Division of Humanities

Contact Us

Jonathan P Decter

Head, Division of the Humanities

Edmond J. Safra Professor of Sephardic Studies

781-736-2960 decter@brandeis.edu Lown Center for Judaica Studies, 311

Katie Dickinson

Administrator, Division of the Humanities

Academic Administrator, Department of Romance Studies and Program in Comparative Literature and Culture

781-736-3323 kdickin@brandeis.edu Shiffman Humanities Center, 108

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); Sabine von Mering, GRALL (At Large); Pu Wang, GRALL (Humanities)

• 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