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

Ulrich Baer

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

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Gabriela Basterra

Professor of Spanish and Comparative Literature

Amy Bentley

Professor of Nutrition and Food Studies

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Georgina Dopico

Interim Provost

Karen Elizabeth Finley

Professor, Department of Art & Public Policy, Tisch

Hannah Gurman

Clinical Associate Professor

Marina Hassapopulou

Marina Hassapopoulou

Assistant Professor, Department of Cinema Studies, Tisch School of the Arts

Miki Kaneda

Associate Director, NYU Center for the Humanities

Anna Kathryn Kendrick

Anna Kathryn Kendrick

Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Humanities (European Literature), NYU Shanghai

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Perri Klass

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

Ashley Maynor

Director, Library Lab and Special Projects, Division of Libraries

Elizabeth McHenry

Professor, Department of English, Faculty of Arts & Science

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Kelli Moore

Assistant Professor, Department of Media, Culture, and Communication, Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development

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Jennifer Morgan

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

Urayoán Noel

Associate Professor of English, and Spanish and Portuguese

Luis Ramos

Clinical Associate Professor

Clay Shirky

Vice Provost for AI and Technology in Education

Rachel Swarns

Rachel Swarns

Associate Professor, Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute, FAS

Thomas Thelma

Thelma Thomas

Associate Professor of Fine Arts

Cristina Vatulescu

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