Omer Bartov
John P. Birkelund Distinguished Professor of European History
Areas of Interest: Modern European History, modern warfare, Nazism, Holocaust, genocide, interethnic relations, borderlands, modern Jewish history.
Watson Faculty Fellows
Shahzad Bashir
Aga Khan Professor of Islamic Humanities
Areas of Interest: Temporality and historiography, corporeality, Sufism, Shi’ism, Iran, Central Asia, South Asia.
- +1 401 863 5438
- shahzad_bashir@brown.edu
Barrymore Bogues
Asa Messer Professor of Humanities and Critical Theory
Professor of Africana Studies
Director of the Center for the Study of Slavery and Justice
Areas of Interest: African and African diaspora political theory, intellectual and cultural histories; African and Caribbean politics; Global South development issues; Caribbean Art; political economy of race, slavery and the history of capitalism.
- +1 401 863 1782
Sylvester James Gates, Jr.
Brown Theoretical Physics Center Director
Areas of Interest: Theoretical Physics: Supersymmetry, Supergravity, Superstring theory; Mathematics; Public Policy: Education Policy, Science & Technology Policy (PCAST; Obama Administration), National Commission on Forensic Science (NCFS), Maryland State Board of Education
- +1 401 863 6452
- sylvester_gates@brown.edu
James N. Green
Carlos Manuel de Céspedes Chair of Latin American History
Areas of Interest: Modern Brazilian history and society, U.S.-Latin American relationships, gender and sexuality in Latin America.
- +1 401 863 7311
- james_green@brown.edu
Matthew Gutmann
Professor of Anthropology
Director, Brown International Advanced Research Institutes (BIARI)
Areas of Interest: Gender, men + masculinities, sexuality, politics, globalization, health, militarism, Mexico/Latin America, China.
- +1 401 863 7732
- gutmann@brown.edu
James Head
Louis and Elizabeth Schreck Distinguished Professor of Geological Sciences
Areas of Interest: National and International Human and Robotic Space Exploration and related national policies with particular emphasis on United States, European Space Agency, Russia and China.
- +1 401 863 2526
Jennifer Johnson
Associate Professor of History
Areas of Interest: Africa, the Maghrib, empire, nationalism, decolonization, humanitarianism, public health and international organizations.
- +1 401 863 3691
- jennifer_johnson1@brown.edu
David Kertzer
Paul Dupee University Professor of Social Science
Professor of Anthropology and Italian Studies
Areas of Interest: Italian politics and society, role of symbolism and ritual in politics, history of Vatican relations with the Italian state, modern history of anti-Semitism, the history of the family in Europe.
- +1 401 863 1938
- david_kertzer@brown.edu
Adam C. Levine, MD, MPH, FACEP
Director, Center for Human Rights and Humanitarian Studies
Professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Services, Policy & Practice
Areas of Interest: Disasters, emerging infectious diseases, humanitarian emergencies, human rights.
- +1 401 863 1536
- adam_levine@brown.edu
Wendy J. Schiller
Royce Family Professor of Teaching Excellence in Political Science
Professor of Political Science
Director of the A. Alfred Taubman Center for American Politics and Policy
Areas of Interest: United States Congress, political history, gender and politics.
- +1 401 863 1569
- wendy_schiller@brown.edu
Daniel Jordan Smith
Charles C. Tillinghast, Jr. ’32 Professor of International Studies
Professor of Anthropology
Director of the Africa Initiative
Areas of Interest: Nigeria, Africa, development, medical anthropology, gender, population processes, infrastructure, corruption
- +1 401 863 1938
- daniel_j_smith@brown.edu