Associate Professor of French and Romance Philology; Director of the Center for French and Francophone Studies
Columbia University
Emmanuelle Saada’s main field of research and teaching is the history of the French empire in the 19th and 20th century, with a specific interest in law.
Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management
Columbia University
Jeffrey Sachs is an American economist and Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University
Professor of Professional Practice, Film Division, School of the Arts
Columbia University
James Schamus is an award-winning screenwriter (The Ice Storm) and producer (Brokeback Mountain), and former CEO of Focus Features, the motion picture production, financing, and worldwide distribution company whose films have included Milk, Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind, The Pianist, Coraline, and The Dallas Buyers Club.
Seth Low Professor of History
Columbia University
Pamela Smith's research interests include Early modern European history and the history of science; attitudes to nature in early modern Europe and the Scientific Revolution; and craft knowledge and historical techniques.
San Paolo Professor of International Journalism
Columbia University
Professor Stille graduated with a B.A. from Yale University and earned an M.S. at Columbia. He has worked as a contributor to The New York Times, La Repubblica, The New Yorker magazine, The New York Review of Books, The New York Times Magazine, The Atlantic Monthly, The New Republic, Correspondent, U.S. News & World Report, The Boston Globe, and The Toronto Globe and Mail.
