Its members include Professor of Medical Science Nicolas Fawzi, Professor of Biostatistics and Public Health Joseph Hogan, Associate Professor of Biostatistics Alice Paul, Associate Professor of Computer Science Daniel Ritchie, Professor of Political Science Melvin Rogers, Professor of Chemistry and Physics Brenda Rubenstein ’07 and Professor of History Robert Self.

In an email to The Herald, Thangam Ravindranathan, professor of French and francophone studies, wrote that since History is housed in the social sciences, the working group has no representation of the arts and humanities.

“This is unfortunate,” she wrote. “The Division of Arts and Humanities houses 29 of Brown’s 80 or so undergraduate concentration programs, more than any other division.”

“It does seem to me striking that there isn’t a faculty member from literary studies or the arts, since you would think that liberal arts include essentially literary study, language study and the arts,” said Professor of English and Comparative Literature Kevin McLaughlin P’12, who previously served as the dean of the faculty.

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