Faculty and Instructors

Our Faculty and Instructors are Eminent Scholars and World-Class Educators

Our courses are taught by field-defining scholars and renowned instructors, and our small classrooms mean that you have the opportunity to build meaningful relationships with these pioneering thought leaders and educators.

Basic Program Instructors

Joseph Alulis

Basic Program Instructor

Lindsay Atnip

Basic Program Instructor

Paul Cato

Basic Program Instructor

Noah Chafets

Basic Program Instructor

Keith Cleveland

Basic Program Instructor

Joshua Daniel

Basic Program instructor

Zoë Eisenman

Basic Program Instructor

Amy Thomas Elder

Basic Program Instructor

Charles Elder

Basic Program Instructor

Eva Fernandez

Basic Program Instructor

Stephen Hall

Basic Program Instructor

Richard Hoskins

Basic Program Instructor

Elliott Krick

Basic Program Instructor

Katia Mitova

Basic Program Instructor

Clare Pearson

Basic Program Instructor

Adam Rose

Basic Program Instructor

Cynthia Rutz

Basic Program Instructor

Kendall Sharp

Basic Program Instructor

David Shiner

Basic Program Instructor

Rebekah Spearman

Basic Program instructor

Claudia Traudt

Basic Program Instructor

Austin Walker

Basic Program Instructor

Stephen Walker

Basic Program Instructor

Dimensions of Diversity Instructors

Michele Friedner

Associate Professor, Department of Comparative Human Development, University of Chicago

Scott Hoesman

CEO & Founder, inQUEST

Damon Jones

Associate Professor, University of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

Brie Loskota

Executive Director, Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion

Paula Martin

Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow, Department of Comparative Human Development and the Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality at the University of Chicago

Lisa Moore, PHD

Senior Lecturer, University of Chicago Crown Family School

Darnell N. Motley, PhD

Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago and Director of Structural Interventions for the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination

Master of Liberal Arts Faculty

David Archer

Professor in the Department of the Geophysical Sciences

Alida Bouris

Associate Professor, School of Social Service Administration

Jason Bridges

Associate Professor of Philosophy

Marco Garrido

Assistant Professor, Sociology Department

Andreas Glaeser

Professor in Sociology and The College

Faith Hillis

Professor of Russian History and the College

Edward "Rocky" Kolb

Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics and The College

Rochona Majumdar, PhD

Associate Professor

Robert Martin

Adjunct Professor in the Department of Anthropology

Peggy Mason

Professor in the Department of Neurobiology

Omar McRoberts

Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and The College

Stephen Meredith

Professor in Pathology and the Biological Sciences Collegiate Division

Mark Miller

Associate Professor and Director of Graduates Studies in the English Department

Eugene Raikhel

Associate Professor; Director, Center for East European and Russian/Eurasian Studies

Lawrence Rothfield

Associate Professor of the Department of English, Comparative Literature, the University of Chicago

Amy Dru Stanley

Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Law School

Michael Turner, PhD

Bruce V. and Diana M. Rauner Distinguished Service Professor, Departments of Astronomy, Astrophysics, and Physics, Enrico Fermi Institute, and the College

William Veeder

Professor Emeritus in the Department of English Language and Literature and the College

David Wray

Associate Professor in the Department of Classics, The Department of Comparative Literature, and the College

Open Enrollment Instructors

Tal Arbel

Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
Open Enrollment Instructor

Kerry Balden

Open Enrollment Instructor

Fred Beuttler, Ph.D. '95

Open Enrollment Instructor & Former Deputy Historian, U.S. House of Representatives

Jordan Bimm

Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
Open Enrollment Instructor

Brad Bolman

Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
Open Enrollment Instructor

Margot Browning

Instructor and Associate Director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities
Open Enrollment and Writer's Studio Instructor

Iris Clever

Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
Open Enrollment Instructor

Isabel Gabel

Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
Open Enrollment Instructor

Bruce Gans

Open Enrollment Instructor

John Gibbons

Open Enrollment Instructor

Benjamin Goossen

Institute on the Formation of Knowledge
Open Enrollment Instructor

Chris Jones

Editorial Page Editor, Chicago Tribune
Open Enrollment Instructor

Sharon Kennedy-Nolle

Open Enrollment Instructor

Michael Latham

Open Enrollment Instructor

Jennifer Lind

Open Enrollment Instructor

Paul Mathai

Open Enrollment Instructor

Dustin Mengelkoch

Open Enrollment Instructor

Nicholas O'Neill

Open Enrollment Instructor

Robert Porwoll

Open Enrollment Instructor

Sheryl Reiss

Open Enrollment Instructor

Takashi Shallow

Open Enrollment Instructor

Myla Skinner

Open Enrollment Instructor

Brian Smith

Open Enrollment Instructor

Clinton Stockwell

Open Enrollment Instructor

Judith Swanson

Open Enrollment Instructor

Esra Tasdelen

Open Enrollment Instructor

Visual Arts Education and Outreach Instructors

Dr. Ariela Lazar

Director, Visual Arts Education and Outreach

Sheryl Reiss

Open Enrollment Instructor

Writer's Studio Instructors

Jennifer Keishin Armstrong

Acclaimed Author and Writer's Studio Instructor

Margot Browning

Instructor and Associate Director of the Franke Institute for the Humanities
Open Enrollment and Writer's Studio Instructor

Kevin Davis

Writer's Studio Instructor

Dina Elenbogen

Writer's Studio Instructor

Stephanie Friedman

Writer's Studio Instructor

Susan Hubbard

Writer's Studio Instructor

Becca Klaver

Writer's Studio Instructor

Douglas Post

Writer's Studio Instructor

Sarah Terez Rosenblum

Writer's Studio Instructor

Alex Sanchez

Author and Writer's Studio Instructor

Natalie Tilghman

Writer's Studio Instructor

Faculty and Instructors in the News

Below, we share recent articles highlighting Graham’s faculty and instructors.

Best-Selling Author Helps Students Craft Compelling Nonfiction

New York Times best-seller Jennifer Keishin Armstrong brings her literary skills to a new Graham course titled Writing Nonfiction: Turning Facts Into Gripping Scenes.

New Instructors Join Graham School’s Basic Program

Paul Cato and Rebekah Spearman use close readings of texts to drive dialogue and discovery.

What Rats Can Teach Us About Empathy and Racism, with Peggy Mason

What can rats teach us about empathy? As one University of Chicago neurobiologist discovered, we can learn from them a lot.