Faculty
The faculty is arranged alphabetically. In parentheses are listed colleges and universities from which degrees have been received.
Eric G. Aaron, Ph.D. (Cornell), 2018-
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Syed Tariq Ahmad, M.A. ’23, Ph.D. (Aligarh Muslim [India], PGIMER, Chandigarh [India], Notre Dame), 2009-
Professor of Biology and Dr. Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow
Naser Al Madi, Ph.D. (Kent State University), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Asita Albert, M.S.L.I.S. (University of Maine, Drexel), 2020-
Faculty Librarian: Technical Services and Metadata
Dean Allbritton, Ph.D. (Valdosta State, Syracuse, Stony Brook), 2011-
Associate Professor of Spanish; Director, Center for the Arts and Humanities, 2021–
Ana Almeyda-Cohen, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Marta E. Ameri, Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr, Institute of Fine Arts, New York University), 2014-
Associate Professor of Art
David R. Angelini, Ph.D. (St. Mary’s of Maryland, Indiana), 2012-
Associate Professor of Biology
Alberto Arredondo-Chavez, Ph.D. (Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Chris Myers Asch, (Duke University, University of North Carolina), 2015-
Visiting Instructor of African-American Studies
Robert Augustine, Ph.D. (SUNY Binghamton, Massachusetts at Amherst), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Biology
T. Ben Baker, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, Yale University, Brown University), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Allison Barner, Ph.D. (Chicago, Oregon State), 2019-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Biology
Alison Bates, Ph.D. (University of Delaware), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Justin M. Becknell, Ph.D. (Minnesota), 2017-
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
James Behuniak Jr., M.A. ’20, Ph.D. (Southern Maine, Hawaii at Manoa), 2006-
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Philosophy
Max Bender, Ph.D. (Connecticut College, University of Pittsburgh), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Sandra Bernal Heredia, Ph.D. (Texas, Austin), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Kimberly A. Besio, M.A. ’10, Ph.D. (Hawaii at Manoa, California at Berkeley), 1992-
Oak Professor of East Asian Studies
Catherine L. Besteman, M.A. ’05, Ph.D. (Amherst, Arizona), 1993-
Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology
Catherine R. Bevier, M.A. ’17, Ph.D. (Indiana, Connecticut), 1999-
Oak Professor of Biology
Chandra D. Bhimull, Ph.D. (Kenyon, Michigan), 2008-
The Audrey Wade Hittinger Katz and Sheldon Toby Katz Associate Professor for Distinguished Teaching in Anthropology and African-American Studies
Adrian Blevins, M.A. ’19, M.F.A. (Virginia Intermont, Hollins, Warren Wilson), 2004-
Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Audrey Blood, M.F.A. (Bowdoin College, Rhode Island School of Design), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Robert T. Bluhm Jr., M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (New York University, Princeton, Columbia, Rockefeller), 1990-
Sunrise Professor of Physics
Lola Bollo-Panadero, Ph.D. (Seville [Spain], Michigan State), 2008-
Associate Professor of Spanish
David Bodine ’76, Ph.D. (Colby College, Rutgers University, Jackson Laboratory), 2024-
Visiting Professor of Biology
Bradley R. Borthwick, M.F.A. (Guelph [Canada], Cornell), 2013-
Associate Professor of Art
Max Bowman, M.L.I.S. (University of Maine, University of North Carolina), 2019-
Faculty Librarian: Systems
Sarah Braunstein, M.F.A., (Mount Holyoke, Iowa Writers’ Workshop), 2016-
Associate Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Kelly Brignac, Ph.D. (Millsaps, Vanderbilt, Harvard), 2021-
Assistant Professor of History
Luke Brooks-Shesler, Ph.D. (George Mason University, The College of William and Mary), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
AB Brown, Ph.D. (Muhlenberg, Northwestern), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Denise A. Bruesewitz, M.A. ’25,Ph.D. (Winona State, Notre Dame), 2012-
Clara C. Piper Professor of Environmental Studies; Provost, 2025-
Audrey Brunetaux, Ph.D. (Poitiers [France], Michigan State), 2008-
Associate Professor of French
Gustavo Burkett, Ph.D. (University of Massachusetts), 2023-
Faculty Member without Rank: Dean of the College
William Christopher Burwick, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, University of Washington, Pitzer College), 2024-
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
Raymond Caraher, Ph.D. (Hampshire College, University of Massachusetts Amherst), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Gail Carlson, Ph.D. (St. Olaf, Wisconsin at Madison), 2004-
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Casey Cavanaugh, Ph.D. (Lehigh University, Tufts University), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Tizoc Chavez, Ph.D. (California State University, Stanislaus, Vanderbilt), 2021-
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Susan Childers, Ph.D. (North Carolina State University at Raleigh, University of Connecticut), 2025-
Lecturer in Biology
Tahiya Chowdhury, Ph.D. (Rutgers, Bangladesh University of Engineering & Technology), 2023-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Caitlin Cleaver ’06, Ph.D. (Colby, University of Maine), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Jennifer Coane, M.A. ’24, Ph.D. (Illinois State, Washington [St. Louis]), 2008-
Professor of Psychology
Kyle Coblentz, Ph.D. (Tulane University of Louisiana, Oregon State University), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Abbie Cohen, Ph.D. (Tufts University, Harvard University, University of California, Los Angeles), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Education
Daniel H. Cohen ’75, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. (Colby, Indiana), 1983-
Professor of Philosophy
Lauren Cohen Fisher ’13, M.A. (Colby, Tel Aviv University), 2021-
Lecturer in Jewish Studies
Charles Conover, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. (Middlebury, Virginia), 1990-
William A. Rogers Professor of Physics
Rebecca R. Conry, M.A. ’25, Ph.D. (Eastern Washington, Washington), 2000-
Professor of Chemistry; Associate Provost for Academic Programs, 2025-
Megan L. Cook, Ph.D. (Michigan, New York University, Pennsylvania), 2013-
Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Associate Professor of Literature
Christina Cota, Ph.D. (Skidmore, Cornell), 2019
Assistant Professor of Biology
Matthew Cumbie, M.F.A (Texas Lutheran University, Texas State University, Texas Woman’s University), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Nicole Denier, Ph.D. (McGill University), 2025-
Associate Professor of Sociology
Guilain P. Denoeux, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (Grenoble [France], Georgetown, Princeton), 1990-
Professor of Government
Evan Dethier, Ph.D. (Williams, Dartmouth), 2024-
Assistant Professor of Earth Sciences
Inga Kim Diederich, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, Harvard, University of California, San Diego), 2021-
Assistant Professor of History
Valérie M. Dionne, M.A. ’23, Ph.D. (Montreal [Canada], Princeton), 2007-
Professor of French and Italian
Stephanie Dodson, Ph.D. (Massachusetts at Amherst, Brown), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Kathryn B. Donahue, M.S. (Bowdoin, Simmons), 2015-
Faculty Librarian: Associate Director and Head of Special Collections and Archives/College Archivist
Sonya Donaldson, Ph.D. (CUNY, University of Virginia), 2022-
Assistant Professor of African-American Studies
Michael R. Donihue ’79, M.A. ’07, Ph.D. (Colby, Michigan), 1989-
Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics; Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs and Associate Dean of Faculty, 2008-2010; Interim Director of the Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence, 2024-25
Stacy Doore, Ph.D. (University of Maine), 2020-
Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Linwood C. Downs ’83, M.A. (Colby, Columbia, Maine), 2003-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Greg T. Drozd, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon), 2017-
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Sarah E. Duff, Ph.D. (Stellenbosch [South Africa], Birkbeck [England]), 2017-
Associate Professor of History
Tasha L. Dunn, Ph.D. (Tulane, Tennessee at Knoxville), 2014-
Associate Professor of Earth Sciences
Diana Elhard, Ph.D. (College of Saint Benedict, Northwestern University), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Kathrin Ellieroth, Ph.D. (Indiana University), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Alicia E. Ellis, Ph.D. (Amherst, Yale), 2016-
Associate Professor of German
Nadia R. El-Shaarawi, Ph.D. (McMaster [Canada], Oxford [UK], Case Western Reserve), 2015-
Associate Professor of Global Studies
Bevin L. Engman, M.A. ’11, M.F.A. (William and Mary, Portland School of Art, Pennsylvania), 1996-
Professor of Art
Elisabeth McCorkle Fairfield, M.F.A. (Smith, Massachusetts at Amherst), 2001-
Distinguished Senior Lecturer in Writing
Flavien Falantin, Ph.D. (Indiana University), 2020-
Assistant Professor of French
Ben W. Fallaw, M.A. ’14, Ph.D. (North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chicago), 2000-
Professor of Latin American Studies
Yang I. Fan, Ph.D. (Washington, Seattle) 2018-
The Todger Anderson Assistant Professor in Investing and Behavioral Economics
Nicole Ferrari, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania, Duke, University of Delaware, Middlebury), 2024-
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
Vivian Ferrillo, Ph.D. (Indiana University), 2024-
Assistant Professor of Government
David W. Findlay, M.A. ’99, Ph.D. (Acadia [Canada], Purdue), 1985-
Pugh Family Professor of Economics
Anna Forsman, Ph.D. (Cornell University, Illinois State University, The College of William and Mary), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Rebecca Frank, Ph.D. (University of Virginia, St. Olaf), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
Patrice M. Franko, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Notre Dame), 1986-
Grossman Professor of Economics
David M. Freidenreich, Ph.D. (Brandeis, Columbia), 2008-
Pulver Family Professor of Jewish Studies
Tamar Friedmann, Ph.D. (Princeton), 2019
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Laura S. Fugikawa, Ph.D. (Southern California), 2018-
Assistant Professor of American Studies and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Yuri Lily Funahashi, D.M.A. (Wisconsin at Madison, California at Los Angeles, Julliard), 2009-
Associate Professor of Music
Amanda Gallinat, Ph.D. (Carleton, Boston University), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Samantha Garlock, M.S. (University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2025-
Collections and Engagement Librarian
Ghada Gherwash, Ph.D. (Appalachian State, Purdue), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Writing
Erin A. Giffin, Ph.D. (California at San Diego), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Fernando Q. Gouvea, M.A. ’01, Ph.D. (Sao Paulo [Brazil], Harvard), 1991-
Carter Professor of Mathematics
Gary M. Green, M.A. ’22, M.F.A. (SUNY Empire State, Bard), 2007-
Professor of Art
David A. Greene, M.A. ’14, Ed.D. (Hamilton, Harvard), 2014-
President; Professor of Social Sciences
Neil L. Gross, M.A. ’15, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley, Wisconsin at Madison), 2015-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology
Samara R. Gunter, M.A. ’25, Ph.D. (Chicago, Michigan), 2008-
Professor of Economics
Britt Halvorson, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Albion College), 2015-
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Aaron R. Hanlon, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Dartmouth, Oxford [UK]), 2015-
NEH/Class of 1940 Distinguished Associate Professor of the Humanities
Lynn Hannum, Ph.D. (Bates, Yale), 2001-
Associate Professor of Biology and Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow
Daniel E. Harkett, Ph.D. (Edinburgh [UK], Brown), 2016-
Associate Professor of Art
Allen Harper, Ph.D. (University of Rhode Island, City University of New York), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Melissa Heide, Ph.D. (University of Texas, University of Virginia), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Rae Herman, Ph.D. (University of Maryland-College Park, University of Pennsylvania), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Elizabeth Hill, Ph.D. (Midwestern State, Gonzaga, Memorial University of Newfoundland), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Natalie Hill, MLIS (Drexel University, University of Texas), 2023-
Scholarly Communications Librarian
M. Adam Howard, M.A. ’16, Ed.D. (Berea, Harvard, Cincinnati), 2003-2004, 2008-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Education
Timothy P. Hubbard, M.A .’24, Ph.D. (New Hampshire, Iowa), 2012-
Professor of Economics
Reuben Hudson, Ph.D. (Vassar College, McGill University), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Derek Huffman, Ph.D. (California at Irvine), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Rachel M. Isaacs, M.A. (Wellesley, Jewish Theological Seminary), 2011-
Dorothy “Bibby” Alfond Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies
Ruth Jackson, M.S. (Columbia University), 2019-
Faculty Member without Rank: Vice President and Chief of Staff
Nicolas Jacobs, Ph.D. (University of Virginia), 2019-
Goldfarb Family Distinguished Associate Professor in American Government
Danae Jacobson, Ph.D. (Westmont College, Regent College, Notre Dame), 2019-
Assistant Professor of History
Emma Jasnoch, Ph.D. (Gustavus Adolphus College, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Luke Johnson, M.F.A. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, University of Alberta), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Russell R. Johnson, M.A. ’14, Ph.D. (Colorado College, Washington State), 1996-
Professor of Biology; Associate Provost for Academic Programs, 2017-21; Senior Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, 2021-2025
Matt Jones, Ph.D. (Arizona State University, Dartmouth College), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Steven M. Karceski, M.A. (University of Washington, North Park University), 2024-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Public Policy
Rio Katayama, Ph.D. (Waseda University, Indiana University-Bloomington, University of Southern California, Indiana University), 2024-
Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies
Jeffrey L. Katz, M.A. ’15, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania, Harvard), 2002-
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Chemistry
Christel D. Kesler, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley), 2017-
Associate Professor of Sociology
Elizabeth Ketner, Ph.D. (Georgia, Vermont, Minnesota), 2012-2013, Spring 2014-
Senior Lecturer in Writing
Se Young Kim, Ph.D. (Konkuk University, Ohio, Iowa), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies
D. Whitney King, M.A. ’02, Ph.D. (St. Lawrence, Rhode Island), 1989-
Dr. Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry
Thomas E. Klepach, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame, Eastern Michigan University), 2012-
Lecturer of Science, Technology, and Society
Ann Marie Kloppenberg, M.A. ’25, M.F.A. (Middlebury, Ohio State), 2010-
Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Greg Knapp, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University, University of Oregon), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dalibor Kocevski, Ph.D. (Michigan, Hawaii at Manoa), 2014-
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Arne Koch, Ph.D. (Kenyon, Pennsylvania State, North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2007-
Associate Professor of German; Dean for Global Engagement, 2017-2020
Bess G. Koffman, Ph.D. (Maine, Orono), 2017-
Associate Professor of Earth Sciences
Nazli Konya, Ph.D. (Bogazici University [Turkey], Cornell), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Government
Kara Kugelmeyer, M.L.I.S., (Hampshire College, Syracuse University), 2016-
Faculty Librarian: Data Services
Daniel R. LaFave, Ph.D. (Boston College, Duke), 2012-
Associate Professor of Economics
Isaac Lage, Ph.D. (Harvard University, New York University), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Alyssa Lawson, Ph.D. (Chapman University, California State University-Los Angeles, University of California-Santa Barbara), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Oliver W. Layton, Ph.D. (Boston), 2018-
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Robert B. Lester, Ph.D. (Montana, Notre Dame), 2015-
Associate Professor of Economics
Carrie A. LeVan, Ph.D. (California at Los Angeles), 2017-
The Montgoris Associate Professor of Government
Matthew R. LeVan, M.L.I.S. (California at Los Angeles), 2017-
Faculty Librarian: Digital Archives
Ying Li, Ph.D. (Hubei University of Technology [China], New Hampshire), 2015-
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Amanda Lilleston, M.F.A., (Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan, Colorado College), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Art
Zoe Shan Lin, Ph.D., (University of California, Peking University [China], Beijing Normal University [China]), 2023-
Assistant Professor of History
Benjamin D. Lisle, Ph.D. (Carleton, Virginia, Texas at Austin), 2011-
Associate Professor of American Studies
Pei Pei Liu, Ed.D. (Swarthmore, Michigan, Harvard), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Education
Leo Livshits, M.A. ’08, Ph.D. (Waterloo [Canada], Toronto [Canada]), 1994-
Professor of Mathematics
Nicole Lofaro, Ph.D. (University of Florida, William Paterson University), 2024-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Yiqing Ma, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities, Louisiana State University, University of Michigan), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Lindsey R. Madison, Ph.D. (Northwestern), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Daniel Mahoney, M.F.A. (University of Massachusetts), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing
Randi Maloney ‘09, M.B.A. (Colby College, Thomas College), 2024-
Faculty Member without Rank; Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Andrew Marshall, M.S. (University of Maine), 2009-
Visiting Instructor of Biology
Joshua P. Martin, Ph.D. (Ohio State, Arizona), 2016-
Associate Professor of Biology
José Martínez, Ph.D. (National University of Colombia, University of Missouri, UT Austin), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Music
Benedicte Mauguiere, M.A. ’09, Ph.D. (d’Angers [France], Paris-Sorbonne [France]), 2009-
Professor of French
Dámaris Mayans, Ph.D. (Florida, Gainesville), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Lindsay R. Mayka, Ph.D. (Carleton, Berkeley), 2013-
Associate Professor of Government
Damon W. Mayrl, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley), 2017-
Charles A. Dana Associate Professor of Sociology
Jonathan H. McCoy, Ph.D. (Haverford, Maryland, Cornell), 2009-
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Thomas McElmurry, Ph.D. (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics
Grace McGowan, M.A. (Boston University, University of Oxford), 2024-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Elizabeth McGrath, Ph.D. (Vassar, Hawaii at Honolulu), 2012-
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Michael C. McGuire ’89, M.L.S. (Colby, Syracuse), 2000-
Faculty Librarian: Electronic Resources
Karena A. McKinney, Ph.D. (California at Irvine), 2017-
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Carolyn Megan, M.F.A. (Vermont College), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing
M. Suzanne Menair, Ph.D., (Antioch, Virginia), 2016-
Lecturer of Anthropology
Jennifer M. Meredith, Ph.D. (Washington), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Jesse D. Meredith, Ph.D. (City College of New York, Washington), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of History; Director of the Integrated Studies Program
Giovanni Miglianti, Ph.D. (Università degli Studi di Udine, University of Cambridge, Yale University), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Italian
Julie T. Millard, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. (Amherst, Brown), 1991-
The Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Professor of Chemistry
Kassandra Miller, Ph.D. (University of Chicago, Princeton), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Classics
Melissa Miller, Ph.D. (Texas at Austin, Wisconsin at Madison), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Russian
Tiffany Miller, Ph.D. (University of Kansas), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Luis Millones, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. (Pontificia Católica [Peru], Stanford), 1998-
The Allen Family Professor of Latin American Literature
Lydia Moland, M.A. ’20, Ph.D. (Boston University), 2008-
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Philosophy
Elena I. Monastireva-Ansdell, Ph.D. (Piatigorsk State Institute of Foreign Languages [Russia], Iowa, Indiana), 2009-
Associate Professor of Russian
Erin Murphy, M.A. (North Carolina State, Texas at Austin), 2014-
Instructor of Cinema Studies
Sanval Nasim ’08, Ph.D. (Colby, California at Riverside), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Alex Nelson, M.F.A. (Fashion Institute of Technology, Yale School of Art), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Lindsey Nelson, M.B.A. (Thomas College), 2018-
Faculty Member without Rank: Registrar
Mouhamedoul Amine Niang, Ph.D. (Gaston Berger [Senegal], East Tennessee State, Wisconsin at Madison), 2009-
Associate Professor of French
Todd Nicewonger, Ph.D. (Kansas State University, Columbia University), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Xi Ning, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, Central South University [China], Changsha University of Science and Technology [China]), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Suegene Noh, Ph.D. (Connecticut), 2017-
Associate Professor of Biology
Kristen M. Nolting, Ph.D. (University of Evansville, Michigan State, University of Connecticut), 2024-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ana Noriega, M.L.I.S. (CUNY, New School), 2014-
Faculty Librarian: Assistant Director for Collections Management
Laura Nüffer, Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr, University of Pennsylvania), 2019-
Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies
Philip Nyhus, M.A. ’20, Ph.D. (St. Olaf, Wisconsin at Madison), 1999-2001; 2004-
Elizabeth and Lee Ainslee Professor of Environmental Studies
Liam O’Brien, M.A. ’20, Ph.D. (Colorado School of Mines, Harvard), 2003-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Statistics
Kerill N. O’Neill, M.A. ’19, Ph.D. (Trinity [Dublin, Ireland], Cornell), 1992-
Julian D. Taylor Professor of Classics; Director, Center for the Arts and Humanities, 2013-2021
Alejandra Ortiz, Ph.D. (Wellesley, MIT), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Stephanie Owen, Ph.D. (University of Michigan) 2021-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Bonnie Paige, M.L.I.S. (University of British Columbia), 2017-
Faculty Librarian: Research and Development
Adrianna M. Paliyenko, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. (Boston University, North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 1989-
The Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities
Joshua Paul, Ph.D. (Colgate University, Columbia University, Boston University), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
Ronald F. Peck, Ph.D. (Linfield, Wisconsin), 2012-
Associate Professor of Biology
Zach Peckham, M.F.A. (University of Massachusetts Amherst, Cleveland State University), 2025-
Jennifer Jahrling Forese Writer-in-Residence (Visiting Instructor) in Creative Writing
Mary Peshoff, Ph.D. (Louisiana Tech University, Louisiana State University), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Keith R. Peterson, Ph.D. (Kent State, Louisiana State, DePaul), 2008-
Associate Professor of Philosophy
Jack Petok, Ph.D. (Rice University, Stanford University), 2024-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Quynh Pham, Ph.D. (Vassar, University of Minnesota), 2024-
Assistant Professor of Global Studies
Sherry Pineau Brown, Ph.D. (University of Maine, University of Denver), 2023-
Lecturer in Education/Coordinator of Teacher Education
Samantha Plasencia, Ph.D. (University of Illinois), 2020-
Assistant Professor of English
Veronique B. Plesch, M.A. ’08, Ph.D. (Swiss Maturite Federale [Switzerland], Geneva [Switzerland], Princeton), 1994-
James M. Gillespie Professor of Art
Kyla Pohl, M.S. (St. Olaf College, University of Oregon), 2025-
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics
James Porter ’95, Ph.D. (Colby, Cornell), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Nichole Price, Ph.D. (University of California, Connecticut College), 2015-
Professor of Environmental Studies
Matthew T. Proto, Ed.D., (Yale, Wesleyan, North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 2015-
Faculty Member without Rank: Senior Vice President
Darylyne M. Provost Cyr, M.L.S. (Trinity, Maryland at College Park), 2007-
Faculty Librarian: Assistant Director for Digital Initiatives
Farah Qureshi, Ph.D. (Warwick, Oxford, California at Irvine), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Tarja Raag, Ph.D. (Skidmore, Indiana), 1995-
Associate Professor of Psychology
Hector Ramos Flores, Ph.D. (Rollins College, University of Minnesota), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Evan D. Randles, Ph.D. (Cornell), 2017-
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Maple J. Razsa, M.A. ’24, Ph.D. (Vassar, Harvard), 2007-
Professor of Global Studies
Joseph R. Reisert, M.A. ’19, Ph.D. (Princeton, Harvard), 1997-
Professor of Government and Christian A. Johnson Professor of Integrative Liberal Learning
Zach Rewinski, Ph.D. (Oberlin College, University of Wisconsin-Madison), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian
Erin N. Rhodes (Earlham, Southern Connecticut State), 2014-
Faculty Librarian: Archives Education
Kevin P. Rice ’96, Ph.D. (Colby, Wisconsin at Madison), 2005-
Associate Professor of Chemistry; Vice President of Planning and Strategy, 2025-
Christopher Richards, Ph.D. (New York University, Bard), 2024-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Gianluca Rizzo, Ph.D. (Bologna [Italy], California at Los Angeles), 2013-
Paul D. and Marilyn Paganucci Associate Professor of Italian Language and Literature
Claire Robertson, Ph.D. (Kenyon College, New York University), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Kenneth A. Rodman, M.A. ’98, Ph.D. (Brandeis, MIT), 1989-
William R. Cotter Distinguished Teaching Professor of Government
Veronica Romero ’09, Ph.D. (Colby, University of Cincinnati), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Garry Rosenblum, M.L.I.S. (University of California-Los Angeles), 2024-
Faculty Librarian: Visual and Interdisciplinary Arts
Onnesha Roychoudhuri, M.F.A. (San Francisco State University, Bard College), 2023-
Assistant Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Joshua Rubin, Ph.D. (University of Michigan-Ann Arbor, Yale University), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Elizabeth H. Sagaser, Ph.D. (Brown, Brandeis), 1994-
Associate Professor of English
Laura Saltz, Ph.D. (Chicago, Yale), 2001-
Associate Professor of American Studies
Michael Sanders, Ph.D. (University of Delaware, Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Benjamin Scharadin, Ph.D. (Franklin and Marshall, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Pennsylvania State University), 2019
Assistant Professor of Economics
Raffael M. Scheck, M.A. ’06, Ph.D. (Kantonsschule Wettingen [Switzerland], Zurich [Switzerland], Brandeis), 1994-
The John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History
Volker Schmitz, Ph.D. (Freie Universität Berlin, Indiana University-Bloomington), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
James Carl Scott, Ph.D. (Macalester, California at Berkeley), 2009-
Associate Professor of Statistics
Ekaterina Seregina, Ph.D. (National Research University Higher School of Economics [Russia], University of California, Riverside), 2021-
Douglas Assistant Professor of Economics and Finance
Elizabeth Seto, Ph.D. (Texas A&M), 2017-
Associate Professor of Psychology
Mohammad Shabangu, Ph.D. (Rhodes University [South Africa], Stellenbosch University [South Africa]), 2019-
Assistant Professor of English
Nirav Shah, M.D. (University of Louisville, University of Chicago), 2025-
Visiting Professor of Public Health
Gwyneth Shanks, Ph.D. (Macalester, New York University, California at Los Angeles), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Daniel M. Shea, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. (West Florida, SUNY at Oswego, SUNY at Albany), 2012-
Director of Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement 2012-2017; Marson-Muller-McNulty Professor of Government
Tanya R. Sheehan, M.A. ’19, Ph.D. (Georgetown, Brown), 2013-
Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of Art
Erin S. Sheets, Ph.D. (Duke, Colorado at Boulder), 2010-
Associate Professor of Psychology
Stacey Sheriff, Ph.D. (Dartmouth, Penn State), 2019-
Associate Professor and Director of Writing
Nell Shipman, B.F.A. (Butler University), 2020-
Visiting Instructor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Jay Sibara, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Southern California), 2014-
Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Nicholas Silcox, Ph.D. (Ursinus College, Rutgers University-Camden, New York University), 2025-
Assistant Professor of English
Nikky-Guninder K. Singh, M.A. ’99, Ph.D. (Wellesley, Pennsylvania, Temple), 1986-
Crawford Family Professor of Religion
James R. Siodla, Ph.D. (California State at Chico, California at Irvine), 2013-
Associate Professor of Economics
Michael Solomon, Ph.D. (Georgia, Alabama), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Kerry Sonia, Ph.D. (Brown University), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Christopher J. Soto, M.A. ’22, Ph.D. (Harvard, California at Berkeley), January 2009-
Professor of Psychology
Debra A. Spark, M.A. ’03, M.F.A.1 (Yale, Iowa), 1995-
Zacamy Professor of English
Emmalouise St. Amand, Ph.D. (Ithaca College, University of Miami, Eastman School of Music), 2024-
Assistant Professor of Music
Katherine M. Stubbs, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Duke), 1996-
Lee Family Associate Professor of English
Hannah Subotnick, M.F.A. (Brown University, Rhode Island School of Design, Stanford University), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Walter A. Sullivan, Ph.D. (Concord, Virginia Tech, Wyoming), 2007-
The Whipple-Coddington Associate Professor of Earth Sciences
Takahiro Suzuki, M.F.A. (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, University of Virginia), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Art
Dyani Johns Taff, Ph.D. (Skidmore, University of California, Davis), 2021-
Assistant Professor of English
Yiqi “Annie” Tang, M.A. (North Carolina State University, Davidson College), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Duncan A. Tate, M.A. ’06, Ph.D. (Oxford [England]), 1992-
Professor of Physics
Winifred L. Tate, M.A. ’24, Ph.D. (Wesleyan, New York University), 2008-
Professor of Anthropology
James Taylor, Ph.D. (Harvard), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Classics
Larissa J. Taylor, M.A. ’05, Ph.D. (Harvard, Brown), 1994-
Professor of History
Rebecca Taylor, Ph.D. (University of Washington-Seattle Campus, University of Oregon), 2025-
Writing Department Postdoctoral Fellow
Scott A. Taylor, M.A. ’22, Ph.D. (Gordon, Pennsylvania State, California at Santa Barbara), 2008-2009, 2010-
Professor of Mathematics
Stephanie R. Taylor, M.A. ’24, Ph.D. (Gordon, California at Santa Barbara), 2008-
Professor of Computer Science
Kaushik Tekur, Ph.D. (Madras Christian College, University of Hyderabad, Binghamton University), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Luis Tenorio, Ph.D. (St. John’s University-New York, University of California-Berkeley), 2025-
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Dasan M. Thamattoor, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. (Government Arts and Science [India], Karnatak [India], Princeton), 1999-
Warren Merrill Professor in Chemistry and Natural History
Elaine S. Thielstrom, M.L.I.S. (Washington, San Jose State), 2013-
Faculty Librarian: Performing and Narrative Arts
Sonja M. Thomas, Ph.D. (Minnesota, New York University, Rutgers), 2012-
Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Yee Mon Thu, Ph.D. (Grinnell, Vanderbilt), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Biology
James C. Thurston, M.F.A. (Ohio Wesleyan, Northwestern), 1988-
Associate Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Andrea R. Tilden, Ph.D. (Alma, Oklahoma), 1999-
Leslie Brainerd Arey Associate Professor of Biosciences
Nicole Trufant, M.A. (New England College), 2022-
Faculty Member without Rank; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
John P. Turner, Ph.D. (Furman, Michigan at Ann Arbor), 2006-
Associate Professor of History; Dean of Faculty, 2025-
Anna Tybinko, Ph.D. (Earlham College, Universidad Pontificia de Salamanca, Duke University), 2024-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Richard Y. Uchida ’79, M.A. ’06, J.D. (University of New Hampshire School of Law), 2017-
Faculty Member without Rank; Vice President, General Counsel, and Secretary of the College
Samuel Underwood, M.A. (Midwestern State University, Gonzaga University), 2023, 2025-
Visiting Instructor of Philosophy
Joshua D. Urich, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Northwestern), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Arnout H.C. van der Meer, Ph.D. (SUNY at Albany), 2014-
Associate Professor of History
Johanna van Oers, Ph.D. (Leiden, Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam [Netherlands]), 2017-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
Andreas Waldkirch, M.A. ’18, Ph.D. (Tuebingen [Germany], Boston College), 2005-
Mitchell Family Professor of Economics
Christopher Walker, Ph.D., J.D. (California at Santa Barbara, Columbia), 2020-
Assistant Professor of English
Andie Fang Wang, Ph.D. (Wuhan [China], Hubei [China], Minnesota), 2016-
Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies
Chaoran Wang, Ph.D. (Nanjing Normal University [China], Indiana University Bloomington), 2021-
Multilingual Writing Specialist and Assistant Professor of Writing
Keer Wang, D.M.A. (University of South Carolina-Columbia, University of Rochester), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
Zihui Wang, Ph.D. (Shandong Normal University, University of North Carolina at Charlotte), 2025-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Statistics
Robert S. Weisbrot, M.A. ’90, Ph.D. (Brandeis, Harvard), 1980-
Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor of History
Ankeney Weitz, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. (Cornell, Kansas), 1998-
Ziskind Professor of East Asian Studies and Art
Bess Welden, M.F.A. (National Theater Conservatory), 2019-
Senior Lecturer of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Ashton Wesner, Ph.D. (Pomona College, University of California, Berkeley), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Arisa A. White, M.F.A. (Massachusetts, Amherst), 2018-
Associate Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Bretton Jessica White, Ph.D. (Amherst, Pennsylvania State, Wisconsin at Madison), 2011-
Associate Professor of Spanish
Jerzy A. Wieczorek, Ph.D. (Portland State, Oregon, Carnegie Mellon), 2018-
Associate Professor of Statistics
Zach Winkeler, Ph.D. (Northeastern University, Dartmouth College), 2025-
Lecturer in Mathematics
Hannen Wolfe, Ph.D. (Bennington, California at Santa Barbara), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Julie K. Wood, B.A. (Miami University), 2022-
Faculty Member without Rank; Vice President and Chief People Officer
Steven James Wurtzler, Ph.D. (Wisconsin at Madison, Iowa, Columbia), 2010-
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Gloria Xiong, Ph.D. (Mount Holyoke, Cornell), 2024-
Assistant Professor of Government
Jennifer A. Yoder, M.A. ’11, Ph.D. (Akron, Maryland), 1996-
Robert E. Diamond Professor of Government and Global Studies
Lauren Yoshizawa, E.D. (Swarthmore, Stanford, Harvard), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Education
Nora E. Youngs, Ph.D. (Smith, Nebraska at Lincoln), 2016-
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Javier Zapata Claveria, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota, Universidad Complutense [Spain]), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Natalie K. Zelensky, Ph.D. (Northwestern), 2012-
Associate Professor of Music
Hong Zhang, M.A. ’23, Ph.D. (Huazhong Normal [China], Wuhan [China], Columbia), 1995-1999, 2000-
Professor of East Asian Studies