People

Bautista, Stefanie

• Assistant Professor of Archaeology

• sbautist@ur.rochester.edu | (585) 275-5378
• 427 Rush Rhees

Christensen, Peter

• Arthur Satz Professor of the Humanities
  Professor of Art and Art History
• Associate Dean, School of Arts and Sciences
  Ani and Mark Gabrellian Director, Humanities Center
  Director, Andrew W. Mellon Program in the Digital Humanities

• peter.christensen@rochester.edu | (585) 276-7173
• 212C Rush Rhees Library

Website

Interests: 19th and 20th century architectural history, particularly Europe and North America’s international engagement with the Islamic world; history and aesthetics of infrastructure and industry; historicism; cartography and architecture; critical digital humanities

Colantoni, Elizabeth

• Associate Professor of Classics

• elizabeth.colantoni@rochester.edu | (585) 275-9360
• 429 Rush Rhees Library

Website

Interests: Roman, Italic, and Etruscan Art and Archaeology; Roman religion; early Rome

Haidu, Rachel

• Associate Professor of Art History

• rachel.haidu@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4112
• 506A Morey Hall

Interests: Modern, postwar and contemporary art; Eastern European postwar and contemporary art; artist's films and videos; contemporary painting; history of photography; national identity and transnationalism; critical theory and poststructuralist theory; feminism, gender and race studies; visual studies

Jarvis, Michael J.

• Professor of History
• Director of the Digital Elmina Project; Director of Smiths Island Archaeology Project

• michael.jarvis@rochester.edu | (585) 275-4558
• 455 Rush Rhees Library

Website

Interests: Public History and Museum Studies; Early American and Atlantic History 1450-1850 (Transnational); Material Culture and Historical Archaeology (Transnational); Digital History

Lambropoulos, John

• Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering
  Professor, Materials Science
  Senior Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics
  Distinguished Scientist, Laboratory for Laser Energetics (LLE)
  Materials Science Graduate Recruiting Committee

• john.lambropoulos@rochester.edu
• 216 Hopeman

Interests: Micromechanics; Mechanics & Materials Issues in Optics Manufacturing; Defect Generation During Crystal Growth

Rubel, Nora

• Jane and Alan Batkin Professor in Jewish Studies
  Associate Professor of Religion and Classics
• Chair, Department of Religion and Classics

• nora.rubel@rochester.edu | (585) 275-7215
• 438 Rush Rhees Library

Interests: American Religion; Race and Ethnicity; Religion and Foodways

Smoller, Laura Ackerman

• Professor of History

• laura.smoller@rochester.edu
• 369A Rush Rhees Library

Interests: Medieval and Renaissance Europe; Medieval Christianity; Early Science and Medicine; History of Astrology and Prophecy