Faculty Collective

Stephen Sheehi
Sultan Qaboos Professor of Middle East Studies
Email: [[spsheehi]]

Bickham Mendez, Jennifer
Professor of Sociology
Email: [[jbmend]]
Office: Boswell Hall 217
Office Hours: Tuesdays 1:00 - 2:30pm and Wednesdays 3:00 - 4:30pm, Zoom or in-person, but email first if you plan to attend via Zoom
Phone: 757-221-2603
Research Areas: (Im)migration, Latinx/o/a Studies, Border Studies, Gender, Race, Citizenship and Belonging, Social Movements

Compan, Magali
Associate Professor of French & Francophone Studies
Email: [[mxcomp]]

Ferrão, R. Benedito
Assistant Professor of English and Asian & Pacific Islander American Studies
Office: Tucker Hall 318
Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 2-2:50 by appointment
Zoom Office Hours: {{https://cwm.zoom.us/my/noite}}
Email: [[rbferrao]]

Konefal, Betsy
Associate Professor, History, Center for Liberal Arts Fellow, History
Office: Blair 341
Email: [[bokone]]
Regional Areas of Research: Latin America and the Caribbean
Thematic Areas of Research: Native American/Indigenous Peoples, Race and Ethnicity, Social and Labor

Melo-Vega, Mariana
Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
Office: Washington Hall 227
Phone: (757) 221-5511
Email: [[mmelovegadelap]]

Moretti-Langholtz, Danielle
Research Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Director of the American Indian Resource Center
Email: [[dmoret]]
Phone: 757.221.1112

Ferrarese, Sergio
Associate Professor of Italian Studies
Office: Washington Hall 228
Phone: (757) 221-3648
Email: [[sferrarese]]

Osiapem, Iyabo
Senior Lecturer of Africana Studies and Linguistics
Office: Boswell Hall 101B
Office Hours: Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:30-12:30 (in Boswell 101b), Wednesday 1:00-4:00 (in Blow 236) and by appointment (Fall 2023)
Phone: 757-221-3904
Email: [[ifosiapem]]

Pamment, Claire
Assistant Professor of World Theatre
Office: Boswell 320
Email: [[clpamment]]
Phone: 757-221-2670
Office Hours: Spring '24: Tuesday 12pm (Boswell 321), Wednesday 12pm (PBK 212) or by appointment

Prado, Fabrício
Associate Professor of History
Office: Blair 351
Email: [[fpprado]]
Regional Areas of Research: Atlantic World, Latin America and the Caribbean
Thematic Areas of Research: Borders and Borderlands, Comparative and Transnational, Economic History and Capitalism, Imperialism and Colonialism, Iberian Empires, Social and Labor

Prokhorov, Elena
Director of Russian and Post-Soviet Studies and Associate Professor of Russian Studies
Office: Washington Hall 232
Phone: (757) 221-2429
Email: [[evprok]]

Prokhorov, Sasha
Associate Professor of Russian
Office: Washington Hall 237
Phone: (757) 291-0907
Email: [[axprok]]

Carlos Rivera Santana (Faculty Co-Director 2021-2022)
Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies
Office: Washington Hall 315B
Phone: (757) 221-1117
Email: [[crrivera]]

Seger, Monica
Italian Studies Program Director and Associate Professor of Italian Studies
Email: [[mjseger]]

Tandeciarz, Silvia
Chair of Modern Languages & Literatures, Professor of Hispanic Studies
Office: Ewell Hall 133
Phone: (757) 221-1522
Email: [[srtand]]

Varra, Rachel
Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies and Linguistics
Office: Washington Hall 235
Phone: (757) 221-1591
Email: [[rvarra]]

Weiss, Brad
Professor of Anthropology
Office: Washington Hall 121
Phone: 757-221-1209
Email: [[blweis]]
Areas of specialization: Africa; The Anthropology of Food; The Body; Space, place, and locality; Urban transformation; Popular Culture; Socio-cultural theory; Theories of Value; Ritual and Religious Practice

Wright, Andrea
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Asian & Middle Eastern Studies
Office: Washington Hall Room 120
Appointments and office hours may be booked online: {{ https://andreawright.youcanbook.me/}} (On Leave AY 2024-2025)
Email: [[w|agwright]]
Research Interests: : Cultural anthropology, anthro-history, energy production, labor, migration, security, kinship, rights, South Asia, the Arabian Peninsula

Robin Ellis (Faculty Co-Director 2021-2022)
Assistant Professor of German Studies
Office: Washington Hall 205
Phone: (757) 221-2439
Email: [[rellis01]]