Our Faculty

Our faculty members are dedicated teachers and scholars who are active participants in the ASPECT program and its thriving intellectual life. Click on the tabs below for a list of ASPECT's faculty members.

Core Faculty

Danna Agmon	Assistant Professor	412 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8307	dagmon@vt.edu
Mauro Caraccioli	Assistant Professor	531 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5681	mauroj@vt.edu
François Debrix	Professor and Director of ASPECT	202 Major Williams Hall	540-231-0694	fdebrix@vt.edu
Bettina Koch	Associate Professor	507 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5766	bkoch@vt.edu
Michael Moehler	Associate Professor	229 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7543	moehler@vt.edu
Rachel M. Scott	Associate Professor	203 Major Williams Hall	540-231-4848	rmscott@vt.edu
Brett L. Shadle	Professor	428 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8362	shadle@vt.edu

Affiliate Faculty

A-H

Danna Agmon	Assistant Professor	412 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8307	dagmon@vt.edu
Onwubiko Agozino	Professor	526B McBryde Hall	540-231-7699	agozino@vt.edu
Aaron Ansell	Associate Professor	112 Lane Hall	540-231-0491	aansell@vt.edu
Clair Apodaca	Associate Professor	525 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5310	apodaca@vt.edu
Paul C. Avey	Assistant Professor	513 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6814	pcavey@vt.edu
Mark V. Barrow, Jr.	Professor	431 Major Williams Hall	540-231-4099	barrow@vt.edu
France Bélanger	Professor	3009 Pamplin Hall	540-231-6720	belanger@vt.edu
Gabriel Blouin-Genest	Assistant Professor	220 Stanger St	540-231-7665	gblouin@vt.edu
Daniel Breslau	Associate Professor	235 Lane Hall	540-231-8472	dbreslau@vt.edu
Ryan C. Briggs	Assistant Professor	528 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5491	ryancbriggs@vt.edu
Brian Britt	Professor	111 Lane Hall	540-231-5118	bbritt@vt.edu
David L. Brunsma	Professor	560 McBryde Hall (0137)	540-231-8723	brunsmad@vt.edu
C.L. Bohannon	Assistant Professor	120E Burruss Hal	540-231-9866	cl@vt.edu
Mauro Caraccioli	Assistant Professor	531 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6571	mauroj@vt.edu
Nicholas Copeland	Assistant Professor	524 McBryde Hall	540-231-2768	ncopel@vt.edu
Cara Daggett	Assistant Professor	510 Major Williams Hall	540-231-	cdaggett@vt.edu
François Debrix	Professor and Director of ASPECT	202 Major Williams Hall	540-231-0694	fdebrix@vt.edu
Priya Dixit	Associate Professor	511 McBryde Hall	540-231-5323	pdixit@vt.edu
A. Roger Ekirch	Professor	437 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8381	arekrich@vt.edu
Tom Ewing	Professor and Associate Dean	260D Wallace Hall	540-231-3212	etewing@vt.edu
Jessica Folkart	Professor	323 Major Williams Hall	540-231-9076	jfolkart@vt.edu
Matthew R. Gabriele	Associate Professor	1319 East Ambler Johnston Hall	540-231-2207	mgabriele@vt.edu
Thomas Gardner	Alumni Distinguished Professor	417 Shanks Hall	540-231-6901	tom.gardner@vt.edu
Jim Garrison	Professor	400B War Memorial Hall	540-231-8331	wesley@vt.edu
Edward J. K. Gitre	Assistant Professor	432 Major Williams Hall	540-231-1722	egitre@vt.edu
Carmen Gitre	Assistant Professor	411 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5216	cgitre@vt.edu
Nicholas Goedert	Assistant Professor	512 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7665	ngoedert@vt.edu
Heather Gumbert	Associate Professor	406 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8378	hgumbert@vt.edu
Anthony K. Harrison	Associate Professor, Gloria D. Smith Professor of Africana Studies	678 McBryde Hall	540-231-4519	kwame@vt.edu
Bernice Hausman	Edward S. Diggs Professor in the Humanities	206 Shanks Hall	540-231-5076	bhausman@vt.edu
Matthew Heaton	Associate Professor	409 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8361	mheaton@vt.edu
Rebecca Hester	Assistant Professor	235 Lane Hall	540-231-8359	rjhester@vt.edu
Karen Hult	Professor and Chair of Political Science	531D Major Williams Hall	540-231-5836	khult@vt.edu

I-R

Benjamin Jantzen	Assistant Professor	226 Major Williams Hall	540-231-1766	bjantzen@vt.edu
Eric Jardine	Assistant Professor	508 Major Williams Hall	540-232-8681	ejardine@vt.edu
Caitlin E. Jewitt	Assistant Professor	522 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7544	cjewitt@vt.edu
Sylvester Johnson	Professor and Director of the Center for the Humanities	315 Lane Hall	540-231-9120	saj240@vt.edu
Sharon P. Johnson	Associate Professor	317 Major Williams Hall	540-231-9859	spjohnson@vt.edu
Jason P. Kelly	Assistant Professor	517 Major Williams Hall	540-231-2839	jpkelly@vt.edu
James C. Klagge	Professor	229 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8487	jklagge@vt.edu
Bettina Koch	Associate Professor	507 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5766	bkoch@vt.edu
Christine Labuski	Assistant Professor	518 McBryde Hall	540-231-2765	chrislab@vt.edu
Robert (Bob) Leonard	Professor	320 Henderson Hall	540-231-9299	bob.leonard@vt.edu
Douglas Lind	Professor	229 Major Williams Hall	540-231-0639	lind1279@vt.edu
Ilja A. Luciak	Professor	521 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5246	iluciak@vt.edu
Timothy W. Luke	University Distinguished Professor	539 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6633	twluke@vt.edu
Michael Moehler	Associate Professor	229 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7543	moehler@vt.edu
Marian Mollin	Associate Professor	419 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8367	mmollin@vt.edu
Wayne D. Moore	Associate Professor	505 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5478	wmoore@vt.edu
Scott G. Nelson	Associate Professor	519 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5629	scnelson@vt.edu
Amy Nelson	Associate Professor	419 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8369	anelson@vt.edu
Zhange Ni	Associate Professor	204 Major Williams Hall	540-231-1823	nizhange@vt.edu
Patricia Nickel	Associate Professor	Architecture Annex	540-231-3549	nickel@vt.edu
Philip Olson	Assistant Professor	333 Lane Hall	540-231-1119	prolson@vt.edu
Lydia Patton	Associate Professor	231 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8489	critique@vt.edu
Joseph C. Pitt	Professor	237 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5760	jcpitt@vt.edu
Luke P. Plotica	Assistant Professor	526 Major Williams Hall	540-231-7614	luke.plotica@vt.edu
Paulo Polanah	Associate Professor	670 McBryde Hall	540-231-5650	ppolanah@vt.edu
Katrina M Powell	Director, Women's and Gender Studies	507 McBryde Hall	540-231-5923	kmpowell@vt.edu
Karl Precoda	Advanced Instructor	251-D Henderson Hall	540-231-6486	karlp@vt.edu
Anita M. Puckett	Associate Professor	133 Lane Hall	540-231-9526	apuckett@vt.edu
Besnik Pula	Assistant Professor	524 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8475	bpula@vt.edu
Patrick Roberts	Associate Professor	1021 Prince Street		robertsp@vt.edu
John Ryan	Professor and Chair	560 McBryde Hall	540-231-9396	johnryan@vt.edu

S-Z

Michael Saffle	Professor	243 Lane Hall	540-231-6080	msaffle@vt.edu
Emily M. Satterwhite	Associate Professor	344 Lane Hall	540-231-8779	satterwhite@vt.edu
Andrew Scerri	Assistant Professor	515 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8843	ajscerri@vt.edu
Peter L. Schmitthenner	Associate Professor	321 Lane Hall	540-231-8377	pschmitt@vt.edu
Helen Schneider	Associate Professor	421 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8373	hms@vt.edu
Rachel M. Scott	Associate Professor	203 Major Williams Hall	540-231-4848	rmscott@vt.edu
Paula Seniors	Associate Professor	672 McBryde Hall	540-231-7205	mrp@vt.edu
Brett L. Shadle	Professor	428 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8362	shadle@vt.edu
Robert P. Stephens	Associate Professor	431 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6770	rosteph2@vt.edu
Max Stephenson	Professor	201 West Roanoke St.	540-231-6775	mstephen@vt.edu
Yannis Stivachtis	Associate Professor	119 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5816	ystivach@vt.edu
Gresilda Tilley-Lubbs	Associate Professor	300E War Memorial Hall	540-231-4658	glubbs@vt.edu
Gerard Toal	Professor	1021 Prince St. Alexandria, VA	703-706-8113	toalg@vt.edu
Kelly Trogdon	Assistant Professor	223 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8948	trogdon@vt.edu
Vinodh Venkatesh	Associate Professor	339 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5362	vinodhv@vt.edu
Peter Wallenstein	Professor	402 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8376	pwallens@vt.edu
Janell Watson	Professor of French	341 Major Williams Hall	540-231-9009	rjwatson@vt.edu
Edward Weisband	Edward S. Diggs Endowed Chair in the Social Sciences	501 Major Williams Hall	540-231-5298	weisband@vt.edu
Daniel Wodak	Assistant Professor	217 Major Williams Hall	540-231-8644	dwodak@vt.edu
Laura Zanotti	Associate Professor	509 Major Williams Hall	540-231-2750	lzanotti@vt.edu

Emeritus

Elizabeth Fine	Professor	202 Major Williams Hall	540-231-0698	bfine@vt.edu
Ann Laberge	Associate Professor
Richard Rich	Professor	531 Major Williams Hall	540-231-6571	rrich@vt.edu
Bob Siegle	Professor	215 Shanks Hall	540-231-7739	bob.siegle@vt.edu
Richard Shingles	Associate Professor			shingles@vt.edu
Barbara E. Smith	Professor	522 McBryde Hall	540-231-8189	smithbe@vt.edu

In Memoriam

Craig Leonard Brians

Associate Professor

202 Major Williams Hall

540-231-0698