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2025-2026 Members

Postdoctoral Fellows

Each year the Society admits up to five postdoctoral fellows, who are appointed for two-year terms during which they pursue research and teach three courses over four semesters, with one semester for full-time research.

Onur Arslan

Onur Arslan

2025–2027, Anthropology

Kristine Ericson

Kristine Ericson

2025–2027, Architectural History and Theory

Magdalena Grüner

Magdalena Grüner

2025–2027, Art History

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David Helps

2024–2026, History

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Kangni Huang

2024–2026, East Asian Languages and Cultures

Alyssa A. L. James

Alyssa James

2024–2026, Anthropology

Jeongin Lee

Jeongin Lee

2025–2027, East Asian Languages and Cultures

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Alana Mailes

2024–2026, Musicology

Adelaide Mandeville

Adelaide Mandeville

2025–2027, History

Jasmine Moore, Masters candidate in English. (Michael Mercier/UAH).

Jasmine A. Moore-Strickland

2024–2026, English

Faculty Fellows

Each year the Society selects tenured professors who represent the highest level of scholarly excellence and achievement in the humanities and humanistic social sciences as faculty fellows. Fellows are appointed for two-year terms.

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Andrea Ballestero

2024–2026, Associate Professor of Anthropology

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Daniela Bleichmar

2020–2023 & 2024–2027 Director, Professor of Art History and History

Joan Flores-Villalobos

Joan Flores-Villalobos

2025–2027, Associate Professor of History

Nancy Lutkehaus

Nancy Lutkehaus

2025–2027, Professor of Anthropology and Political Science

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Maya Maskarinec

2024–2026, Associate Professor of History

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Lori Meeks

2024–2026, Associate Professor of Religion and East Asian Languages and Cultures

Scott Spencer

Scott Spencer

2025–2027, Assistant Professor of Musicology

Antonia Szabari

Antonia Szabari

2025–2027, Professor of French and Comparative Literature

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Karen Tongson

2023–2024 & 2025–2026, Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies, English and American Studies and Ethnicity

Aro Velmet

Aro Velmet

2025–2027, Associate Professor of History

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Lisa Cooper Vest

2024–2026, Associate Professor of Musicology

Levan Graduate Scholars

Starting in Fall 2025, the Society includes USC doctoral candidates. Graduate scholars are appointed for one-year terms with the option to renew for a second year.

Shaibal Dev Roy

Shaibal Dev Roy

2025–2026, English

Ana Iwataki

Ana Iwataki

2025–2026, Comparative Literature

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Nisarg Patel

2025–2026, Comparative Literature

Maxwell Shiller

Maxwell Shiller

2025–2026, Classics

Fernanda Soria-Cruz

Fernanda Soria-Cruz

2025–2026, Communication