\u2019s degree in Communication from Washington State University, and a bachelor\u2019s degree in Mass Communication from North-West University in South Africa. She is a past chair of the International Communication Division of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication and a past co-chair of the Gender and Communication section of the International Association for Media and Communication Research. Her research has been published in several leading academic journals. See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.margarethageertsemasligh.com\/\">www.margarethageertsemasligh.com<\/a> &nbsp;for more information.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-mgeertse --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Jishnu Guha-Majumdar <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/jguhamajumdar-Nk3hxSMls.jpg' alt='Headshot of Jishnu Guha-Majumdar' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Political Science<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:jguhamajumdar@butler.edu'>jguhamajumdar@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Brent Hege <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/bhege-oYUYiwI-C9kg_ej3GHZFs-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Brent Hege' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Senior Lecturer &#8211; Religion<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8274'>317-940-8274<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:bhege@butler.edu'>bhege@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-bhege'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-bhege'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Brent Hege\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-bhege' role='region' aria-labledby='person-bhege' hidden><p><h2>Biography<\/h2>\n<p>Born and raised in southcentral Pennsylvania in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.perryco.org\">one<\/a> of only two counties in the Commonwealth without a traffic light, Brent Hege earned his BA in Religion and History with a minor in Classics from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gettysburg.edu\">Gettysburg College<\/a> (PA) in 1998. He completed the Zentrale Mittelstufenpr\u00fcfung Diplom (German Language Certificate) at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goethe.de\/en\/\">Goethe Institut<\/a> in Dresden, Germany, in 2000 while completing his MA in Historical Theology with a minor in New Testament at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.unitedlutheranseminary.edu\">The Lutheran Theological Seminary at Gettysburg<\/a> (PA). He earned his PhD in Theology with Distinction from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.upsem.edu\">Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education<\/a> in Richmond, VA, in 2007. His dissertation was awarded the 2010 John Templeton Award for Theological Promise by the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uni-heidelberg.de\/fiit\/\">Forschungszentrum Internationale und Interdisziplin\u00e4re Theologie<\/a> at the University of Heidelberg, Germany. He was honored by his alma mater with the 2013 Gettysburg College Young Alumni Achievement Award and in 2015 he was elected an honorary member of Butler&#8217;s chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. In 2017 he received the Outstanding Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching from Butler&#8217;s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and in 2024 he received the Butler University First-Year Impact Award for his work teaching and mentoring first-year students at Butler. In 2017 he was appointed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/compass-center\/\">The Compass Center<\/a> Scholar in Residence and in 2020 he was promoted to Senior Lecturer in Religion. He has taught at Butler since 2008.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Teaching Duties<\/h2>\n<p>As a faculty member of Butler&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/philosophy-religion\/religion\/\">Religious Studies<\/a> program, Hege teaches the yearlong <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/components\/first-year-seminar\/\">First Year Seminar<\/a>, &#8220;Faith, Doubt, and Reason,&#8221; the Texts &amp; Ideas (TI) course, &#8220;Religions of the World,&#8221; online every summer, and the following 300-level Religious Studies courses: God, Theologies of Liberation, Evil, Religious Pluralism, and Ecotheology. Hege has directed several offerings of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/diversity-equity-inclusion\/compass-center\/religion-seminar-series\/\">Butler Series on Religion and Society<\/a>, including &#8220;Religion, Race, and Culture&#8221; (2015-2016), &#8220;Sacred Spaces: Intersections of Religion and Ecology&#8221; (2018-2019), and &#8220;Faith and Activism&#8221; (2022-2023). Hege is also the Compass Center Scholar in Residence, where he works with a cohort of student Scholars on issues of interfaith engagement and vocational discernment. Hege holds affiliate faculty status in the programs of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/gender-studies\">Race, Gender and Sexuality Studies<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/peace-conflict\">Peace and Conflict Studies<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/science-technology\">Science, Technology, and Environmental Studies<\/a>, and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academic-services\/ecology-sustainability\/\">Center for Urban Ecology and Sustainability<\/a>. In 2022, Hege successfully chartered Butler&#8217;s chapter of <a href=\"https:\/\/thetaalphakappa.org\/\">Theta Alpha Kappa<\/a>, the national honors society for Religious Studies and Theology, for which he serves as faculty advisor. Hege is also the faculty advisor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.graceunlimitedindy.com\">Grace Unlimited<\/a>, Butler&#8217;s Lutheran-Episcopal campus ministry.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>Scholarship<\/h2>\n<p>Hege&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/works.bepress.com\/brent_hege\/\">research<\/a> focuses on the history of Christian thought and contemporary Christian theology, with special focus on 19th- and 20th-century liberal Protestant theology, continental philosophy and philosophical theology, contemporary constructive theology, Lutheranism, and theology and culture. In addition to his award-winning first book, <a href=\"http:\/\/wipfandstock.com\/faith-at-the-intersection-of-history-and-experience.html\"><em>Faith at the Intersection of History and Experience: The Theology of Georg Wobbermin<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;<\/em>(Wipf and Stock, 2009), he has published articles and invited review essays in a number of European and American journals, including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.degruyter.com\/view\/j\/znth\"><em>Zeitschrift f\u00fcr Neuere Theologiegeschichte\/Journal for the History of Modern Theology<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/theologie.unibas.ch\/de\/fakultaet\/theologische-zeitschrift\/\"><em>Theologische Zeitschrift<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ctns.org\/publications\/theology-science\"><em>Theology and Science<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pdcnet.org\/radphilrev\"><em>Radical Philosophy Review<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/journals.cambridge.org\/action\/displayJournal?jid=RAP\"><em>Politics and Religion<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> and <a href=\"http:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/10.1111\/(ISSN)1467-9647\/homepage\/ProductInformation.html\"><em>Teaching Theology and Religion<\/em><\/a>. He is also a frequent reviewer of books on historical and contemporary theology for&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/int.sagepub.com\/\"><em>Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology<\/em><\/a>. He has presented papers at national and regional academic conferences, including <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aarweb.org\">The American Academy of Religion<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.southwestpca.org\">The Southwest Popular Culture Association and The American Culture Association<\/a>, as well as being a frequent guest lecturer and panel member for school, church, and community programs. His second book, <a href=\"https:\/\/wipfandstock.com\/myth-history-and-the-resurrection-in-german-protestant-theology.html\"><em>Myth, History, and the Resurrection in German Protestant Theology<\/em><\/a>, was published by Pickwick Press in 2017. His most recent book, based on the first semester of his popular Butler First Year Seminar, is <a href=\"https:\/\/wipfandstock.com\/faith-doubt-and-reason.html\"><em>Faith, Doubt, and Reason<\/em><\/a><em>&nbsp;<\/em>(Wipf and Stock 2020). In 2020 he was elected to the editorial council of <a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/journal\/15406385\"><em>Dialog: A Journal of Theology<\/em><\/a><em>, <\/em>the world&#8217;s premier journal of Lutheran theology.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-bhege --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Ashley Hutson <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/afeely-NkBs8V1PY.jpg' alt='Headshot of Ashley Hutson' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Sociology &#038; Criminology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:afeely@butler.edu'>afeely@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Jeana Jorgensen <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/jsjorgen-NyNU3Ogk6.jpg' alt='Headshot of Jeana Jorgensen' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Senior Lecturer &#8211; History-Anthropology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:jsjorgen@butler.edu'>jsjorgen@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-jsjorgen'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-jsjorgen'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Jeana Jorgensen\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-jsjorgen' role='region' aria-labledby='person-jsjorgen' hidden><p><p>Dr. Jeana Jorgensen earned her PhD in Folklore with a minor in Gender Studies from Indiana University. Her scholarship focuses on representations of gender and sexuality in fairy tales, ranging from canonical tales like those of the Grimms&#8217; to contemporary fairy tales in film, fiction, and poetry. She has published nearly 30 academic articles and book chapters in journals such as the <em>Journal of American Folklore, Marvels &amp; Tales<\/em>, <em>Journal of Folklore Research<\/em>, <em>Cultural Analysis<\/em>, and more. Other areas of scholarship include dance, body art, feminist and queer theory, the digital humanities, and the history of sex education.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Jorgensen also writes for more public audiences, with the 2021 publication of her book <em>Folklore 101: An Accessible Introduction to Folklore Studies <\/em>and over a decade of blogging at a variety of outlets. <em>Fairy Tales 101: An Accessible Introduction to Fairy Tales <\/em>followed in 2022, and <em>Sex Education 101: Approachable Essays on Folklore, Culture, &amp; History <\/em>in 2023. She appears regularly on podcasts and YouTube shows to talk about her work with folklore and fairy tales as well as her research in gender studies, which ranges from topics such as ethical non-monogamy to moral panics around marginalized genders and sexualities. Her creative writing, from retold fairy tales in poetic form to flash fiction, can also be found scattered around obscure corners of the internet.<\/p>\n<p>When not teaching, reading, researching, or writing, she also directs two dance troupes and bakes with her sourdough starter.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-jsjorgen --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Lynne Kvapil <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/lkvapil-EJiNUFYo8.jpg' alt='Headshot of Lynne Kvapil' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor of Classics<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9864'>317-940-9864<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:lkvapil@butler.edu'>lkvapil@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-lkvapil'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-lkvapil'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Lynne Kvapil\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-lkvapil' role='region' aria-labledby='person-lkvapil' hidden><p><p>Lynne A. Kvapil, known by her students as Dr. K, is an archaeologist specializing in ancient Greece and Aegean Prehistory. Her research focuses on the Mycenaean Greeks, particularly farming, warfare, the manufacture of ceramics, and labor organization and management. As an active field archaeologist, Dr. K travels to Greece every summer, where she is the Assistant Director of the Nemea Center of Archaeology Excavations at the Mycenaean cemetery at Aidonia and the Petsas House Excavations at Mycenae. Dr. K has been awarded research funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities and the Mediterranean Archaeological Trust to support her ongoing research on the Mycenaean Greeks, and she has been a part of a successful grant-writing team that has been awarded funding from the Archaeological Institute of America and the Loeb Foundation to support the excavations at Aidonia.<\/p>\n<p>At Butler University, Dr. K teaches in all aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world, but most often she teaches about Ancient Greece, including Ancient Greek language courses, Ancient Greek Art and Myth, Ancient Greek Perspectives. She also teaches upper level courses in Ancient Greek and Roman Art and Architecture and Women in Antiquity. Dr. K is also a co-director of the Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and Classics (AMCA) lab, which won a 2015 Butler University Innovation Grant and which aims to help put the material culture of the ancient world into the modern classroom.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-lkvapil --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Vitor Martins Dias <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/vmartinsdias-4y2A8uBUkx.jpg' alt='Headshot of Vitor Martins Dias' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Sociology &#038; Criminology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:vmartinsdias@butler.edu'>vmartinsdias@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-vmartinsdias'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-vmartinsdias'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Vitor Martins Dias\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-vmartinsdias' role='region' aria-labledby='person-vmartinsdias' hidden><p><p>I am an Assistant Professor in the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/sociology-criminology\/\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"\">Department of Sociology &amp; Criminology<\/a>&nbsp;at Butler University. I am a socio-legal scholar exploring how legal, political, and social actors influence global and local institutions and organizations, producing social change or reproducing structural inequalities. Globally, I study how lawyers shape trade regimes between countries, which has contributed to today&#8217;s climate crisis. Locally, I analyze the mobilization against and governance of climate change in Brazil&#8217;s Amazon, where I was born and raised. My work has appeared in&nbsp;<em>World Development, Sociology of Development, Law &amp; Social Inquiry, University of Illinois Law Review, University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform, and Cambridge University Press<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>After moving from Brazil to the U.S., I earned my LL.M. and Ph.D. degrees from Indiana University Bloomington. In 2022-2023, I was a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/kellogg.nd.edu\/vitor-martins-dias\" rel=\"nofollow\">Visiting Fellow<\/a>&nbsp;at the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at the University of Notre Dame. At IU-Bloomington, I remain affiliated with the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/casel.indiana.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Center for the Analysis of Social-Ecological Landscapes<\/a>&nbsp;and the Maurer School of Law&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/law.indiana.edu\/research\/centers\/global-legal-profession\/index.html\" rel=\"nofollow\">Stewart Center on the Global Legal Profession<\/a>. I am currently co-editing a special issue of the Law &amp; Society Review on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/page\/journal\/15405893\/homepage\/call-for-papers\/changing-climate\" rel=\"nofollow\">Law in a Changing Climate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>You can find more information about Vitor at <a href=\"https:\/\/vitormartinsdias.github.io\/\">vitormartinsdias.github.io<\/a>.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-vmartinsdias --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Lavender McKittrick-Sweitzer <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/lmckittricksweit-A30eEgvP1bbqmrLuTcEVj-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Lavender McKittrick-Sweitzer' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Philosophy<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9976'>317-940-9976<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:lmckittricksweit@butler.edu'>lmckittricksweit@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-lmckittricksweit'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-lmckittricksweit'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Lavender McKittrick-Sweitzer\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-lmckittricksweit' role='region' aria-labledby='person-lmckittricksweit' hidden><p><p>Lav McKittrick-Sweitzer is an Assistant Professor of Philosophy. Before arriving at Butler in Autumn 2021, they completed their PhD (philosophy, 2021) at Ohio State University, MA (philosophy, 2015) at the University of Missouri &#8211; St. Louis, and BA (philosophy, 2013) at the University of Missouri &#8211; Columbia.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Their area of specialization is feminist social and political philosophy, with a focus on care, exploitation, public reason, and global justice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more information about Lavender\u2019s research, teaching, and CV, visit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lmsweitzer.com\">www.lmsweitzer.com<\/a>.<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-lmckittricksweit --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Rhea Myerscough <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/images\/logos\/bulldog_4cp_1-4w.png' alt='' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5888'>317-940-5888<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:rmyerscough@butler.edu'>rmyerscough@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Molly Nebiolo <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/mnebiolo-KnRlnOhcLP4YqBW3xERFb-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Molly Nebiolo' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; History<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-5811'>317-940-5811<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:mnebiolo@butler.edu'>mnebiolo@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-mnebiolo'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-mnebiolo'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Molly Nebiolo\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-mnebiolo' role='region' aria-labledby='person-mnebiolo' hidden><p><p>Dr. Nebiolo is a historian of the early Atlantic world. She studies the history of health and medicine, spatial history, and early modern urban history. In 2023, she received her PhD in world history from Northeastern University. Her work also encompasses the digital humanities, with a focus on maps, modeling, and pedagogy. Here at Butler, Dr. N teaches courses on the early colonial period, the history of medicine, and digital humanities.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Her current project, <em>Constructing Health: Concepts of Well-Being in an Urbanizing Atlantic World<\/em>, has been supported by the McNeil Center for Early American Studies, the American Philosophical Society, the South Caroliniana Library, Haverford College Quaker &amp; Special Collections, the Huntington Library and Corpus Christi College at Oxford, the John Carter Brown Library, the American Historical Association, and the Francis Wood Institute at the College of Physicians of Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>In August 2024, Dr. N published a chapter on visualizing cities in the Age of Revolutions found in the volume, <em>American Revolutions in the Digital Age<\/em> (Cornell University Press).&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>Dr. N is always excited to be on conference panels, participate in writing opportunities, and network with other scholars. Please don\u2019t hesitate to reach out!<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-mnebiolo --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Su-Mei Ooi <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/sooi-2bBxLNAyRhZ9lMi9xjbjo-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Su-Mei Ooi' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Associate Professor &#8211; Political Science<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8641'>317-940-8641<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:sooi@butler.edu'>sooi@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-sooi'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-sooi'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Su-Mei Ooi\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-sooi' role='region' aria-labledby='person-sooi' hidden><p><p><strong>Chair, Department of Political Science<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Director, Peace and Conflict Studies Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Faculty Director, Butler in Asia Program&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><em>Su-Mei Ooi joined the Department of Political Science and Peace &amp; Conflict Studies program in 2010 &nbsp;as &nbsp;Assistant &nbsp;Professor, shortly before earning a Ph.D. from the University of Toronto with a joint specialty in international relations and comparative politics.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Prior to settling down in Indianapolis, Ooi studied and worked in many different parts of Asia, Europe, and North America. Her lived experiences have shaped&nbsp;Ooi into a dedicated educator who believes strongly in the importance of critical global citizenship education in the United States. At Butler, she teaches courses in international relations and Asian politics with the express purpose of helping students to understand that there are many different ways of being in this world. She particularly encourages students to seek better solutions to global problems by re-imagining new possibilities for a better world. Ooi grew up in Singapore and Malaysia. Since 2017,&nbsp;Ooi has also led students to Malaysia and Singapore on the Butler in Asia program, which offers students the unique opportunity to live and work in Asia for 7 weeks in the summer.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>As an affiliate faculty of the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies program, Ooi also believes in a diverse, inclusive, and equitable learning and working environment for all. At Butler, she works closely with senior administration in her role as the Director of Academic Affairs for DEI. In terms of curricular affairs, she is also responsible for Asian and Pacific American representation in the Core Curriculum, as she led a team of excellent colleagues in the development of GHS 212: Asian Americas. She works closely with students as well and is the faculty advisor of the student group Asian and Pacific Islander Alliance (APIA).<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Although Ooi&#8217;s research expertise is in democratic development and human rights in East Asia, she has expanded the scope of her research in response to issues and problems beyond her core interest. More recently, her scholarship addresses peace building on the Korean Peninsula, US-China relations, global education, the well-being of faculty in teaching-focused institutions &nbsp;and &nbsp;the &nbsp;leadership &nbsp;experiences &nbsp;of &nbsp;minoritized &nbsp;faculty. She also believes in integrating teaching and scholarship and has mentored students in the research and publication process at Butler.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In her personal time, Ooi enjoys the company of her husband, daughter and a pet hamster named Coco. She is also an active member of the Asian and Pacific American community in Indianapolis. She is on the Board of the Indianapolis Chinese Community Center, Inc., &nbsp;the Council of the Indiana Association of Chinese Americans, and is also a member &nbsp;of &nbsp;Hoosier &nbsp;Asian &nbsp;American &nbsp;Power.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Teaching Expertise:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>International Relations, US-China Relations, East and Southeast Asian Politics, Chinese Politics, Human Rights and Humanitarianism, International Political Economy<\/p>\n<p><strong>Research Specialization:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Comparative Democratization, Transnational Activism, Human Rights, East Asian Politics and International Relations, Global Citizenship Education<\/p>\n<p><strong>Education:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>PhD Political Science<\/em><\/p>\n<p>University of Toronto (Canada)<\/p>\n<p><em>MA (Southeast Asian Studies)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>National University of Singapore (Singapore)<\/p>\n<p><em>LLB (Bachelor of Laws, with Honors)<\/em><\/p>\n<p>University College London (United Kingdom)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Publications:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/works.bepress.com\/sumei_ooi\/<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards\/Fellowships<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Korea Foundation Fellowship<\/p>\n<p>Chiang Ching-kuo Foundation Fellowship<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan Foundation for Democracy Fellowship<\/p>\n<p>Dr. David Chu Scholarship<\/p>\n<p>Political Science Award, University of Toronto&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Volkswagen Foundation Fellowship&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-sooi --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Corey Reed <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/cnreed-4Kb4AZWhUIuzsnfkeVzNs-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Corey Reed' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Philosophy<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8363'>317-940-8363<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:cnreed@butler.edu'>cnreed@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-cnreed'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-cnreed'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Corey Reed\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-cnreed' role='region' aria-labledby='person-cnreed' hidden><p><p>Corey Reed is the Katherine and Tracy McGregor Assistant Professor of Humanities and a member of the Philosophy faculty. He is one of three co-directors for the Hub on Black Affairs and Community Engagement and a steering committee member in the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) program at Butler University.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree from Morehouse College, double majoring in English and Philosophy, his Master of Arts degree from the University of Louisville in Comparative Humanities, and his PhD in Philosophy from the University of Memphis with a graduate certificate in Women and Gender Studies. &nbsp;He specializes in Africana Philosophy and the Critical Philosophy of Race and Racism, with nterests in Existentialism, Phenomenology, Feminism\/Male Theories 20th Century French Continental Philosophy, and Aesthetics.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>More information can be found at https:\/\/www.coreynreed.com\/&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-cnreed --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Alexander Roehrkasse <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/aroehrkasse-L2GPyrGPVNN2at6ZCKNd8-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Alexander Roehrkasse' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Assistant Professor &#8211; Sociology &#038; Criminology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9344'>317-940-9344<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:aroehrkasse@butler.edu'>aroehrkasse@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-aroehrkasse'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-aroehrkasse'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Alexander Roehrkasse\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-aroehrkasse' role='region' aria-labledby='person-aroehrkasse' hidden><p><p>Alex Roehrkasse is an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Criminology. He is faculty fellow at the Desmond Tutu Peace Lab and a faculty affiliate in the Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies programs.&nbsp;<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Alex&#8217;s research focuses on inequality, crime and punishment, families and children, and quantitative and historical methods. He is particularly interested in the ways that families interact with the legal, criminal justice, and child welfare systems with consequences for racial, class, and gender equity and child well-being.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Alex teaches courses on introductory sociology, sociological theory, research methods, social statistics, victimization, incarceration and inequality, and prison abolition, among others.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Before joining the faculty at Butler, Alex held postdoctoral fellowships at Cornell and Duke Universities. He received a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California, Berkeley, and an A.B. in economics from Brown University.&nbsp;More information about Alex&#8217;s research and teaching is available at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alexr.info\">alexr.info<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-aroehrkasse --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Julie Searcy <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/jsearcy-fSfDlEDvzFo-HsWabqcl0-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Julie Searcy' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Associate Professor &#8211; Anthropology<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:jsearcy@butler.edu'>jsearcy@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-jsearcy'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-jsearcy'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Julie Searcy\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-jsearcy' role='region' aria-labledby='person-jsearcy' hidden><p><p>Julie Johnson Searcy is a medical anthropologist who investigates reproduction and maternal health. Her work looks at the intersection of disease, birth and race in the United States and South Africa. She is currently working on an ethnographic book about the role doulas play in reimagining birth and addressing maternal inequities. &nbsp;In her applied work, she works with local doula groups on key issues for birth, postpartum and maternal health, including Medicaid policy that would reimburse doulas for attending births.&nbsp;Julie&#8217;s research has been supported by the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Fulbright-Hays, Wilma Gibbs Moore Fellowship, and Indiana University and Butler University.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-jsearcy --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Ageeth Sluis <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/asluis-EywvKC3Ze.jpg' alt='Headshot of Ageeth Sluis' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; History<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-9045'>317-940-9045<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:asluis@butler.edu'>asluis@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-asluis'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-asluis'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Ageeth Sluis\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-asluis' role='region' aria-labledby='person-asluis' hidden><p><p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color: white;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26);\">I am a professor of Latin American History in\u00a0the department of History and Anthropology, and affiliate faculty in Race, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (RGSS) and International Studies (IS). I am also currently the Director of Global and Historical Studies at Butler University.<\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(85, 85, 85);\"><\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color: white;\"><\/p><p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color: white;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26);\">I teach courses on a variety of subjects, but all deal in some way with the interplay of power, culture, identity formations and historical shifts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p style=\"color: rgb(0, 0, 0);background-color: white;\"><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26);\">My scholarship generally lands at the intersections of gender, space, and the history of the Americas. You can find my articles in\u00a0<i>The Americas,\u00a0<\/i><span>the<i>\u00a0Journal of Urban History,\u00a0<\/i>and the<i>\u00a0Journal of Transnational American Studies (<\/i><\/span>among others). My first book titled\u00a0<i>Deco Body\/Deco City: Spectacle and Modernity in Mexico City<\/i><span>\u00a0(University of Nebraska Press, 2016) looks at how new ideas about femininity and female bodies influenced urban reform in Mexico\u2019s capital city in the 1920s and 1930s<i>.\u00a0<\/i><\/span>My new project,\u00a0<i><span>Warrior Power: Dreaming, Drugs, Death and the Search for Alternate Spirituality in Mexico during the Sixties and Seventies\u00a0<\/span><\/i><span><\/span><span lang=\"CA\" style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26);\"><span>(tentative title),<\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26);\">\u00a0focuses on the interplay between the books and appeal of Carlos Castaneda, the history of anthropology, New Age sensibilities, popular imaginings of Mexico, and\u00a0<\/span><i><span><span style=\"color: rgb(85, 85, 85);\">indigenismo<\/span><\/span><\/i><span><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26);\">.<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: rgb(85, 85, 85);\"><\/span><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-asluis --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Ania Spyra <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/aspyra-lOKbU0RYg-LGa5m7U-dWL-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Ania Spyra' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:aspyra@butler.edu'>aspyra@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-aspyra'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-aspyra'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Ania Spyra\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-aspyra' role='region' aria-labledby='person-aspyra' hidden><p><p>Ania Spyra grew up in a German and Polish speaking home in Upper Silesia in Southern Poland. She received her MA in Literature and Linguistics from the University of Silesia, and her PhD in English from the University of Iowa. Dr. Spyra\u2019s research looks at the influence of migration on the language of literature. She has published articles on feminist contestations of cosmopolitanism, multilingualism and transnationalism, most recently in <em>Studies in the Novel<\/em>, <em>Contemporary Literature<\/em> and <em>Comparative Literature<\/em>. Dr. Spyra teaches a wide range of courses in Transnational and Postcolonial Literature, Translation and Creative Writing. In her commitment to Global Education, she twice directed Butler University\u2019s Global Adventures in Liberal Arts (GALA) as well as taught short term study abroad courses in Cuba, Ireland, Scotland and Australia.&nbsp;<\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-aspyra --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Kristin Swenson <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/kswenson-4kCA6rpAQ.jpeg' alt='Headshot of Kristin Swenson' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; Communication &#038; Media Studies<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:kswenson@butler.edu'>kswenson@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Brynnar Swenson <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn.butler.edu\/images\/logos\/bulldog_4cp_1-4w.png' alt='' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Associate Professor &#8211; English<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:'><\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:bswenson@butler.edu'>bswenson@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-bswenson'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-bswenson'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Brynnar Swenson\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-bswenson' role='region' aria-labledby='person-bswenson' hidden><p><p>Brynnar Swenson holds a Ph.D. from the University of Minnesota in Comparative Studies in Discourse and Society (2008). He is Associate Professor and the Director of the M.A. in English. He teaches American literature, literary theory, and cultural studies and his research focuses on literature, continental philosophy, and the history of capitalism. He is the editor of <em>Literature and the Encounter with Immanence<\/em>&nbsp;(Brill \/ Rodopi, 2017), and his essays have appeared in <em>Cultural Critique, The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era, New American Notes Online <\/em>(<em>NANO<\/em>)<em>, Letterature d&#8217;America<\/em>, and <em>The Baltic Journal of Law and Politics.<\/em><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-bswenson --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Robin Turner <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/s3.amazonaws.com\/api-profiles\/rlturne1-V10VlsqDC.jpg' alt='Headshot of Robin Turner' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor of Political Science<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-8559'>317-940-8559<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:rlturne1@butler.edu'>rlturne1@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-rlturne1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-rlturne1'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Robin Turner\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-rlturne1' role='region' aria-labledby='person-rlturne1' hidden><p><p><br><\/p>\n<p>Robin L. Turner is a Professor of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/political-science\">Political Science<\/a> and Coordinator of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/arts-sciences\/african-black-studies\/faculty\/\">African and Black Studies Minor<\/a> at Butler University in the USA and an honorary research associate of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swop.org.za\/\">Society, Work, and Politics Institute<\/a> at the University of the Witwatersrand in South Africa. Co-founder of Black Women Writing African Politics and Women of Color in Comparative Politics, Dr. Turner also served as the founding director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/academics\/core\/\" title=\"&lt;span style=&quot;mso-spacerun:yes&quot;&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;\/span&gt;Social Justice and Diversity Butler University\nCore Curriculum\">&nbsp;Social Justice and Diversity Butler University Core Curriculum<\/a> requirement from 2017 to 2019 and as Chair of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/political-science\" title=\"&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;7v2gt-1-0&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;Department of Political Science&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\">Department of Political Science<\/a> and Director of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/peace-conflict\" title=\"&lt;span data-offset-key=&quot;7v2gt-3-0&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;&lt;span data-text=&quot;true&quot; style=&quot;box-sizing: inherit;&quot;&gt;Peace and Conflict Studies Program&lt;\/span&gt;&lt;\/span&gt;\">Peace and Conflict Studies Program<\/a> from 2019 to 2025. She earned a master&#8217;s degree and doctorate in political science at the University of California, Berkeley and a masters degree in social science (African politics) from the University of Cape Town (South Africa). Her research, writing, and teaching span multiple fields, including political science, gender studies, African studies, development studies, tourism studies, political ecology, and geography.<br>\n<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Turner&#8217;s research focuses principally on how public policies shape rural political economies, influence identities, and affect people\u2019s behavior in southern Africa. She uses interviews, ethnography, and archival research to examine the interplay between state policies and local practices over time and to look closely at how past and present ways of structuring property and authority shape local political economies and influence constructions of identity. She has published on topics ranging from the politics of tradition; dispossession, property, and nature tourism; and field research to decolonial pedagogy in journals including <em>Africa Spectrum<\/em>,<em> Development and Change<\/em>, <em>Journal of Modern African Studies<\/em>, <em>Peacebuilding<\/em>, and <em>Qualitative and Multi-Method Research<\/em>. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><br><\/p>\n<p>Dr. Turner teaches courses that help students better understand the perspectives, experiences, and political strategies of historically marginalized people in Africa, the United States, and elsewhere in the world. Her courses contribute to the political science major and minor, to the core curriculum, and to several interdisciplinary programs She led the the development of a<a href=\"https:\/\/www.butler.edu\/library\/collections\/digital-image-collections\/ghs-student-projects\"> new Global and Historical Studies course<\/a> centered on the question, &#8220;What is Freedom,&#8221; with grant support from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.neh.gov\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"NEH\">National Endowment for the Humanities<\/a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Her recent course offerings include:<\/p>\n<blockquote>GHS 206 Africa and the World<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>GHS 210 Freedom and Movement in the Transatlantic World&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 151 Introduction to Comparative Politics<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 245\/SW-PO 245 Politics from the Margins &nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 350 African Politics<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 351 Politics of Gender &amp; Sexuality in Africa&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 352 Comparative Political Economy&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 354 Environmental Justice&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>PO 490 Senior Seminar on Women and Politics across the World&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote><br><\/blockquote>\n<blockquote>&nbsp;<\/blockquote>\n<p><br><\/p><\/p><\/div> <!-- #acc-rlturne1 --><\/div> <!-- #accordion-group --><\/div> <!-- .directory__card --><div class='directory__card'><div class='directory__cardName'>Irune del Rio Gabiola <\/div><div class='directory__cardImage'><img class='directory__cardImg' src='https:\/\/cdn-dev.butler.edu\/igabiola-TO0INHtCJBiATUsx2-CdR-photo.jpg' alt='Headshot of Irune del Rio Gabiola' \/><\/div><div class=\"directory__cardContent\"><div class=\"directory__cardTitle\"><strong>Professor &#8211; Spanish<\/strong><\/div><div class='directory__cardPhone'><a href='tel:317-940-6952'>317-940-6952<\/a><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardEmail'><a href='mailto:igabiola@butler.edu'>igabiola@butler.edu<\/a><\/div><\/div><div id='accordion-group' class='accordion'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<button id='person-igabiola'\n\t\t\t\t\t\ttype='button' class='button-link-right directory__cardMoreButton accordion-trigger'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-controls='acc-igabiola'\n\t\t\t\t\t\taria-expanded='false' >\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMore About Irune del Rio Gabiola\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class='directory__cardBio accordion-panel' id='acc-igabiola' role='region' aria-labledby='person-igabiola' hidden><p><p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A native from Bilbao (Basque Country), I moved to the US in 2000 to pursue graduate studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. While I was growing up, I lived in France and Belgium which introduced me to different cultures and languages. From this exposure, I decided to study Latin American and Caribbean cultures while familiarizing myself with feminisms, queer studies, postcolonial and transatlantic studies.<\/p>\n<p>Over my twelve years at Butler, I have developed numerous original courses including \u201cWomen on the Road: Representations on Women\u2019s Migrations in Hispanic Cultures\u201d, \u201cSlavery in the New World\u201d, \u201cRevisiting History through Film\u201d, or \u201cThe Role of Sports in the Construction of Gender, Sexuality, Race and National Identity\u201d, \u201cWomen Going Green: Tales of Toxic Environment and Corporate Waste\u201d among many others. These courses inform my students\u2019 intellectual curiosity and expose them to a multiplicity of perspectives on identity, critical thinking, and sociocultural awareness. I am fortunate to work at a University where I can expand my desire to always learn new material through teaching courses that I am passionate about, and connecting them with research. Similarly, I have been able to intersect teaching interests with my research agenda on alternative family and nation formations in the Caribbean; what led to the publication of my first book.<\/p>\n<p>Likewise, my area of research has been extended due to the flexibility offered by Butler to study new regions and topics of inquiry through Study Abroad programs, and instructional and research grants. My second books explores affect theory, ecofeminisms, intersectional struggles, and social activisms in Honduras, Central America. 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