Advisory Board

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