Affiliate Faculty

Shawn Leigh Alexander

Professor & Chair, African and African-American Studies
Director, Langston Hughes Center

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Hala O. Altamimi

Assistant Professor, School of Public Affairs & Administration

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Brian Atkinson

Curator-in-Charge, Paleobotany Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Katie Batza

Associate Professor & Chair, Women, Gender & Sexuality Studies

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K. Christopher Beard

Senior Curator, Vertebrate Paleontology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
Foundation Distinguished Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Henry Bial

Chair & Professor, Dept. of Theatre & Dance

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Kent Blansett

Langston Hughes Associate Professor, Indigenous Studies & History

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Josh Bolick

Head, Shulenburger Office of Scholarly Communication & Copyright, KU Libraries

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Will Bruce

Assistant Professor & Departmental Study Abroad Coordinator, Classics

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Emily C. Casey

Hall Assistant Professor of American Art and Culture

she/they

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Ryan Clasby

Curator of Global Indigenous Art & Lifeways, Spencer Museum of Art

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Jocelyn Colella

Assistant Curator, Mammals Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
Robert W. and Geraldine Wilson Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Phil Cunningham

Curator, Kansas Collection, Spencer Research Library

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Lucas DeCicco

Collection Manager, Ornithology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Susan Earle

Curator of European & American Art, Spencer Museum of Art

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Kris Ercums

Curator, Global Contemporary & Asian Art, Spencer Museum of Art

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Sofia Galarza Liu

Head of Collection Management, Spencer Museum of Art

she/her/ella

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Heather Getha-Taylor

Professor, School of Public Affairs & Administration

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Rich Glor

Associate Curator, Herpetology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
Associate Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Ted Goebel

Professor, Anthropology

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Tiffany González

Assistant Professor, History

she/her/hers

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Kelly E. Graf

Professor, Anthropology

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Jonathan Hagel

Assistant Teaching Professor, History

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Marike Janzen

Associate Professor, Slavic, German & Eurasian Studies

she/her/hers

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Kara Kelly

Collection Manager, Archaeology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Bruce S. Lieberman

Senior Curator, Invertebrate Paleontology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Natalia López Carranza

Collection Manager, Invertebrate Paleontology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Elizabeth MacGonagle

Associate Professor, History and African & African American Studies
Associate Chair, History

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Araceli Masterson-Algar

Associate Professor, American Studies and Spanish & Portuguese
Latinx Studies Minor Coordinator, American Studies

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Kate Meyer

Curator, Works on Paper, Spencer Museum of Art

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Andrea Meyertholen

Associate Professor, Slavic, German & Eurasian Studies

she/her/hers

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Laura Mohr

Exhibits Developer, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Emily Monty

Judith Harris Murphy Assistant Professor of Early Modern European Art, History of Art

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Ana Motta

Collection Manager, Herpetology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Robert Glen Moyle

Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Senior Curator, Ornithology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Elaine Marie Nelson

Assistant Professor, History
Executive Director, Western History Association

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Lauren Norman

Assistant Professor, Anthropology

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Town Peterson

Senior Curator, Ornithology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum
University Distinguished Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Brian Rosenblum

Head, Center for Faculty Initiatives and Engagement, KU Libraries
Co-director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities

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Emily Ryan

Director, The Commons
Co-facilitator, Health Humanities & Arts Research Collaborative

she/her/hers

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Lori Schlenker

Assistant Director of Collections & Facilities, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Rudolph Serbet

Collection Manager, Paleobotany Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Carlton Shield Chief Gover

Assistant Professor, Anthropology
Assistant Curator, Archaeology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Kapila Silva

Professor, School of Architecture & Design
Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging, School of Architecture & Design

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Megan Sims

Collection Manager, Vertebrate Paleontology Division, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Deborah Smith

Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

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Jorge Soberón

University Distinguished Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Senior Scientist, Biodiversity Modeling & Policy, Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

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Phil Stinson

Associate Professor, Classics
Curator & Director, Wilcox Classical Museum

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Celka Straughn

Deputy Director for Public Practice, Curatorial and Research, Andrew W. Mellon Director of Academic Programs, Spencer Museum of Art

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Rachel Straughn-Navarro

School and Educator Engagement Coordinator, Spencer Museum of Art

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Dave Tell

Professor, Communication Studies
Co-director, Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities

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Ninel Valderrama Negrón

Assistant Professor, Spanish & Portuguese

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Kristina Walker

Director of Education & Interpretation, Spencer Museum of Art

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James Yékú

Associate Professor, African & African American Studies

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Anna Yonas

Assistant Professor, Curriculum & Teaching, School of Education & Human Sciences
Secondary History & Government Program Coordinator, Dept. of Curriculum & Teaching

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