The faculty is arranged alphabetically. In parentheses are colleges and universities from which earned degrees have been received. Sabbaticals and other leaves are listed in the "Sabbaticals" link, at left. Hideko Abe, Ph.D. (Shikoku Christian College [Japan], Arizona State), 1993-1995; 2006-
Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies
Sara Abosch, Ph.D. (SUNY at Buffalo), 2007-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
William D. Adams, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. (Colorado College, California at Santa Cruz), 2000-
President; Professor of Philosophy
Debra A. Aitken, M.A. ’01, B.A. (Plymouth State, Frostburg State), 1985-
Adjunct Professor of Athletics
Richard A. Ammons, M.B.A. (Amherst, Stanford), 2003-
Professor of American Studies; Vice President for College Relations
Jeffrey D. Anderson, Ph.D. (Knox, Chicago), 1996-
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Lisa Arellano, Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr, San Francisco State, Stanford), 2005-
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Teresa J. Arendell, M.A. ’99, Ph.D. (United States International, California at Berkeley), 1994-
Professor of Sociology
Ariel C. Armony, Ph.D. (Buenos Aires [Argentina], Ohio, Pittsburgh), 1998-
Audrey Wade Hittinger Katz and Sheldon Toby Katz Distinguished Teaching Associate Professor of Government; Co-Director, Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, 2005-2006
León Arredondo, Ph.D. (Montclair State, CUNY), 2006-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Martha Arterberry, Ph.D. (Pomona, Minnesota), 2006-
Professor of Psychology
Catherine Ashcraft, M.S. (Pennsylvania, Yale), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in Government and Environmental Studies
Joseph E. Atkins, Ph.D. (Vassar, Rochester), 2002-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; Coordinator of Multicultural Student Programs and Support
Sally A. Baker, A.B. (Duke), 1989-1998; 2002-
Faculty Member without Rank: Executive Assistant to the President and Secretary of the Corporation
Lisette Balabarca, Ph.D. (Pontificia Universidad [Peru], Boston University), 2006-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Debra A. Barbezat, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. (Smith, Michigan), 1992-
Professor of Economics
Karen A. Barnhardt, Ph.D. (Carroll, Montana, North Carolina at Greensboro), 2000-2008
Assistant Professor of Education
James C. Barrett, Ph.D.(1) (California at Santa Cruz, Cornell), 2000-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology/Classics
Jared R. Beers ’01, B.A. (Colby), 2006-
Adjunct Instructor in Athletics
James Behuniak Jr., Ph.D. (Southern Maine, Hawaii at Manoa), 2006-
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Amy C. Bernatchez, B.S.(1) (Maine), 2004-
Adjunct Instructor in Athletics
Kimberly A. Besio, Ph.D. (Hawaii at Manoa, California at Berkeley), 1992-
Associate Professor of East Asian Studies [Chinese]
Catherine L. Besteman, M.A. ’05, Ph.D. (Amherst, Arizona), 1993-
Professor of Anthropology
Parker J. Beverage, M.A. (Dartmouth, Stanford), 1985-
Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Catherine R. Bevier, Ph.D. (Indiana, Connecticut), 1999-
Associate Professor of Biology
Chandra D. Bhimull, M.A. (Kenyon, Michigan), 2007
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies
Adrian Blevins, M.F.A. (Virginia Intermont, Hollins, Warren Wilson), 2004-
Assistant Professor of English [Creative Writing]
Robert T. Bluhm Jr., M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (NYU, Princeton, Columbia, Rockefeller), 1990-
Sunrise Professor of Physics
Maria Dolores Bollo-Panadero, Ph.D. (Seville [Spain], Michigan State), 2008-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Todd M. Borgerding, Ph.D. (Mankato State, Minnesota, Michigan), 1997-1998, 2008-
Associate Professor of Music
Liliana Botcheva-Andonova, Ph.D. (Mount Holyoke, Harvard), February 2004-
Assistant Professor of Government and Environmental Studies
Laura Chakravarty Box, Ph.D. (California State at Fullerton, San Diego State, Hawaii at Manoa), February 2002-
Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Jennifer Finney Boylan, M.A. ’01, M.A.(1) (Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins), 1988-
Professor of English
Otto K. Bretscher, Ph.D.(1) (Zurich [Switzerland], Harvard, Zurich [Switzerland]), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Betsy Brown, Ph.D. (Boston University, Delaware), 1990-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology; Associate Director of Corporate, Foundation, and Government Relations
Lyn Mikel Brown, M.A. ’05, Ed.D.(2) (Ottawa, Harvard), 1991-
Professor of Education
Philip H. Brown, Ph.D. (Colorado, School for International Training, Michigan), 2003-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Audrey Brunetaux, M.A. (Poitiers [France], Michigan State), 2008-
Instructor in French and Italian
Cedric Gael Bryant, M.A. ’05, Ph.D. (California at San Diego), 1988-
Lee Family Professor of English
Patricia A. Burdick, A.L.M. (Cedar Crest, Georgia Institute of Technology, Simmons, Harvard), 2001-
Faculty Member without Rank: Special Collections Librarian
Michael D. Burke, M.F.A.(1) (California at Berkeley, Massachusetts at Amherst), 1987-
Associate Professor of English
Thomas K. Burton, B.A. (Hamilton), 1999-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Athletics
Alec D. Campbell, Ph.D. (Columbia, UCLA), 1998-
Associate Professor of Sociology
Debra Campbell, M.A. ’02, Ph.D. (Mt. Holyoke, St. Michael’s [Canada], Boston University), January-June 1983, 1986-
Professor of Religious Studies
Murray F. Campbell, M.A. ’92, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, Cornell), 1980-
William A. Rogers Professor of Physics
James Capreedy, Ph.D. (Hamilton, Tufts, British Columbia [Canada]), 2008-
Visiting Professor of Classics
Gail Carlson, Ph.D.(1) (St. Olaf, Wisconsin at Madison), 2004-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Tracy Hamler Carrick, Ph.D. (Boston University, San Francisco State, Syracuse), 2003-2008
Assistant Professor of English; Director of the Writers’ Center, 2003-
Afsan Chowdhury, M.A.*1 (Dhaka [Bangladesh]), August-December 2008
Visiting Professor International Studies and Oak Human Rights Fellow
Jennifer Coane, M.A. (Illinois State), 2008-
Instructor in Psychology
Daniel H. Cohen ’75, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. (Colby, Indiana), 1983-
Professor of Philosophy; Christian A. Johnson Professor of Integrative Liberal Learning
Maria Colbert, Ph.D. (Harvard), 2002-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
F. Russell Cole, M.A. ’90, Ph.D. (Massachusetts, Illinois at Urbana), 1977-
Oak Professor of Biological Sciences
Susan Westerberg Cole, M.S.(1) (Knox, Illinois), 1978-
Faculty Member without Rank: Science Librarian
Lynne Conner, Ph.D. (Oberlin, SUNY at Stony Brook, Pittsburgh), 2008-
Associate Professor of Theater and Dance
Charles W.S. Conover III, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. (Middlebury, Virginia), 1990-
Professor of Physics
Rebecca R. Conry, Ph.D. (Eastern Washington, Washington), 2000-
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Daniel Contreras, Ph.D. (Texas at Austin, Stanford), 2003-2008
Assistant Professor of English
Allison A. Cooper, M.A.(1) (Knox, UCLA), 2002-
Paul D. and Marilyn Paganucci Assistant Professor in Italian Language and Literature
Anthony J. Corrado Jr., M.A. ’01, Ph.D. (Catholic University, Boston College), February 1986-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Government; Director of Colby in Washington 2008-
Sharon L. Corwin, M.A. ’06, Ph.D. (New College of Florida, California at Berkeley), 2003-
Professor of Art; Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art and Chief Curator
Tracey A. Cote, M.S. (Northern Michigan, Wyoming), 1998-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Athletics; Assistant Director of Athletics 2008-
Erin F. Curren ’97, Ph.D.(1) (Colby, Columbia), 2005-2006, 2007-
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Italian
G. Russell Danner, D.V.M.(1) (Wisconsin at Madison, Idaho at Moscow, Wisconsin at Madison), 2004-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
J. Marina Davies, Ph.D.(1) (Middlebury, Yale), 2006-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Italian
Michael J. Dell’Olio, J.D.(1) (Maine, New Hampshire College, Massachusetts School of Law), January-May, 2004; 2005-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Administrative Science
Stephan Desrochers, Ph.D. (Nevada-Reno, California State at San Bernardino), 2008-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Martha J. Denney, Ph.D. (Hamilton, Harvard, Brandeis), 1995-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Education; Associate Dean of Faculty 2000-2008
Guilain P. Denoeux, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (Grenoble [France], Georgetown, Princeton), 1990-
Professor of Government
Julie W. de Sherbinin, M.A. ’07, Ph.D. (Amherst, Yale, Cornell), 1993-
Professor of Russian
Thomas A. Dexter, M.S. (SUNY at Cortland), 1989-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Athletics
Meadow Dibble-Dieng ’95, Ph.D. (Colby, Brown), 2005-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Italian
Jennifer L. Dillon, B.A. (Mills), 2007-2008
Visiting Instructor in Mathematics
Valérie M. Dionne, M.A. (Montreal [Canada], Princeton), 2008
Instructor in French
Peter B. Ditmanson, Ph.D. (Minnesota, Harvard), 1999-
Assistant Professor of History and East Asian Studies
Priscilla A. Doel, M.A. ’93, M.A. (Colby Junior, NYU), 1965-
Professor of Portuguese and Spanish
Michael R. Donihue ‘79, M.A. ‘07, Ph.D. (Colby, Michigan), 1989-
Professor of Economics; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Dean of Faculty 2008-
Linwood C. Downs ‘83, M.A.*1 (Colby, Columbia, Maine), 2003-
Assistant Professor of Administrative Science
Julien Dubruque, M.A.*1 (Sorbonne [France]), February-May 2008
Visiting Instructor in French and Italian
William Edelglass, Ph.D. (St. John’s College, Emory), 2005-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Bevin L. Engman, M.F.A. (William and Mary, Portland School of Art, Pennsylvania), 1996-
Associate Professor of Art
Margaret D. Ericson, M.L.S. (Florida State), 1998-
Faculty Member without Rank: Art and Music Librarian
Ben W. Fallaw, Ph.D. (North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chicago), 2000-
Associate Professor of History and Latin American Studies
Barry M. Farber, M.B.A.*1 (Purdue, UCLA), 1995-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Administrative Science
Wafaa M. Fawzy, Ph.D. (Alexandria [Egypt], Michigan State), 2007-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Joseph A. Feely, M.Arch. (Williams, Washington), 1995-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art; Supervisor of Special Projects/Architect
Frank A. Fekete, M.A. ‘96, Ph.D. (Rhode Island, Rutgers), 1983-
Professor of Biology
David W. Findlay, M.A. ‘99, Ph.D. (Acadia [Canada], Purdue), 1985-
Pugh Family Professor of Economics
David H. Firmage, M.A. ‘88, Ph.D. (Brigham Young, Montana), 1975-
Clara C. Piper Professor of Environmental Studies
James R. Fleming, M.A. ‘02, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, Colorado State, Princeton), 1988-
Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Gillian Frank, M.A. (York [Canada], Brown), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in American Studies and Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Patrice M. Franko, M.A. ‘00, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Notre Dame), 1986-
Grossman Professor of Economics; Director, Oak Human Rights Institute 2006-
David M. Freidenreich, Ph.D. (Brandeis, Columbia), 2008-
Pulver Family Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
Marisela A. Funes, Ph.D. (Illinois at Urbana, St. Louis, Illinois at Urbana), 2002-2008
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Nora Ganter, Ph.D. (Bonn [Germany], MIT), 2007-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Emma Garcia, Ph.D. (California at Santa Cruz, Michigan), 2005-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Robert A. Gastaldo, M.A. ‘99, Ph.D. (Gettysburg, Southern Illinois), 1999-
Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology
Lori A. Gear McBride, M.A. (North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Seton Hall), 2005-
Adjunct Instructor in Athletics
Alexandru Ghitza, Ph.D. (McGill, MIT), 2006-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, M.A. ‘00, Ph.D. (Northeastern), 1987-
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies
Melissa J. Glenn, Ph.D. (Memorial [Canada], Concordia [Canada]), 2007-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Jill P. Gordon, M.A. ‘04, Ph.D. (Claremont McKenna, Brown, Texas at Austin), 1991-
Professor of Philosophy
Fernando Q. Gouvea, M.A. ‘01, Ph.D. (Universidade de Sao Paulo [Brazil], Harvard), 1991-
Carter Professor of Mathematics
Gary M. Green, M.F.A.*1 (SUNY Empire State, Bard), 2007-
Assistant Professor of Art
Arthur D. Greenspan, M.A. ‘91, Ph.D. (Columbia, Indiana), 1978-
Professor of French and Italian
Paul G. Greenwood, M.A. ‘04, Ph.D. (Knox, Florida State), 1987-
Professor of Biology and Dr. Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow
Samara R. Gunter, M.A. (Chicago, Michigan), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in Economics
Clement P. Guthro, Ed.D. (Manitoba [Canada], Point Loma Nazarene, Western Ontario [Canada], Nova Southeastern), 2003-
Faculty Member without Rank: Director of the Colby Libraries
Jonathan F. Hallstrom, Ph.D. (Oregon State, Iowa), 1984-
Associate Professor of Music
Lynn Hannum, Ph.D. (Bates, Yale), 2001-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Biology
Paula Harrington, Ph.D.*1 (Columbia, San Francisco State, California at Davis), 2008-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Natalie B. Harris, Ph.D.*1 (Indiana), 1978-1980, 1982-1985, 1986-
Associate Professor of English
Peter B. Harris, M.A. ‘89, Ph.D. (Middlebury, Indiana), 1974-
Zacamy Professor of English
Walter F. Hatch, Ph.D. (Macalester, Washington), 2002-
Assistant Professor of Government
Carol Hawkins, Ph.D. (Montana State, Colorado, New Hampshire), 2008-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English (Rhetoric and Composition); Director of the Writers’ Center 2008-
Karen L. Henning, M.A. (Maryland, Adelphi), August 2007-
Adjunct Instructor in Athletics
Lara Storm Hitchcock, Ph.D. (Eastern Illinois, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute), 2007-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology
Jan E. Holly, Ph.D. (New Mexico, Illinois), 1996-
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Jennifer L. Holsten ‘90, M.Ed. (Colby, Springfield), 1995-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Athletics
Malcolm Adam Howard, Ph.D. (Berea, Harvard, Cincinnati), 2003-2004, 2008-
Associate Professor of Education
Anthony Hunter, M.A. (University of Canterbury [New Zealand]), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in Classics
Shirley A. Jackson, Ph.D. (Wayne State, California at Santa Barbara), 2007-2008
Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology
Russell R. Johnson, Ph.D. (Colorado College, Washington State), 1996-
Associate Professor of Biology
Paul R. Josephson, M.A. ’08, Ph.D. (Antioch, Harvard, MIT), 2000-
Professor of History
Brooke A. Jude ‘00, Ph.D. (Colby, Dartmouth), 2007-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Rachel Kallen, Ph.D.*1 (SUNY at Purchase, Connecticut), 2006-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Brian Karl, M.A. (UCLA, Columbia), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in Anthropology
Jeffrey L. Katz, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, Harvard), 2002-
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Toni D. Katz, M.S. (Maine at Portland, Simmons), 1983-
Faculty Member without Rank: Assistant Director for Technical Services, Colby Libraries
Peter Joshua Kavaler, Ph.D. (Haverford, Pennsylvania), 2004-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Sarah K. Keller, M.F.A. (St. Olaf, Western Michigan), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in English
Martin F. Kelly, M.L.S. (New College of Florida, San Jose State), 2006-
Faculty Member without Rank: Visual Resources Librarian
Anne Kenney, M.F.A.*1 (Amherst, Yale), 2008-
Irving D. Suss Visiting Guest Artist, Theater and Dance
Sakhi Khan, M.A. (Tufts, Harvard), 2001-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Athletics
D. Whitney King, M.A. ‘02, Ph.D. (St. Lawrence, Rhode Island), 1989-
Dr. Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry
Arne Koch, Ph.D. (Kenyon, Pennsylvania State, North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2007-
Assistant Professor of German
Karen Kusiak ‘75, M.Ed.*1 (Colby, Lesley)
Assistant Professor of Education
Scott A. Lambert, Ph.D. (Maine at Farmington, Binghamton, Montana at Missoula), 2008-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Elizabeth D. Leonard, M.A. ‘05, Ph.D. (College of New Rochelle, California at Riverside), 1992-
John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History
Leo Livshits, M.A. ’08, Ph.D. (Waterloo [Canada], Toronto [Canada]), 1994-
Professor of Mathematics
Jason M. Long, Ph.D. (Wheaton, Northwestern), 2002-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Virginia C. Long, Ph.D. (Williams, North Carolina), 2000-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics
Howard N. Lupovitch, Ph.D. (Michigan, Columbia), 1998-2008
Pulver Family Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
Paul S. Machlin, M.A. ‘87, Ph.D. (Yale, California at Berkeley), 1974-
The Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities, Professor of Music
G. Calvin Mackenzie, M.A. ‘86, Ph.D. (Bowdoin, Tufts, Harvard), 1978-
The Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government; Vice President for Development and
Alumni Relations, 1985-1988
L. Sandy Maisel, M.A. ‘83, Ph.D. (Harvard, Columbia), 1971-
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government; Director of the Colby in Washington Program, 1987-1995; Director, Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, 2003-
Robin P. Mandel, M.F.A. (Swarthmore, Rhode Island School of Design), 2007-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Carleen R. Mandolfo, Ph.D. (California State at San Francisco, Jesuit School of Theology, Emory), 2002-
Associate Professor of Religious Studies
Phyllis F. Mannocchi, M.A. ‘96, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, Columbia), 1977-
Professor of English
Lee J. Markowitz, Ph.D. (Hamilton, Waterloo [Canada]), 2007-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Michael A. Marlais, M.A. ‘95, Ph.D. (St. Mary’s of California, California at Hayward, Michigan), 1983-
James M. Gillespie Professor of Art
D. Benjamin Mathes, M.A. ‘03, Ph.D. (Middlebury, New Hampshire), 1990-
Professor of Mathematics
Harriett Matthews, M.A. ‘84, M.F.A. (Sullins Junior, Georgia), 1966-
Professor of Art
Bruce A. Maxwell, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Cambridge [England], Carnegie Mellon), 2007-
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Victoria L. Mayer, Ph.D. (Cornell, North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Wisconsin at Madison), 2007-
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Tilar J. Mazzeo, Ph.D. (New Hampshire, Washington), 2004-
Assistant Professor of English
Brenda McAleer, Ph.D.*1 (St. Mary’s College, Vermont College, Walden), 2003-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Administrative Science
Sheila M. McCarthy, Ph.D.*1 (Emmanuel, Harvard, Cornell), 1987-
Associate Professor of Russian
Margaret T. McFadden, Ph.D. (Wells, Duke, Yale), 1996-
Associate Professor of American Studies
Michael C. McGuire ‘89, M.L.S. (Colby, Syracuse), 2000-
Faculty Member without Rank: Systems/Reference Librarian
James W. Meehan Jr., M.A. ‘82, Ph.D. (Saint Vincent, Boston College), 1973-
Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics
Carolyn Megan, M.F.A.*1 (Boston College, Vermont College), 2006-
Visiting Instructor in English
Margaret P. Menchen, M.L.S. (Southampton [England], Maine), 1989-
Faculty Member without Rank: Assistant Director for Public Services, Colby Libraries
Edward J. Mestieri, M.A. ‘06, M.Ed. (Springfield, Norwich), 1989-
Adjunct Professor of Athletics
Jonathan Patrick Michaeles, B.A. (Bates), 2005-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Athletics
Julie T. Millard, M.A. ‘04, Ph.D. (Amherst, Brown), 1991-
The Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Professor of Chemistry
Marlyn L. Miller, M.A.*1 (Massachusetts at Boston, Brandeis), January-May 2008
Visiting Instructor in History
Luis Millones, Ph.D. (Pontificia Universidad Catolica [Peru], Stanford), 1998-
Charles A. Dana Associate Professor of Spanish
David H. Mills ‘57, M.A. (Colby, Illinois, Harvard), 1980-1981, 1984-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English for Speech and Debate
Mary Elizabeth Mills, M.A. ‘07, Ph.D. (Western Ontario [Canada], California at Berkeley), 1992-
Professor of Anthropology
Garry J. Mitchell, M.F.A.*1 (Hawaii at Honolulu, Pratt Institute), 1996-1998; 1999-
Assistant Professor of Art
Lydia Moland, Ph.D. (Boston University), 2008-
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Thomas J. Morrione ‘65, M.A. ‘85, Ph.D. (Colby, New Hampshire, Brigham Young), 1971-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology
Maria K. Morrison, M.A.*1 (Princeton, Virginia), 2001-
Instructor in German
Jane M. Moss, M.A. ‘90, Ph.D. (Wellesley, Yale), 1979-
Robert E. Diamond Professor of Women’s Studies, Professor of French
Akiko Muroi, B.A.*1 (Monash University [Australia]), 2005-2008
Visiting Instructor in East Asian Studies
Elisa M. Narin van Court, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley), 1996-
Associate Professor of English
Barbara Kuczun Nelson ‘68, M.A.*1 (Colby, Middlebury), 1978-
Associate Professor of Spanish
Randy A. Nelson, M.A. ‘90, Ph.D. (Northern Illinois, Illinois), 1987-
Douglas Professor of Economics and Finance
Robert E. Nelson, M.A. ‘96, Ph.D. (San Francisco State, Washington), 1982-
Professor of Geology
Daniel W. Noyes ‘02, M.Ed. (Colby, St. Lawrence), 2007-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Athletics
Steven R. Nuss, Ph.D. (Wisconsin at Madison, CUNY), February 1996-
Associate Professor of Music
Philip Nyhus, Ph.D. (St. Olaf, Wisconsin at Madison), 1999-2001; 2004-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Liam O’Brien, Ph.D. (Colorado School of Mines, Harvard), 2003-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Jorge Olivares, M.A. ‘93, Ph.D. (Miami [Florida], Michigan), 1982-
Allen Family Professor of Latin American Literature
Kerill N. O’Neill, Ph.D. (Trinity College [Dublin, Ireland], Cornell), 1992-
Julian D. Taylor Associate Professor of Classics
Jason M. Opal, Ph.D. (Cornell, Brandeis), 2003-
Assistant Professor of History and George C. Wiswell Jr. Research Fellow
Laurie E. Osborne, M.A. ‘03, Ph.D. (Yale, Syracuse), 1990-
NEH/Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities, English
Adrianna M. Paliyenko, M.A. ‘04, Ph.D. (Boston University, North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 1989-
Professor of French
Candice B. Parent, B.S. (Maine at Farmington), 1998-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Athletics; Assistant Director of Athletics 2008-
Keith R. Peterson, Ph.D. (Kent State, Louisiana State, DePaul), 2008-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Raymond B. Phillips, Ph.D. (Pomona, California at Berkeley), 1984-
Assistant Professor of Biology; Director of Information Technology Services
Thane S. Pittman, M.A. ‘04, Ph.D. (Kent State, Iowa), 2004-
Professor of Psychology
Veronique B. Plesch, M.A., ’08, Ph.D. (Swiss Maturite Federale [Switzerland], University of Geneva [Switzerland], Princeton), 1994-
Professor of Art
Dale Plummer, B.S.*1 (Maine), 2007-
Adjunct Instructor in Athletics
James A. Porter ‘95, Ph.D. (Colby, Cornell), 2006-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Richard J. Powell, Ph.D.*1 (Connecticut, Northwestern), January-May 2008
Visiting Associate Professor of Government
Sara L. Prahl, M.A.*1 (Oberlin, Iowa), 2004-
Faculty Member without Rank: Reference Librarian
Tamae K. Prindle, M.A. ‘98, Ph.D. (SUNY at Binghamton, Washington State, Cornell), 1985-
Oak Professor of East Asian Language and Literature [Japanese]
Darylyne M. Provost, M.L.S.*1 (Trinity College, Maryland at College Park), 2007-
Faculty Member without Rank: Reference Librarian
Marilyn R. Pukkila, M.L.S.*1 (Michigan, Aberystwyth [Wales], Columbia), March 1984-
Faculty Member without Rank: Head of Instructional Services, Colby Libraries
Robert P. Quinn, B.A. (Westfield State), 2001-2008
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Athletics
Tarja Raag, Ph.D. (Skidmore, Indiana), 1995-
Associate Professor of Psychology
Maple J. Razsa, Ph.D. (Vassar, Harvard), 2007-
Assistant Professor of International Studies
Scott H. Reed III, M.F.A.*1 (South Florida, Rhode Island School of Design), February 1987-
Associate Professor of Art
Leonard S. Reich, M.A. ‘95, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Johns Hopkins), 1986-
Professor of Administrative Science and Science, Technology, and Society
Clifford E. Reid, M.A. ‘89, Ph.D. (George Washington, Princeton), 1987-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Economics
Douglas E. Reinhardt ‘71, M.B.A. (Colby, Babson), 1972-
Faculty Member without Rank: Associate Vice President for Investments
Joseph R. Reisert, Ph.D. (Princeton, Harvard), 1997-
Harriet S. Wiswell and George C. Wiswell Jr. Associate Professor of American Constitutional Law
Valerie Reynolds, Ph.D. (North Carolina at Wilmington, Tennessee at Knoxville), 2008-
Assistant Professor of Geology
Mark Rhodes, Ph.D. (SUNY at Binghamton, New Mexico State), 2006-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Kevin P. Rice ‘96, Ph.D. (Colby, Wisconsin at Madison), 2005-
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Michael J. Richardson, Ph.D. (Canterbury [New Zealand], Connecticut), 2006-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Kenneth A. Rodman, M.A. ‘98, Ph.D. (Brandeis, MIT), 1989-
William R. Cotter Distinguished Teaching Professor of Government
Hanna M. Roisman, M.A. ‘94, Ph.D. (Tel Aviv [Israel], Washington at Seattle), 1990-
Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Classics
Joseph Roisman, M.A. ‘94, Ph.D. (Tel Aviv [Israel], Washington at Seattle), 1990-
Professor of Classics
Anindyo Roy, Ph.D. (Delhi [India], Illinois, Texas at Arlington), 1995-
Associate Professor of English
Jennifer D. Rudolph, M.A. (St. Xavier University, Loyola University), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in Spanish
Bruce F. Rueger, Ph.D. (Salem State, Colorado), 1984-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology, 2003-; Senior Teaching Associate
Scott W. Russell, M.A. (Hamilton, Boston College), 2007-2008
Visiting Instructor in Computer Science
Ira Sadoff, M.A. ‘88, M.F.A.*1 (Cornell, Oregon), 1977-
Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of Literature
Elizabeth H. Sagaser, Ph.D. (Brown, Brandeis), 1994-
Associate Professor of English
Laura Saltz, Ph.D. (Chicago, Yale), 2001-
Assistant Professor of Art and American Studies
Mamadou Samb, M.A. (University Cheikh Anta [Senegal]), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in French and Italian
Nancy Sanchez Mendez *1, August-December 2007
Visiting Professor of International Studies and Oak Human Rights Fellow
Betty G. Sasaki, Ph.D. (California at Santa Barbara, California at Berkeley), 1991-
Associate Professor of Spanish
Sharon K. Saunders, M.A.*1 (Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh), 2007-2008
Faculty Member without Rank: Systems Librarian
Steve Saunders, M.A. ‘04, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh), 1990-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Music
Raffael M. Scheck, M.A. ‘06, Ph.D. (Kantonsschule Wettingen [Switzerland], Universitat Zurich [Switzerland], Brandeis), 1994-
Professor of History
Yukiko Sekino, Ph.D. (Harvard, Julliard, SUNY at Stony Brook), 2008-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Mark R. Serdjenian ‘73, B.A. (Colby), 1982-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Athletics
Cyrus Shahan, Ph.D.*1 (Virginia Polytechnic Institute, North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2008-
Assistant Professor of German
Thomas W. Shattuck, M.A. ‘00, Ph.D. (Lake Forest, California at Berkeley), 1976-
Professor of Chemistry
Yamile Silva Gualteros, M.A. (Universidad de los Andes [Colombia], Massachusetts at Amherst), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in Spanish
David L. Simon, M.A. ‘88, Ph.D. (Boston University, London [U.K.]), 1981-
Ellerton and Edith Jette Professor of Art
Nikky-Guninder K. Singh, M.A. ‘99, Ph.D. (Wellesley, Pennsylvania, Temple), 1986-
Crawford Family Professor of Religion
Dale J. Skrien, M.A. ‘97, Ph.D. (Saint Olaf, Washington), 1980-
Professor of Computer Science
Walter Skya, Ph.D. (Washington, Chicago), 2008-
Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies and History
Christopher J. Soto, B.A. (Harvard), January 2009-
Instructor in Psychology
Debra A. Spark, M.A. ‘03, M.F.A.*1 (Yale, Iowa), 1995-
Professor of English
Elisabeth F. Stokes, M.F.A.*1 (Smith, Massachusetts at Amherst), 2001-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Stewart M. Stokes, M.A. (Massachusetts at Amherst, Trinity), 2000-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Athletics
Judy L. Stone, Ph.D. (Michigan, Yale, SUNY at Stony Brook), 1999-
Associate Professor of Biology
Katherine M. Stubbs, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Duke), 1996-
Associate Professor of English
David B. Suchoff, M.A. ‘02, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley), 1993-
Professor of English
Walter A. Sullivan, Ph.D. (Concord, Virginia Tech, Wyoming), 2007-
Assistant Professor of Geology
Kathryn M. Syssoyeva, B.A.*1 (SUNY Empire State), 2007-2008
Irving D. Suss Visiting Guest Artist, Theater and Dance
Tereza M.W. Szeghi Dempster, Ph.D. (Cincinnati, Arizona), 2007-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Mark B. Tappan, M.A. ‘05, Ed.D.*2 (Oberlin, Ohio State, Harvard), 1991-
Professor of Education
Duncan A. Tate, M.A. ‘06, Ph.D. (Oxford [England]), 1992-
Professor of Physics
Winifred Tate, Ph.D. (Wesleyan, NYU), 2008-
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Larissa J. Taylor, M.A. ‘05, Ph.D. (Harvard, Brown), 1994-
Professor of History
Scott A. Taylor, M.A. (Gordon, Pennsylvania State), 2008-
Visiting Instructor in Mathematics
Stephanie R. Taylor, B.A. (Gordon), 2008-
Clare Boothe Luce Instructor in Computer Science
James S. Terhune, M.Ed. (Middlebury, Harvard), 2006-
Faculty Member without Rank: Vice President for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
Douglas C. Terp ‘84, M.B.A. (Colby, Thomas)
Vice President for Administration and Treasurer; Professor of Administrative Science
Dasan M. Thamattoor, Ph.D. (Government Arts and Science College [India], Karnatak [India], Princeton), 1999-
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Davida Gavioli Thamattoor, Ph.D. (University of Bergamo [Italy], Pennsylvania State), March-May 2002; Sept-Dec 2004; 2007-2008
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian
John Jason Thompson, Ph.D. (Texas at Austin, Chicago), 2008-
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Jonathon P. Thompson, B.A. (Brown), 2008-
Adjunct Instructor in Athletics
Jennifer J. Thorn, Ph.D. (SUNY at Binghamton, Columbia), 2003-
Assistant Professor of English
James C. Thurston, M.F.A. (Ohio Wesleyan, Northwestern), 1988-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Theater and Dance
Andrea R. Tilden, Ph.D. (Alma, Oklahoma), 1999-
The J. Warren Merrill Associate Professor of Biology
James Tortorella, B.S. (Maine), 1996-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Athletics
Margaret A. Toth, M.A.*1 (College of Wooster, Boston College), September-December 2007
Visiting Instructor in English
Cheryl Tschanz Newkirk, D.M.A. (Indiana, SUNY at Stony Brook), 1991-2008
Adjunct Associate Professor of Music
John P. Turner, Ph.D. (Furman, Michigan), 2006-
Assistant Professor of History
David M. Venditti, B.A. (Southern Maine), 2004-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Athletics
Guillermo J. Vuletin, Ph.D. (National University of La Plata [Argentina], Maryland), 2007-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Andreas Waldkirch, Ph.D. (Tuebingen [Germany], Boston College), 2005-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Doanh Wang, M.S. (SUNY at Binghamton, Wisconsin at Madison), 2007-
Adjunct Instructor in Athletics
James L.A. Webb Jr., M.A. ‘03, Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins), 1987-
Professor of History
Wendy A. Weckwerth, M.F.A.*1 (Vassar, Yale), 2006-2008
Visiting Instructor in Theater and Dance
Robert S. Weisbrot, M.A. ‘90, Ph.D. (Brandeis, Harvard), 1980-
Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor of History
Ankeney Weitz, Ph.D. (Cornell, Kansas), 1998-
Associate Professor of Art and East Asian Studies
George Welch, Ph.D. (Cornell, Vermont, Alaska, Dartmouth), 1992-
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Christine M. Wentzel, M.A. ‘94, M.A. (Massachusetts, Michigan), 1973-
Adjunct Professor of Theater and Dance
Richard L. Whitmore Jr., M.A. ‘90, M.Ed. (Bowdoin, Maine), 1970-
Adjunct Professor of Athletics; Director of Athletics, 1987-2002
W. Herbert Wilson Jr., M.A. ‘02, Ph.D. (North Carolina, Johns Hopkins), 1990-
Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences
Alisia R. Wygant, M.L.S. (Bowdoin, Aberystwyth [Wales]), 2003-
Faculty Member without Rank: Reference Librarian
Edward H. Yeterian, M.A. ‘91, Ph.D. (Trinity, Connecticut), 1978-
Professor of Psychology; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, 1998-
Jennifer A. Yoder, Ph.D. (Akron, Maryland), 1996-
Associate Professor of Government and International Studies
Fei Yu, Ph.D. (Dalian University of Technology [China], Princeton, Harvard), 2008-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Marcella K. Zalot, M.S. (Smith, Massachusetts at Amherst)
Faculty Member without Rank: Director of Athletics
Hong Zhang, Ph.D. (Huazhong Normal [China], Wuhan [China], Columbia), 1995-1999, 2000-
Associate Professor of East Asian Studies
Connie Zhu, M.F.A.*1 (Southern Maine, Oregon), February-May 2008
Visiting Instructor in East Asian Studies
James K. Zimmerman, Ph.D. (Nebraska, Northwestern), 2008-
Visiting Professor of Chemistry
*1 Part time.
*2 Professors Lyn Mikel Brown and Mark Tappan share a joint appointment.
