The FHI Advisory Board meets three times yearly to provide expertise, counsel, and ideas for the operations and programs of the Institute.
Updated Fall 2022
Anne Allison
Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Paul A. Baker
Professor of Earth & Climate Sciences, Nicholas School of Environment (Co-Director, Amazon Lab)
James Chappel
Gilhuly Family Associate Professor of History (Executive Committee Member, Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI)
Saskia Cornes
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Franklin Humanities Institute
Program Director, Duke Campus Farm
Michaeline Crichlow
Professor of African and African American Studies (Co-convener, The Entanglement Project)
Wesley Hogan
Research Professor, Franklin Humanities Institute
Shambhavi Kaul
Associate Professor of the Practice of Art, Art History & Visual Studies
Jennifer Knust
Professor of Religious Studies (Co-Director, Manuscript Migration Lab)
Anne-Maria Makhulu
Associate Professor of Cultural Anthropology and African and African American Studies
Jocelyn Olcott
Professor of History; International and Comparative Studies; Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies (GSF)
Richard J. Powell
John Spencer Bassett Distinguished Professor of Art and Art History (Co-Director, From Slavery to Freedom Lab)
Henry Pickford
Associate Professor of German & Philosophy
Julianne Werlin
Bacca Foundation Assistant Professor of Rhetoric, Culture and Society, Department of English
Yun Emily Wang
Assistant Professor of Music and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
Ex Officio
William Johnson
Dean of Humanities; Professor of Classical Studies