Adele Barker

Adele Barker

ADELE BARKER is Professor Emerita of Russian at the University of Arizona, where she taught Russian and Soviet literature and film for more than 35 years. A scholar, writer, and traveler, she has lived and conducted research across Russia and the former Soviet Union,...
Norman Austin

Norman Austin

NORMAN AUSTIN is Professor Emeritus of Classics at the University of Arizona. With his B.A. from Toronto and his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley, he has taught Greek and Latin literature at several universities. He joined the University of Arizona in 1980. He has taught...
Thomas P. Miller

Thomas P. Miller

THOMAS P. MILLER is a Professor Emeritus of English at the University of Arizona. His research focuses on rhetoric, higher education, and leadership, particularly the coalitional leadership of early-career faculty and new-majority students. His history of college...
Patrick Baliani

Patrick Baliani

PATRICK BALIANI is an Associate Professor of Interdisciplinary Studies at the UA Honors College and an acclaimed playwright. His teaching awards include the University of Arizona Foundation Leicester and Kathryn Sherrill Creative Teaching Award, the Honors College...
Greg Sakall

Greg Sakall

Greg Sakall is a Superior Court Judge in Pima County and a long-standing Guest Lecturer at the University of Arizona. He teaches undergraduate and law school courses, earning awards for clarity and engagement in the classroom. A three-time recipient of the HSP...
Grace E. Fielder

Grace E. Fielder

GRACE E. FIELDER is Professor Emerita of Russian and Slavic Studies. A Fulbright and ACLS grantee, she specializes in the sociolinguistics of identity in the Balkans. Her research covers regional music, folklore, cuisine, and empire. Her courses on Balkan history...
Dr. Bella Vivante

Dr. Bella Vivante

Honored to receive 2018’s Ted & Shirley Taubeneck Superior Teaching Award, Bella brings her enthusiastic love of Ancient Greek poetry and culture to her HSP classes: Homer’s brilliant epics, select themes in Greek drama, Ancient Anatolia, more. See this dynamic...
Paul Ivey

Paul Ivey

PAUL IVEY, a winner of three Humanities Seminar Superior Teaching Awards, teaches modern and contemporary art in the School of Art at the University of Arizona. He is also a recent recipient of the James Anthony Award for Sustained Teaching Excellence from the College...
John Milbauer

John Milbauer

John Milbauer, Steinway Artist and Professor of Piano at the University of Arizona, has performed worldwide, most recently in solo tours of China and Spain as well as with the Boston Pops. He is Co-Chair of the Chautauqua Institution Piano Program, having helped...
Scott Lucas

Scott Lucas

SCOTT LUCAS is an Associate Professor of Islamic Studies who has been part of the faculty at the University of Arizona for over twenty years. His research focuses on Qur’an commentaries, Islamic law, Hadith, and the Zaydi Shi’i tradition in Yemen. He has...
Malcolm Compitello

Malcolm Compitello

Malcolm Alan Compitello is Emeritus Professor of Spanish and former Program Director for the Humanities Seminars Program. He regularly taught classes in modern and contemporary Spanish culture and literature including the work of García Lorca. Professor Compitello is...
Peter Medine

Peter Medine

PETER E. MEDINE is Professor Emeritus at the University of Arizona, where he served in the English Department from 1969 to 2014. He has written, edited, or coedited seven books in Early Modern English studies. His most recent coedited book is Visionary Milton: Essays...
Barbara Atwood

Barbara Atwood

BARBARA ANN ATWOOD is the Mary Anne Richey Professor of Law Emerita at the University of Arizona James E. Rogers College of Law, specializing in family law and civil procedure.  After graduating from the University of Arizona College of Law in 1976, she clerked for...
Jerry Hogle

Jerry Hogle

JERROLD E. HOGLE (Ph.D., Harvard University) is UA Distinguished Professor in English. Former President of the International Gothic Association and a Guggenheim, Mellon, and Huntington Library Fellow for research–and recent winner of the Distinguished Scholar Award...
Jay Rosenblatt

Jay Rosenblatt

JAY ROSENBLATT earned his B.A. in Piano Performance and M.A. in Musicology from UCLA and a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago, also in Musicology. He joined the School of Music at the University of Arizona in 1995. For the past twenty-eight years, he has taught...
David Soren

David Soren

DAVID SOREN is Regents Professor of Anthropology, Classics, and Art History. He is a Fellow of the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. He was named Honorary Italian Citizen for his contributions to Italian archaeology and Honorary Philhellene by...
Pearce Paul Creasman

Pearce Paul Creasman

PEARCE PAUL CREASMAN is an archaeologist specializing in Egyptology, maritime history, and dendrochronology. The author of more than 50 articles and six edited books, his research focuses on understanding ancient human and environmental interactions. For the past 15...
Don Traut

Don Traut

Don Traut is a music theory professor at the University of Arizona where he teaches both undergraduate and graduate courses in musical theory, structure, and analysis.  His research focuses primarily on the music of Igor Stravinsky, popular music, and on the patterns...