Arts and Humanities: Faculty Experts: For Journalists

Ibrahim N. Abusharif

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Northwestern University in Qatar

Associate Professor

Focus Areas: Arabic Culture and Politics, Digital Media, Journalism Industry, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics, Political Reporting, Print Media

Katherine R Amato

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Anthropology

Field: Anthropology, Environmental Studies, Gastroenterology, Human Biology, Molecular Biosciences

Focus Areas: Ecology, Health Disparities, Human Evolution, Infant Health, Life Sciences, Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases, Physiology

Richard Ashley

Bienen School of Music

Associate Professor of Music Theory and Cognition

Field: Music

Focus Areas: Music Theory and Composition, Performing Arts

Kathleen Belew

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of History

Field: History

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Hate Crimes, National Security, U.S. History, Violent Crime

Dr. Borna Bonakdarpour

Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Neurology

Field: Aging, Communications, Music, Neurology

Focus Areas: Behavior Change, Communication Skills, Improvisation , Medical Imaging, Mental Health, Music Theory and Composition, Neurobiology, Neurodegenerative Disease, Neuroscience, Telemedicine

Sherwin K. Bryant

Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Black Studies and History

Field: History

Focus Areas: African American Studies, Latinx Culture and Politics, Legal and judicial ethics, Slavery and Abolitionism

Helen Callus

Bienen School of Music

Professor, Viola

Field: Music

Focus Areas: Classical Music, Performance Anxiety, Stringed Instruments

David Catlin

School of Communication

Associate Professor of Instruction, Department of Theatre

Field: Theatre

Focus Areas: Acting, Directing

Aymar Jean “A.J.” Christian

School of Communication

Associate professor of communication studies, radio/television/film

Field: Film

Focus Areas: Digital Media, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Entertainment Industry

Rifka Cook

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Instruction

Field: Languages and Cultural Studies

Focus Areas: Jewish Studies, Spanish Language

Lisa Graziose Corrin

Block Museum of Art

Ellen Philips Katz Director

Field: Visual Arts

Focus Areas: Art History, Cultural Heritage, Curation and Museum Studies

Tracy C. Davis

School of Communication, Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Ethel M. Barber Professor of Performing Arts

Field: Literature, Theatre

Focus Areas: Curation and Museum Studies, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Gender Diversity and Equality, Performing Arts, Research Methods, Social Activism

Jillana B. Enteen

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of Instruction

Field: Communications, Global Health, Languages and Cultural Studies, Literature, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Community Development, Gender Diversity and Equality, Gender Identity, Globalization, Human Rights, Inequality, Intersectionality, LGBTQ Health, Social Media

James Giles

Bienen School of Music

Professor, Piano

Field: Music

Focus Areas: Classical Music, Performing Arts, Piano

Henry Godinez

School of Communication

Professor of Theatre

Field: Theatre

Focus Areas: Acting, Directing, Latinx Culture and Politics

Kyle Henry

School of Communication

Associate Professor of Film Production

Field: Documentary, Film

Focus Areas: Acting, Digital Media, Directing

Hans Jørgen Jensen

Bienen School of Music

Professor of Cello

Field: Music

Focus Areas: Conducting, Music Education, Performing Arts, Stringed Instruments

Dr. Debra B. Kerr

Northwestern University School of Professional Studies

Adjunct Lecturer

Field: Management and Organizations, Visual Arts

Focus Areas: Curation and Museum Studies, Visual Arts

Doug Kiel

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Assistant Professor, Department of History and Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities

Field: History, Legal History

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Colonialism, Curation and Museum Studies, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Indigenous Culture, Race and Ethnicity, Social Activism

Elena Lanza

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of Instruction

Field: Languages and Cultural Studies

Focus Areas: Language Learning and Processing, Spanish Language, Teacher Development

Jon H. Marshall

Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communications

Clinical Associate Professor

Field: History, Journalism

Focus Areas: American Culture and Politics, Investigative Reporting, Journalism Industry

Kate Masur

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of History

Field: History

Focus Areas: African American Studies, Civil Rights, Race and Ethnicity, U.S. History, U.S. Political Elections

Joel Mokyr

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Robert H. Strotz Professor of Arts and Sciences and Professor of Economics and History

Field: Economics, History

Focus Areas: Industrial Organizations and Economics, Innovation

Elie Rekhess

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Crown Visiting Professor in Israel Studies

Field: History, Political Science and Foreign Affairs

Focus Areas: Arabic Culture and Politics, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Jewish Studies, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics

Regina Schwartz

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Professor of English

Field: Literature, Religion

Focus Areas: Social Justice

Anna D. Shapiro

School of Communication

Professor, Marjorie Hoffman Hagan, Class of 1934, Chair of Theatre

Field: Theatre

Focus Areas: Directing, Musical Theater

David Shyovitz

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of History

Field: History, Religion

Focus Areas: Jewish Studies

Elizabeth Son

School of Communication

Associate Professor of Theatre

Field: Theatre

Focus Areas: Gender Diversity and Equality, Performing Arts, Social Activism

Hans Thomalla

Bienen School of Music

Professor of Composition and Music Technology

Field: Music

Focus Areas: Chamber Music, Music Theory and Composition, Opera, Orchestra

Erica Weitzman

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of German

Field: Languages and Cultural Studies, Literature

Focus Areas: Comedy, European Culture and Politics, Language Learning and Processing

Zachary Valentine Wright

Northwestern University in Qatar

Professor of Liberal Arts (History and Religious Studies)

Field: History, Religion

Focus Areas: African Culture and Politics, Arabic Culture and Politics, Middle Eastern Culture and Politics

Ji-Yeon Yuh

Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences

Associate Professor of History

Field: History

Focus Areas: Immigration, Race and Ethnicity, U.S. History

Mary Zimmerman

School of Communication

Professor, Jaharis Family Foundation Chair in Performance

Field: Theatre

Focus Areas: Directing, Opera, Performing Arts