Smith is an archaeologist who research interests include the Aztecs, Teotihuacan, ancient and modern cities (planning, neighborhoods, scaling), and transdisciplinary social science research.

Joseph R. O’Neill is a scholar of Greek and Roman literature, culture, and history.

Hartung is a scholar of early Christianity and late antiquity. His most recent work focuses on liturgical poems and the formation of Christian imagination and identity in the eastern Roman empire in the fourth century.

Instructor of First-Year English Composition Courses offered through The Writers' Studio.