Division of Humanities

Contact Us

Caren Irr

Head, Division of the Humanities

Kevy and Hortense Kaiserman Professor in the Humanities

781-736-2143 irr@brandeis.edu Rabb Graduate Center, 142

Sonja Catano

Administrator, Division of the Humanities

Event Manager, Center of German and European Studies

sonjacatano@brandeis.edu Mandel Center, Pod 127, MS 092

Aeryn Rowe

Humanities Project Specialist

Aeryn Rowe, undergraduate ’25, hails from the Boston area. He is majoring in Russian Studies for which he is a UDR, and minors in NEJS, Religious Studies, and Anthropology. In Summer 2022, he completed the Critical Languages Scholarship in Tbilisi, Georgia, and returned for Fall semester 2023 to study abroad there. His areas of interest are language, culture, and the historical context for the modern world. Since 2022, Aeryn has worked with the Center for German and European Studies, and started at the Brandeis Division of Humanities in 2024. 

Elisha Gordon

Humanities Division Lead UDR

elishagordan@brandeis.edu

Pronouns: he/him

Elisha Gordan is a rising Junior from Philadelphia. He is majoring in NEJS and History, and also serves as the NEJS UDR. Elisha has been previously involved with Student Union and Hillel. Outside the classroom, he can be found reading, debating, or listening to podcasts.

Faculty Committee Representatives for the Humanities:

• Advisory Committee of the Rabb School of Continuing Studies: Yu Feng, GRALL

• Committee on Academic Standards and Policy: Matthew Fraleigh, GRALL

• Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid: Laura Jokush, NEJS

• Committee on Diversity, Equity, Inclusion (DEI) and Social Justice: Thomas A. King, ENG; Sue Lanser, ENG (At Large)

• Committee on Faculty Rights and Responsibilities: David Sherman, ENG

• Committee on Strategy and Planning: Fernando Rosenberg, ROMS

• Committee on Teaching, Learning and Assessment: Irina Y. Dubinina, GRALL

• Committee on Undergraduate Academic Standing (COAS): David Powelstock, GRALL

• Faculty Senate: Bernadette Brooten, NEJS (Emerita); William Flesch, ENG (At Large); Sharon Fray-Witzer, PHIL (At Large); Ilana Szobel, NEJS (Humanities); John Burt (English); David Katz, Humanities (At Large)

• LATTE Subcommittee: Dorothy Kim, ENG

• Tenured Promotions Committee: Robin F. Miller, GRALL; Paul Morrison, ENG

• Undergraduate Curriculum Committee: David Powelstock, GRALL; Marion Smiley, PHIL

Faculty Representatives to the Board of Trustees:

• Carol Osler, International Business School (ex officio)

• Isaac Krauss, Chemistry

• Dan L. Perlman, Environmental Studies

• Harleen Singh, German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature; and Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies