Directors past and present, including associate directors.
![Image of Chris Highley](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/highley.1.jpg?itok=iEiX5fa5)
Chris Highley
Professor of English
Director, 2017-2018, 2019-present
![Jonathan Combs-Schilling standing in an ornate classroom](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/2023-02/combs-schilling.1.jpg?itok=W0bpcjwj)
Jonathan Combs-Schilling
Assistant Professor, French and Italian
Associate Director, 2023-present
![Image of Graeme Boone](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-boone-graeme.jpg?itok=-MSLogo2)
Graeme Boone
Professor of Music
Director, 2013–2017
![Image of Leslie Lockett](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-lockett-leslie.png?itok=Wh9_E2_-)
Leslie Lockett
Associate Professor of English
Associate Director, 2015–2022
Interim Director, 2019
![Image of Richard Firth Green](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-green-richard.jpg?itok=m3IlXZfE)
Richard Firth Green
Distinguished Professor of English, Emeritus
Director, 2005–2013
![Image of Jonathan Burgoyne](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-burgoyne-jonathan.jpg?itok=VYzBMCAE)
Jonathan Burgoyne
Associate Professor, Medieval Iberian Literature and Cultures
Interim Associate Director, 2010–2011; Associate Director, 2012–2015
![Image of Sarah-Grace Heller](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-heller-sarah-grace.jpg?itok=8nlmgT6s)
Sarah-Grace Heller
Associate Professor of French
Interim Director, 2010–2011, Associate Director, 2008–2010, 2011–2012
![Image of Barbara Hanawalt](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-hanawalt-barbara.jpg?itok=MlDBmJjG)
Barbara Hanawalt
King George III Professor of British History, Emerita
Director, 2003–2005
![Image of Ethan Knapp](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-knapp-ethan.jpg?itok=0ccXmLh3)
Ethan Knapp
Associate Professor of English
Associate Director, 2004–2008
![Image of Sarah Iles Johnston](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-iles-johnston-sarah.jpg?itok=dftDGroF)
Sarah Iles Johnston
Distinguished Professor of Greek and Latin
Director, 2002–2003
![Image of Anna Grotans](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-grotans-anna.jpg?itok=iZGtrSoe)
Anna Grotans
Associate Professor of Germanic Languages and Literatures
Chair of Germanic Languages and Literatures, 2008–2012; Acting Chair, 2004–2005
Interim Director, 1999–2000, Associate Director, 2000–2004
![Image of Nicholas Howe](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-howe-nicholas.jpg?itok=ZGlhQp71)
Nicholas Howe
Professor of English
Director, 1995–2002
In Memoriam by the Old English Newsletter
![Image of Eve Levin](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-levin-eve.jpg?itok=2pIKa2IX)
Eve Levin
Professor of History, Emerita - University of Kansas
Director, 1992–1995
![Image of Christian Zacher](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-zacher-christian.jpg?itok=L-CmyAo9)
Christian K. Zacher
Professor of English, Emeritus
Director, 1984–1992
![James Kittleson. James Kittleson.](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-kittleson-james.jpg?itok=Vn_YwsLm)
James Kittleson
Professor of History
Director, 1983–1984
In Memoriam by the American Historical Association
![Image of Joseph Lynch](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-lynch-joseph.jpg?itok=RwOymCGH)
Joseph H. Lynch
Distinguished Professor of History, Chair of Department of History, 1989–1993
Director, 1978–1983
In Memoriam by the American Historical Association
![Image of Stanley Kahrl](/sites/default/files/styles/15/public/people-kahrl-stanley.jpg?itok=PxZ1VWBA)
Stanley J. Kahrl
Professor of English
Director, 1969–1978
In Memoriam by the Old English Newsletter