Faculty & Staff

• Joel O. Conarroe Professor of Classics

• Dana Professor of German Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

• Germany
• Holocaust
• Literary Translation

• Chair & Professor of Russian Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

• Russian Literature
• Russia & the West
• Eighteenth-Century Studies

• Assistant Dean for Curricular Innovation | Chair & Professor of French & Francophone Studies

• Chair & Professor of Arab Studies

• Chair & Professor of Hispanic Studies | Vice Chair of the Faculty, pro tem | Director of Davidson in Madrid

Primary Areas of Expertise

• Literature and Culture of Contemporary Spain
• Literary Translation
• Memory Studies

• Professor of English

• Douglas Houchens Professor of English

Primary Areas of Expertise

• Contemporary Literature
• The Arts

• Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Primary Areas of Expertise

• Shi’i Islam
• Islam in South Asia
• Islamic thought, ethics, and spirituality