Meet our staff

Dr. Richard Godbeer is Director of the Hall Center for the Humanities and Charles W. Battey Distinguished Professor of History at the University of Kansas.

Andrew Hodgson served for two years as the Hall Center's Scholarly Programs Administrator, and for three years as the Hall Center’s Program Coordinator prior to his appointment as Assistant Director.

Kathy Porsch has held this position since April 1998. She has more than 30 years of grant development experience in the humanities, social sciences, arts, sciences, and engineering.

Dan Consolver is responsible for tracking, updating and maintaining all of the fiscal and accounting records and activities of the Hall Center.

Eliott Reeder creates all aspects of Center communications, web content, and event-specific publicity and advertising.

Ashley Carlson joined the hall Center staff in February of 2018 after serving for five years at the University of Kansas Medical Center.

The Administrative Assistant is responsible for general Hall Center reception, event and programming support, and is also the primary administrative support for the Hall Center affiliate New Generation Society of Lawrence.

The Program Coordinator is responsible for organizing and administering programs dedicated to serving the public, including the Humanities Lecture Series, public lectures, faculty seminars, Friends events, and outreach programming.