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 S. Machlin, M.A. '87, Ph.D. (Yale, California at Berkeley), 1974-
The Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities

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, 1985-88

Sarah Vose Mackenzie '70, Ed.D.1 (North Carolina, Southern Maine, Maine at Orono), 2001-2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Education and Human Development

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-

Carleen R. Mandolfo, Ph.D. (California State at San Francisco, Jesuit School of Theology, Emory), 2002-
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

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

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

Meriwynn Grothe Mansori, Ph.D. (Mount Holyoke, Johns Hopkins), 1995-
Faculty Fellow in Spanish

Richard R. Marcus, Ph.D. (NYU, California, Florida), 2001-2002
Visiting Instructor in Government

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

Pascal Massie, M.A. (Sorbonne [France]), 2001-2002
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy

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 L. 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-
Associate Professor of American Studies

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

James R. 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), 1999-2001; 2002-
Visiting Professor of English

Mark L. McPheran, Ph.D. (California at Santa Cruz, California at Santa Barbara), 1990-1991, 2002-
Visiting Professor of Philosophy

James W. 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

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

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 Católica [Peru], Stanford), 1998-
Assistant Professor of Spanish

David H. 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

Mario Moroni, Ph.D. (Northwestern), 2001-
Paul and Marilyn Paganucci Assistant Professor of Italian Language and Literature

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

Maria K. Morrison, M.A.1 (Princeton, Virginia), 2001-
Assistant Professor of German

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

Richard J. 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

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 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

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

David L. 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

Michael J. Oliver, Ph.D.1 (Leicester [U.K.], Manchester Metropolitan [U.K.]), 2001-2002
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics

Kerill N. O'Neill, Ph.D. (Trinity College [Dublin, Ireland], 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

Silvana A. Palermo, Ph.D. (Buenos Aires, SUNY at Stony Brook), 2002-
Visiting Assistant Professor of History

Adrianna M. 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 Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Frances M. Parker, M.L.S.1 (Harpur, Columbia), August 1974-2002
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

Carlos Pereira, Ph.D., M.D. (Pernambuco [Brazil], New School University, Oxford [England]), 2002-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government

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

Véronique B. Plesch, Ph.D. (Swiss Maturité Fédérale [Switzerland], University of Geneva [Switzerland], Princeton), 1994-
Associate 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 R. Pukkila, M.A., M.S.L.S. (Michigan, Aberystwyth [Wales], Columbia), March 1984-
Faculty Member without Rank: Reference Librarian

Robert P. Quinn, B.A. (Westfield State), 2001-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Nancy Quirk, B.A. (New Orleans), 2001-2002
Visiting Instructor in Government and Environmental Studies

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

Scott H. 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 E. Reinhardt '71, M.B.A. (Colby, Babson), 1972-
Faculty Member without Rank: Associate Vice President for Investments and Treasurer

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

Jeremy M. Rich, M.A. (Chicago, Indiana), 2001-2002
Visiting Instructor in History

James C. Roberson III, M.A. (Virginia), 1999-2002
Instructor in Spanish

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

Nicholas L. 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

Bill Roorbach, M.F.A.1 (Ithaca, Columbia), 2001-2002
Visiting Associate Professor of English

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-
Associate Professor of English

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

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

Colin L. Sage, Ph.D.1 (CNAA, University of Durham [U.K.]), 2001-2002
UCC Exchange Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies

Laura Saltz, Ph.D. (Chicago, Yale), 2001-
Assistant Professor of Art and American Studies

Yvonne Sanavitis, Ph.D. (Puerto Rico, New York, Puerto Rico), 1996-
Associate 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 E. Saunders, Ph.D. (Carnegie-Mellon, Pittsburgh), 1990-
Associate Professor of Music

Raffael M. Scheck, Ph.D. (Kantonsschule Wettingen [Switzerland], Universität Zurich [Switzerland], Brandeis), 1994-
Associate Professor of History

Richard C. Sewell, M.A., 1974-2003
Adjunct Associate Professor of Theater and Dance; Director of Powder and Wig

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

Jennifer D. Shosa, Ph.D. (Syracuse, Hobart and William Smith, Cornell), 2000-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Geology

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

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

Nikky-Guninder Kaur 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 Mathematics and Computer Science

Earl H. Smith, M.A. '95, B.A. (Maine), 1962-2002
Professor; Secretary of the College; Executive Assistant to the President

Marc L. Smith, Ph.D. (Central Florida), 2001-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science

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

Elisabeth F. Stokes, M.F.A.1 (Smith, Massachusetts at Amherst), 2001-
Visiting Instructor in English

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

Maritza Straughn-Williams, Ph.D. (Pace, CUNY), 1999-
Assistant Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies

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

John R. Sweney, M.A. '82, Ph.D. (Colorado College, Claremont, Wisconsin), 1967-
The NEH Class of 1940 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 B. Tappan, Ed.D.2 (Oberlin, Ohio State, Harvard), 1991-
Associate Professor of Education and Human Development

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

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

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

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

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

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

Thomas H. 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

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

Roy Van Til, Ph.D.1 (Swarthmore, Boston College), 2002-
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics

Bobby Vaughn, Ph.D. (Lafayette, Stanford), 2002-
Visiting Assistant Professor of African-American Studies

Lisa Ann Walton, M.S. (Bowdoin, Oregon Graduate Institute of Science and Technology), 2001-2002
Visiting Instructor in Computer Science

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

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

Jonathan M. Weiss, M.A. '86, Ph.D. (Columbia, Yale), 1972-
NEH Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities, French; 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

James B. Wescott, M.A.'01, M.S. (Plymouth State, Indiana), 1978-
Adjunct Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

Jonathan M. White, M.A. (Boston College, Brandeis), 2000-2002
Visiting Instructor in Sociology

Richard L. Whitmore Jr., M.A. '90, M.Ed. (Bowdoin, Maine), 1970-
Adjunct Professor of Physical Education; Director of Athletics, 1987-2002

Julie A. Wienski, M.S. (Smith), 1999-
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Athletics

W. Herbert Wilson Jr., Ph.D. (North Carolina, Johns Hopkins), 1990-
J. Warren Merrill 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

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

Edward H. 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-
Associate Professor of Government and International Studies

Hong Zhang, Ph.D. (Huazhong Normal [China], Wuhan [China], Columbia), 1995-1999; 2000-
Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies [Chinese]

Suisheng Zhao, Ph.D. (Peking [China], Missouri at Kansas City, California at San Diego), 1993-2001
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.