Humanities Our faculty are using critical research methods to study human culture, history, literature, and communication. History Brian Williams Professor HistoryLiberal Arts 334 Research site 508-999-8302dyknnkcouBwocuuf0gfw ResearchResearch interestsAmerica's post-9/11 wars in Iraq, Afghanistan and SyriaCIA drone warfare and global counter-terrorismTaliban, Al Qaeda and ISIS terrorism and warfareIslamic Central Asia, Crimea, Russia, Chechnya, Ukraine, Turkey, BalkansHistory of the Ottoman Islamic and Mongol Empires and Barbarian conquests Timothy Walker Professor HistoryLiberal Arts 330 508-999-8970x{epoivDyqewwh2ihy ResearchResearch interestsEarly Modern Europe, the Atlantic World, the Portuguese and their EmpireMaritime History and European Global Colonial ExpansionThe Adoption of Colonial Indigenous Medicines by EuropeansClimate Data Derived from Colonial-Era Archival documentationSlave Trading in the Atlantic and Indian Oceans Portuguese studies Anna Klobucka, PhD Commonwealth Professor PortugueseLiberal Arts 398H Research site 508-999-8241dnorexfndCxpdvvg1hgx ResearchResearch interestsModern Portuguese literature and cultureWomen's writing and historyGender and sexuality in Luso-Brazilian culturesModernist studiesLesbian history Glaucia Silva, PhD Professor PortugueseLiberal Arts 396H 508-999-8271jvloydCxpdvvg1hgx ResearchResearch interestsTeaching and learning Portuguese as a heritage language Victor Mendes Associate Professor / Director of Portuguese PortugueseLiberal Arts 398L 508-999-8338riaj`ao<qi]oo`*a`q English & Communication Art History Anna Dempsey, PhD Professor / Chairperson Art Education, Art History & Media StudiesCollege of Visual & Performing Arts 360A 508-999-8553befnqtfzAvnbtte/fev ResearchResearch interestsContemporary ArtCuratorial StudiesGender StudiesDesign and Architectural HistoryVirtual Museums Pamela Karimi Professor Art Education, Art History & Media StudiesCollege of Visual & Performing Arts 313 Research site 508-910-6957m^jbi^+h^ofjf=rj^ppa+bar ResearchResearch interestsArtArchitecture and visual culture of the modern Middle EastDesign and sustainability in North America