The Faculty
Karen Cherewatuk , Director
Professor of English, Ph.D., Cornell
Staff for 2010-12 (Class of 2014)
Christopher M. Brunelle, Classics, Ph.D., North Carolina
J. Laurel Carrington, History, Ph.D., Cornell
Nancy Thompson, Art/Art History, Ph.D., Indiana University
Patricia Beckman, Religion, Ph.D., Chicago
Jeanne Wilcoxon, Theater History, Ph. D, University of Minnesota
Colin Wells, English, Ph.D., Rutgers
Staff for 2009-11 (Class of 2013)
David Booth, Religion, Ph.D., Chicago
Edward Langerak, Philosophy, Ph.D., Princeton
Karen Marsalek, English, Ph.D., Toronto
Karen Cherewatuk, English, Ph.D., Cornell
Anne Groton, Classics, Ph.D., Michigan
Jason Ripley, Religion, Ph.D., Princeton
Above: Profs. Beckman, Wells and Willcoxon
Left: Profs. Marsalek, Booth and Casson
Below: Profs. Groton, Ripley and Cherewatuk
Staff for 2008-10 (Class of 2012)
Patricia Beckman, Religion, Ph.D., Chicago
Christopher M. Brunelle, Classics, Ph.D., North Carolina
Karl Fink, German, Ph.D., Illnois
Elizabeth Galbraith, Religion, Ph.D., Cambridge
Edmund Santurri, Philosophy and Religion, Ph.D., Yale
Charles A. Wilson, Religion, Ph.D., Chicago
Staff for 2007-09 (Class of 2011)
Douglas Casson, Political Science, Ph.D., Duke
Gary Gisselman, Speech-Theater, B.A., Carthage
Vicki Harper, Philosophy, Ph.D., Harvard
Edward Langerak, Philosophy, Ph.D., Princeton
Karen Marsalek, English, Ph.D., Toronto
Mary Trull, English, Ph.D., Chicago
Staff for 2006-08 (Class of 2010)
Kathryn Ananda-Owens, Music, D.M.A., Peabody Conservatory
David Booth, Religion, Ph.D., Chicago
Christopher M. Brunelle, Classics, Ph.D., North Carolina
J. Laurel Carrington, History, Ph.D., Cornell
Anne G. Sabo, Norwegian, Ph.D., Washington
Charles Taliaferro, Philosophy, Ph.D., Brown
Staff for 2005-07 (Class of 2009)
Karen Cherewatuk, English, Ph.D., Cornell
Elizabeth Galbraith, Religion, Ph.D., Cambridge
Bryn Geffert, Library, Ph.D., (History), Minnesota
Jeanine Grenberg, Philosophy, Ph.D., Emory
Margaret Odell, Religion, Ph.D., Pittsburgh
Anthony J. Rudd, Philosophy, Ph.D., Bristol
Staff for 2004-06 (Class of 2008)
Jolene Barjasteh, Romance Languages--French, Ph.D., Illinois
J. Laurel Carrington, History, Ph.D., Cornell
Diana Postelthwaite, English, Ph.D., Yale
Edmund N. Santurri, Philosophy and Religion, Ph.D., Yale
Staff for 2003-05 (Class of 2007)
Rebecca Judge, Economics, Ph.D., Duke
Norm Watt, German, Ph.D.,
Colin Wells, English, Ph.D., Rutgers
Charles A. Wilson, Religion, Ph.D., Chicago
Staff for 2002-04 (Class of 2006)
Jolene Barjasteh, Romance Languages--French, Ph.D., Illinois
Steve Reece, Classics, Ph.D., California - Los Angeles
Doug Schuurman, Religion, Ph.D., Chicago
Administration
The Great Conversation is administered by a director and a steering committee on which several Great Conversation faculty, current and former, and students serve.
