2005 - 2006 A&S Faculty Search Committees and Members

Updated Oct 25th, 2005

Introduction

A search committee is formed for each faculty recruitment effort undertaken by a department or program. Committees are typically comprised of full time department tenure and tenure track faculty, although in the case of small departments, or interdisciplinary hires, faculty from other units may be included.  Departments may also choose to invite a student representative to participate in the review process.


Anthropology

Joint with Museum Studies
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Bruce Altshuler Museum Studies Chair
Thomas Beidelman Anthropology
Arlene Davila American Studies
Faye Ginsburg Center for Religion and Media
Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett TSOA/Performance Studies

Biology

Center for Comparative Functional Genomics (2-3 Positions)
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Gloria Coruzzi Biology Chair
Nikolaus Rajewsky Biology
Richard Bonneau Biology
Patrick Eichenberger Biology
Guenther Stotzky Biology
Mark Siegal Biology
Stephen Small Biology
Kenneth Birnbaum Biology
Fabio Piano Biology
David Fitch Biology
Carol Reiss Biology
Claude Desplan Biology

Biology

Open
Rank: @P/AP
Name Department Position
Gloria Coruzzi Biology Chair
Nikolaus Rajewsky Biology
Richard Bonneau Biology
Patrick Eichenberger Biology
Guenther Stotzky Biology
Mark Siegal Biology
Stephen Small Biology
Kenneth Birnbaum Biology
Fabio Piano Biology
David Fitch Biology
Carol Reiss Biology
Claude Desplan Biology

Comparative Literature

Transcultural Literary Studies
Rank: @P/AP

Name Department Position
Xudong Zhang Comparative Literature Chair
Mark Sanders Comparative Literature
Timothy Reiss Comparative Literature
Sibylle Fischer Spanish & Portuguese

Comparative Literature

Enlightenment Era
Rank: @P/AP
Name Department Position
Daniel Javitch Comparative Literature Chair
Mikhail Iampolski Comparative Literature
Richard Sieburth Comparative Literature
Joy Connolly Classics

Comparative Literature

Modern Arabic Search (Joint with MEIS)
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Philip Kennedy MEIS Chair
Zachary Lockman MEIS
Mona Mikhail MEIS
Ana Dopico Comparative Literature
Timothy Reiss Comparative Literature

Creative Writing Program

Senior Poet
Rank: P
Name Department Position
Sharon Olds English Chair
E.L. Doctorow English
Paule Marshall English
Una Chaudhuri English
Sylvia Molloy Spanish & Portuguese
Melissa Hammerle CWP

East Asian Studies

Chinese Studies
Rank: @P/AP
Name Department Position
Rebecca Karl East Asian Studies Chair
Mitsuhiro Yoshimoto East Asian Studies
Xudong Zhang East Asian Studies/Comp. Lit
Angela Zito Anthropology

Economics

Senior Recruitment
Rank: Open
Name Department Position
Andrew Caplin Economics Chair
Jonathan Eaton Economics
Raquel Fernandez Economics
John Leahy Economics
Debraj Ray Economics
Douglas Gale Economics
Mark Gertler (ex officio) Economics
Alessandro Lizzeri Economics
Tom Sargent Economics

Economics

Junior Recruitment
Rank: Open
Name Department Position
John Leahy Economics Chair
Alberto Bisin Economics
Christopher Flinn Economics
Boyan Jovanovic Economics
Sydney Ludvigson Economics

English

American Literature
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Martin Harries English Chair
Una Chaudhuri English
Phillip Harper American Studies
Elizabeth McHenry English
Bryan Waterman English

English

Open Area (1-3 positions)
Rank: AP/P
Name Department Position
Una Chaudhuri English Chair
Mary Carruthers English
Phillip Harper American Studies
John Guillory English
Mary Poovey IHPK
Cyrus Patell English

English

Medieval English Literature
Rank: AP/P
Name Department Position
John Maynard English Chair
Carolyn Dinshaw English
Martha Rust English
John Guillory English
Haruko Momma English

English

Anglophone
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Robert Young English Chair
Jeffrey Spear English
Emily Apter French
Elaine Freedgood English
Sukhdev Sandhu English

German

German
Rank: AP
Name Department Position
TBA TBA TBA

History

Modern South Asia
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Manu Goswami History Chair
Molly Nolan History
John Shovlin History
Sinclair Thomson History

History

Political Economy/Globalization
Rank: Open
Name Department Position
Molly Nolan History Chair
Zvi Benite Ben-Dor History
Manu Goswami History
Walter Johnson History

History

Byzantine History (joint with Onassis)
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Katy Fleming History Chair
Lina Theodoratou Onassis Program
Brigitte Bedos-Rezak History

History

Colonial or Modern Brazil
Rank: Open
Name Department Position
Ada Ferrer History Chair
Greg Grandin History
Barbara Krauthamer History
Yuko Miki ???
Jeffrey Sammons History
Sinclair Thomson History

History

Europe and the World from Antiquity
Rank: Open
Name Department Position
Brigitte Bedos-Rezak History Co-Chair
Yanni Kotsonis History Co-Chair
Karl Appuhn History
Khaled Fahmy MEIS
Joanna Waley-Cohen History

Institute of French Studies

French Colonialism
Rank: @P/FF
Name Department Position
Emmanuelle Saada Institute of French Studies Chair
Edward Berenson Institute of French Studies
Herrick Chapman Institute of French Studies

Institute for Law and Society

Joint with an Arts & Science Department
Rank: AP/P
Name Department Position
TBA TBA TBA

Italian

Tiro a Segno
Rank: VP
Name Department Position
Ruth Ben-Ghiat Italian Chair
Stefano Albertini Italian
Josephine Hendin Italian

Italian

Modern Literature (19th Century to Present)
Rank: @P/AP
Name Department Position
Ruth Ben-Ghiat Italian Chair
Virginia Cox Italian
Jane Tylus Italian

Linguistics

Phonology
Rank: @P/AP
Name Department Position
John Singler Linguistics Chair
TBA TBA TBA

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Islamic History
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Khaled Fahmy MEIS Chair
Marion Katz MEIS
Robert McChesney MEIS
Zachary Lockman MEIS
Zvi Benite Ben-Dor History

Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies

Modern Arabic Literature (Joint w/ Comp Lit)
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Philip Kennedy MEIS Chair
Zachary Lockman MEIS
Mona Mikhail MEIS
Ana Dopico Comparative Literature
Timothy Reiss Comparative Literature

Music

Ethnomusicologist
Rank: @P
Name Department Position
Position
TBA TBA TBA

Psychology

Cognitive
Rank: Open

Name Department Position
Greg Murphy Psychology Chair
Gary Marcus Psychology
Bob Rehder Psychology
Gabriele Oettingen Psychology

Psychology

Developmental
Rank: Open

Name Department Position
Karen Adolph Psychology Chair
Scott Johnson Psychology
Michael Landy Psychology
Jim Uleman Psychology

Psychology

Social
Rank: Open

Name Department Position
Peter Gollwitzer Psychology Chair
Susan Andersen Psychology
John Jost Psychology
Brain McElree Psychology

Sociology

Statistical/Methodological
Rank: @P/AP

Name Department Position
Lawrence Wu Sociology Chair
Neil Brenner Sociology
Ann Morning Sociology
Harvey Molotch Sociology
Guillermina Jasso Sociology
David Schleifer Sociology Student Representative

Sociology

Substantive Areas (1-2 positions)
Rank: @P/AP

Name Department Position
Lawrence Wu Sociology Chair
Neil Brenner Sociology
Ann Morning Sociology
Harvey Molotch Sociology
Guillermina Jasso Sociology
David Schleifer Sociology Student Representative

Social and Cultural Analysis

Transnational Feminism
Rank: @P/AP

Name Department Position
Lisa Duggan American Studies Chair
Don Kulick Anthropology/SCA
Jennifer Morgan Africana Studies
Crystal Parikh American Studies
Karen Shimakawa Tisch/Performance Studies

Social and Cultural Analysis

Latino Studies - 2 Positions
Rank: @P/AP; AP/P

Name Department Position
Mary Louise Pratt Spanish & Portuguese Chair
Marcelo Suarez-Orozco Steinhart
Christina Rodriguez Law
Angela Dillard Gallatin
Andrew Ross American Studies

Updated on 05/08/2008