Faculty

Core faculty

Ann-Sophie Barwich

Ann-Sophie Barwich

Visiting Assistant Professor, Cognitive Science Program

  • abarwich@iu.edu
  • Geology Building 603H
Farrah Bashey-Visser

Farrah Bashey-Visser

Assistant Scientist, Biology

Lecturer, Human Biology

Research Interests
ecology, evolution, microbial interactions and pathogenesis

Amy Berndtson

Amy Berndtson

Senior Lecturer, Biology

Research Interests
hormonal regulation of reproduction

Fritz Breithaupt

Fritz Breithaupt

Provost Professor, Germanic Studies

  • fbreitha@indiana.edu

Research Interests
literature and cognitive science; empathy; narrative; German and European literature, philosophy, and culture since 1700; aesthetics; intellectual history of money, Goethe

Amit Hagar

Amit Hagar

Professor, History and Philosophy of Science and Medicine

  • hagara@indiana.edu
  • Goodbody Hall 120

Amit Hagar (Ph.D. UBC, 2004), is a philosopher of physics interested in the foundations of modern physics, especially in the notion of objective chance, the philosophy of time, the notion of physical computation, the foundations of quantum information theory, and the biophysical modeling of cancer.

Vivian Nun Halloran

Vivian Nun Halloran

Professor, English

Associate Professor, American Studies

Director, Graduate Studies, American Studies

Pamela Hanratty

Pamela Hanratty

Senior Lecturer, Biology

Research Interests
human genetics; ethical issues related to genetic testing, genetic privacy, and genetic technology

Richard Hardy

Richard Hardy

Professor, Biology

Associate Dean for Undergraduate Education, College of Arts and Sciences

Research Interests
eukaryotic cell biology; cytoskeleton and signaling; virology; genome functions of RNA viruses and the roles of trans-acting factors

 Ore Koren

Ore Koren

Associate Professor, Political Science

  • okoren@iu.edu
  • Woodburn Hall 362
Sarah Phillips

Sarah Phillips

Professor, Anthropology

Affiliate Faculty, Gender Studies

  • sadphill@indiana.edu
  • (812) 855-7309
  • Global and International Studies Building 4016

Research Interests
postsocialist; transformations; civil society and non-governmental organizations (NGOs); globalization; development; gender studies; medical anthropology; post-Chernobyl health and healing; folk medicine; disability studies

Heather Reynolds

Heather Reynolds

Associate Professor, Biology

Research Interests
ecology; microbial interactions and pathogenesis

Leah Savion

Leah Savion

Senior Lecturer, Philosophy

Director, Associate Instructor Training

Research Interests
logic; cognitive science; philosophy of language; philosophy of logic; epistemology; pedagogical theories

Michael Wasserman

Michael Wasserman

Director, Human Biology

Associate Professor, Anthropology and Human Biology

  • mdwasser@Indiana.edu
  • 1103 Atwater Ave.

Primate Environmental Endocrinology Lab (PEEL)

Research Interests
primate ecology and evolution; environmental endocrinology; nutritional anthropology; evolutionary medicine; conservation and sustainability

Andrea Wiley

Andrea Wiley

Professor, Anthropology

Affiliate, Human Biology

Research Interests
human diet and nutrition and the adaptive significance of human dietary behavior; human adaptability, particularly to stressful environments such as high altitude; human health and disease, especially maternal and infant health within an evolutionary framework; demography and determinants of fertility and mortality in human populations