ShareThe 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
Syed Tariq Ahmad, Ph.D. (Aligarh Muslim [India], PGIMER, Chandigarh [India], Notre Dame), 2009-
Associate Professor of Biology
Bobby Dean Allbritton, Ph.D. (Valdosta State, Syracuse, Stony Brook), 2011-
Associate Professor of Spanish
Naser Al-Madi, Ph.D. (Kent State University), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
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-
Assistant Professor of Art
David R. Angelini, Ph.D. (St. Mary’s of Maryland, Indiana), 2012-
Associate Professor of Biology
Lisa Arellano, Ph.D. (Bryn Mawr, San Francisco State, Stanford), 2005-
Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Martha Arterberry, M.A. ’07, Ph.D. (Pomona, Minnesota), 2006-
Professor of Psychology
Allison Barner, Ph.D. (Chicago, Oregon State), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Biology
James C. Barrett, Ph.D. (California at Santa Cruz, Cornell), 2000-
Assistant Professor of Classics
Alison Bates, Ph.D. (University of Delaware), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Justin M. Becknell, Ph.D. (Minnesota), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Jared R. Beers ’01, B.A. (Colby), 2006-
Adjunct Assistant Professor in Athletics
James Behuniak Jr., M.A. ’20, Ph.D. (Southern Maine, Hawaii at Manoa), 2006-
Professor of Philosophy
Sandra Bernal Heredia, Ph.D. (Texas, Austin), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Kimberly A. Besio, M.A. ’10, Ph.D. (Hawaii at Manoa, California at Berkeley), 1992-
Ziskind 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-
Professor of Biology and Charles C. and Pamela W. Leighton Research Fellow
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, M.A. ’19, Ph.D. (Seville [Spain], Michigan State), 2008-
Professor of Spanish
Costel-Gabriel Bontea, Ph.D. (Bucharest, New Hampshire, Durham), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Bradley R. Borthwick, M.F.A. (Guelph [Canada], Cornell), 2013-
Assistant Professor of Art
Rory E. Bradley, Ph.D. (Duke and North Carolina, Chapel Hill), 2017-
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
Sarah Braunstein, M.F.A., (Mount Holyoke, Iowa Writers’ Workshop), 2016-
Assistant Professor of English [Creative Writing]
Andrew Brown (AB), Ph.D. (Muhlenberg, Northwestern), 2019
Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Lyn Mikel Brown, M.A. ’05, Ed.D. (Ottawa, Harvard), 1991-
Professor of Education
Denise A. Bruesewitz, Ph.D. (Winona State, Notre Dame), 2012-
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Michael R. Buccigrossi, Ph.D. (Columbia), 2017-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
Audrey Brunetaux, Ph.D. (Poitiers [France], Michigan State), 2008-
Associate Professor of French
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
Michael D. Burke, M.A. ’09, M.F.A. (California at Berkeley, Massachusetts at Amherst), 1987-
Professor of English
Karlene Burrell-McRae ’94, Ed.D. (Colby, Pennsylvania), 2016-
Faculty Member without Rank: Dean of the College
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
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
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
Anthony J. Corrado Jr., M.A. ’01, Ph.D. (Catholic University, Boston College), 1986-
Professor of Government
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-
Michelle Currie, Ph.D. (Florida State University), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
David M. Cusano Jr., M.A. (Maine), 2015-
Faculty Head Coach
Christie DeNizio, M.F.A. (Yale University), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Guilain P. Denoeux, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (Grenoble [France], Georgetown, Princeton), 1990-
Professor of Government
Valérie M. Dionne, Ph.D. (Montreal [Canada], Princeton), 2007-
Associate Professor of French and Italian
Kathryn B. Donahue, M.S. (Bowdoin, Simmons), 2015-
Faculty Librarian: College Archivist
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-
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-
Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Geology
Kathrin Ellieroth, Ph.D. (Indiana University), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Alicia E. Ellis, Ph.D. (Amherst, Yale), 2016-
Assistant Professor of German
Nadia R. El-Shaarawi, Ph.D. (McMaster [Canada], Oxford [UK], Case Western Reserve), 2015-
Assistant 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
Flavien Falantin, Ph.D. (Indiana University), 2020-
VIsiting 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
Frank A. Fekete, M.A. ’96, Ph.D. (Rhode Island, Rutgers), 1983-
Professor of Biology
David W. Findlay, M.A. ’99, Ph.D. (Acadia [Canada], Purdue), 1985-
Pugh Family Professor of Economics
James R. Fleming, M.A. ’02, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania State, Colorado State, Princeton), 1988-
Charles A. Dana Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
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 Associate Professor of Jewish Studies
Tamar Friedmann, Ph.D. (Princeton), 2019
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
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
Robert A. Gastaldo, M.A. ’99, Ph.D. (Gettysburg, Southern Illinois), 1999-2020
Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology
Adam Giannelli, Ph.D. (University of Utah), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing
Mary Ellis Gibson, Ph.D. (North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chicago), 2016-
Professor of English
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes, M.A. ’00, Ph.D. (Northeastern), 1987-
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies
Karen J. Gillum ’76, M.L.S. (Colby, Oxford, Oklahoma, South Carolina), 2009-
Faculty Member without Rank: Scholarly Resources and Services, Humanities Librarian
Melissa J. Glenn, Ph.D. (Memorial [Canada], Concordia [Canada]), 2007-
Associate Professor of Psychology
Jin Goh, Ph.D. (Bard, Northeastern), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Jill P. Gordon, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. (Claremont McKenna, Brown, Texas at Austin), 1991-
National Endowment for the Humanities/Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
Fernando Q. Gouvea, M.A. ’01, Ph.D. (Sao Paulo [Brazil], Harvard), 1991-
Carter Professor of Mathematics
Gary M. Green, M.F.A. (SUNY Empire State, Bard), 2007-
Associate Professor of Art
David A. Greene, M.A. ’14, Ed.D. (Hamilton, Harvard), 2014-
President; Professor of Social Sciences
Erin A. Griffin, Ph.D. (California at San Diego), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Economics
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
Lareese M. Hall, M.L.I.S. (Pittsburgh), 2018-
Faculty Member without Rank: Director of the Colby Libraries
Jonathan F. Hallstrom, Ph.D. (Oregon State, Iowa), 1984-
Associate Professor of Music
Britt Halvorson, Ph.D. (University of Michigan, Albion College), 2015-
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Aaron R. Hanlon, Ph.D. (Bucknell, Dartmouth, Oxford [UK]), 2015-
Assistant 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
Ryan P. Harper, Ph.D., (Princeton), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of in Religious Studies
Chenel Harris-Smith, M.A. (Kent State, Rider University), 2019-
Faculty Head Coach
Walter F. Hatch, M.A. ’20, Ph.D. (Macalester, Washington), 2002-
Professor of Government
Karen L. Henning, M.A. (Maryland, Adelphi), 2007-
Faculty Head Coach
Amber Hickey, Ph.D. (University of California, Santa Cruz), 2019-
Visiting Assistant Professor of American Studies
Annie Hikido, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley, California at Santa Barbara), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Sociology
Jan E. Holly, M.A. ’11, Ph.D. (New Mexico, Illinois), 1996-
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
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
A.B. Huber, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley), 2020-
VIsiting Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
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-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government
Lijing Jiang, Ph.D. (Arizona State), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society
Russell R. Johnson, M.A. ’14, Ph.D. (Colorado College, Washington State), 1996-
Professor of Biology, Associate Provost for Academic Programs, 2017-
Paul R. Josephson, M.A. ’08, Ph.D. (Antioch, Harvard, MIT), 2000-
Professor of History
Anna Karpusheva, Ph.D. (University of Kansas), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian
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-
Visiting Assistant Professor of 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
Ann Marie Kloppenberg, M.F.A. (Middlebury, Ohio State), 2010-
Associate Professor of 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
Kara Kugelmeyer, M.L.I.S., (Amherst, Syracuse), 2016-
Faculty Librarian: Science Librarian
Daniel R. LaFave, Ph.D. (Boston College, Duke), 2012-
Associate Professor of Economics
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 and Exhibitions Librarian
Robert B. Lester, Ph.D. (Montana, Notre Dame), 2015-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Ying Li, Ph.D. (Hubei University of Technology [China], New Hampshire), 2015-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
James D. Libby, Ph.D. (Maine, St. Bonaventure University) Spring 2017-
Visiting Professor of Economics
Amanda Lilleston, M.F.A., 2017-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
Benjamin D. Lisle, Ph.D. (Carleton, Virginia, Texas at Austin), 2011-
Assistant Professor of American Studies
Leo Livshits, M.A. ’08, Ph.D. (Waterloo [Canada], Toronto [Canada]), 1994-
Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Blaise J. MacDonald, B.A. (Rochester Institute of Technology), 2012-
Faculty Head Coach
Lindsey R. Madison, Ph.D. (Northwestern), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ryan Maguire, Ph.D., (University of Virginia), 2019
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
L. Sandy Maisel, M.A. ’83, Ph.D. (Harvard, Columbia), 1971-
The Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor in American Government; Director, Colby in Washington Program, 1987-1995; Director, Goldfarb Center for Public Affairs and Civic Engagement, 2003-2012
Carleen R. Mandolfo, M.A. ’17, Ph.D. (California State at San Francisco, Jesuit School of Theology, Emory), 2002-
Professor of Religious Studies; Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, 2017-2019
Joshua P. Martin, Ph.D. (Ohio State, Arizona), 2016-
Assistant Professor of Biology
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
Bruce A. Maxwell, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Cambridge [UK], Carnegie Mellon), 2007-
Professor of Computer Science
Dámaris Mayans, Ph.D. (Florida, Gainsville), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
Lindsay R. Mayka, Ph.D. (Carleton, Berkeley), 2013-
Assistant Professor of Government
Damon W. Mayrl, Ph.D. (California at Berkeley), 2017-
Associate Professor of Sociology
Loren E. McClenachan, Ph.D. (Middlebury, Oregon, Scripps Institution of Oceanography), February 2012-
Elizabeth and Lee Ainslie Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
Jonathan H. McCoy, Ph.D. (Haverford, Maryland, Cornell), 2009-
Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
Caitlin McDonough MacKenzie, Ph.D. (Boston University), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
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-
C. Andrew McGadney, Ed.D. (Wesleyan, Columbia, Pennsylvania), 2014-
Faculty Member without Rank: Vice President and Dean of Student Advancement
Elizabeth McGrath, Ph.D. (Vassar, Hawaii at Honolulu), 2012-
Clare Boothe Luce Associate Professor of Physics
Michael C. McGuire ’89, M.L.S. (Colby, Syracuse), 2000-
Faculty Librarian: Systems and Emerging Technologies Librarian
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
Suzanne Menair, Ph.D., (Antioch, Virginia), 2016-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Leticia Mercado, Ph.D. (Boston College), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
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
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
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
Garry J. Mitchell, M.F.A. (Hawaii at Honolulu, Pratt Institute), 1996-1998; 1999-
Associate Professor of Art
Lydia Moland, M.A. ’20, Ph.D. (Boston University), 2008-
Professor of Philosophy
Elena I. Monastireva-Ansdell, Ph.D. (Piatigorsk State Institute of Foreign Languages [Russia], Iowa, Indiana), 2009-
Assistant Professor of Russian
Christopher M. Moore, Ph.D. (Nevada at Reno), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Erin Murphy, M.A. (North Carolina State, Texas at Austin), 2014-
Visiting Instructor of Cinema Studies
Benjamin P. Neal, Ph.D. (Dartmouth, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, California at San Diego), 2012-2016, 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies;
Lindsey Nelson, M.B.A. (Thomas College), 2018-
Faculty Member without Rank: Registrar
Randy A. Nelson, M.A. ’90, Ph.D. (Northern Illinois, Illinois), 1987-
Douglas Professor of Economics and Finance
Mouhamedoul Amine Niang, Ph.D. (Gaston Berger [Senegal], East Tennessee State, Wisconsin at Madison), 2009-
Associate Professor of French
Suegene Noh, Ph.D. (Connecticut), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Biology
Ana Noriega, (CUNY, New School), 2014-
Faculty Librarian: Assistant Director of Collections Management
Lindsey K. Novak, Ph.D. (Minnesota, Graduate Institute), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Economics
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-
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-
Alejandra Ortiz, Ph.D. (Wellesley, MIT), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Geology
Charles Orzech, Ph.D. (Chicago), 2017-
Professor of Religious Studies
Laurie E. Osborne, M.A. ’03, Ph.D. (Yale, Syracuse), 1990-
Professor of English and Zacamy Chair in English
Adrianna M. Paliyenko, M.A. ’04, Ph.D. (Boston University, North Carolina at Chapel Hill), 1989-
Charles A. Dana Professor of French
Candice B. Parent, B.S. (Maine at Farmington), 1998-
Faculty Head Coach; Assistant Director of Athletics 2008-
Luke P. Parker, Ph.D. (Stanford), 2017-
Assistant Professor of Russian
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-
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
Veronique B. Plesch, M.A. ’08, Ph.D. (Swiss Maturite Federale [Switzerland], Geneva [Switzerland], Princeton), 1994-
Professor of Art
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 Member without Rank: Assistant Director for Digital Initiatives
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-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Maple J. Razsa, Ph.D. (Vassar, Harvard), 2007-
Associate Professor of Global Studies
Joseph R. Reisert, M.A. ’19, Ph.D. (Princeton, Harvard), 1997-
Professor of Government and Christian A. Johnson Associate Professor of Integrative Liberal Learning
Erin N. Rhodes (Earlham, Southern Connecticut State), 2014-
Faculty Member without Rank: Archives Education Librarian
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
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, Ph.D. (Colby, University of Cincinnati), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Psychology
Elizabeth H. Sagaser, Ph.D. (Brown, Brandeis), 1994-
Associate Professor of English
Laura Saltz, Ph.D. (Chicago, Yale), 2001-
Associate Professor of American Studies
Betty G. Sasaki, Ph.D. (California at Santa Barbara, California at Berkeley), 1991-
Associate Professor of Spanish: Associate Dean of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion 2017-2019
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
Visiting 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
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
Laura E. Seay, Ph.D. (Baylor, Yale, Texas at Austin), 2013-
Assistant Professor of Government
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
Gwyneth Shanks, Ph.D. (Macalester, New York University, California at Los Angeles), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance
Kristin E. Shaw, M.B.A. (Washington, Colorado), 2016-
Adjunct Instructor in Athletics
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-
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Art
Erin S. Sheets, Ph.D. (Duke, Colorado at Boulder), 2010-
Associate Professor of Psychology
J.C. Sibara, Ph.D. (Swarthmore, Southern California), 2014-
Assistant Professor of English
Steve Simon, Ph.D. (Columbia, Harvard, Princeton), 2019-
Professor of the Practice of International Relations
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-
Assistant Professor of Economics
Dale J. Skrien, M.A. ’97, Ph.D. (Saint Olaf, Washington), 1980-
Professor of Computer Science
Viktor Shmagin, Ph.D. (California at Santa Barbara), 2018-
Visiting Assistant Professor of History
Kerry Sonia, Ph.D. (Brown University), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
Christopher J. Soto, Ph.D. (Harvard, California at Berkeley), January 2009-
Associate Professor of Psychology
Debra A. Spark, M.A. ’03, M.F.A.1 (Yale, Iowa), 1995-
Professor of English
Oli Stephano, Ph.D. (Stony Brook University), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Elisabeth F. Stokes, M.F.A. (Smith, Massachusetts at Amherst), 2001-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing
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
David J. Strohl, Ph.D. (Texas, Virginia), 2012-
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
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
Leeann Sullivan, Ph.D. (Colorado State University), 2020-
Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
Walter A. Sullivan, Ph.D. (Concord, Virginia Tech, Wyoming), 2007-
Associate Professor of Geology
Mark B. Tappan, M.A. ’05, Ed.D. (Oberlin, Ohio State, Harvard), 1991-
Professor of Education
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
Larissa J. Taylor, M.A. ’05, Ph.D. (Harvard, Brown), 1994-
Professor of History
Scott A. Taylor, Ph.D. (Gordon, Pennsylvania State, California at Santa Barbara), 2008-2009, 2010-
Associate Professor of Mathematics
Stephanie R. Taylor, Ph.D. (Gordon, California at Santa Barbara), 2008-
Associate Professor of Computer Science
Kelly Terwilliger, M.S.A. (Ohio State, Ohio), 2016-
Faculty Head Coach
Douglas C. Terp ’84, M.B.A. (Colby, Thomas), 1987-
Vice President for Administration and Chief Financial Officer; Professor of Economics
Dasan M. Thamattoor, M.A. ’12, Ph.D. (Government Arts and Science [India], Karnatak [India], Princeton), 1999-
Professor of Chemistry
Elaine S. Thielstrom (Washington, San Jose State), Oct. 2013-
Faculty Librarian: Humanities Librarian
Sonja M. Thomas, Ph.D. (Minnesota, New York University, Rutgers), 2012-
Associate Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
James C. Thurston, M.F.A. (Ohio Wesleyan, Northwestern), 1988-
Adjunct Associate Professor of Theater and Dance
Andrea R. Tilden, Ph.D. (Alma, Oklahoma), 1999-
J. Warren Merrill Associate Professor of Biology
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
Guy Van Arsdale, B.A. (Hobart), 2016-
Faculty Head Coach
Arnout H.C. van der Meer, Ph.D. (SUNY at Albany), 2014-
Assistant Professor of History
Andreas Waldkirch, M.A. ’18, Ph.D. (Tuebingen [Germany], Boston College), 2005-
Mitchell Family Professor of Economics
Christopher Walker, Ph.D., J.D. (Columbia, California at Berkeley), 2020-
Assistant Professor of English
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-
Ellerton M. and Edith K. Jetté Professor of East Asian Studies
George Welch, Ph.D. (Cornell, Vermont, Alaska, Dartmouth), 1992-
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Arisa A. White, M.F.A. (Massachusetts, Amherst), 2018-
Assistant Professor of English (Creative Writing)
Bretton Jessica White, Ph.D. (Amherst, Pennsylvania State, Wisconsin at Madison), 2011-
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Jerzy A. Wieczorek, Ph.D. (Portland State, Oregon, Carnegie Mellon), 2018-
Assistant Professor of Statistics
Hannah Wolfe, Ph.D. (Bennington, California at Santa Barbara), 2019-
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Steven James Wurtzler, Ph.D. (Wisconsin at Madison, Iowa, Columbia), 2010-
Associate Professor of Cinema Studies
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-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Bret Zeldow, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania), 2020-
Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
Natalie K. Zelensky, Ph.D. (Northwestern), 2012-
Associate Professor of Music
Hong Zhang, Ph.D. (Huazhong Normal [China], Wuhan [China], Columbia), 1995-1999, 2000-
Associate Professor of East Asian Studies