Faculty & Staff

Assistant Professor of History

Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Biological Sciences

Administrative Assistant for Employer Relations & Partnerships at Beyond Barnard

Adjunct Lecturer

Associate Professor of Chemistry

Gisela Cardenas has trained theater professionals and directed them in the UK, Germany, Peru, Norway, Romania, the Netherlands, Brazil, and the U.S.A. She has worked at numerous universities, including Columbia University School of the Arts, Colgate University, Vassar College, O’Neill National Theater Institute, The Theatre Academy in the Netherlands, The Akademy of Scenekunts- Norway, and Universidad Católica in Peru, amongst others. In New York, she has directed plays and musicals Off and Off-Off-Broadway. Awards and Memberships: Drama Desk Nomination (2005), Princess Grace Theater Fellowship (2007), 2008 Phil Killian Directing Fellow (Oregon Shakespeare Festival), 2008-10 Women’s Project Director’s Lab, recipient of the 2008 Josephine Abady Award (League of Professional Theatre Women), Lower Manhattan Cultural Council- Swing Space, recipient of the TCG/ NEA 2009/2011 Career Development Program for Directors, HARP Resident Artist at HERE Arts Center and is a member of the Society Directors and Choreographers. As Director, she is interested in working with classics, devising theater pieces, adaptations, and creating collaborative media projects. She has a B.A. in Social Sciences, an M.A. in Performance Studies (N.Y.U.), and an M.F.A. in Directing (Columbia University). In 2015 she founded InTandem Lab, her company.

Professor of Philosophy

Adjunct Lecturer

Professor of History

The Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience

Adjunct Lecturer

Professor of Religion

Vice President of Health and Wellness, Chief Health Officer

Term Associate of Education

Assistant Professor, Associate Director of Creative Writing      

Associate Professor of Professional Practice   

Faculty Director, Movement Lab and Associate Professor of Professional Practice, Department of Dance

Claire Tow Professor of Africana Studies and English Literature

Senior Lecturer in English, Director of the Writing Program, Director of the Speaking Program, Co-Director of the First-Year Seminar Program

Term Lecturer in Comparative Literature, English, and First-Year Seminar