Welcome to the Humanities Initiative

The Humanities Initiative Advisory Board consists of a group of faculty and administrators chosen from among NYU’s many schools that offer a humanities curriculum. Members are appointed by the Provost and serve for a three-year term. Chaired by the Dean for Humanities in FAS, the Advisory Board meets several times a semester to discuss yearly programming and to select the winners of the Team-Teaching Stipends and Working Research Groups competitions.

Lauren Benton, Chair
Acting Dean for the Humanities
Professor of History
Faculty of Arts and Science
Affiliate Professor of Law
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Hilary Ballon
University Professor
Deputy Vice Chancellor, NYU Abu Dhabi
Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies
Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service
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Benoît Bolduc
Associate Professor of French
Faculty of Arts and Science
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Roger Dunbar
Professor of Management
Leonard N. Stern School of Business
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Robert Lubar
Associate Professor of Fine Arts
Institute of Fine Arts
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Helen Nissenbaum
Professor of Culture and Communication
The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
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Michael Stoller
Director of Collection and Research Services
Division of Libraries
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Marita Sturken
Professor and Chair, Media, Culture and Communication
The Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
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Diana Taylor
University Professor
Director, The Hemispheric Institute
Professor of Spanish and Performance Studies
Faculty of Arts and Science; Tisch School of the Arts
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Jane Tylus
Faculty Director, Humanities Initiative
Professor of Italian Studies and Comparative Literature
Vice Provost for Academic Affairs
Faculty of Arts and Science
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Barbara Weinstein
Professor of History
Faculty of Arts and Science
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Lawrence Weschler
Director of the New York Institute for the Humanities
Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
Department of Journalism
Faculty of Arts and Science
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Susanne Wofford
Dean, Gallatin School of Individualized Study
Associated Faculty, Department of English
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