{"id":16,"date":"2014-10-15T19:36:30","date_gmt":"2014-10-16T02:36:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2025-10-07T14:05:23","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T21:05:23","slug":"people","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ideasandsociety.ucr.edu\/people\/","title":{"rendered":"People"},"content":{"rendered":"

People<\/h1><\/div>

Directors<\/h2>\n<\/div>

\"\"Jeanette Kohl – Co-Director
\n<\/em><\/strong><\/span>History of Art | <\/span>jeanette.kohl@ucr.edu<\/a><\/h3>\n

Jeanette Kohl is a Professor for Italian Renaissance Art in the Department of the History of Art, with interests in deep interdisciplinarity, intellectual history, and medical humanities. She earned her PhD from the University of Trier in Germany. Before joining UCR in 2008, she was an Assistant Professor at the University of Leipzig\/Germany and a Visiting Professor at the Friedrich-Schiller-University in Jena\/Germany. She is the recipient of a number of international fellowships from the Getty Research Institute, the Kaete-Hamburger Center at K\u00f6ln University, the NEH, the Max-Planck Institute for Art History in Florence\/Italy, the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, and the Hamburg Institute for Advanced Study. Learn more about Jeanette.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Dylan Rodr\u00edguez- Co-Director <\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nMedia & Cultural Studies | dylan.rodriguez@ucr.edu<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Dylan Rodr\u00edguez is an abolitionist teacher, scholar, and collaborator. He was named to a Freedom Scholar<\/a> in 2020 and recently served as President of the American Studies Association (2020-2021). He has worked as a Professor at the University of California, Riverside since 2001. Prior to being elected by the faculty to two terms as Chair of the UCR Academic Senate (2016-2020), Dylan served as Chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies (2009-2016). Dylan is the author of three books, most recently White Reconstruction: Domestic Warfare and the Logic of Racial Genocide<\/a> (Fordham University Press, 2021).<\/p>\n<\/div>

\"\"Katharine Henshaw – Executive\u00a0Director<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/em><\/strong>(951) 827-1555 | <\/span>katharine.henshaw@ucr.edu<\/a>
\n*on campus Mondays\/Tuesdays or by appointment<\/h3>\n

Working closely with the CIS co-directors, Katharine serves as a strategic thought partner, translating the center\u2019s mission and goals into tangible programs, events, workflows, and timelines. As the managing director of CIS, she collaborates with campus affiliates and administrators at other centers across the UC system to develop interdisciplinary projects that nurture research, intellectual community, and collegiality. Katharine also administers the UCR Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship Program, in close partnership with the faculty coordinator. Prior to assuming this position, Katharine worked in a variety of roles at CIS after graduating from UCR in Philosophy in 2013.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"\"Jessica DiFilippo \u2013\u00a0 Marketing & Project Coordinator<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n(951) 827-1556 | jessica.difilippo@ucr.edu<\/a>
\n*on campus Mondays<\/h3>\n

Jessica DiFilippo is a graduate from UCR with a BA in Studio Art and holds a Master\u2019s in Library and Information Science. She joined the Center in 2015 and manages the Center\u2019s promotions, website content and digital media. She also helps coordinate project and travel planning for Center events.
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Kathy Ann Hitchens – Grants & Finance Administrator II<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\nkathy.hitchens@ucr.edu<\/a>
\n*on campus Tuesdays\/Wednesdays<\/h3>\n

Kathy Hitchens joined the Center in 2021. She holds a Master of Business Administration from the University of Redlands and is a Certified Financial Research Administrator (CFRA). Kathy manages the Center\u2019s pre- and post- award grant funding and operational finances. She contributes her support and guidance to assist faculty in achieving their project goals through grant collaboration and financial analysis.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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\"\"<\/a>Bianca Lopez \u2013\u00a0 Administrative Assistant<\/em><\/strong><\/span>
\n(951) 827-1556 | bianca.lopez002@ucr.edu<\/a>
\n*on campus Mondays\/Thursdays<\/h3>\n

Bianca Lopez joined the Center in 2023 and is a recent UCR graduate with a BA in Public Policy and a minor in Spanish. Having her formative years based in San Bernardino County, she is interested in community work and dialogue surrounding infrastructure within the Inland Empire.<\/p>\n<\/div>

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<\/i><\/i><\/span>Advisory Committee Members<\/span><\/a><\/h4><\/div>
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Alejandra Dubcovsky<\/strong> (History)
\nalejandra.dubcovsky@ucr.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Donatella Galella<\/strong> (Theatre, Film & Digital Production)
\ndonatella.galella@ucr.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Kelechi Kalu<\/strong> (Political Science)
\nkelechi.kalu@ucr.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Bruce Link<\/strong> (Sociology)
\nbruce.link@ucr.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Kristoffer Neville<\/strong> (Art History)
\nkristoffer.neville@ucr.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		Amir Zaki<\/strong> (Arts)
\namir.zaki@ucr.edu<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Fariba Zarinebaf<\/strong> (History)
\nfariba.zarinebaf@ucr.edu<\/a><\/td>\n		<\/td>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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