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The Simpson Center's Executive Board consists of eight members including the Director of the Simpson Center, the Divisional Dean of Arts and Humanities, and six tenured faculty members selected by the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences. The Board provides counsel and leadership and guides the Simpson Center in its threefold mission of integrated research, teaching, and community engagement.

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Executive Board 2009-2010

 
Bruce BurgettBruce Burgett
(Professor, Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell)
Burgett teaches and publishes in American Studies, Cultural Studies, Queer Studies, Critical Race Studies, and Interdisciplinary and Public Scholarship. Burgett received his Ph.D. in English from the University of California, Berkeley.
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Christine GoettlerChristine Goettler
(Associate Professor, Art History)
Goettler teaches and publishes in the area of Early Modern European Art (Late Medieval to Baroque). Her areas of specialization are the visual arts in the Spanish Netherlands, the History of Collections, Netherlandish artists in Italy, and art, religion and science around 1600. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Zurich.

Christine GoettlerPatricia A Failing
(Professor, Art History)
Failing's teaching explores new forms of production by modern and contemporary visual artists. She received her M.A. from the University of California, Berkeley, and is currently conducting research for a book on the Dia Art Foundation.
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Sandra JoshelSandra Joshel
(Associate Professor, History)
Joshel teaches and publishes on the cultural history of ancient imperial Rome. Joshel received her Ph.D. in History from Rutgers University.
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Priti RamamurthyPriti Ramamurthy
(Associate Professor, Women Studies)
Ramamurthy teaches and publishes in the areas of international economic development, global politics, consumption and commodity cultures, and transnational feminisms. Ramamurthy received her Ph.D. in Social Sciences from Syracuse University.
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Brian ReedBrian Reed
(Associate Professor, English)
Reed teaches and publishes on 20th-century American poetry and poetics. Reed received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature from Stanford University.
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Michael ShapiroMichael Shapiro
(Professor and Chair, Asian Languages & Literature)
Shapiro teaches and publishes in the areas of Hindi language and literature and Indo-Aryan languages and linguistics. Shapiro received his Ph.D. in Linguistics from the University of Chicago.

Robert C. StaceyRobert C. Stacey
(Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities; Professor, History)
Stacey teaches and publishes in the area of medieval history, with an emphasis on the study of English Jews in the Middle Ages.  He currently holds the Samuel and Althea Stroum Endowed Chair in Jewish Studies (2006-2009) in the Jackson School of International Studies.  Stacey received his Ph.D. from Yale University.
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Kathleen WoodwardKathleen Woodward
(Director, Simpson Center; Professor, English)
Woodward teaches and publishes in the areas of American literature, women studies, and aging and technology. Woodward received her Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego.
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