Our Team

Meet our team members.

Center Team Members

Headshot CLA program co-director Victor Luftig

Victor Luftig

Co-Director; Project Director, Teachers for a New Era Programs; Director, Writing and Rhetoric Program

Headshot CLA program co-director Lisa Woolfork

Lisa Woolfork

Co-Director; Project Director, Teaching Hard Literature; Associate Professor

Headshot CLA managing director Cristina Richieri Griffin

Cristina Richieri Griffin

Managing Director, Assistant Professor of English

Headshot of Natsuko Rohde wearing a yellow and white striped shirt standing outside in front of a tall bush.

Natsuko Rohde

Associate Director

Headshot of Administrator and Program Coordinator Becky Yancey

Becky Yancey

Administrator and Program Coordinator

Project Directors

Headshot Project Director Derrick Alridge

Derrick Alridge

Project Director, Education; Philip J. Gibson Professor of Education; Affiliate faculty member, Carter G. Woodson Institute for African-American and African Studies

Headshot project director Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor

Martien A. Halvorson-Taylor

Project Director, Religion; Associate Professor of Religious Studies; Co-Director of the Religion, Race & Democracy Lab

Headshot Project Director School of Education and Human Development Natasha Heny

Natasha Heny

Project Director School of Education and Human Development, Associate Professor, School of Education and Human Development

Headshot project director Edward Murphy

Edward Murphy

Project Director, Science; Professor of Astronomy

Headshot project director Ricardo Padrón

Ricardo Padrón

Project Director, Foreign Languages; Professor of Spanish

Headshot project director Lisa A. Reilly

Lisa A. Reilly

Project Director, Art; Associate Professor and Undergraduate Program Director, Architectural History

Headshot project director Marc Selverstone

Marc Selverstone

Project Director, History; Director and Professor of Presidential Studies, Co-Chair, Presidential Recordings Program, Miller Center of Public Affairs

Headshot project director Stephanie D. van Hover

Stephanie D. van Hover

Project Director, School of Education and Human Development; Professor, School of Education and Human Development, Chair, Department of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Education