Department of Interdisciplinary Studies

Faculty and staff

Name Title Specialty Phone E-mail
Abeysekara, Ananda Associate Professor, Director Religious Studies Modernity & postcolonial religion 231-5788 ananda@vt.edu
Beagley, Kayla Administrative Staff Assistant   231-5812 kbeagley@vt.edu
Becker, Trudy Harrington Instructor Women in the Greco-Roman World 231-7817 thbecker@vt.edu
Britt, Brian Professor The Hebrew Bible 231-5118 bbritt@vt.edu
Budowle, Rachael Instructor   231-6490 rbudowle@vt.edu
Burger, Carol Associate Professor Gender in higher education
Biology of women 		231-8808 cjburger@vt.edu
Chancey, Elizabeth Instructor Latin American culture
Documentary film 		231-6490 bchancey@vt.edu
Cook, Samuel Associate Professor American Indian Studies
Appalachian Studies 		231-9596 sacook2@vt.edu
Dyer, Harry Inst. & Coordinator of Div. Cert. Prog American Indian Studies 231-1843 hadyer@vt.edu
Fine, Elizabeth Professor, Director Humanities
African American folklore
Culture, Performance, and Appalachian Studies		 231-9593 bfine@vt.edu
Gabriele, Matthew Assistant Professor Medieval & Renaissance Studies 231-2293 mgabriele@vt.edu
Gillman, Laura Associate Professor Spanish Literature
Women's Studies		 231-7617 lgillman@vt.edu
Henderson, Jennifer Instructor Humanities
Creative nonfiction		 231-0610 henderj@vt.edu
Herndon, Michael Assistant Professor, Director IDST Education 231-7062 mherndon@vt.edu
Jackson, Stevan Visiting Assistant Professor Appalachian Studies
Music		 231-0610 jackson1@vt.edu
Kao, Grace Assistant Professor Religion, Ethics, and Philosophy 231-5805 gkao@vt.edu
Kauffman, Robin Instructor   231-6490 rkauffma@vt.edu
Kilkelly, Ann Professor Dance
Performance & Community		 231-7652 akilkell@vt.edu
Kim, Minjeong Assistant Professor Womens Studies
231-7528 mjk@vt.edu
King, Neal Associate Professor Film violence
Masculinity		 231-8174 nmking@vt.edu
Kurtz, Susan Special Events Coord   231-3580 skurtz@vt.edu
Malbon, Elizabeth Struthers Professor The New Testament 231-6112 malbon@vt.edu
Moore, Karen Office Manager   231-6551 kwmoore@vt.edu
Olson, Phil Visiting Assistant Professor Pragmatism
Philosophy		 231-6080 prolson@vt.edu
Precoda, Karl Visiting Assistant Professor (Post)modern culture,
Critical theory and film		 231-6486 karlp@vt.edu
Puckett, Anita Associate Professor, Director of Appalachain Studies Linguistic Anthropology
U.S. South Atlantic		 231-9526 apuckett@vt.edu
Reeves, Barbara Visiting Assistant Professor Science Studies 231-7687 reeves@vt.edu
Reynolds, Lisa Budget Staff Support 231-5033 lisar@vt.edu
Roberts, Janene Visiting Assistant Professor Humanities and the Arts 231-7004 janene@vt.edu
Saffle, Michael Professor Musicology
Music in film 		on study leave msaffle@vt.edu
Samanta, Suchitra Instructor Indian women
Poverty
Empowerment		 231-4445 ssamanta@vt.edu
Satterwhite, Emily Assistant Professor American Studies
Appalachian Studies 		231-8779 esatter@vt.edu
Sax, Benjamin Assistant Professor Religious Studies
231-6047 bsax@vt.edu
Schmitthenner, Peter Associate Professor, Department Chair South Asian History 231-8377 pschmitt@vt.edu
Scott, Rachel Assistant Professor Islamic Studies 231-4848 rmscott@vt.edu
Shelor, Doris Budget Manager   231-5016 dshelor@vt.edu
Shome, Susan Instructor Women's Studies 231-7528 sshome@vt.edu
Slusser, Carol Sue Undergraduate Advisor   231-3716 slusserc@vt.edu
Smith, Barbara Ellen Professor, Director Women's Studies Women's Studies
Appalachian community activism 		231-7322 smithbe@vt.edu
Trudeau, Denise Assistant Professor, Director of LDRS Leadership 231-4464 dtrudeau@vt.edu

Watson, Joan Monahan

 Assistant Director, Undergraduate Studies; Instructor Interdisciplinarity
Education		 231-2897 jmwatson@vt.edu