
Faculty and Staff
Program Director

Stephen P. McCormick
MRST Program Chair, 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.
Core Faculty

Matthew Bailey
Professor of Spanish
On Sabbatical 2022/2023
Tucker Hall, Room 302
540-458-8160
baileym@wlu.edu

Rebecca R. Benefiel
Abigail Grigsby Urquhart Professor of Classics
On sabbatical 2022-2023
Tucker Hall 105
540-458-8082
benefielr@wlu.edu
Latin epigraphy, Roman archaeology, Latin literature, Pompeii and Herculaneum

George Bent
Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts
On Sabbatical for 2022-23 Academic Year
Wilson Hall 3017
540-458-8863
bentg@wlu.edu

Michelle D. Brock
Associate Professor of History
Newcomb 316
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

Hank Dobin
Professor of Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Newcomb Hall 305
hdobin@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

Wan-Chuan Kao
Associate Professor of English
Payne Hall 214
540-458-8345
kaow@wlu.edu

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

Holly Pickett
Associate 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
Assistant Professor of History, Head of the Italian Studies Faculty Cohort
Newcomb Hall 314
540-458-8249
mvise@wlu.edu
Affiliated Faculty

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

Alexandra Brown
Fletcher Otey Thomas Professor in Bible
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

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.
Emeritus Faculty

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

Edwin Craun
Professor of English Emeritus
craune@wlu.edu
Staff

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