In the Fall of 2019, UF welcomed many new faculty with scholarly interests in the Humanities.
Previous Years:
In fall of 2018 more than thirty new faculty members with scholarly interest in the humanities joined UF as part of the Faculty 500 initiative.
At our annual “What Are They Working On? New Faculty Welcome,” event seventeen new faculty members from three different colleges introduced themselves and their research areas to an attentive audience.
The even presented an opportunity for UF faculty and staff to mingle with new colleagues across the humanities disciplines.
The photo shows from left to right:
Shu-han Yeh, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Chinese Studies)
Andrea Galinski, Department of Landscape Architecture
Trevor Mowchun, Department of English (Film Studies)
Amber Ross, Department of Philosophy
Steven Klein, Department of Political Science
Selda Altan, Department of History
Rachel Silveri, School of Art & Art History
Katherine Grillo, Department of Anthropology
James Garner, Linguistics
Yi Luo, Department of Landscape Architecture
Benedikt Pontzen, Department of Religion (Postdoctoral fellow)
Rae Yan, Department of English
Ryosuke Sano, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Japanese Studies)
Elizabeth García, Center for Latin American Studies
Amy Jung, Dial Center for Written and Oral Communication
Jillian Hernandez, Center for Gender, Sexualities, and Women’s Studies Research
Jeff Carney, School of Architecture
Other new faculty who were not able to attend the event and are not pictured include:
Shu-han Yeh, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Chinese Studies)
Yi Luo, Department of Landscape Architecture
Ryosuke Sano, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Japanese Studies)
James Garner, Linguistics
Uwem Akpan, Department of English
Camille Bordas, Department of English
Matthieu Felt, Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures (Japanese Studies)
Rodrigo Borges, Department of Philosophy
Antonio Sajid López, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies
Kyle Bohunicky, Digital Worlds Institute
Jessica-Jean Casler, University Writing Program
Adrienne Strong, Department of Anthropology
Ashley Preston, African American Studies Program
Max Deardorff, Department of History
Jennifer Pretak, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies, Department of Philosophy
Jeanne Ewert, George A. Smathers Libraries (English/Film Studies/Folklore)
Diego Pascual y Cabo, Department of Spanish & Portuguese Studies
Timothy Karis, International Studies