Current Faculty: A through L
The faculty is arranged alphabetically. In parentheses are listed colleges and universities from which earned degrees have been received.

Julia Adams, D.Mus. '86, M.A.¹ (Oberlin, San Francisco State), 1986-
Artist in Residence in Music

William D. Adams, M.A. '00, Ph.D. (Colorado College, California at Santa Cruz), 2000-
Professor of Philosophy; President

Debra Ann Aitken, M.Ed. (Frostburg State [Maryland], Plymouth State), 1985-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Donald Bruce Allen, M.A. '82, Ph.D. (Fresno State, Illinois), 1967-
Professor of Geology

Jeffrey D. Anderson, Ph.D. (Knox, Chicago), 1996-
Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Douglas Nelson Archibald, M.A. '73, Ph.D. (Dartmouth, Michigan), 1973-
Roberts Professor of Literature; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, 1982-88; Editor of Colby Quarterly, 1986-; Curator of the Healy Collection, 1993-98

Terry J. Arendell, M.A.'99, Ph.D. (United States International, California at Berkeley), 1994-
Professor of Sociology

Thomas Armbrecht, Ph.D. (Middlebury, Brown), February-May 2000
Visiting Assistant Professor of French

Ariel Carlos Armony, Ph.D. (Buenos Aires [Argentina], Ohio, Pittsburgh), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Government

Donald C. Ashton Jr., M.Ed. (Maine), 1999-2000
Visiting Instructor in Education and Human Development

Samuel Leigh Atmore, M.S. (Pennsylvania State, Simmons), 1977-
Faculty Member without Rank: Director of Media Services

Tom Cragin Austin, B.S. (Maine), 1986-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Jack Axelrod, B.A. (California), 2000-
Distinguished Visiting Artist in Theater and Dance

Debra Ann Barbezat, Ph.D. (Smith, Michigan), 1992-
Associate Professor of Economics

Karen A. Barnhardt, Ph.D. (North Carolina at Greensboro, Montana), 2000-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Education and Human Development

James Barrett, Ph.D. (California at Santa Cruz, Cornell), 2000-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Charles Walker Bassett, M.A. '80, Ph.D.¹ (South Dakota, Kansas), 1969-1999, 1999-
Lee Family Professor of American Studies and English, Emeritus; Visiting Professor of English

Thomas R. Berger, Ph.D. (Trinity, California Institute of Technology), 1995-
Carter Professor of Mathematics

William Berlinghoff, Ph.D.¹ (Wesleyan University), 1988-91; 1993-95; 1996-
Visiting Professor of Mathematics

Kimberly Ann Besio, Ph.D. (Hawaii at Manoa, California at Berkeley), 1992-
Associate Professor of Chinese

Catherine Lowe Besteman, Ph.D. (Amherst, Arizona), 1993-
Associate Professor of Anthropology

Parker Joy Beverage, M.A. (Dartmouth, Stanford), 1985-
Faculty Member without Rank: Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid

Catherine Robb Bevier, Ph.D. (Indiana, Connecticut), 1999-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Biology

Ramachandran Bharath, Ph.D. (Simon Fraser [Canada]), 1999-
Visiting Professor of Mathematics

Robert Theodore Bluhm Jr., Ph.D. (NYU, Princeton, Columbia, Rockefeller), 1990-
Associate Professor of Physics

James Finney Boylan, M.A.¹ (Wesleyan, Johns Hopkins), 1988-
Associate Professor of English

Patrick Brancaccio, M.A. '79, Ph.D. (Brooklyn, Ohio State, Rutgers), 1963-
John and Caroline Zacamy Professor of English

Otto Bretscher, Ph.D. (Zurich [Switzerland], Harvard, Zurich [Switzerland]), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Lyn Mikel Brown, Ed.D.² (Ottawa, Harvard), 1991-
Associate Professor of Education and Human Development and Women's Studies

Andrew J. Brown, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, California at San Diego), 2000-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology

Frederic Brussel, B.A. (Hunter), 1996-
Adjunct Instructor of Physical Education and Athletics

Cedric Gael Bryant, Ph.D. (California at San Diego), 1988-
Lee Family Professor of English

Michael David Burke, M.F.A.¹ (California at Berkeley, Massachusetts at Amherst), 1987-
Associate Professor of English

Thomas K. Burton, B.A. (Hamilton), 1999-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Cheshire Calhoun, M.A.'99, Ph.D. (Northwestern, Texas at Austin), 1991-
Professor of Philosophy

Alec Duncan Campbell, Ph.D. (Columbia, UCLA, California), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Debra Campbell, Ph.D. (Mt. Holyoke, St. Michael's [Toronto], Boston University), January-June 1983; 1986-
Associate Professor of Religious Studies

Murray Francis Campbell, M.A. '92, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, Cornell), 1980-
Merrill Professor of Physics

Arthur Kingsley Champlin, M.A. '87, Ph.D. (Williams, Rochester), 1971-
Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences

Daniel Harry Cohen '75, M.A. '00, Ph.D. (Colby, Indiana), 1983-
Professor of Philosophy

Frederick Russell Cole, M.A. '90, Ph.D. (Massachusetts, Illinois), 1977-
Oak Professor of Biological Sciences

Susan Westerberg Cole, M.S. (Knox, Illinois), 1978-
Faculty Member without Rank: Science Librarian

George Leidigh Coleman II, M.A. (Cornell, Kansas), 1963-
Associate Professor of Geology; Registrar

Clare Bates Congdon, Ph.D.² (Wesleyan, Michigan), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Charles W.S. Conover III, Ph.D. (Middlebury, Virginia), 1990-
Associate Professor of Physics

Rebecca R. Conry, Ph.D. (Washington, Eastern Washington), 2000-
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

James S. Cook Jr. '78, M.Ed. (Colby, Maine), 1999-2000
Visiting Instructor in Education and Human Development

Anthony Joseph Corrado Jr., Ph.D. (Catholic University, Boston College), February 1986-
Associate Professor of Government

William R. Cotter, M.A. '79, LL.D. '00, L.H.D., J.D. (Harvard), 1979-2000
Professor of Government; President Emeritus

Alexandre Erik Dauge-Roth, Ph.D. (Universitè de Lausanne [Switzerland], Michigan), 1999-
Visiting Assistant Professor of French

Mark Davis, B.A. (Hobart), 1998-
Adjunct Instructor of Physical Education and Athletics

Ryan M. Davis, M.A.¹ (Western Oregon, Mississippi State), 1999-2000
Visiting Instructor in English

Guilain Pierre Denoeux, Ph.D. (Grenoble [France], Georgetown, Princeton), 1990-
Associate Professor of Government

Andrew John Dephtereos, M.F.A.¹ (St. Lawrence, Colorado State), 1997-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Julie Wellwood de Sherbinin, Ph.D. (Yale, Amherst, Cornell), 1993-
Associate Professor of Russian

Elizabeth R. DeSombre, Ph.D. (Oberlin, Harvard), 1995-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies and Government

Thomas Aquinas Dexter, M.S. (SUNY at Cortland), 1989-
Adjunct Instructor in Physical Education and Athletics

Suellen Diaconoff, M.A. '00, Ph.D. (Willamette, Indiana), 1986-
Professor of French

Peter Brian Ditmanson, M.A. (Minnesota, Harvard), 1999-
Assistant Professor of History/East Asian Studies

Priscilla Allen Doel, M.A. '93, M.A. (Colby Junior, NYU), 1965-
Professor of Portuguese and Spanish

Michael Reynolds Donihue '79, Ph.D. (Colby, Michigan), 1989-
Associate Professor of Economics

Allen B. Downey, Ph.D. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, California at Berkeley), 1997-2000
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Shari Uldrich Dunham, Ph.D. ² (Drew, MIT), 1998-
Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Stephen Uldrich Dunham, Ph.D.² (Hamline, Montana State), 1998-
Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Assistant Professor of Biochemistry

Bevin Engman, M.F.A. (William and Mary, Portland School of Art, Pennsylvania), 1996-
Assistant Professor of Art

Margaret Donelian Ericson, M.L.S. (Florida State University), 1998-
Faculty Member without Rank: Art and Music Librarian

Ben W. Fallaw, Ph.D. (North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chicago), 2000-
Assistant Professor of History and Latin American Studies

Barry Michael Farber, M.B.A.¹ (Purdue, California at Los Angeles), February 1995-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Administrative Science

Frank Alexander Fekete, M.A. '96, Ph.D. (Rhode Island at Kingston, Rutgers), 1983-
Professor of Biology

Chris S.T. Fernandes, M.S. (Northwestern), 2000-
Visiting Instructor in Computer Science

Arthur L. Figliola, M.A., M.S. (Middlebury, Washington), 2000-
Instructor in Italian

Guy Theophile Filosof, M.A. '81, Ph.D. (Rollins, Middlebury, Rochester), 1969-2001
Professor of French

David Warren Findlay, M.A. '99, Ph.D. (Acadia [Canada], Purdue), 1985-
Professor of Economics

David Harvey Firmage, M.A. '88, Ph.D. (Brigham Young, Montana), February 1975-
Clara C. Piper Professor of Environmental Studies

Richard Patrick Flanagan, Ph.D. (Hamilton, Brandeis), January 2000; 2000-
Visiting Professor of English

James Rodger Fleming, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, Colorado State, Princeton), 1988-
Associate Professor of Science, Technology, and Society

Bruce Edward Fowles, Ph.D. (Brown, California at Berkeley), 1967-
Associate Professor of Biology

Patrice Franko, M.A. '00, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Notre Dame), 1986-
Professor of Economics and International Studies

Yuri Lily Funahashi, M.M., D.M.A.¹ (Southern California, Juilliard), 1999-2000
Visiting Professor of Music/Piano

Robert Angelo Gastaldo, Ph.D. (Gettysburg, Southern Illinois), 1999-
Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology

Henry Albert Gemery, M.A. '77, Ph.D. (Southern Connecticut, Harvard, Pennsylvania), 1961-
Pugh Family Professor of Economics

Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, M.A. '00, Ph.D. (Northeastern), 1987-
John D. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies

Robert A. Gillespie, Ph.D. (Cornell, Iowa), 1971-77, 1982-
Associate Professor of English; College Editor

Gayle C. Gleason, Ph.D. (Brown, Utah, California at Santa Barbara), 1999-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology

Heidi Merrin Godomsky, M.A. (William and Mary, Trinity), 1993-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Mark Godomsky, B.A. (Bates), 1998-
Adjunct Instructor in Physical Education and Athletics

Jill Paulette Gordon, Ph.D. (Claremont McKenna, Brown, Texas at Austin), 1991-
Associate Professor of Philosophy

Hugh James Gourley III, A.B. (Brown), April 1966-
Faculty Member without Rank: The Director of the Museum of Art

Fernando Quadros Gouvêa, Ph.D. (Universidade de S“o Paulo [Brazil], Harvard), 1991-
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Sandy Grande, Ph.D. (Syracuse, Kent State), 1995-2000
Assistant Professor of Education and Human Development

Arthur David Greenspan, M.A. '91, Ph.D. (Columbia, Indiana), 1978-
Professor of French

Paul Gene Greenwood, Ph.D. (Knox, Florida State), 1987-
Associate Professor of Biology and Dr. Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow

Meriwynn F. Grothe, Ph.D. (Mount Holyoke, Johns Hopkins), 1995-
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Heather Haas, M.A. (Rocky Mountain, St. Andrews), 1999-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Jonathan Francis Hallstrom, Ph.D. (Oregon State, Iowa), 1984-
Associate Professor of Music

Natalie Beth Harris, Ph.D. (Indiana), 1978-80, 1982-85, 1986-
Associate Professor of English

Peter Bromwell Harris, M.A. '89, Ph.D. (Middlebury, Indiana), 1974-
Professor of English

Homer T. Hayslett Jr., M.A. '88, Ph.D. (Bridgewater, Virginia Polytechnic, Dartmouth), 1962-
Dana Professor of Mathematics

Mark D. Hazard, M.A., M.A. (New Mexico, San Francisco State, Cornell), 1999-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Patricia Burton Helm, M.A.¹ (Colorado College, Pennsylvania), February-May 1990, February-May 1991, 1995-
Assistant Professor of Music

Peyton Randolph Helm, M.A. '90, Ph.D. (Yale, Pennsylvania), 1988-
Professor of Classics; Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations

Margaret Hennessy, M.A. (Harvey Mudd, Princeton), 2000-
Visiting Instructor in Chemistry

Gina Ann Herrmann, Ph.D. (Cornell, Columbia), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Jan Stafford Hogendorn, M.A. '76, Ph.D. (Wesleyan, London School of Economics), 1963-64, 1966-
The Grossman Professor of Economics

Jan Élise Holly, Ph.D. (New Mexico, Illinois), 1996-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Jennifer L. Holsten '90, M.Ed. (Colby, Springfield), 1995-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Scott L. Horton, M.Ed. (Antioch, Harvard), 2000-
Visiting Instructor in Psychology

Shaohua Hu, Ph.D. (American University, Peking [China]), 2000-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government

Keith A. Johnson, Ph.D. (Monmouth, Dartmouth), 1999-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Russell R. Johnson, Ph.D. (Colorado College, Washington State), 1996-
Assistant Professor of Biology

Randolph Martin Jones, Ph.D.² (UCLA, California at Irvine), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Paul R. Josephson, Ph.D. (MIT, Harvard), 2000-
Associate Professor of History

Jeffrey Lee Kasser, Ph.D. (Michigan), 1998-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Janice Armo Kassman, M.A. (SUNY at Stony Brook, Boston College), 1974-
Faculty Member without Rank: Dean of Students

Toni Dinsmore Katz, M.S. (Maine at Portland, Simmons), 1983-
Faculty Member without Rank: Reference Librarian

Stephen Kecskemethy, D.Mus. '86, B.Mus., Artist's Diploma¹ (Eastman), 1986-
Artist in Residence in Music

Susan McIlvaine Kenney, M.A. '86, Ph.D.¹ (Northwestern, Cornell), 1968-
Dana Professor of Creative Writing

D. Whitney King, Ph.D. (St. Lawrence, Rhode Island), 1989-
Associate Professor of Chemistry

William Martin Phillips Klein, Ph.D. (Northwestern, Princeton), 1991-
Associate Professor of Psychology

Karen Kusiak '75, M.Ed.¹ (Colby, Lesley), 1990-
Assistant Professor of Education and Human Development

Charles Richard Lakin, M.L.S.¹ (U.S. Naval Academy, Iowa), 1985-
Faculty Member without Rank: Reference Librarian

Ronald Lantz, D.Mus., B.Mus.¹ (Indiana, Juilliard), 1986-
Artist in Residence in Music

William A. Lee, J.D.¹ (Florida), February 1987-
Assistant Professor of Administrative Science

Elizabeth Davis Leonard, Ph.D. (College of New Rochelle, California at Riverside), 1992-
Associate Professor of History and Harriet S. and George C. Wiswell Jr. Research Fellow in American History

John Robert Likins, M.L.S. (Colgate, Simmons), November 1984-January 2001
Faculty Member without Rank: Technical Services Librarian

Eva Linfield, Ph.D. (Wellesley, Brandeis), 1993-
Associate Professor of Music

Leo Livshits, Ph.D. (Waterloo [Canada], Toronto [Canada]), 1994-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Virginia C. Long, Ph.D. (Williams, North Carolina), 2000-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics

Thomas Richmond Willis Longstaff, M.A. '84, Ph.D. (Maine, Bangor Theological, Columbia), 1969-
Crawford Family Professor of Religious Studies

Kathryn Lowerre, Ph.D.¹ (Bryn Mawr, Duke), 1999-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music

Howard Nathan Lupovitch, Ph.D. (Michigan, Columbia), 1998-
Pulver Family Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies