Faculty
The faculty is arranged alphabetically. In parentheses are listed colleges and universities from which earned degrees have been received.
Eric G. Aaron, Ph.D. (Cornell), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Hideko Abe, Ph.D. (Shikoku Christian [Japan], Arizona State), 1993-1995; 2006-
Professor of East Asian Studies
Christopher Abplanalp, M.A. (St. Lawrence, Connecticut College), 2018-
Faculty Head Coach
Ayo Adeniran, Ph.D. (University of Ibadan [Nigeria], Texas A&M) 2021-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
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
Tadesse Alemu, Ph.D. (Oklahoma State University, Addis Ababa University [Ethiopia]), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology
Dean Allbritton, Ph.D. (Valdosta State, Syracuse, Stony Brook), 2011-
Associate Professor of Spanish; Director, Center for the Arts and Humanities, 2021-
Terren M. Allen, B.A. (University of Maine), 2018-
Faculty Head Coach
Ana Almeyda-Cohen, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Katherine, Altizer, Ph.D. (West Virginia University, Indiana University, Bloomington) 2021-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
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
Martha Arterberry, M.A. ’07, Ph.D. (Pomona, Minnesota), 2006-
Clara C. Piper Professor of Psychology
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
James C. Barrett, Ph.D. (California at Santa Cruz, Cornell), 2000-
Associate Professor of Classics
Alison Bates, Ph.D. (University of Delaware), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Jordan Bazak, Ph.D. (University of Pittsburgh), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Justin M. Becknell, Ph.D. (Minnesota), 2017-
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Jared R. Beers ’01, B.A. (Colby), 2006-
Faculty Head Coach
James Behuniak Jr., M.A. ’20, Ph.D. (Southern Maine, Hawaii at Manoa), 2006-
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Philosophy
Michael Ben-Zvi, Ph.D. (Bowdoin, Tufts) 2021-
Lecturer in Mathematics and Calculus Coordinator
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-
Associate Professor of Anthropology and African-American Studies
Adrian Blevins, M.A. ’19, M.F.A. (Virginia Intermont, Hollins, Warren Wilson), 2004-
Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Robert T. Bluhm Jr., M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (New York University, Princeton, Columbia, Rockefeller), 1990-
Sunrise Professor of Physics
Maria Dolores Bollo-Panadero, Ph.D. (Seville [Spain], Michigan State), 2008-
Associate Professor of Spanish
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: Assistant Director for Public Services
Sarah Braunstein, M.F.A., (Mount Holyoke, Iowa Writers’ Workshop), 2016-
Associate Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Andrea Breau ‘03, M.A. (Colby, Ohio State University), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Kelly Brignac, Ph.D. (Millsaps, Vanderbilt, Harvard), 2021-
Assistant Professor of History
AB Brown, Ph.D. (Muhlenberg, Northwestern), 2019
Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Sherry Brown, Ph.D. (University of Maine, University of Denver), 2023-
Lecturer in Education/Coordinator of Teacher Education
Denise A. Bruesewitz, Ph.D. (Winona State, Notre Dame), 2012-
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Audrey Brunetaux, Ph.D. (Poitiers [France], Michigan State), 2008-
Associate Professor of French
Michael R. Buccigrossi, Ph.D. (Columbia), 2017-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Cedric Gael Bryant, M.A. ’05, Ph.D. (San Diego State, 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 Librarian: Assistant Director for Special Collections
Thomas K. Burton, B.A. (Hamilton), 1999-
Faculty Head Coach; Associate Director of Athletics, 2002-
Danila Cannamela, Ph.D. (Università degli Studi [Milan], North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2019
Assistant Professor of Italian
Gail Carlson, Ph.D. (St. Olaf, Wisconsin at Madison), 2004-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Tizoc Chavez, Ph.D. (California State University, Stanislaus, Vanderbilt), 2021-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
Caitlin Cleaver ’06, Ph.D. (Colby, University of Maine), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Jennifer Coane, Ph.D. (Illinois State, Washington [St. Louis]), 2008-
Associate Professor of Psychology
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, Ph.D. (Eastern Washington, Washington), 2000-
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Megan L. Cook, Ph.D. (Michigan, New York University, Pennsylvania), 2013-
Associate Professor of English
John W. Cosgrove, M.Ed. (Maine), 2018-
Faculty Head Coach
Christina Cota, Ph.D. (Skidmore, Cornell), 2019
Assistant Professor of Biology
Tracey A. Cote, M.S. (Northern Michigan, Wyoming), 1998-
Faculty Head Coach; Associate Director of Athletics 2008-
Matthew Cumbie, M.F.A (Texas Lutheran University, Texas State University, Texas Woman’s University), 2021-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
David M. Cusano Jr., M.A. (Maine), 2015-
Faculty Head Coach
Guilain P. Denoeux, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (Grenoble [France], Georgetown, Princeton), 1990-
Professor of Government
Brian DiGiorgio, M.S. (University of California, Carlton), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
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: 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
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-
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Sarah E. Duff, Ph.D. (Stellenbosch [South Africa], Birkbeck [England]), 2017-
Assistant Professor of History
Tasha L. Dunn, Ph.D. (Tulane, Tennessee at Knoxville), 2014-
Associate Professor of Geology
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
David Ernst, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, University of Illinois), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Czarina Evangelista ’14, Ph.D., (Colby, Concordia University [Canada]), 2021-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
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
Philip Jun Fang, Ph.D. (Northwestern), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Sociology
David W. Findlay, M.A. ’99, Ph.D. (Acadia [Canada], Purdue), 1985-
Pugh Family Professor of Economics
Kimberley Fletcher-Stibal, B.F.A. (The University of the Arts), 2021-
Visiting Instructor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
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
Tatiana Geron, M.Ed. (Harvard, University of Massachusetts, University of Virginia), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Education
Ghada Gherwash, Ph.D. (Appalachian State, Purdue), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Writing
Mary Ellis Gibson, Ph.D. (North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chicago), 2016-
Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of English
Erin A. Giffin, Ph.D. (California at San Diego), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Karen J. Gillum ’76, M.L.S. (Colby, Oxford, Oklahoma, South Carolina), 2009-
Faculty Librarian: Collections
Melissa J. Glenn, Ph.D. (Memorial [Canada], Concordia [Canada]), 2007-
Associate Professor of Psychology, Associate Provost for Academic Programs, 2021-
Jin Goh, Ph.D. (Bard, Northeastern), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
McFeely Jackson Goodman, Ph.D. (University of California, University of Pennsylvania, Swarthmore College), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Fernando Q. Gouvea, M.A. ’01, Ph.D. (Sao Paulo [Brazil], Harvard), 1991-
Carter Professor of Mathematics
Alyssa Granacki, Ph.D. (Duke), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian
Gary M. Green, M.F.A., M.A. ’22, (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, Ph.D. (Chicago, Michigan), 2008-
Associate Professor of Economics
Britt Halvorson, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Albion College), 2015-
Associate Professor of Anthropology
Andrew Hamilton, Ph.D. (Indiana University, University of Chicago), 2021-
Visiting Assistant Professor of German and Russian
Aaron R. Hanlon, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Dartmouth, Oxford [UK]), 2015-
Associate Professor of English
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
Eric P. Harlow, B.A. (Colby-Sawyer), 2020-
Faculty Head Coach
Allen Harper, Ph.D. (University of Rhode Island, City University of New York), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Paula Harrington, M.A. (University of Maine, Columbia), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing, Interim Director of the Farnham Writers’ Center
Chenel Harris-Smith, M.A. (Kent State, Rider University), 2019-
Faculty Head Coach
Melissa Heide, Ph.D. (University of Texas, University of Virginia), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Karen L. Henning, M.A. (Maryland, Adelphi), 2007-
Faculty Head Coach
Jorge Hernández-Lasa, M.E., M.A. (University of Burgos [Spain], Hankuk University of Foreign Studies [South Korea]), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Annie Hikido, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley, California at Santa Barbara), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Elizabeth Hill, (Midwestern State, Gonzaga, Memorial University of Newfoundland), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
M. Adam Howard, M.A. ’16, Ed.D. (Berea, Harvard, Cincinnati), 2003-2004, 2008-
Professor of Education
Timothy P. Hubbard, Ph.D. (New Hampshire, Iowa), 2012-
Associate Professor of Economics
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
Nicolas Jacobs, Ph.D. (University of Virginia), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Government
Danae Jacobson, Ph.D. (Westmont College, Regent College, Notre Dame), 2019-
Assistant Professor of History
Lindsay Johnson, M.A.E. (Durham University, Elmhurst), 2021-
Faculty Head Coach
Russell R. Johnson, M.A. ’14, Ph.D. (Colorado College, Washington State), 1996-
Professor of Biology; Associate Provost for Academic Programs, 2017-21; Associate Provost for Faculty Affairs, 2021-
Elham Karimi Balan, Ph.D. (University of Illinois, University of Shahid Beheshti, University of Memphis), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
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.F.A. (Middlebury, Ohio State), 2010-
Associate Professor of Performance, Theater, and Dance
Bess G. Koffman, Ph.D. (Maine, Orono), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Geology
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
Nazli Konya, Ph.D. (Bogazici University [Turkey], Cornell), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Government
Lorelei Koss, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina), 2022-
Visiting Professor of Mathematics
Kara Kugelmeyer, M.L.I.S., (Amherst, Syracuse), 2016-
Faculty Librarian: Data Services
Amrutha Kunapulli, Ph.D. (Indian Institute of Technology, Michigan State), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies
Daniel R. LaFave, Ph.D. (Boston College, Duke), 2012-
Associate Professor of Economics
Isaac Lage, B.A. (Harvard University, New York University), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Allison E. Lancaster, M.S. (Thomas College, Providence College), 2023-
Faculty Head Coach
Oliver W. Layton, Ph.D. (Boston), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Carrie A. LeVan, Ph.D. (California at Los Angeles), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Government
Matthew R. LeVan, M.L.I.S. (California at Los Angeles), 2017-
Faculty Librarian: Digital Archives
Tracey Leone, B.A. (University of North Carolina), 2022-
Faculty Head Coach
Robert B. Lester, Ph.D. (Montana, Notre Dame), 2015-
Associate Professor of Economics
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-
Assistant 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
Hui-Ching Lu, Ph.D. (National Central University [Taiwan], National Cheng Kung University [Taiwan]), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies
Blaise J. MacDonald, B.A. (Rochester Institute of Technology), 2012-
Faculty Head Coach
Lindsey R. Madison, Ph.D. (Northwestern), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Andrew Marshall, M.S. (University of Maine), 2009-
Visiting Instructor of Biology
Dierdre Martin, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina, University of Washington, University of California, Berkeley), 2021-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
Joshua P. Martin, Ph.D. (Ohio State, Arizona), 2016-
Assistant Professor of Biology
José Martínez, Ph.D. (National University of Colombia, University of Missouri, UT Austin), 2021-
Assistant Professor of Music
D. Benjamin Mathes, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (Middlebury, New Hampshire), 1990-
Professor of Mathematics
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-
Associate Professor of Sociology
Jonathan H. McCoy, Ph.D. (Haverford, Maryland, Cornell), 2009-
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Margaret T. McFadden, M.A. ’15, Ph.D. (Wells, Duke, Yale), 1996-
Professor of American Studies; Associate Provost and Dean of Faculty for Curricular Planning, 2016-2017; Provost and Dean of Faculty, 2017-
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
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-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Spanish
Mary Elizabeth Mills, M.A. ’07, Ph.D. (Western Ontario [Canada], California at Berkeley), 1992-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Anthropology
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
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. (Nevada at Reno), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Andrew Moos, B.A. (New York University), 2023-
Postdoctoral Fellow in Writing
Lackson Daniel Mudenda, Ph.D. (Colorado State University, Umeå University [Sweden], Copperbelt University [Zambia], University of Zambia), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Erin Murphy, M.A. (North Carolina State, Texas at Austin), 2014-
Instructor of Cinema Studies
Changningphaabi Namoijam, Ph.D. (Christ University [India], Indian Institute of Technology, Texas A&M), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Sanval Nasim ’08, Ph.D. (Colby, California at Riverside), 2022-
Assistant Professor of Economics
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
Xi Ning, M.S. (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-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ana Noriega, (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
Steven R. Nuss, Ph.D. (Wisconsin at Madison, CUNY), February 1996-
Associate Professor of Music
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-
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-
Charles A. Dana Professor of French
Ronald F. Peck, Ph.D. (Linfield, Wisconsin), 2012-
Associate Professor of Biology
Keith R. Peterson, Ph.D. (Kent State, Louisiana State, DePaul), 2008-
Associate Professor of Philosophy
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-
Professor of Art
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: Vice President and Dean of Admissions and Financial Aid
Darylyne M. Provost, 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
Amelia Raboso Mañas, Ph.D. (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, University of Pennsylvania), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Hector Ramos Flores, Ph.D. (Rollins College, University of Minnesota), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Evan D. Randles, Ph.D. (Cornell), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Maple J. Razsa, Ph.D. (Vassar, Harvard), 2007-
Associate Professor of Global Studies
Adam J. Reeb, M.S. (US Sports Academy, St. Louis), 2018-
Faculty Head Coach
Erin Reeves, M.S. (Fairfield University), 2022-
Faculty Head Coach
Joseph R. Reisert, M.A. ’19, Ph.D. (Princeton, Harvard), 1997-
Professor of Government and Christian A. Johnson Professor of Integrative Liberal Learning
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
Gianluca Rizzo, Ph.D. (Bologna [Italy], California at Los Angeles), 2013-
Paul D. and Marilyn Paganucci Associate Professor of Italian Language and Literature
Stacy-ann Robinson, Ph.D. (University of the West Indies, Manchester, Australian National University), 2019-
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, Dean of Global Engagement
Kenneth A. Rodman, M.A. ’98, Ph.D. (Brandeis, MIT), 1989-
William R. Cotter Distinguished Teaching Professor of Government
Ross E. Rogers, Ph.D. (Shippensburg University, Ohio), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Veronica Romero ’09, Ph.D. (Colby, University of Cincinnati), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Onnesha Roychoudhuri, M.F.A. (San Francisco State University, Bard College), 2023-
Assistant Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Elizabeth H. Sagaser, Ph.D. (Brown, Brandeis), 1994-
Associate Professor of English
Laura Saltz, Ph.D. (Chicago, Yale), 2001-
Associate Professor of American Studies
Steven E. Saunders, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. (Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh), 1990-
James M. Gillespie Professor of Music
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-
Audrey Wade Hittinger Katz and Sheldon Toby Katz Professor of History
Matthew Schneider-Mayerson, Ph.D. (Yale, Minnesota), 2022-
Associate Professor of English
James Carl Scott, Ph.D. (Macalester, California at Berkeley), 2009-
Associate Professor of Statistics
Ewan J. Seabrook, M.A. (SUNY at Oneonta, New Hampshire), 2014-
Faculty Head Coach
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-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Mohammad Shabangu, Ph.D. (Rhodes University [South Africa], Stellenbosch University [South Africa]), 2019-
Assistant Professor of English
Audrey Shakespear, M.F.A. (Utah State University, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
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; Professor of Government
Tanya R. Sheehan, M.A. ’19, Ph.D. (Georgetown, Brown), 2013-
Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jette 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
J.C. Sibara, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Southern California), 2014-
Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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
Kevin Smith, J.D., M.L.I.S. (Capital University, Kent State, Yale, Hamilton), 2022-
Michael and Eugenia Wormser Director of the Colby Libraries
Henry Snow, B.A. (Brandeis University), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Michael Solomon, Ph.D. (Georgia, Alabama), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Kerry Sonia, Ph.D. (Brown University), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Hannah Sorscher, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, University of Chicago), 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
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
Stewart M. Stokes, M.A. (Massachusetts at Amherst, Trinity), 2000-
Faculty Head Coach
Judy L. Stone, M.A. ’13, Ph.D. (Michigan, Yale, Stony Brook), 1999-
Oak Professor of Biological Sciences
Damien B. Strahorn ’02, B.A. (Colby), 2011-
Faculty Head Coach
Katherine M. Stubbs, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Duke), 1996-
Associate Professor of English
Walter A. Sullivan, Ph.D. (Concord, Virginia Tech, Wyoming), 2007-
Associate Professor of Geology
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
Jun Takahashi, Ph.D. (Oberlin, Carthage College, Indiana), 2022-
Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies
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, Ph.D. (Wesleyan, New York University), 2008-
Associate 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
Scott A. Taylor, M.A. ’22, Ph.D. (Gordon, Pennsylvania State, California at Santa Barbara), 2008-2009, 2010-
Professor of Mathematics
Stephanie R. Taylor, Ph.D. (Gordon, California at Santa Barbara), 2008-
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Dasan M. Thamattoor, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. (Government Arts and Science [India], Karnatak [India], Princeton), 1999-
Professor of Chemistry
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, Vanderbuilt), 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
John P. Turner, Ph.D. (Furman, Michigan at Ann Arbor), 2006-
Associate Professor of History
Holley H. Tyng, B.A. (Providence College), 2017-
Faculty Head Coach
Joshua D. Urich, Ph.D. (University of Texas at Austin, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa, Northwestern), 2023-
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Guy Van Arsdale, B.A. (Hobart), 2016-
Faculty Head Coach
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
Chaoran Wang, Ph.D. (Nanjing Normal University [China], Indiana University Bloomington), 2021-
Multilingual Writing Specialist and Assistant Professor of Writing
Fang Wang, Ph.D. (Wuhan [China], Hubei [China], Minnesota), 2016-
Assistant Professor of East Asian Studies
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
George Welch, Ph.D. (Cornell, Vermont, Alaska, Dartmouth), 1992-
Associate Professor of Mathematics
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-
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Hannen Wolfe, Ph.D. (Bennington, California at Santa Barbara), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Jesse J. Woods, B.A. (Wheaton), 2019-
Faculty Head Coach
Steven James Wurtzler, Ph.D. (Wisconsin at Madison, Iowa, Columbia), 2010-
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
Yaojue Xu, M.A., (University of Southern California, Cardiff University [Wales], Zhejiang University of Technology [China], 2023-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Michael Yankoski, Ph.D. (University of Notre Dame, Regent College [Canada], Westmont College), 2023-
Postdoctoral Fellow Davis Institute for Artificial Intelligence
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