Humanities Research Center Postdoctoral and Post-MFA Associates
2026–27
Sarah Buchmeier (PhD in English, University of Illinois at Chicago)
HRC Postdoctoral Associate in Humanities Leadership
Stone Mims (MFA in Fiction and Writing for Children and Young Adults, The New School)
HRC Post-MFA Fellow in Creative Writing (Sawyer Seminar)
Rebecca Potts (PhD in Religious Studies, Yale University)
HRC Postdoctoral Associate in Environmental Humanities (Affiliated with the Center for Environmental Studies)
Taneil Ruffin (PhD in History, Princeton University)
HRC Postdoctoral Associate in Public History (Sawyer Seminar)
Humanities Postdoctoral Associates
The HRC provides work space and opportunities for interaction and sharing of scholarship for all of the postdoctoral associates in the School of Humanities and Arts and postdoctoral associates working in humanistic fields across Rice University.
2026–27
Center for African and African American Studies (CAAAS)
Devon Betts (PhD in American Studies, University of Maryland-College Park)
Dr. Anthony Pinn Postdoctoral Associate
Center for the Study of Women, Gender and Sexuality (CSWGS)
Da In Choi (PhD in Gender Studies, University of California, Los Angeles)
Postdoctoral Associate
Chao Center for Asian Studies
Zainab Abdali (PhD in English, Rice University)
Postdoctoral Associate in Asian Studies Leadership & Engagement
Medical Humanities Program
Mallika Khanna (PhD in Media Arts and Sciences, Indiana University Bloomington)
Postdoctoral Associate
Durgesh Solanki (PhD in Sociology, Johns Hopkins University)
Postdoctoral Associate
Office of Access and Institutional Excellence
Ashley Aye Aye Dun (PhD in English, Brown University)
Postdoctoral Associate, Emerging Leaders Program (English)
Program in Jewish Studies
Ido Telem (PhD in Comparative Literature, University of Chicago)
Samuel W. and Goldye Marian Spain Postdoctoral Associate
Recent HRC Alumni
2024–26
Steven Gubka (PhD in Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin)
HRC Postdoctoral Associate in Ethics of Technology (Affiliated with the Department of Philosophy)
Placement: Lecturer of Philosophy, Rice University
Vic Overdorf (PhD in Gender Studies, Indiana University Bloomington)
HRC Postdoctoral Associate in Gender and Science (Affiliated with the Center for the Study of Women, Gender, and Sexuality)
Placement: Grants and Sponsorship Manager, IYG
Ella Rosenblatt (MFA in Graphic Design and Integrated Media, California Institute of the Arts)
HRC Post MFA-Fellow in Art and Digital Media (Affiliated with the Department of Art)
Placement: Assistant Professor of Graphic Design, University of Houston
2023–24
Alexandre Pelegrino (PhD in History, Vanderbilt University)
HRC Postdoctoral Associate for SlaveVoyages
Placement: Assistant Professor of History, University of Toronto
2022–24
Carlos Kelly (PhD in English, Ohio State University)
HRC Postdoctoral Associate in Latinx Arts, Literatures, Cultures, or Religions
Placement: Assistant Professor of English, Kennesaw State University
Michael Schwarz (PhD in Philosophy, Northwestern University)
HRC Postdoctoral Associate in Law, Political Thought and the Humanities
Placement: Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Emory University