Name Faculty/Staff Type - Any -FacultyStaff Anastasia Curwood Hallam Professor and Department Chair of HistoryDirector, Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies Hilary Jones Associate Professor of History and African American and Africana StudiesDirector of Graduate Studies Melanie Beals Goan ProfessorDirector of Undergraduate Studies Devyn Spence Benson Associate Professor of History and African American and Africana Studies Nikki Brown Associate Professor Tracy Campbell E. Vernon Smith and Eloise C. Smith Professor of American History Francie Chassen-López Professor, Otis A. Singletary Professorship of the Humanities Claire D. Clark Associate Professor of Behavioral Science and HistoryDirector of Graduate Studies in Clinical and Translational Science and Undergraduate Certificate in Medical Behavioral Science Joseph Clark Assistant Professor David Hamilton Associate Professor Steve Davis Associate Professor Mónica Díaz Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and HistoryChair of Hispanic StudiesMarie Rich Endowed Professor Abigail Firey ProfessorDirector, World Religions MinorUniversity Research ProfessorshipTheodore A. Hallam Professorship, 2017-2019 Daniel Gargola Professor Matthew Giancarlo Professor of EnglishAffiliated Professor of HistoryDirector of Graduate Studies, English Vanessa M. Holden Associate Professor of History Director African American and Africana Studies Director, Central Kentucky Slavery Initiative Emily Mokros Associate Professor Francis Musoni Associate ProfessorDirector, International Studies Erik Lars Myrup Associate ProfessorDirector of Advising Kathryn Newfont Associate Professor David Olster Professor Karen Petrone Professor and Director of the Cooperative for the Humanities and Social Sciences Jeremy D Popkin ProfessorWilliam T. Bryan Chair Professorship Gerald L. Smith Professor Melissa N. Stein Associate Professor, Gender and Women's Studies Mark Summers ProfessorThomas D. Clark Professorship Akiko Takenaka Associate ProfessorDirector, Global Asias Program Amy Murrell Taylor T. Marshall Hahn Jr. Professor Scott K. Taylor Associate Professor Daniel Vivian Associate Professor, Department of Historic PreservationAffiliated Professor of History Derrick White Professor of History and African American and Africana Studies Tammy Whitlock Associate Professor George C. Wright Professor; Senior Adviser to the President