![Tomoko Sakomura](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_180816_sakomura_b_372x466_1_0.jpg)
Tomoko Sakomura
Label:Dean of Students and Professor of Art History
Japanese art history
Higher education
East Asian art
The relationship between word and image in the visual culture of medieval Japan
![ron tarver](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_ron_tarver-372x466.jpg)
Ron Tarver
Label:Associate Professor of Art
- Photography
- Photojournalism
- Socially engaged art
- History of photography
![Jeremy Lefkowitz](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_jeremy_lefkowitz_372x466.jpg)
Jeremy Lefkowitz
Label:Associate Professor of Classics
- Classics in higher education
- Greek & Latin languages
- Ancient world in cinema
- History of comedy & satire
- Talking animals
![Pallabi Chakravorty](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_pallabi-chakravorty_372x466_1.jpg)
Pallabi Chakravorty
Label:Stephen Lang Professor of Performing Arts
South Asian dance
Art & social action
Anthropology of Dance
The study and performance of Kathak, a classical North Indian dance
Bombay Film Dance
![Anthony Foy](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_foy_131021_mellonmays_c_372x466_1.jpg)
Anthony Foy
Label:Associate Professor of English Literature
Black autobiography
Literature of Black Philadelphia
Post-civil rights Black culture
African American literature
![Bakirathi Mani](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_mani_190423_gss_o_372x466_1.jpg)
Bakirathi Mani
Label:Professor of English Literature
- South Asian American studies
- Cultural Studies of Empire and Globalization
- Transnational feminist studies
- South Asian diasporas
![Peter Schmidt](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_peter_schmidt_372x466_1.jpg)
Peter Schmidt
Label:William R. Kenan Jr., Professor of English Literature
- 20th century U.S. fiction & poetry
- U.S. literature and postcolonial theory
- Race & ethnicity in U.S. literature
![Valerie Smith](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_170202_valerie013_372x466_1.jpg)
Valerie Smith
Label:President of Swarthmore College
- Higher education leadership
- African-American literature
- Innovating the curriculum
- Black culture, film & photography
- Sustainability initiatives
![Patricia White](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_121211_white_a_372x466_1.jpg)
Patricia White
Label:Professor of Film and Media Studies
Representation of women in film
Classic Hollywood
LGBT film & queer media
Sexuality & filmmaking
Experimental & documentary film
![Rodney Evans](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_RodneyEvans_372x466_1.jpg)
Rodney Evans
Label:Associate Professor of Film and Media Studies
- Fiction and Documentary Film Production
- Screenwriting
- Diversity
- Equity, Inclusion and Access in the Film/TV industry
- Disability Justice Advocacy
![Sunka Simon](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_121211_simon_a_372x466_1.jpg)
Sunka Simon
Label:Professor of German and Film and Media Studies
- Cyberculture
- German and European cinema
![Bob Rehak](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_180326_rehak_a_372x466_1.jpg)
Bob Rehak
Label:Associate Professor of Film & Media Studies
- Special effects
- Video games
- Fandom
- Animation
- Fan fiction
![Patricia White](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_121211_white_a_372x466_1.jpg)
Patricia White
Label:Professor of Film and Media Studies
Representation of women in film
Classic Hollywood
LGBT film & queer media
Sexuality & filmmaking
Experimental & documentary film
![Carina Yervasi](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_yervasi_372x466_1.jpg)
Carina Yervasi
Label:Associate Professor of French
- The French New Wave
- Contemporary Francophone films of West Africa
- The works of Jean-Luc Godard, Chantal Akerman, and Alain Tanner
![Allen Kuharski](http://www.axclude.com/sites/default/files/assets/images/communications-office/experts_allen_kuharski_372x466_1.jpg)
Allen Kuharski
Label:Professor of Theater
- Polish theater
- Contemporary movement and dance theater
- American and comparative drama