Recent Thesis Advisors

Thesis advisors play a vital role in the Program in Political and Social Thought. The program depends on the hard work and dedication of the faculty in the College of Arts and Sciences who mentor and guide students through the process of writing their 4th year thesis. Listed here are advisors from only the last 3 years.

Stephen Arata

Professor
English
Lawrie Balfour

Lawrie Balfour

Professor
Politics
Ira Bashkow

Ira Bashkow

Associate Professor
Anthropology

Fahad Bishara

Associate Professor
History

Alison Booth

BROWN-FORMAN CHAIR IN ENGLISH, PROFESSOR
English
Tico Braun

Herbert Braun

Associate Professor
History

James W. Ceaser

Harry F. Byrd Professor of Politics
Politics

Matthew Chin

Assistant Professor
Women, Gender & Sexuality

Nomi Dave

Associate Professor
Music

Kandioura Dramé

Associate Professor Emeritus
French

Justene Hill Edwards

Associate Professor
History
Rita Felski

Rita Felski

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
English

Susan Fraiman

Professor
English

Adrienne Ghaly

Assistant Professor
English

Zvi Gilboa

Associate Professor, General Faculty
Middle Eastern and South Asian Languages and Cultures

K. Ian Grandison

University Professor
English

Bonnie Hagerman

Associate Professor, General Faculty
Women, Gender & Sexuality
Claudrena Harold
History

Matthew S. Hedstrom

Associate Professor
Religious Studies

Willis Jenkins

Hollingsworth Professor of Ethics and Chair of Religious Studies
Religious Studies

Kasey Jernigan

Assistant Professor
American Studies

Caroline Kahlenberg

Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Israel Institute Faculty Fellow
Jewish Studies Program
Andrew Kahrl

Andrew Kahrl

DUP & Associate Professor (AAS/History)
History

James Loeffler

Jay Berkowitz Professor of Jewish History
History

Anne Garland Mahler

Associate Professor
Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
Ekaterina Makarova

Ekaterina Makarova

Associate Professor
Sociology
Charles Mathewes

Charles Mathewes

Carolyn M. Barbour Professor
Religious Studies

Sarah Milov

Associate Professor
History
Jeffrey Olick

Jeffrey Olick

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor
Sociology

Victoria Olwell

Associate Professor
English

John M. Owen

Amb. Henry J. and Mrs. Marion R. Taylor Professor of Politics
Politics

Angel Adams Parham

Associate Director for PST, Associate Professor of Sociology
Sociology

Brad Pasanek

Associate Professor
English

Sabrina Pendergrass

Associate Professor
Carter G. Woodson Institute of African-American/African Studies

Bradly W. Reed

Associate Professor Emeritus
History

Isaac Ariail Reed

Sorensen Professor of Political & Social Thought, and Professor of Sociology
Sociology

Marlon B. Ross

Professor
English
Politics

Todd Sechser

Professor
Politics
John Simmons

A. John Simmons

John Allen Hollingsworth Professor
Philosophy

Lisa Speidel

Associate Professor, General Faculty
Women, Gender & Sexuality

Lean Sweeney

Assistant Professor
History
Milton Vickerman

Milton Vickerman

Associate Professor
Sociology
Denise Walsh

Denise Walsh

Associate Professor
Women, Gender & Sexuality

Heather A. Warren

Associate Professor
Religious Studies

Barbara Brown Wilson

Associate Professor
School of Architecture