The FHI Advisory Board meets three times yearly to provide expertise, counsel, and ideas for the operations and programs of the Institute.
Updated August 2017
Holly Ackerman
Librarian for Latin American, Iberian and Latino/a Studies
Edna Andrews
Nancy and Jeffrey Marcus Humanities Professor of Slavic and Eurasian Studies
Sarah Beckwith
Katherine Everett Gilbert Professor and Chair of English
Professor of Theater Studies
David Bell
Professor of French Studies
Saskia Cornes
Assistant Professor of the Practice, Franklin Humanities Institute
Farm and Program Manager, Duke Campus Farm
Thomas F. DeFrantz
Professor of African & African American Studies and Dance
Laurent Dubois
Professor of Romance Studies and History
Director, Forum for Scholars & Publics
Stefani Engelstein
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literature
Wesley Hogan
Research Professor, Franklin Humanities Institute
Director, Center for Documentary Studies
Ranjana Khanna
Professor of English; Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; Literature
FHI Director-designate (term beginning January 1, 2017)
David Morgan
Professor and Chair of Religious Studies
Charles D. Piot
Professor of Cultural Anthropology
Suzanne Shanahan
Associate Research Professor of Sociology
Director, the Kenan Institute for Ethics
Joshua Sosin
Associate Professor of Classical Studies and History
Carlos Rojas
Professor of Chinese Cultural Studies; Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies; Arts of the Moving Image
Co-Director, FHI Story Lab
Philip Rupprecht
Professor and Chair of Music
Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Chauncey Stillman Professor in Practical Ethics, Department of Philosophy & Kenan Institute for Ethics
Kearsley (Karrie) Stewart
Associate Professor of the Practice of Global Health
Victoria Szabo
Associate Research Professor of Visual and Media Studies
Director, Information Science + Studies
Director, FHI Digital Humanities Initiative; Co-Director, PhD Lab in Digital Knowledge
Priscilla Wald
R. Florence Brinkley Professor of English
Director, Program in Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies
Erika Weinthal
Lee Hill Snowdon Professor of Environmental Policy
Associate Dean for International Programs
Nicholas School of the Environment
Faculty Executive Committee Member, Duke Human Rights Center @ FHI
Gennifer Weisenfeld (ex-officio)
Dean of Humanities
Professor of Art, Art History and Visual Studies
