Faculty Directory

The Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts faculty and staff are committed to developing Purdue graduates who can compete in the global job market, think creatively, and assess and articulate arguments.

We honor free expression and seek to cultivate an atmosphere where democratic rights and responsibilities are understood, practiced, and valued among students. We respect our students, our subject matter, and the classroom experience. Each time we step into that space, we remember the privilege given to us: to educate all students from across the Purdue campus.

Faculty Resources

Antonia Syson Cornerstone Teaching Award

Director

	Name		Research/Focus	Email	Room
	Melinda S. Zook	Director	Early Modern European History, Tudor-Stuart England, Political Thought and Culture, Women and Gender, History of Higher Education	mzook@purdue.edu	BRNG 6162

Assistant Director, Cornerstone Indianapolis

	Name		Research/Focus	Email	Room
	Tulin Tosun	Assistant Director, Cornerstone Indianapolis Associate Teaching Professor		ttosun@purdue.edu	Student Center, Room 205

Faculty

Name	Title(s)	Research/Focus	Email	Room
Evelina Akimova	Assistant Professor	Sociogenomics	eakimova@purdue.edu	BRNG 1164
Ahmed Idrissi Alami	Associate Professor	Arabic and Comparative Literature	aidrissi@purdue.edu	SC 161
Alina Arseniev-Koehler	Assistant Professor		aaashelm@purdue.edu	BRNG 1160
Jamin Asay	Professor and Philosophy Interim Department Head	Metaphysics, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science	jfasay@purdue.edu	BRNG 7105D
Ekaterina Babintseva	Assistant Professor	History of Science and Technology in the 20th Century	ebabints@purdue.edu	BRNG 6178
Andy Baker	Professor	Comparative Politics, Development, Latin American Politics, Political Economy, Political Behavior, Elections, Quantitative Methods, Surveys	bakerab@purdue.edu	BRNG 2268
Miriam Barnum	Assistant Professor	International Security, Conflict and Bargaining, Technology and Security, Political Economy, Computational Methods, Measurement	mmbarnum@purdue.edu	BRNG 2254
Melanie Beasley	Associate Professor	paleoanthropology, bioarchaeology, forensic anthropology, stable isotopes	melmbeas@purdue.edu	STON 316
Andrew Bellisari	Assistant Professor	Modern France and Europe, Colonialism and Decolonization, Southeast Asia (Vietnam), North Africa (Algeria), Military History	ahbellis@purdue.edu	BRNG 6169
Samuel Bennett	Assistant Teaching Professor		benne119@purdue.edu	BRNG 2251
Michael Bergmann	Professor	Epistemology, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion	bergmann@purdue.edu	BRNG 7140
Todd Borlik	Assistant Teaching Professor - Purdue Indianapolis		tborlik@purdue.edu	Student Center, Room 205
Gabrielle Byrd	Assistant Professor		gabyrd@purdue.edu	BRNG 2174
Charles Campbell	Assistant Teaching Professor	Greek and Latin Literature	campb441@purdue.edu	SC G003
Likun Cao	Assistant Professor	Science & Technology		BRNG 1162
Darrell Carter	Visiting Assistant Professor	International Relations, Political Economy, East Asian Politics, Conflict and Bargaining, American Politics	carte523@purdue.edu	BRNG 2267
Charlie Catalano	Assistant Teaching Professor		ccatalan@purdue.edu	BRNG 2162
Vanesa Cañete-Jurado	Assistant Professor		vcanetej@purdue.edu	SC 181B
Huiying Chen	Assistant Professor	Chinese History, Early Modern History	chenhy@purdue.edu	BRNG 6158
Mollie Cohen	Associate Professor	Comparative Politics, Latin American Politics, Political Economy, Elections, Political Behavior, Democratic Backsliding, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods, Causal Inference, Experiments, Surveys	mjcohen@purdue.edu	BRNG 2260
Jessica R. Collier	Assistant Professor		jrcollie@purdue.edu	BRNG 2136
Yan Cong	Assistant Professor	Chinese and Computational Linguistics	cong4@purdue.edu	SC 107
Stacey Connaughton	Professor		sconnaug@purdue.edu	BRNG 2176
Daniel Conner	Clinical Associate Professor	Latin Literature	conner62@purdue.edu	SC 103
Austin Cooper	Assistant Professor	Contemporary International History, History of Science and Technology	cooperar@purdue.edu	BRNG 6132
Dylan Crosson	Assistant Teaching Professor		dncrosso@purdue.edu	BRNG 2259
Jesse Crosson	Associate Professor	American Politics, Political Institutions, Law and Governance Political Economy, Quantitative Methods, Computational Methods, Measurement, Legislatures	jcrosson@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216D
Marlo D. David	Associate Professor		mdavid@purdue.edu	SC 205
Duane Davis	Visiting Professor	Phenomenology (especially Merleau-Ponty), Existentialism, Social & Political Philosophy, Recent French Philosophy, Philosophy of Literature	davi2449@purdue.edu	BRNG 6119
Frederick Rowe Davis	Professor	History of Science, Environmental History	frdavis@purdue.edu	BRNG 6104
Dada Docot	Associate Professor		dadadocot@purdue.edu	STON 351
William Dory	Assistant Teaching Professor		wdory@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216B
Catherine Dossin	Associate Professor		cdossin@purdue.edu	PAO 3157
Joshua Doyle	Assistant Professor	Social Psychology	doylejf@purdue.edu	BRNG 1132
Eamon Duede	Assistant Professor	Philosophy of AI, Philosophy of Science, Computational Social Science, Epistemology & Metaphysics	eduede@purdue.edu	BRNG 6117
George Elliott	Assistant Teaching Professor		gdelliot@purdue.edu	BRNG 6161
Christopher Ewing	Assistant Professor	Modern European History/LGBTQ History	cbewing@purdue.edu	BRNG 6130
Daniel Frank	Professor	Ancient Philosophy, Medieval Islamic and Jewish Philosophy, History of Political Philosophy, Ethics	dfrank@purdue.edu	BRNG 7135
Elise Frketich	Assistant Teaching Professor		efrketic@purdue.edu	BRNG 2257
Jacqui Frost	Assistant Professor	Religion	jlfrost@purdue.edu	BRNG 1138
Ariel de la Fuente	Professor		delafuen@purdue.edu	BRNG 6164
Tyler Girard	Assistant Professor	Politics of Digital Technology, International Relations, Political Economy, Technology and Governance, AI, Group Politics, Foreign Policy, Qualitative Methods, Computational Methods, Measurement	tgirard@purdue.edu	BRNG 2250
Zachary Goldsmith	Assistant Teaching Professor		zgoldsmi@purdue.edu	BRNG 2229
Javier Gomez-Lavin	Associate Professor	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Science, Social and Political Philosophy	jglavin@purdue.edu	BRNG 7143
Sebastian Graham	Assistant Teaching Professor		srgraham@purdue.edu	BRNG 6161
Lindsay Hamm	Associate Teaching Professor		lhamm@purdue.edu	BRNG 1118
Chantel Haughton	Assistant Professor	Interpersonal Com/Health Com/Family Com	chaughto@purdue.edu	BRNG 2152
Matt Hauske	Assistant Teaching Professor		mhauske@purdue.edu	BRNG 2274A
Raleigh Heth	Assistant Teaching Professor		rheth@purdue.edu	BRNG 6165
Elizabeth A. Hoffmann	Professor	Law & Society	hoffmanne@purdue.edu	BRNG 1152
Yuwen Hsiung	Assistant Teaching Professor	Sinophone Cultural Production	yhsiung@purdue.edu	SC G005
Tina Irvine	Assistant Professor	• 20th century United States; Cultural and Social History; History of Ideas	tirvine@purdue.edu	BRNG 6114
Elsayed Issa	Assistant Professor	Arabic and Computational Linguistics	esissa@purdue.edu.	SC G009
Akshath Jitendranath	Assistant Professor	Decision Theory, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Philosophy of Social Science.	ajitendr@purdue.edu	BRNG 7133
Katherine Johnson	Assistant Teaching Professor - Purdue Indianapolis		john4789@purdue.edu	Student Center, Room 209
Kathryn Maxson Jones	Assistant Professor	Neuroscience, Biology, AI	kmaxson@purdue.edu	BRNG 6118
T. Cole Jones	Associate Professor	Early America, American Revolution	colejones@purdue.edu	BRNG 6160
Gwénaël Jouin	Visiting Assistant Professor		gjouin@purdue.edu	SC G057
Patrick Kain	Professor	Ethics, Kant, Early Modern Philosophy, Philosophy of Religion	kain@purdue.edu	BRNG 7138
Danielle Kane	Associate Professor		kane71@purdue.edu	BRNG 1122
Alon Kantor	Lecturer		akantor@purdue.edu	SC 158
Brett Karlan	Assistant Professor	Epistemology, Ethics, Philosophy of Science, Philosophy of Technology	bkarlan@purdue.edu	BRNG 7128
Jenn (Seoyeon) Kim	Assistant Professor	American Political Institutions
Cara Kinnally	Associate Professor	Latin American and Latinx Literature	ckinnall@purdue.edu	SC 163
Brian Kogelmann	Associate Professor	Social and Political Philosophy, Political Economy, Political Institutions	bkogelma@purdue.edu	BRNG 6119 / BRNG 2223
Michelle LaBonte	Assistant Professor	History of Medicine	mlabonte@purdue.edu	BRNG 6122
Jonathan Lande	Associate Professor	Civil War Era, 19th Century African American History	jlande@purdue.edu	BRNG 6126
Paula Leverage	Associate Professor	French Literature, Film, Cognitive Studies	leverage@purdue.edu	SC 157
Will Lewis	Assistant Professor		wwlewis@purdue.edu	PAO 2185
Zachary Loeb	Assistant Professor	Computing, Cybersecurity, Technology, Disasters	zloeb@purdue.edu	BRNG 6116
Olga Lyanda-Geller	Assistant Professor	Russian and Comparative Literature	okogan@purdue.edu	SC 180
Corey Maley	Associate Professor	The philosophy of science, the philosophies of neuroscience, cognitive science, and computation.	cjmaley@purdue.edu	BRNG 7137
Marcus Mann	Assistant Professor	Knowledge and Culture	mannml@purdue.edu	BRNG 1124
Claire Mason	Assistant Teaching Professor		cemason@purdue.edu	BRNG 2255
John W. Megson	Assistant Teaching Professor - Purdue Indianapolis		jmegson@purdue.edu	Student Center, Room 206
Aaron Mendon-Plasek	Assistant Professor	History of Science and Technology	amendonp@purdue.edu	BRNG 6171
JP Messina	Associate Professor	Moral, Legal, and Political Philosophy; the History of Modern Philosophy with a focus on Kant	jpmessin@purdue.edu	BRNG 7145
James Mollison	Assistant Teaching Professor		jmolliso@purdue.edu	BRNG 2274B
John Mulhall	Assistant Professor	Mediterranean History, Medieval History, History of Science	jmulhall@purdue.edu	BRNG 6134
Michael Nichols	Associate Teaching Professor		nicholmd@purdue.edu	BRNG 2274F
Lynn Parrish	Associate Teaching Professor	Social and Political Theory, Philosophy of Art and Architecture, Philosophy of Technology	lparrish@purdue.edu	BRNG 7101
Evan Perrault	Associate Professor		perrault@purdue.edu	BRNG 2158
David Peterson	Associate Professor	Science & Technology	davidpeterson@purdue.edu	BRNG 1158
Rhodes Pinto	Assistant Teaching Professor		rlpinto@purdue.edu	BRNG 2247
Brandon Rdzak	Assistant Teaching Professor		brdzak@purdue.edu	BRNG 2253
Josh Renfro	Assistant Teaching Professor		jsrenfro@purdue.edu	BRNG 2233
Sarah Renkert	Assistant Professor of Practice		srenkert@purdue.edu	STON 312
Liana Eustacia Reyes	Assistant Professor	Civil Wars, Law, Conflict Resolution, International Relations, Law and Governance, Political Violence, Conflict and Bargaining, Political Institutions, Development, Quantitative and Qualitative Methods	ler01@purdue.edu	BRNG 2256
Alec Rhodes	Assistant Professor	Work and Economic Sociology		BRNG 1130
Sarah Robins	Professor	Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Philosophy of Neuroscience, Philosophy of Memory	skrobins@purdue.edu	BRNG 7124
Tom Robson	Assistant Teaching Professor		trobson@purdue.edu	BRNG 6163
Kali Rubaii	Assistant Professor	displacement, ecologies of war, spatial politics, forensic ethnography, health justice, Middle East	jrubaii@purdue.edu	STON 306
Eric Sampson	Assistant Professor	Ethics, Epistemology	esampso@purdue.edu	BRNG 7127
Daniel Schiff	Associate Professor	AI Policy and Ethics, Technology and Governance, Policy Process, Political Institutions and Behavior, Political Communication,Social Policy, Experiments, Causal Inference	dschiff@purdue.edu	BRNG 2228
Kaylyn Jackson Schiff	Associate Professor	Technology and Local Politics	schiffk@purdue.edu	BRNG 2264
Ben Schoville	Associate Professor	Technological Innovations During the Late Pleistocene
Mary (Molly) Scudder	Associate Professor	Political Theory, Democratic Theory, Political Communication, and Political Philosophy	scudder@purdue.edu	BRNG 2224
Troy Seagraves	Assistant Teaching Professor		tseagrav@purdue.edu	BRNG 6159
Christopher Seto	Assistant Professor	Criminology	setoc@purdue.edu	BRNG 1156
Jeremy Sklar	Assistant Teaching Professor		jsklar@purdue.edu	STEW G88
Michael G. Smith	Professor		mgsmith@purdue.edu	BRNG 6170
Aletha Stahl	Visiting Assistant Professor		stahl23@purdue.edu	SC G057
Joan Timoneda	Assistant Professor		timoneda@purdue.edu	BRNG 2230
Tulin Tosun	Assistant Director, Cornerstone Indianapolis Associate Teaching Professor		ttosun@purdue.edu	Student Center, Room 205
Jeffrey Turco	Associate Professor	German and Medieval Literature	jturco@purdue.edu	SC 142
Maria Waggoner	Assistant Professor	Moral Psychology, Ethics, Epistemology	waggonmr@purdue.edu	BRNG 7154
Lindsey Wedow	Assistant Teaching Professor		lwedow@purdue.edu	BRNG 2245
Robbee Wedow	Assistant Professor	Statistical genetics and sociogenomics	rwedow@purdue.edu	BRNG 1168
Evan Westra	Associate Professor	Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science, Moral Psychology	ewestra@purdue.edu	BRNG 7141
William White	Associate Teaching Professor		white660@purdue.edu	BRNG 2274G
Subodhana (Subo) Wijeyeratne	Assistant Professor	History of Science, History of East Asia	swijeyer@purdue.edu	BRNG 6124
Melissa Will	Clinical Associate Professor	International Security	will5@purdue.edu	BRNG 2216c
Jen William	Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs	German Literature, Film, Cognitive Studies	jmwilliam@purdue.edu	University Hall, Room 331C
Daniel Winchester	Associate Professor	Religion	dwinches@purdue.edu	BRNG 1154
Courtney T. Wittekind	Assistant Professor		ctwittek@purdue.edu	STON 311
Elizabeth Woodward	Assistant Professor		ejwoodwa@purdue.edu	PAO 3155
Eddie Yang	Assistant Professor	Politics of AI	z5yang@ucsd.edu
Christopher Yeomans	Professor and Justin S. Morrill Dean of the College of Liberal Arts	Hegel and German Philosophy, Philosophy of Action, Political Philosophy	cyeomans@purdue.edu	University Hall, Room 337B
Shan Zhou	Assistant Professor	Public Policy, Energy Justice, Sustainability	zhou1487@purdue.edu	BRNG 2238