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Folger Institute Consortium and Executive Committee

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Since 1970, the Folger Institute’s Consortium has taken a leading role in advancing scholarly inquiry and college-level teaching in the humanities. The consortium pursues its work through “resource sharing,” with each member institution contributing intellectual, financial, and managerial resources to collective projects that no one of them can accomplish alone. For more information, please visit the Consortium’s page on Folgerpedia.

Each member university nominates one to three faculty representatives to sit on the Consortium Executive Committee, which is charged with program planning and oversight. These representatives also advise program applicants who are affiliated with their universities. Their names and contact information may be found below.

Folger Institute

Chair: Patricia Akhimie, Director, Folger Institute

Owen Williams, Associate Director, Scholarly Programs

University of Alabama

Jessica Goethals, Italian, Modern Languages & Classics
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487—0212
(205) 348-5059 

Tricia McElroy, English
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487—0212
(205) 348-7007 

Daniel Riches, History
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487–0212
(205) 348-1825

Amherst College

Anston Bosman, English
Amherst, MA 01002–5000
(413) 542-2627

Boston University

Erin Murphy, English
Boston, MA 02215
(617) 358-2557

Brown University

Alani Hicks-Bartlett, Comparative Literature, French and Francophone Studies, and Hispanic Studies
Providence, RI 02912
(401) 863-2567

Richard Rambuss, English
Providence, RI 02912
(401) 863-3732

University at Buffalo

Christine Varnado, English & Global Gender and Sexuality
Buffalo, NY 14260–4600
(716) 645-0790

Carnegie Mellon University

Samuel Lemley, Special Collections
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-5740 

Stephen Wittek, English
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
(412) 268-2850 

The Catholic University of America

Samuel K. Fisher, History
Washington, DC 20064
(202) 319-5484

Tobias Gregory, English
Washington, DC 20064
(202) 319-5688

University of Chicago

Ellen MacKay, English
Chicago, IL 60637
(773) 702-8536

Columbia University

Julie Crawford, English and Comparative Literature
New York, NY 10027–7002
(212) 854-5779

University of Connecticut

Debapriya Sarkar, English
Groton, CT 06340
(860) 405-9187

William Theiss, History
Storrs, CT 06269–4025
(860) 486-0641

Evelyn Tribble, English
Storrs, CT 06269–4025
(860) 486-1539

University of Delaware

Mónica Domínguez Torres, Art History
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-4523  

Chad Gasta, Languages, Literatures & Cultures, Spanish
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-0671 

Kristen Poole, English
Newark, DE 19716
(302) 831-2361

Emory University

Sheila T. Cavanagh, English
Atlanta, GA 30322
(404) 727-6420

Sarah Higinbotham, English, Oxford College
Atlanta, GA 30322
(770) 784-8514 

Fordham University

W. David Myers, History
Bronx, NY 10458
718-817-3932 

Thomas O’Donnell, English
Bronx, NY 10458
(718) 817-4018

George Mason University

Jessica Marie Otis, History and Art History
Fairfax, VA 22030–4444
(703) 993-1250

The George Washington University

Holly Dugan, English
Washington, DC 20052
(202) 994-6180

Georgetown University

Daniel Shore, English
Washington, DC 20057–1131
(202) 687-7362

Harvard University

Gordon Teskey, English
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 528-8023

Leah Whittington, English
Cambridge, MA 02138
(617) 496-0291 

Howard University

Emily M.N. Kugler, English
Washington, DC 20059
(202) 806-6730

Elisa Oh, English
Washington, DC 20059
(202) 806-6730

Caroline Stark, Classics
Washington, DC 20059
(202) 806-9456

The Johns Hopkins University

Sharon Achinstein, English
Baltimore, MD 21218–2685
(410) 516-2897

University of Maryland, College Park

Amanda Bailey, English
College Park, MD 20742
(301) 405-3794

University of Maryland, Baltimore County

Amy Froide, History
Baltimore, MD 21250
(410) 455-2033

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Evan MacCarthy, Music and Dance
Amherst, MA 01003-9274
(413) 545-2227 

Marjorie Rubright, English
Amherst, MA 01003–9274
(413) 577-3600

The City University of New York

Erec Koch, French, Global Early Modern Studies
New York, NY 10016–4309
(212) 817-8124 

Tanya Pollard, English
New York, NY 10016–4309
(212) 817-8444

New York University

Daniel Jütte, History
New York, NY 10003
(212) 998-8600

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Taylor Cowdery, English and Comparative Literature
Chapel Hill, NC 27599–3520
(919) 962-5481

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Christopher Hodgkins, English
Greensboro, NC 27412
(336) 334-4695

North Carolina State University

Christopher Crosbie, English
Raleigh, NC 27695–8105
(919) 515-0261

Marian Fragola, University Libraries
Raleigh, NC 27695–8105
(919) 513-3481

Brent Sirota, History
Raleigh, NC 27695–8105
(919) 513-1424

University of Notre Dame

Peter Holland, Film, Television and Theatre
Notre Dame, IN 46556
(574) 631-2704

The Ohio State University

Alan Farmer, English
Columbus, OH 43210
(614) 292-6065

University of Pennsylvania

Abdulhamit Arvas, English
Philadelphia, PA 19104—6273
(215) 898-73248 

Whitney Trettien, Digital Humanities
Philadelphia, PA 19104–6273
(215) 898-7055

The Pennsylvania State University

Claire M. L. Bourne, English
University Park, PA 16802–6200
(814) 865-6855

Princeton University

Bradin Cormack, English
Princeton, NJ 08544
(609) 258-7768

Queen’s University, Belfast

Crawford Gribben, History
Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
+44 (0)28 9097 5231

Edel Lamb, English
Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland
+44 (0)28 9097 3443 

University of Rochester

Steven Rozenski, English
Rochester, NY 14627
(585) 275-4092

Pablo M. Sierra Silva, History
Rochester, NY 14627
(585) 275-8354

Rutgers University

Jack Bouchard, History
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(848) 932-7905 

Ann Baynes Coiro, English
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
(848) 932-7690

Howard Marchitello, English
Camden, NJ 08102
(856) 225-6110 

University of St. Andrews

Giulio Pertile, English
St. Andrews, Fife KY16 9AL, Scotland
+44 (0) 1334 462687

University of South Carolina

Holly Crocker, English
Columbia, SC 29208
(803) 576-5962

Syracuse University

Stephanie Shirilan, English
Syracuse, NY 13244–1170
(315) 443-2049

Texas A&M University

Margaret Ezell, English
College Station, TX 77843
(979) 845-8351

Evan Haefeli, History
College Station, TX 77843
(979) 845-7151

University of Toronto

Misha Teramura, English
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
M5R 2M8
(416) 978 4528

Tulane University

Michael Kuczynski, English
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 862-8150

Ray Proctor, Theatre
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 865-5106

Dale Shuger, Spanish
New Orleans, LA 70118
(504) 862-3423

Vanderbilt University

Katherine Crawford, History & Gender and Sexuality Studies
Nashville, TN 37235
(615) 322-5080

Kathryn Schwarz, English
Nashville, TN 37235
(615) 322-2367

University of Virginia

Paul Halliday, History
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 924-6385 

Katharine Maus, English
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 924-6620

Ricardo Padrón, Latin American Studies
Charlottesville, VA 22903
(434) 924-7568 

Washington University in St. Louis

Robert Henke, Performing Arts, Comparative Literature & Thought
St. Louis, MO 63130–4899
(314) 935-9336 

Steve Hindle, History
St. Louis, MO 63130–4899
(314) 935-6713 

Joseph Loewenstein, English
St. Louis, MO 63130–4899
(314) 935-4404

West Virginia University

Christine Hoffmann, English
Morgantown, WV 26506–6296
(304) 293-3107

Yale University

Nicole Sheriko, English
New Haven, CT 06511
(203) 432-2233