Faculty
Francis J. Ambrosio, (Ph.D., Fordham University) is Associate Professor of Philosophy and teaches courses on Plato, Existentialism, Hermeneutics and Deconstruction and an interdisciplinary course entitled "Dante and the Christian Imagination." Since 1987, he has annually conducted study programs for Georgetown at Villa le Balze, the University's campus in Fiesole, Italy, focusing on the development of the Florentine Renaissance. In 2000, the founded the widely recognized "My Dante" website project at Georgetown. He can be reached at ambrosif@georgetown.edu.
Alfred Acres, (Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania) teaches late Medieval, Renaissance and Baroque art history in the Department of Art. His core area of research is European art of the fourteenth through early sixteenth centuries with an emphasis on Netherlandish painting in the sphere of Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden. Professor Acres teaches a number of survey and monographic courses on European art c. 1300 -1700. He can be contacted at aja44@georgetown.edu
David Andrews, (Ph.D., University of Michigan) teaches all levels of Russian language and various courses in Slavic linguistics, including Russian Phonology, Structure of Russian and History of the Russian Language, a Medieval Studies elective. Professor Andrews specializes in Russian socio-and psycholinguisitics, with a particular focus on emigre Russian and on standard versus non-standard speech forms. He can be contacted at andrews@georgetown.edu.
David J. Collins, S.J., (Ph.D., Northwestern University) teaches seminars on heresy and the inquisitions, magic and science, and the cult of the saints. Professor Collins is a specialist in the cultural, intellectual, and religious history of the late Middle Ages and early modern period (Europe, 1300-1700). His research interests include the cult of the saints, medieval magic, Renaissance humanism, and the medieval history of modern writing history.
Carol Dover, (Ph.D., Harvard University) is Director of the Medieval Studies Program and has taught at Georgetown University since 1991. In the Department of French she teaches courses on medieval French literature, linguistics ("History of the French Language"), and modern French language. She also teaches a Humanities and Writing course, "From Knights of Old to Harry Potter." Her research covers Old French romance, Arthurian literature, medieval manuscript illustration, and paleography. She is a specialist on a vast Arthurian romance known as the French prose Lancelot-Grail Cycle. She can be contacted at doverc@georgetown.edu.
Deborah Everhart, (Ph.D. University of California, Irvine) is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Georgetown University's Medieval Studies Program. The Labyrinth, the medieval studies website that she co-directs with Martin Irvine, was the first Web project at Georgetown University and one of the first websites in the humanities. Her area of specialization includes Arthurian Legends, medieval philosophies of causality, and medieval women. She can be contacted at everhart@georgetown.edu.
Steven Fields, S.J., (Ph.D., Yale) is Associate Professor of historical and philosophical theology. He specializes in the contemporary interpretation of the thought of St. Thomas Aquinas. Of interest to those in Medieval Studies is his year long seminar in the the History of Christian Thought, which emphasizes Neoplatonism, and the thought of Sts Augustine, Anselm, Bonaventure and Thomas. He can be contacted at fieldss@georgetown.edu.
Clive Foss, Ph.D. is a professor in the History department and teaches a variety of Medieval courses. He teaches History 339: Fall of Rome, History 365: Mohammed and the Rise of Islam and History 236: Byzantine Empire. His research interests are the Late Roman period, Early Islamic and Byzantine history, archaeology and numismatics. He can be contacted at cff@georgetown.edu.
Mark Henninger, S.J. (Ph.D., UCLA) regularly teaches the course "Ancient and Medieval Philosophy" but also has taught courses in the introduction to philosophy and the philosophy of religion. Professor Henninger is the holder of the Martin Chair of Medieval Philosophy at Georgetown University.He can be contacted at mgh7@georgetown.edu.
John Hirsh, Ph.D. teaches Medieval literature for Medieval Studies. Professor Hirsh works in medieval literature and religion, with a particular emphasis on English texts, particularly Chaucer, Middle English lyrics and ballads and texts generally concerned with late medieval spirituality. He can be contacted at hirshj@georgetown.edu.
Neil Lewis, (Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh) teaches courses on various aspects of medieval philosophy, including courses on free will, divine power, theories of space and time, St.Augustine and the medieval ethics of homicide. He can be contacted at lewisn@georgetown.edu.
Sarah McNamer, (Ph.D., UCLA) teaches Middle English and continental medieval literature and culture; recent courses include Chaucer, Medieval Emotion, Medieval Performance, and Courtly Love. Her research focuses on devotional literature and the history of emotion, particularly in late medieval England. She can be contacted at mcnamer@georgetown.edu.
G. Ronald Murphy, S.J., Ph.D. is Professor of German and teaches courses primarily in German language and literature. His research encompasses many aspects of German history, with particular interests in Medieval German literature that focus on the interaction of the Germanic and Christian in the ninth-century German epic, The Heliand, as well as The Grimm Fairytales and the Holy Grail in Wolfram's Parzival. He can be contacted at murphyg@georgetown.edu.
Josiah Osgood, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Classics and teaches courses primarily in Roman History and Latin literature. His research encompasses all aspects of Roman history, with particular interests in the political history of the late Republic and early empire, as well as the Roman family. He is presently at work on a re-examination of the emperor Claudius and his significance for historians. He can be contacted at jo39@georgetown.edu.
Jennifer Paxton, (Ph.D., Harvard) is a Professional Lecturer in Medieval Studies. Professor Paxton teaches Irish and medieval Church History as well as medieval historical survey courses. Her areas of interest are Medieval Europe, Church History, Medieval England, Medieval Germany, heresy and Irish history. She can be reached at paxtonj@georgetown.edu.
Jonathan Ray is the Samuel Eig Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies in the Theology Department. Professor Ray specializes in medieval and early modern Jewish history, focusing on the Sephardic world. His research explores the "convivencia" or coexistence between Christian, Muslim and Jewish societies in Iberia and throughout the broader Mediterranean world. His courses include: Under Crescent and Cross: Jewish Middle Ages; Jews of Spain in the Middle Ages; and Jews and Judaism in the world of Islam. He can be reached at jsr46@georgetown.edu.
Alexander Sens is Joseph Durkin, S.J., Professor of Classics. He works on Greek and Latin poetry, especially Greek poetry of the late Classical and Hellenistic periods. He teaches Greek and Latin at all levels and offers courses in ancient literature translation. He can be reached directly at sensa@georgetown.edu.
Kelley M. Wickham-Crowley (Ph.D., Cornell) is Associate Professor Department of English. She teaches Literatures of Medieval Women (English Dept. Gateway 040), Worlds of Beowulf (seminar), Medieval Sexualities and Medieval Celtic Cultures. Her teaching and research interests include Old English and Middle English Literature, especially medieval sexualities, the literature of medieval women, Layamon's Brut, archaeology of the British Isles, feminist and gender theory; Anglo-Saxon architecture and J.R. Tolkien's writings. She can be contacted at wickhamk@georgetown.edu. 
