Laura Brueck
Professor of South Asian and Comparative Literature
Brueck is recognized for her expansive record of exemplary service and intellectual leadership.
As co-founder of the Race, Caste, and Colorism Working Group at the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, and advisor to the Ambedkar Du Bois Society, she has galvanized intellectual engagement over these issues among students and faculty at Northwestern as well as connected Northwestern to the local Southeast Asian community.
Brueck also co-founded the Global Humanities Initiative, which in part works to elevate the scholarly status of translation. While serving as her department chair, she also has contributed to the growth of the Program in Comparative Literary Studies and founded and directed the South Asian Research Forum in the Weinberg College Center for International and Area Studies.
As a collaborator, mentor, leader and institution-builder, Brueck has provided extraordinary service to the University.