Faculty and Staff

Wan-Chuan Kao
Associate Professor of English and Chair of the Medieval and Renaissance Studies Program
Payne Hall 214
540-458-8345
kaow@wlu.edu

Matthew Bailey
Professor of Spanish
Tucker Hall, Room 302
540-458-8160
baileym@wlu.edu

Rebecca R. Benefiel
Abigail Grigsby Urquhart Professor of Classics
Tucker Hall 105
540-458-8082
benefielr@wlu.edu

Latin epigraphy, Roman archaeology, Pompeii and Herculaneum, Latin literature

George Bent
Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts
Wilson Hall 3020
540-458-8863
bentg@wlu.edu

Michelle D. Brock
Professor of History
Newcomb 219
540-458-8780
brockm@wlu.edu

The Age of the Witch-hunts, history of Medieval, early modern, and modern Britain, Scottish history, the British Reformations

Roger Crockett
Professor of German
Ruscio Center for Global Learning 239
540-458-8825
crockettr@wlu.edu

Genelle Gertz
Associate Dean of Strategic Initiatives and Thomas H. Broadus, Jr. Professor of English
Payne 108
540-458-8763
gertzg@wlu.edu

Jemma Alix Levy
Associate Professor of Theater
Lenfest 308
540-458-8005
levyj@wlu.edu

Stephen P. McCormick
Associate Professor of French and Italian
Tucker Hall, Room 324
540-458-8817
mccormicks@wlu.edu

Old French epic, Italian medieval and early modern literature, digital humanities, manuscript studies, TEI, IIIF.

Holly Pickett
Professor of English
Payne 124
540-458-8078
picketth@wlu.edu

Debra Prager
Associate Professor of German
Ruscio Center for Global Learning 241
540-458-8830
pragerd@wlu.edu

Elementary German I & II, Intermediate German, Highlights of German Civilization,The Grimms Revisited: Fairy Tales and Popular Culture; Living by the Code: Literature of the High Middle Ages19th-Century Literature

Domnica Radulescu
Edwin A. Morris Professor of Comparative Literature
Newcomb Hall, Room 313
540-458-8030
radulescud@wlu.edu

Melissa Vise
Associate Professor of History, Head of the Italian Studies Faculty Cohort
On Leave 2024-2025
Newcomb Hall 314
540-458-8249
mvise@wlu.edu

Kameliya N. Atanasova
Assistant Professor of Religion
Tucker 207
540-458-8797
atanasovak@wlu.edu

Alexandra Brown
Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor in Bible
on sabbatical 2024-2025
Tucker 206
540-458-8789
browna@wlu.edu

Early Christian Writings and Culture from the New Testament to Late Antiquity, Bible and Film, Pilgrimage, Mysticism, Gender and Religion, Early Irish Religion, Theory and Method in the Study of Religion

Sarah Horowitz
Professor of History
Newcomb 306
540-458-8773
horowitzs@wlu.edu

Modern Europe, France, History of Gender and Sexuality

Timothy Lubin
Jessie Ball duPont Professor of Religion and Adjunct Professor of Law
Tucker 204
540-458-8146
lubint@wlu.edu

History of religion and law of South and Southeast Asia, working on texts and inscriptions in Sanskrit, Prakrit, Old Javanese, and Old Tamil; National Endowment for the Humanities fellow and American Council of Learned Societies fellow, 2020-2021 (h)

Ellen Mayock
Ernest Williams II Professor of Spanish
Tucker Hall, Room 305
540-458-8816
mayocke@wlu.edu

The Novel in Spain and Latin America; Literary Naturalism: Women Writers of Spain, Latin America, and the U.S.; Feminist Theory; Immigrant Populations in the U.S.

Gwyn E. Campbell
Professor of Spanish
Years of Service: 1985 - 2021
campbellg@wlu.edu

Edwin Craun
Professor of English Emeritus
craune@wlu.edu

Alex Williams
Administrative Assistant II
Tucker Hall, Room 308
540-458-8821
awilliams@wlu.edu