Faculty & Staff

Assistant Professor of Archaeology

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Office Location
427 Rush Rhees
Telephone
(585) 275-5378
Peter Christensen

Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities

Professor of Art and Art History

Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences

Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director, Humanities Center

Director, Andrew W. Mellon Program in the Digital Humanities

Office Location
212C Rush Rhees Library
Telephone
(585) 276-7173
Web Address

Interests: 19th and 20th century architectural history, particularly Europe and North America’s international engagement with the Islamic world; history and aesthetics of infrastructure and industry; historicism; cartography and architecture; critical digital humanities

Elizabeth Colantoni

Associate Professor of Classics

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Office Location
429 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone
(585) 275-9360
Web Address

Interests: Roman, Italic, and Etruscan Art and Archaeology; Roman religion; early Rome

Nicholas Gresens

Associate Professor of Instruction, Classics

Office Location
435 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone
(585) 275-5112

Interests: Latin and Greek Language; Imperial Greek Prose; Ancient Geography, Topography, and Historiograpy

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Professor of History

Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project

Office Location
455 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone
(585) 275-4558
Web Address

Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History

John Lambropoulos

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Materials Science

Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics

Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)

Materials Science Graduate Recruiting Committee

Office Location
216 Hopeman

Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth

Renato Perucchio

Chair, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering

Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering

Program Director, Archaeology, Technology, and Historical Structures

Office Location
236 and 415 Hopeman
Telephone
(585) 275-4071

Interests: Computational solid and structural mechanics; Engineering practices in Classical Antiquity

Nora Rubel

Jane and Alan Batkin Professor in Jewish Studies

Associate Professor of Religion

Chair, Department of Religion and Classics

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Office Location
438 Rush Rhees Library
Telephone
(585) 275-7215

Interests: American Religion; Race and Ethnicity; Religion and Foodways

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Professor of History

Office Location
369A Rush Rhees Library

Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy