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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Bruce Burgett (Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences, UW Bothell)
Christine Goettler (Art History) [Partial Year]
Patricia A Failing (Art History)
Sandra Joshel (History)
Priti Ramamurthy (Women Studies)
Brian Reed (English)
Michael Shapiro (Asian Languages & Literature)
Robert C. Stacey (Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities; History)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center; English)

Eva Cherniavsky (English)
Christine Goettler (Art History)
Priti Ramamurthy (Women Studies)
Michael Shapiro (Asian Languages & Literature)
Nikhil Pal Singh (History)
Robert C. Stacey (Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities; History)
Sabine Wilke (Germanics)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center)

Eva Cherniavsky (English)
Stephen Hinds (Classics)
Ellen Kaisse (Linguistics; Divisional Dean, Arts and Humanities)
Priti Ramamurthy (Women Studies)
Nikhil Pal Singh (History)
Sabine Wilke (Germanics)
Barry Witham (Theatre History)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center)

Eva Cherniavsky (English)
Anthony Geist (Spanish & Portuguese Studies)
Stephen Hinds (Classics)
Ellen Kaisse (Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities)
Uta Poiger (History)
Matthew Sparke (Geography)
Sabine Wilke (Germanics)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center)

Anthony Geist (Spanish & Portuguese Studies)
Richard Gray (Germanics)
Michael Halleran (Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities)
Stephen Hinds (Classics)
Uta Poiger (History)
Matthew Sparke (Geography)
Michael Williams (Near Eastern Languages & Civilization)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center)

Carolyn Allen (English)
Ruby Blondell (Classics)
Kenneth Clatterbaugh (Philosophy)
Anthony Geist (Spanish & Portuguese Studies)
Michael Halleran (Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities)
Uta Poiger (History)
Michael Williams (Near Eastern Languages & Civilization)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center)

Carolyn Allen (English)
Ruby Blondell (Classics)
Kenneth Clatterbaugh (Philosophy)
Jeffrey Collins (Art History)
Margit Dementi (Associate Director, Simpson Center)
Richard Gray (Germanics)
Michael Halleran (Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities)
Matthew Sparke (Geography)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center)

Carolyn Allen (English)
Ruby Blondell (Classics)
Kenneth Clatterbaugh (Philosophy)
Margit Dementi (Associate Director, Simpson Center)
Richard Gray (Germanics)
Michael Halleran (Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities)
Cynthia Steele (Spanish and Portuguese)
Barry Witham (Drama)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center)

Diana Behler (Germanics)
Ruby Blondell (Classics)
Jeffrey Collins (Art History)
Margit Dementi (Associate Director, Simpson Center)
Michael Halleran (Divisional Dean, Arts & Humanities)
Henry Staten (English)
Cynthia Steele (Spanish & Portuguese Studies)
William Talbott (Philosophy)
Kathleen Woodward (Director, Simpson Center)