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Directory: All Staff
Directory: All Staff
Josh Ackerman
Graduate Student
jaa12@illinois.edu
Luvell Anderson
Professor
vell11@illinois.edu
Armand Babakhanian
Graduate Student
armandb3@illinois.edu
Derrick Baker
Graduate Student
dabaker3@illinois.edu
Nir Ben-Moshe
Associate Professor
nir@illinois.edu
Zachary Biondi
Lecturer
zbiondi@illinois.edu
Jochen Bojanowski
Associate Professor
job39@illinois.edu
Sarah Bruckler
Teaching Assistant (on leave Fall 2023)
sarahkb4@illinois.edu
Xiaomeng Bu
Graduate Student
xbu4@illinois.edu
Thomas Byrne
Research Assistant Professor
thbyrne@illinois.edu
Kara Cantrall
Office Support Associate
kzeigler@illinois.edu
Anna Carlson
Graduate Student
annakc3@illinois.edu
Antonio Chacón Moreno
Graduate Student
achacn2@illinois.edu
Kevin Crandall
Graduate Student
kevinmc4@illinois.edu
Britt Currie
Graduate Student
bcurrie3@illinois.edu
Dan Durso
Graduate Student
ddurso3@illinois.edu
Kathy Elston
Business Manager
kelston@illinois.edu
Verena Erlenbusch-Anderson
Associate Professor
Adam Estrup
Graduate Student
aestrup2@illinois.edu
James Ewing
Graduate Teaching Assistant
jamese3@illinois.edu
Runkun Fan
Graduate Student
rfan6@illinois.edu
Heather Gernenz
Communications Coordinator
gernenz2@illinois.edu
Jiusi Guo
Graduate Student
jiusig2@illinois.edu
Rachel Flood Heaton
Assistant Professor
rfheaton@illinois.edu
Philip Hillmer
Lecturer
hillmer@illinois.edu
John Hummel
Professor
jehummel@illinois.edu
Heidi M Hurd
Professor
hhurd@illinois.edu
Erik Jensen
Graduate Teaching Assistant
ejensen2@illinois.edu
Rob Kar
Interim Head, Philosophy
rkr@illinois.edu
Alison Duncan Kerr
Assistant Professor
adkerr@illinois.edu
Henzel Kim
Graduate Student
hkim175@illinois.edu
Kohei Kishida
Associate Professor
kkishida@illinois.edu
Maxim Krupskiy
Visiting Scholar in Residence
krupskii@illinois.edu
Peter Nathan Lasersohn
Professor
lasersoh@illinois.edu
Benjamin A Levinstein
Associate Professor
benlevin@illinois.edu
Xinting Liu (she/her/hers)
Graduate Student
xinting3@illinois.edu
Jonathan Livengood
Associate Professor
jlive@illinois.edu
Kiran Lloyd
Graduate Student
kiranal2@illinois.edu
Ana Itzel López Romero
Graduate Student
ail3@illinois.edu
Nick Louzon
Graduate Student
nlouzon2@illinois.edu
Haodong Lyu
Graduate Student
hlyu6@illinois.edu
Grace Ma
Graduate Student
gma9@illinois.edu
Patrick Maher
maher1@illinois.edu
Charlie Maimone
Graduate Student
maimone3@illinois.edu
Timothy G McCarthy
Professor Emeritus
tgmccart@illinois.edu
Cass McCleskey she/her
Graduate Student
cam29@illinois.edu
Arthur Melnick
amelnick@illinois.edu
Benjamin Michael Miller
Assistant Professor
bm50@illinois.edu
Steve Mischler
Assistant (on leave 2023-2024 academic year)
stevenm4@illinois.edu
Richard Mohr
rdmohr@illinois.edu
Michael Moore
Professor
micmoore@illinois.edu
Colleen Murphy
Professor
colleenm@illinois.edu
Paul Nowakowski
Graduate Student
pauln3@illinois.edu
Eddie O'Byrn
Assistant Professor
eobyrn@illinois.edu
Jordan Pascoe
George A. Miller Visiting Professor
pascoe@illinois.edu
Robert Reimer
Graduate Student
reimer5@illinois.edu
Allen H Renear
Professor
renear@illinois.edu
James Rowe
Graduate Teaching Assistant
jamesfr2@illinois.edu
Pyrros Rubani
Graduate Student
prubani2@illinois.edu
Noël Saenz
Associate Professor
nbsaenz@illinois.edu
Kirk Sanders
Associate Professor, Classics
ksanders@illinois.edu
Richard Schacht
rschacht@illinois.edu
Kevin Scharp
Professor
kscharp@illinois.edu
Andrew Schmidt
Graduate Student
ads11@illinois.edu
John Schwenkler
Professor
jschwenk@illinois.edu
Kathryn Siena
Graduate Student
ksiena2@illinois.edu
Andrew Smith
Graduate Student
alsmit10@illinois.edu
Mathew Smith
Graduate Student
ms120@illinois.edu
Derek Raymond Thomas
Graduate Student
drthoma2@illinois.edu
Zach Tobias
Graduate Student
ztobias2@illinois.edu
Robert Vanderbeek
Graduate Student
robertv2@illinois.edu
Helga Varden
Professor
hvarden@illinois.edu
Emma Velez
Assistant Professor
Steven Wagner
Emeriti Faculty
stevenw@illinois.edu
Bill Watson
Assistant Professor
fwwatson@illinois.edu
Christopher Gregory Weaver
Associate Professor
wgceave9@illinois.edu
Shelley Weinberg
Professor
weinberg@illinois.edu
Robert Wengert
wengert@illinois.edu
Ian York
Graduate Student
ianyork2@illinois.edu