Department of Humanities
Faculty
Wanda Torres Gregory, Professor of Philosophy and Chair of the Department of Humanities
Renée Bergland, Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Literature and Writing
Stephen Berry, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of History
Dánisa Bonacic, Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director of Applied Spanish
Yunxin Li, Assistant Professor and Interim Graduate Program Director of History
Diane Grossman, Professor of Philosophy and Graduate Program Director of Gender and Cultural Studies
Cathryn M. Mercier, Professor and Graduate Program Director of Children's Literature
Jamie Lee Andreson, Assistant Professor of History
Shelley Isaacson, Assistant Teaching Professor of Children's Literature
Colleen Kiely, Professor of Art (on leave 2025-2026)
Sarah L. Leonard, Associate Professor of History (on leave 2025-2026)
Katherine Magyarody, Assistant Teaching Professor of Children's Literature
Arlene Ovalle-Child, Assistant Teaching Professor of Applied Spanish
Loretta Park, Assistant Teaching Professor of Art and Director, Trustman Art Gallery
Cait Parker, Assistant Teaching Professor of History
Amy Pattee, Professor of Children's Literature and Library & Information Science
Farooz Rather, Associate Professor of Practice of Literature and Writing
Patrick Sylvain, Assistant Professor of Literature and Writing
Overview
The Department of Humanities is committed to connecting students with the enduring value of the humanities — the study of human cultural expressions in art, history, languages, literatures, writing, and philosophy across the globe.
In addition to learning the humanistic skills of critical thinking, reading, writing, and speaking, students will develop an appreciation of the diversity of social, cultural, moral, and aesthetic values in human experience. A humanities-based education provides students with multiple career capabilities that are vital for our increasingly complex world.