A&S New Faculty 2024

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Welcomes New Faculty for the 2024-25 Year

The College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences considers the recruitment and advancement of extraordinary faculty talent one of its top priorities. It reinforces the University of Virginia’s longstanding reputation for excellence in undergraduate education and its contributions to leading-edge inquiry, discovery, research, and creative expression, all of which are rooted in the talents of our exceptional faculty.

For the 2024-25 academic year, we celebrate the new appointments of 64 faculty members. The abilities of our exceptional faculty showcase an impressive range of expertise across various fields spanning the arts and sciences.

These new arrivals include acclaimed scholars and artists recognized as groundbreaking leaders of their fields, as well as new faculty displaying the research and teaching talents that have established them as up-and-coming stars of their chosen disciplines.


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African American and African Studies

Naseemah Mohamed
Shelby Sinclair

American Sign Language Program

Miranda Slusser, UVA ASL

American Studies

Anneleise Azúa

Anthropology

Aron Marie, UVA Anthropology
Erin Moriarty, UVA Anthropology

Art

LaRissa Rogers

Biology

Nicholas Landry, UVA Biology
Wendy Lewis, UVA Arts & Sciences

Chemistry

Xin Ma
Amrit Venkatesh

Classics

David Williams headshot

Creative Writing Program

Jesse Ball
Camille Dungy

East Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures

Yoon Hwa Choi
Hasegawa, UVA
Ying Yue, UVA EALLC

Economics

Jack Fisher, UVA Economics
Chang He, UVA Arts & Sciences
Po-Hsuan Lin
Alexander MacKay
Ahnaf Rafi, UVA Arts & Sciences

Engagements

Wendy Smith
Gillet Rosenblith, UVA Engagements

English

Tyler Carter, UVA English
Sumita Chakraborty, UVA English
Jodie Childers, UVA English
Piers Gelly
Modica, UVA English
Taylor Schey

Environmental Sciences

Meghan Blumstein

Germanic Languages & Literatures

Julia Gutterman, UVA German

Global Studies

Andreja Siliunas, UVA Arts & Sciences

History

Caroline Kahlenberg, UVA Arts & Sciences
Erica Sterling headshot
Melissa Vise

Mathematics

Aseel Farhat
Brianna Kurtz
Caelan Wang

Media Studies

Laura Bridges, UVA Media Studies
Robin R. Means Coleman

Middle Eastern & South Asian Languages & Cultures

Parwana Fayyaz

Music

Leah Reid, UVA Music

Philosophy

Trey Boone, UVA Philosophy
Jordan MacKenzie
Justin Snedegar, UVA Arts & Sciences

Physics

Tomoya Asaba
Rebecca Grouchy
Cristina Mantilla-Suárez, UVA Arts & Sciences

Politics

Tom Donahue-Ochoa
Amber Mackey, UVA Arts & Sciences
Jeffry Morrison
Paulina Ochoa Espejo, UVA Arts & Sciences
Sophia Solomon

Psychology

Aaron Reuben

Religious Studies

Julianna Cassaniti, UVA Arts & Sciences
Laurie Maffly-Kipp
Sam Shuman

Slavic Languages & Literatures

Mira Nikolova

Sociology

Daniel Driscoll, UVA Arts & Sciences
Pierre-Christian Fink, UVA Sociology and Global Studies

Statistics

Martin Slawski
Jingming Wang

Women, Gender & Sexuality

Sarah L. Orsak