Advisory Board

The NYU Center for the Humanities Advisory Board consists of faculty and administrators from NYU’s many schools an units that support a humanities curriculum. Members are appointed by the Provost and serve for a three-year term. The Advisory Board meets to discuss yearly programming and members serve on committees to review applications to the Center’s programs.

Ulrich Baer

Advisory Board
Director, Center for the Humanities; University Professor, Departments of German and Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts & Science

Gabriela Basterra

2017-2018
Advisory Board
Faculty Fellow
Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature

Amy Bentley

2024-2025
Advisory Board
Faculty Fellow
Professor of Nutrition and Food Studies

Georgina Dopico

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Interim Provost

Karen Elizabeth Finley

2021-2022
Advisory Board
Faculty Fellow
Professor, Department of Art & Public Policy, Tisch

Hannah Gurman

2023-2024
Advisory Board
Faculty Fellow
Clinical Associate Professor

Marina Hassapopoulou

2019-2020
Advisory Board
Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor, Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts

Miki Kaneda

Advisory Board
Team
Associate Director, NYU Center for the Humanities

Anna Kathryn Kendrick

2019-2020
Advisory Board
Faculty Fellow
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities (European Literature), NYU Shanghai

Perri Klass

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Professor, Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine; Department of Journalism, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute

Ashley Maynor

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Director, Library Lab and Special Projects, Division of Libraries

Elizabeth McHenry

2012-2013
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Faculty Fellow
Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Arts & Science

Kelli Moore

2018-2019
Advisory Board
Faculty Fellow
Assistant Professor, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development

Jennifer Morgan

Advisory Board
Professor, Department of Social and Cultural Analysis, Faculty of Arts & Science

Urayoán Noel

Advisory Board
Associate Professor of English, and Spanish and Portuguese

Luis Ramos

2022-2023
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Faculty Fellow
Clinical Associate Professor

Clay Shirky

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Vice Provost for AI and Technology in Education

Rachel Swarns

2020-2021
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Faculty Fellow
Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, FAS

Thelma Thomas

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Associate Professor of Fine Arts

Cristina Vatulescu

Advisory Board
Team
Director, Center for the Humanities; Professor and Acting Chair, Department of Comparative Literature, Faculty of Arts and Sciences