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

Paul Stuart Machlin, M.A. '87, Ph.D. (Yale, California at Berkeley), 1974-
Arnold Bernhard Professor of Music

George Calvin Mackenzie, M.A. '86, Ph.D. (Bowdoin, Tufts, Harvard), 1978-
Distinguished Presidential Professor of American Government; Vice President for Development and Alumni Relations, 1985-88

Deirdre Madden, Ph.D. (University College Cork [Ireland]), February-May 2001
UCC Exchange Visiting Professor of Administrative Science

L. Sandy Maisel, M.A. '83, Ph.D. (Harvard, Columbia), 1971-
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Government; Director of Colby in Washington Program, 1987-94, 1995-

Phyllis Frances Mannocchi, M.A. '96, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, Columbia), 1977-
Professor of English

Kashif S. Mansori, Ph.D. (Wesleyan, Princeton), 1997-
Assistant Professor of Economics

Michael Andrew Marlais, M.A. '95, Ph.D. (St. Mary's of California, California at Hayward, Michigan), 1983-
James M. Gillespie Professor of Art

James J. Marquardt, Ph.D. (Villanova, Chicago), 1999-2000
Visiting Professor of Government

D. Benjamin Mathes, Ph.D. (Middlebury, New Hampshire), 1990-
Associate Professor of Mathematics

Harriett Matthews, M.A. '84, M.F.A. (Sullins Junior, Georgia), 1966-
Professor of Art

Robert Lawrence McArthur, M.A. '83, Ph.D. (Villanova, Temple), 1972-
Professor of Philosophy; Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid, 1982-85; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, 1988-98; Christian A. Johnson Professor of Integrative Liberal Learning, 1998-

Sheila M. McCarthy, Ph.D.¹ (Emmanuel, Harvard, Cornell), 1987-
Associate Professor of Russian

Margaret T. McFadden, Ph.D. (Wells, Duke, Yale), 1996-
Assistant Professor of American Studies

Michael C. McGuire '89, M.L.S. (Colby, Syracuse), 2000-
Faculty Member without Rank: Technical Services Librarian

James Richard McIntyre, Ph.D. (Michigan State), 1976-
Associate Professor of German; Director of Career Services, 1982-91

Wesley C. McNair, M.Litt.¹ (Keene State, Middlebury), 1999-
Visiting Professor of English

James William Meehan Jr., M.A. '82, Ph.D. (Saint Vincent, Boston College), 1973-
Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics

Margaret Packard Menchen, M.L.S.¹ (Southampton [England], Maine), 1989-
Faculty Member without Rank: Reference Librarian

Lara Cassandra Merlin, Ph.D. (Wesleyan, Rutgers), 1999-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies

Edward James Mestieri, M.Ed. (Springfield, Norwich), 1989-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Weiwen Miao, Ph.D. (Beijing University [China], Tufts), 1997-2000
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

George Miaoulis Jr., Ph.D.¹ (New York University), February 1995-
Visiting Professor of Administrative Science

Julie Tamsen Millard, Ph.D. (Amherst, Brown), 1991-
Associate Professor of Chemistry

Luis Millones-Figueroa, Ph.D. (Pontificia Universidad CatÛlica [Peru], Stanford), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Spanish

David Horton Mills '57, M.A. (Colby, Illinois, Harvard), 1980-81, 1984-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of English for Speech and Debate

Mary Elizabeth Mills, Ph.D. (Western Ontario [Canada], California at Berkeley), 1992-
Associate Professor of Anthropology

Garry Mitchell, M.F.A.¹ (Hawaii at Honolulu, Pratt Institute), 1996-98; 1999-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art

Thomas Jack Morrione '65, M.A. '85, Ph.D. (Colby, New Hampshire, Brigham Young), 1971-
Dana Professor of Sociology

Larkspur Solvi Morton, M.S. (Hamline, California at Davis), 1998-1999
Visiting Instructor in Biology

Jane Meryl Moss, M.A. '90, Ph.D. (Wellesley, Yale), 1979-
Robert E. Diamond Professor of Women's Studies and French

Richard James Moss, M.A. '90, Ph.D. (Michigan State), 1978-
John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History

Suanne Wilson Muehlner, M.L.S., M.B.A. (California at Berkeley, Simmons, Northeastern), 1981-
Faculty Member without Rank: Director of the Colby Libraries

Julie Kay Mueller, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, California at Berkeley), 1992-2000
Assistant Professor of History

Bradford Philip Mundy, M.A. '92, Ph.D. (SUNY at Albany, Vermont), 1992-
Miselis Professor of Chemistry

Elisa Narin van Court, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley), 1996-
Assistant Professor of English

Barbara Kuczun Nelson '68, M.A.¹ (Colby, Middlebury), 1978-
Assistant Professor of Spanish

Randy Alan Nelson, M.A. '90, Ph.D. (Northern Illinois, Illinois), 1987-
Douglas Professor of Economics and Finance

Robert Edward Nelson, M.A. '96, Ph.D. (San Francisco State, Washington), 1982-
Professor of Geology

Shelby F. Nelson, Ph.D. (Smith, Cornell), 1993-December 1999
Associate Professor of Physics

Cheryl Tschanz Newkirk, D.M.A. (Indiana, SUNY at Stony Brook), 1991-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Music

David Leslie Nugent, Ph.D. (Michigan, Columbia), 1989-
Associate Professor of Anthropology

Steven R. Nuss, Ph.D. (Wisconsin at Madison, CUNY), February 1996-
Assistant Professor of Music

Patricia O'Brien, M.Ed. (Salem State), 1995-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Jorge Olivares, M.A. '93, Ph.D. (Miami [Florida], Michigan), 1982-
Allen Family Professor of Latin American Literature

Kerill Neil O'Neill, Ph.D. (Trinity College [Dublin], Cornell), 1992-
Taylor Associate Professor of Classics

Patricia Arnold Onion, M.A. '00, Ph.D.¹ (Connecticut College, Harvard), 1974-
Professor of English

Laurie Ennis Osborne, Ph.D. (Yale, Syracuse), 1990-
Associate Professor of English

Adrianna Maria Paliyenko, Ph.D. (North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Boston University, North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 1989-
Associate Professor of French

Candice Parent, B.S. (Maine at Farmington), 1998-
Adjunct Instructor of Physical Education and Athletics

Frances M. Parker, M.L.S.¹ (Harpur, Columbia), August 1974-
Faculty Member without Rank: Assistant Director for Public Services, Library

Dee Peppe, M.F.A.¹ (SUNY, Savannah College of Art and Design), 1999-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art

Raymond B. Phillips, Ph.D. (Pomona, California at Berkeley), 1984-
Assistant Professor of Biology; Director of Information Technology Services

David Prichard, Ph.D. (Maine, Virginia Commonwealth), 2000-
Visiting Professor of Psychology

Vèronique BrĖgida Plesch, Ph.D. (Swiss Maturitè Fèdèrale, University of Geneva [Switzerland], Princeton), 1994-
Assistant Professor of Art

Tamae Kobayashi Prindle, M.A.'98, Ph.D. (SUNY at Binghamton, Washington State, Cornell), 1985-
Oak Professor of East Asian Language and Literature [Japanese]

Marilyn Ruth Pukkila, M.A., M.S.L.S. (Michigan, Aberystwyth [Wales], Columbia), March 1984-
Faculty Member without Rank: Reference Librarian

Tarja Raag, Ph.D. (Skidmore, Indiana), 1995-
Assistant Professor of Psychology

Scott Hall Reed III, M.F.A.¹ (Rhode Island School of Design), February 1987-
Associate Professor of Art

Leonard S. Reich, M.A. '95, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Johns Hopkins), February 1986-
Professor of Administrative Science and of Science, Technology, and Society

Clifford Reid, M.A. '89, Ph.D. (George Washington, Princeton), 1987-
Dana Professor of Economics

Ursula Reidel-Schrewe, Ph.D. (Harvard), 1989-
Associate Professor of German

Douglas Edward Reinhardt '71, M.B.A. (Colby, Babson), 1972-
Faculty Member without Rank: Associate Vice President for Finance and Treasurer

Nancy S. Reinhardt, Ph.D. (Mount Holyoke, Oxford [England], Cornell, Simmons), 1994-
Faculty Member without Rank: Special Collections Librarian

Joseph R. Reisert, Ph.D. (Princeton, Harvard), 1996-
Harriet S. and George C. Wiswell Jr. Assistant Professor of American Constitutional Law

James C. Roberson iii, M.A. (University of Virginia), 1999-
Instructor in Spanish

Patricia Mary Robinet, Ph.D. (Colorado State, Kentucky), 1998-2001
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Kenneth Aaron Rodman, M.A. '98, Ph.D. (Brandeis, MIT), 1989-
William R. Cotter Distinguished Teaching Professor of Government

Nicholas Leroy Rohrman, M.A. '77, Ph.D. (Butler, Miami [Ohio], Indiana), 1977-
Professor of Psychology

Hanna M. Roisman, M.A. '94, Ph.D. (Tel Aviv [Israel], Washington at Seattle), 1990-
Professor of Classics

Joseph Roisman, M.A. '94, Ph.D. (Tel Aviv [Israel], Washington at Seattle), 1990-
Professor of Classics

Paul Ross, D.Mus. '86, Artist's Diploma¹ (Toronto Conservatory [Canada], Juilliard), 1986-
Artist in Residence in Music

Anindyo Roy, Ph.D. (Delhi [India], Illinois State, Texas at Arlington), 1995-
Assistant Professor of English

Holly L. Russell '94, M.F.A. (Colby, Case Western Reserve), 2000-
Visiting Adjunct Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance

Ira Sadoff, M.A. '88, M.F.A.¹ (Cornell, Oregon), 1977-
Dana Professor of Poetry

Elizabeth Harris Sagaser, Ph.D. (Brown, Brandeis), 1994-
Assistant Professor of English

Yvonne Sanavitis, Ph.D. (Puerto Rico, New York, Puerto Rico), 1996-
Visiting Professor of Spanish

Jean Donovan Sanborn, M.A. '97, Ph.D.¹ (Mount Holyoke, Harvard, Union for Experimenting Colleges and Universities), 1976-
Professor of English; Director of the Farnham Writers' Center, 1984-

Betty Gail Sasaki, Ph.D. (California at Santa Barbara, California at Berkeley), 1991-
Associate Professor of Spanish

Steven Earl Saunders, Ph.D. (Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh), 1990-
Associate Professor of Music

Raffael Marcus Scheck, Ph.D. (Kantonsschule Wettingen [Switzerland], Universit”t Zurich [Switzerland], Brandeis), 1994-
Associate Professor of History

Pamela Scofield, 1994-2000
Distinguished Visiting Artist

Richard Crittenden Sewell, M.A., 1974-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Theater and Dance; Director of Powder and Wig

Thomas Wayne Shattuck, M.A. '00, Ph.D. (Lake Forest, California at Berkeley), 1976-
Professor of Chemistry

Lei Shen, M.A. (Anhui [China], Brigham Young), 1999-2000
Visiting Instructor in East Asian Studies

Jennifer D. Shosa, M.S. (Syracuse, Hobart and William Smith), 2000-
Clare Boothe Luce Instructor in Geology

Andre N. Siamundele, Ph.D. (University of Zaire, Yale), 2000-
Assistant Professor of French

David Lawrence Simon, M.A. '88, Ph.D. (Boston University, London), 1981-
Jettè Professor of Art

Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh, M.A. '99, Ph.D. (Wellesley, Pennsylvania, Temple), 1986-
Professor of Religious Studies

Dale John Skrien, M.A. '97, Ph.D. (Saint Olaf, Washington), 1980-
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science

Earl Harold Smith, M.A. '95, B.A. (Maine), 1962-
Professor; Dean of the College

Wayne Lee Smith, M.A. '83, Ph.D. (Hartwick, Pennsylvania State), 1967-2001
Professor of Chemistry

Debra Alison Spark, M.F.A.¹ (Yale, Iowa), February 1995-
Associate Professor of Creative Writing

Susan Sterling, Ph.D.¹ (Wellesley, California at Berkeley), 1988-89; 1992-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Judy Lynn Stone, Ph.D. (Michigan, Yale, SUNY at Stony Brook), 1999-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Biology

Maritza Straughn-Williams, M.A. (Pace, CUNY), 1999-
Instructor in Anthropology and African-American Studies

Katherine Marie Stubbs, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Duke), 1996-
Assistant Professor of English

David Bruce Suchoff, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley), 1993-
Associate Professor of English

John Robert Sweney, M.A. '82, Ph.D. (Colorado College, Claremont, Wisconsin), 1967-
The NEH Class of '40 Distinguished Teaching Professor of Humanities, Emeritus, English

John M. Talbot, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Michigan at Ann Arbor, California at Berkeley), 1997-
Assistant Professor of Sociology

Mark Bennett Tappan, Ed.D.² (Oberlin, Ohio State, Harvard), 1991-
Associate Professor of Education and Human Development

Duncan Alasdair Tate, D.Phil. (Oxford [England]), 1992-
Associate Professor of Physics

Linda Tatelbaum, Ph.D.¹ (Cornell), 1982-
Associate Professor of English

Larissa Juliet Taylor, Ph.D. (Harvard, Brown), 1994-
Associate Professor of History

Dasan M. Thamattoor, Ph.D. (Karnatak [India], Princeton), 1999-
Assistant Professor of Chemistry

Tracey Theyerl, M.S. (Northern Michigan, Wyoming), 1998-
Adjunct Instructor of Physical Education and Athletics

Pamela S. Thoma, Ph.D. (Ohio State, Colorado), 1996-
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women's Studies

James Campbell Thurston, M.F.A. (Ohio Wesleyan, Northwestern), 1988-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Theater and Dance

Thomas Harry Tietenberg, M.A. '84, Ph.D. (USAF Academy, University of the East in the Philippines, Wisconsin), 1977-
Mitchell Family Professor of Economics

Andrea Remick Tilden, Ph.D. (Alma, Oklahoma), 1999-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Biology

James Tortorella, B.S. (Maine), 1996-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Elizabeth A.F. Turesky, Ph.D.¹ (Wheaton, Colorado, Case Western Reserve), 1990-2000
Visiting Associate Professor of Administrative Science

Andrew C. Twaddle, Ph.D. (Brown, Connecticut), 2000-
Visiting Professor of Sociology

William Edward Underwood, Ph.D. (Williams, Cornell), 1998-
Assistant Professor of English

Christine R. Watt, B.A. (Westfalische-Wilhelms Universitat Munster [Germany]), 2000-
Visiting Instructor in German

James L.A. Webb Jr., Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins), 1987-
Associate Professor of History

Robert Stephen Weisbrot, M.A. '90, Ph.D. (Brandeis, Harvard), 1980-
Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor of History

Dace Weiss, M.A.¹ (Toronto), 1981-2001
Instructor in French

Jonathan Mark Weiss, M.A. '86, Ph.D. (Columbia, Yale), 1972-
NEH Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities; Associate Dean of Faculty and Director of Off-Campus Study, 1991-2000

Ankeney Weitz, Ph.D. (Cornell, Kansas), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Art and East Asian Studies

George A. Welch, Ph.D.¹ (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 (Dance)

James Benjamin Wescott, M.S. (Plymouth State, Indiana), 1978-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Jonathan M. White, M.A. (Boston College, Brandeis), 2000-
Visiting Instructor in Sociology

Richard Latham Whitmore Jr., M.A. '90, M.Ed. (Bowdoin, Maine), 1970-
Adjunct Professor of Physical Education; Director of Athletics, 1987-

William Herbert Wilson Jr., Ph.D. (North Carolina, Johns Hopkins), 1990-
Associate Professor of Biology

Joylynn Wing, Ph.D. (San Francisco State, Stanford), 1988-
Associate Professor of Theater and Dance

Diane Skowbo Winn, M.A. '89, Ph.D. (Miami [Ohio], Brandeis), 1974-
Professor of Psychology

Monica Wood, M.Ed. (Georgetown, Southern Maine), 1998-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor of English

W. Arnold Yasinski, M.A. '90, M.B.A., Ph.D. (Michigan, Indiana), 1990-
Professor of English; Administrative Vice President

Emiko Yasumoto, M.A. (Notre Dame Seishin [Japan], Wisconsin at Madison), 2000-
Visiting Instructor in East Asian Studies [Japanese]

Ali Yedes, Ph.D. (Temple, California at Davis), 1999-2000
Visiting Assistant Professor of French

Edward Harry Yeterian, M.A. '91, Ph.D. (Trinity, Connecticut), 1978-
Audrey Wade Hittinger Katz and Sheldon Toby Katz Distinguished Teaching Professor of Psychology; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, 1998-

Jennifer A. Yoder, Ph.D. (Akron, Maryland), 1996-
Assistant Professor of Government and International Studies

David Zazzaro, B.A. (Drew), 1995-
Adjunct Instructor of Physical Education and Athletics

Hong Zhang, Ph.D. (Huazhong Normal [China], Wuhan [China], Columbia), 1995-99; 2000-
Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies [Chinese]

Suisheng Zhao, Ph.D. (Peking [China], Missouri at Kansas City, California at San Diego), 1993-
Associate Professor of East Asian Politics

¹Part time.
²Professors Lyn Brown and Mark Tappan share a joint appointment; Professors Shari Dunham and Stephen Dunham share a joint appointment; Professors Clare Congdon and Randolph Jones share a joint appointment.