BU Humanists at Work: Petrus Liu, Associate Professor of Chinese & Comparative Literature and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies
Associate Professor of Chinese & Comparative Literature and Women’s, Gender, & Sexuality Studies Petrus Liu can’t imagine studying literature in just one language. Over the course of his career, Liu has picked up German, Latin, Thai, and Japanese in addition to Chinese and English, and each has proved itself “full of wonders.” Liu encourages his […]
BU Humanists at Work: Darien Pollock, Assistant Professor of Philosophy
“I think a lot of students would benefit from taking just one philosophy course,” says Assistant Professor of Philosophy Darien Pollock. “They would see that things that you think have to be true don’t have to be.” Darien Pollock was once one of those students. As an undergraduate at Morehouse College, Pollock felt disillusioned with […]
Education for All: A Q&A with Professor Cathie Jo Martin
Political scientists don’t usually pay much attention to novels, but that’s the first place Professor of Political Science Cathie Jo Martin turned when she began research on public education in Denmark and England that forms the core of her new book, Education for All?: Literature, Culture and Education Development in Britain and Denmark. Martin embraced […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Dennis Wuerthner
“I had to defend my decision to pursue Korean studies to a lot of people. They would regularly ask me ‘what are you going to do with that?’ I didn’t really have an answer. I just knew it was right the minute I started. It was magical to me to encounter this new culture, this […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Maia Gil’Adí, Assistant Professor of English
Assistant Professor of English Maia Gil’Adí is a big horror fan, but her studies of the genre reach beyond the typical slasher flick. “I’m a consumer of all types of horror from the most basic to the most disgusting. I love it all,” Gil’Adí said, “but the horror that I study isn’t necessarily the type […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Timothy Clark
“The field is changing, and you might be surprised by how it illuminates or gives you new perspectives about the modern world,” says Timothy Clark, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classical Studies. While Clark acknowledges that “sitting around reading Latin and thinking big thoughts” is still a “valuable part of the classical studies discipline,” the associated […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Stephanie Sheintul
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy Stephanie Sheintul may be new to BU, but she’s ready to jump right into difficult conversations surrounding contemporary topics, and she encourages students to do the same. Sheintul recently received her doctorate from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where she also acted as an instructor for undergraduate courses on contemporary […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Amy Hutchinson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics Amy Hutchinson stumbled into linguistics by accident. As a freshmen at the University of South Florida, she set out to major in Public Health. After quickly realizing that Public Health wasn’t the right fit, she switched to an International Business major, which required her to become proficient in a foreign […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Micah Goodrich
Micah Goodrich’s scholarship knits together his two specialties in seemingly disjunct areas: medieval studies and trans studies. His recent and current work considers what he’s coined as “trans natures,” or “ways of inhabiting a body and inhabiting an environment that are in dialogue with medieval natural philosophy.” In his publications and in the classroom, he […]
BU Humanists at Work: Meet Roshaya Rodness
“You raise your camera to capture those dramatic clouds; you look good this evening and film yourself out with friends. You tap the shutter and the images appear, but they look nothing like what you just saw.” Snapping a quick photo, whether you are using a professional camera or your smartphone, can lead to these […]