Dr. Sean Latham, Director
Sean Latham is the Pauline McFarlin Walter Professor of English at The University of Tulsa where he serves as the founding director of the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities and the Institute for Bob Dylan Studies. He is an internationally recognized expert in the field of modern literature and culture and has written or edited ten books, including Am I a Snob? (Cornell 2003), The Art of Scandal (Oxford 2009), the Little Review Ulysses (Yale 2015), and The World of Bob Dylan (Cambridge 2021).
Dr. Nicole Bauer, Associate Director
Nicole Bauer is Assistant Professor of European History at the University of Tulsa, and she was a fellow with the Oklahoma Center for the Humanities in 2021-22. She specializes in cultural history and early modern France. She is also working on a book on contemplative traditions and how they can help academics build resilience and thrive.
Dr. Jessica Mehta, Mellon-Funded Postdoctoral Fellow and Assistant Director
Jessica Mehta is an Aniyunwiya (Cherokee Nation) poet, artist, and scholar whose inter/multi/anti-disciplinary work spans books, exhibitions, and cross-genre installations. Born in the northwest region of Turtle Island (Oregon), her practice—described as avant-garde conceptualism—centers space, place, decolonization, and Indigenization. Her forthcoming projects include the poetry collection [sp]RED (Sundress Publications, 2026), which Indigenizes the tarot, and her horror story “Miss Cherokee Princess 1996” will appear in the sequel to the bestselling Indigenous horror anthology Never Whistle at Night: Back for Blood (Vintage/Penguin Random House, 2026).
Schuyler Tracy, Special Programs Coordinator
Coming from New York City with a performing arts background, Schuyler brings over eight years of experience in arts administration, concert tour operations, event management, and educational programming. She has worked at notable performing arts institutions such as the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center and The Juilliard School in NYC and she is looking forward to expanding her passion for music into the arts and humanities.
Danika Bryant, Graduate Assistant
Danika is an English Language and Literature PhD student, having received a BA in English from Hannibal LaGrange University, and an MA in English Language and Literature from TU. Their primary research interest is that of queer theory with a focus on homosociality and the space for transgender identities within it. Current projects include a paper on Deborah Sampson, as well as the transgression of gender binaries & boundaries at Miller Brothers 101 Ranch in the late 19th and early 20th century. They are also a 2023-2024 Cultures of the Americas Fellow at Helmerich Center for American Research.