HSS Humanities Center: Who We Are

The HSS Humanities Center (HSSHC) emerged directly from conversations with faculty, especially conversations held during the College’s active listening sessions in Fall 2022. These discussions identified some key priorities for faculty, including the vital importance of a scholarly culture of human-centered learning and discovery, and the need for a diverse suite of programming and resources to support researchers’ professional development at every career stage. This faculty-driven HSS Humanities Center focuses its efforts on advancing these two priorities.

The HSS Humanities Center is led by a team of humanities faculty members:

Chris Barrett

Acting Director

HSS Dean’s Fellow, Associate Professor, Department of English

Sarah Franzen

Advisory Board Member

Assistant Professor, Department of Geography & Anthropology

Susan Grunewald

Advisory Board Member

Assistant Professor, Department of History

Benjamin Kahan

Advisory Board Member

Director, Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies; Herbert Huey McElveen Professor of English, and Professor in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies

Michael Pasquier

Advisory Board Member

Associate Dean, College of Humanities & Social Sciences; Jaak Seynaeve Professor of Christian Studies, Department of Philosophy & Religious Studies and the Department of History

Chris Rovee

Advisory Board Member

Robert Penn Warren Professor , Department of English

To learn more about the HSSHC, or for questions, write Chris Barrett via email at [email protected].