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The Faculty

Emeriti/Emeritae

George Wilbon Bahlke
Professor of English; A.B. and A.M., University of Chicago; A.B., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Yale University

Stephen Bonta
Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Music; A.B., Yale University; A.M., Columbia University; A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University

Austin Eugene Briggs, Jr.
Hamilton B. Tompkins Professor of English Literature; A.B., Harvard University; A.M. and Ph.D., Columbia University

A. Duncan Chiquoine
Professor of Biology; A.B., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Cornell University

Rouben Charles Cholakian
Burgess Professor of Romance Languages and Literature; A.B., Bates College; A.M. and Ph.D., Columbia University

Leland Earl Cratty, Jr.
Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Beloit College; Ph.D., Brown University

James S. A. Cunningham
Professor of Classics; A.M. and B.D., University of Glasgow; B.Litt., University of Oxford; A.M. and Ph.D., Princeton University

Françoise Davis
Instructor in French; Licence ès Lettres, University of Bordeaux

Jean Constance D'Costa
Leavenworth Professor of English; A.B., University College of the West Indies; M.Litt., University of Oxford

Gillian Gane
Assistant Professor of English; B.A., Rhodes University, South Africa; B.A., University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa; M.A., University of Essex, England; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst

George Albert Gescheider
Professor of Psychology; B.S., Denison University; M.S., Tulane University; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Edwin Borden Lee, Jr.
Professor of History; A.B., Duke University; A.M. and Ph.D., Columbia University

Eugene Milton Long
Professor of Physical Education; B.S. and M.S., State University of New York College at Cortland


Ivan Marki
Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English; A.B., University of Alberta; A.M. and Ph.D., Columbia University

Jeremy Tyler Medina
Burgess Professor of Romance Languages and Literature; A.B., Princeton University; A.M., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Thomas Edward Murphy
Head Coach, Men's Basketball; Professor of Physical Education; B.S. and M.Ed., Springfield College

John Higbee O'Neill
Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English; B.S., Wisconsin State College; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Robert C. Palusky
John and Anne Fischer Professor of the Fine Arts; B.F.A. and A.M., University of Wisconsin; M.F.A., Rochester Institute of Technology

Philip M. Pearle
Professor of Physics; B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Donald Brandreth Potter
Professor of Geology; A.B., Williams College; A.M., Brown University; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Eugene Charles Putala
Professor of Biology; B.S. and M.S., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Douglas A. Raybeck
Professor of Anthropology; A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., Cornell University


Channing Bulfinch Richardson
Professor of International Affairs; A.B., Amherst College; Ph.D., Columbia University

Comfort Cary Richardson
Assistant Professor of Physical Education; A.B., Vassar College; A.M., Haverford College

James Walter Ring
Winslow Professor of Physics; A.B., Hamilton College; Ph.D., University of Rochester

William Rosenfeld
Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of English; A.B., Utica College; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Carol Schreier Rupprecht
Professor of Comparative Literature; B.S., University of Virginia; A.M, M.Phil. and Ph.D., Yale University

Henry John Rutz
Professor of Anthropology; A.B., Lawrence University; A.M., University of Hawaii; Ph.D., McGill University

Richard Francis Somer
Upson Professor of Rhetoric and Oratory; A.B. and Ph.D., University of Illinois; A.M., Southern Illinois University

Manfred E. von Schiller
Head Coach, Men's Soccer and Lacrosse; B.S., State University of New York College at Brockport; A.M., St. Lawrence University

Victoria V. Vernon
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature; B.A., California State University at Long Beach; M.A., University of Southern California; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Frederick Reese Wagner
Professor of English; A.B., A.M. and Ph.D., Duke University




Active

This listing is alphabetical without respect to rank, and the date indicates the year of initial appointment to the faculty. The letters F and S following a name indicate terms of leave or off-campus teaching. The following letters denote ­faculty members who are teaching in the following programs: ACC (Associated Colleges in China); AYS (Academic Year in Spain); DC (Term in Washington); JYF (Junior Year in France); MFE (Mellon Faculty Exchange); NYC (New York City Program). The lower-case letters, f and s, indicate the terms during which visiting faculty members will teach at the College.

Vivyan C. Adair (1998) FS
Elihu Root Peace Fund Associate Professor of Women's Studies; B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

Yolanda Elena Aguila (2005) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies; M.A., Universidad de Concepción; Ph.D., Boston University


Delia D. Aguilar (2008) fs
Jane Watson Irwin Visiting Associate Professor of Women's Studies; B.A., University of the Philippines; M.A., Boston College; M.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., The Union Institute

Kathryn Parker Almanas (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art; B.F.A., Massachusetts College of Art; M.F.A., Yale University

Douglas Ambrose (1990)
Professor of History; B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., University of Rochester; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton


Tobin Anderson (2004)
Head Coach, Men's Basketball; Assistant Professor of Physical Education; B.A., Wesleyan University; M.Ed., Florida State University


Frank Michael Anechiarico (1976) FS
Maynard-Knox Professor of Government and Law; A.B., Hamilton College; A.M. and Ph.D., Indiana University

David G. Bailey (1990)
Associate Professor of Geosciences; B.S., Bates College; M.S., Dalhousie University; Ph.D., Washington State University


Mark W. Bailey (1997)
Associate Professor of Computer Science; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Virginia


Erol M. Balkan (1987) NYC-S
Professor of Economics; B.A. and M.A., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; Ph.D., State University of New York at Binghamton


Scott M. Barnard (2006)
Head Coach, Men's Lacrosse; Assistant Professor of Physical Education; B.S., University of Delaware; M.Ed., State University of New York at Cortland


Joyce M. Barry (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies; B.A., Concord College; M.A., Radford University; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

John Bartle (1989) S
Associate Professor of Russian; B.A., Rutgers University; M.A. and Ph.D., Indiana University

Charlotte Beck (1985) F
Professor of Anthropology; B.A., Auburn University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Washington


Richard E. Bedient (1979)
Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Denison University; A.M., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of Michigan


Carole Ann Bellini-Sharp (1973) S
Professor of Theatre; A.B. and A.M., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Carnegie-Mellon University


Jennifer L. S. Borton (1998)
Associate Professor of Psychology; A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota


Debra L. Boutin (1999) FS
Associate Professor of Mathematics; A.S., Springfield Technical Community College; A.B., Smith College; Ph.D., Cornell University


James Bradfield (1976)
Elias W. Leavenworth Professor of Economics; A.B., A.M. and Ph.D., University of Rochester

Shoshana Rose Brassfield (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy; B.A., University of California Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California Berkeley


Karen S. Brewer (1989)
Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean of Students; B.S., Ohio Northern University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Luisa Briones (2008) fs
Visiting Instructor of Hispanic Studies; B.A., Universidad Complutense de Madrid; M.A., Universidad de Alcalá de Henares; M.A., Bowling Green State University


Jacqueline Brown (2008) f
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art; A.B., Hamilton College; M.F.A., School of Fine Arts at Virginia Commonwealth University

Heather R. Buchman (2001)
Assistant Professor of Music; B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., University of Michigan; Professional Studies in Conducting, The Julliard School


Jessica Noelle Burke (2004)
Assistant Professor of Hispanic Studies; B.A., Vanderbilt University; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University


Jean E. Burr (2006)
Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.A., Middlebury College; M.A. and Ph.D., Institute of Child Development, University of Minnesota


Alan W. Cafruny (1988)
Henry Platt Bristol Professor of International Affairs; B.A., Kenyon College; M.Sc., University of London; M.A. and Ph.D., Cornell University

Chris Calvert-Minor (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy; B.S, University of Illinois at Champaign; M.S., University of Minnesota at Minneapolis; M.A., Bethel Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Syracuse University


Alistair Campbell (1999) S
Associate Professor of Computer Science; A.B., Colgate University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Buffalo


Peter Francesco Cannavó (2002) FS
Assistant Professor of Government; A.B., Harvard University; M.P.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University


Johnnie Carson (2008) s
Sol M. Linowitz Visiting Professor of International Affairs; B.A., Drake University; M.A., University of London

Donald M. Carter (2007)
Associate Professor of Africana Studies; B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago


Rand Carter (1970) S
Professor of Art History; A.B., Columbia University; M.F.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University


Patrick Anthony Caruana (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Le Moyne College; Ph.D., University of Rochester

Cheryl A. Casey (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Communication; B.A., Sacred Heart University; M.A. and Ph.D., New York University

homas C. Castonguay (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Central Connecticut State University; Ph.D., University of Vermont


Daniel F. Chambliss (1981)
Eugene M. Tobin Distinguished Professor of Sociology; A.B., New College; A.M., M.Phil. and Ph.D., Yale University


Wei-Jen Chang (2006)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., National Taiwan University; M.S. and Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo


Dingding Chen (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government; B.A., Renmin University of China; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago


Haeng-ja Sachiko Chung (2006) FS
Assistant Professor of Anthropology; B.A. and M.A., Osaka University of Foreign Studies; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles


Sally Cockburn (1991)
Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.Sc. and M.Sc., Queen's University, Canada; Ph.D., Yale University


Brian Collett (1986) S
Associate Professor of Physics; B.A. and M.A., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., Princeton University


Natalia V. Connolly (2007) S
Assistant Professor of Physics; B.A., Kenyon College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara


Emily Conover (2008)
Assistant Professor of Economics; B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., University of Paris I Pantheon-Sorbonne; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Myriam L. Cotten (2008)
Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Université Pierre et Marie Curie; M.S., Florida State University; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

Mark Cryer (1999)
Associate Professor of Theatre; B.A., University of Minnesota; M.F.A., Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, Glasgow


T. J. Davis (2002)
Head Coach, Men's and Women's Swimming; Assistant Professor of Physical Education; B.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.A., Union College


Richard W. Decker (1985)
Professor of Computer Science; A.B., Dartmouth College; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., Ohio State University


Zachariah E. Dietz (2007)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Grinnell College; M.S. and Ph.D., Iowa State University


Stefan Paul Dolgert (2008) fs
Visiting Instructor of Government; B.A., University of Southern California; M.A., Duke University

Cynthia R. Domack (1985) S
Professor of Geosciences; B.A., Colby College; M.A. and Ph.D., Rice University


Eugene W. Domack (1985)
Joel W. Johnson Professor of Geosciences; B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.A. and Ph.D., Rice University


Katheryn Hill Doran (1990) NYC-F
Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A. and Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Carol Ann Drogus (1988)
Professor of Government and Associate Dean of Students for Off-Campus Study/International Student Advisor; A.B., Mount Holyoke College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin


John E. Edlund (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.S., M.A. and Ph.D., Northern Illinois University

Theodore J. Eismeier (1978) DC-S
Professor of Government; A.B., Dartmouth College; M.Phil. and Ph.D., Yale University


Timothy E. Elgren (1993) FS
Professor of Chemistry; B.A. Hamline University; Ph.D., Dartmouth College


Stephen James Ellingson (2004)
Associate Professor of Sociology; B.A., Seattle Pacific University; M.A., Luther Northwestern Theological Seminary; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago


Tomomi Emoto (2008) fs
Visiting Instructor of Anthropology; B.A., Waseda University; M.A., University of Pittsburgh

Lynn Marie Evans (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.A., Wittenberg University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

A. Todd Franklin (1997)
Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Stanford University


L. Ella Gant (1991) S
Associate Professor of Art; B.S., University of Wisconsin; M.F.A., University of Texas at Austin


David A. Gapp (1979)
Professor of Biology; B.S. and A.M., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., Boston University


Michael Nieto Garcia (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of English; B.A., University of Nebraska, Lincoln; M.A. and Ph.D., Cornell University

Janetta Mary Garrett (1985) FS
Professor of Biology; M.I. Biol., North East Surrey College of Technology; M.Sc., Trent University; Ph.D., Texas A & M University


Margaret Gentry (1982)
Professor of Women's Studies; A.B., Duke University; Ph.D., Washington University


Christophre Georges (1989)
Professor of Economics; B.A., Connecticut College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Michigan


Dennis Gilbert (1975)
Professor of Sociology; A.B., University of California at Berkeley; A.M., University of Oregon; Ph.D., Cornell University


Colette Gilligan (2002)
Head Coach, Women's Soccer; Associate Professor of Physical Education; B.S., Methodist College; M.Ed., East Carolina University


Barbara Kirk Gold (1989)
Edward North Professor of Classics; B.A., University of Michigan; M.A. and Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill


Steve J. Goldberg (1998)
Associate Professor of Art History; B.A., Brooklyn College of the City University of New York; M.A., University of Hawaii; Ph.D., University of Michigan


Nathan B. Goodale (2007) fs
Visiting Instructor of Anthropology; B.A., Western State College; M.A., University of Montana


Philip Grady (1983) F
Head Coach, Men's Ice Hockey; Intramural Director; Jerome Gottlieb '64 Professor of Physical Education; B.S., Norwich University; M.S., State University of New York at Albany


Kevin P. Grant (1997)
Associate Professor of History; B.A., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Daniel J. Gries (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics; B.S., Villanova University; Ph.D., Ohio State University


Naomi Guttman (1996) S
Associate Professor of English; B.F.A., Concordia University; M.F.A., Warren Wilson College; M.A., Loyola Marymount University; Ph.D., University of Southern California


Martine Guyot-Bender (1991)
Professor of French; License d'Anglais option Linguistique, University of Metz; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Oregon


Paul Alan Hagstrom (1991)
Professor of Economics; B.A., St. Olaf College; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Shelley Patricia Haley (1989)
Professor of Classics and Africana Studies; A.B., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of Michigan


Tina May Hall (2001)
Assistant Professor of English; B.A., University of Arizona; M.F.A., Bowling Green University; Ph.D., University of Missouri at Columbia


Lydia R. Hamessley (1991)
Professor of Music; B.Mus.Ed., Texas Lutheran College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Minnesota


Elaine Heekin (1985)
Associate Professor of Dance; B.A., State University of New York College at Brockport; M.A., University of California at Los Angeles


Dustin T. Helmer (2008) s
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre; A.B., Hamilton College; M.F.A., Columbia University

Christopher Hill (2006) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of History; B.A. and M.A., University of Colorado


Jonathan T. Hind (2007)
Athletic Director; Professor of Physical Education; A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., Kent State University


Stuart H. Hirshfield (1982)
Stephen Harper Kirner Professor of Computer Science; B.S., University of Michigan; M.S. and Ph.D., Syracuse University


Robert G. Hopkins (1983)
Associate Professor of Music; A.B., Oberlin College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

TiaoGuan Huang (2008) fs
Visiting Instructor of East Asian Languages & Literatures; B.A., National Taiwan University; M.A., National Taiwan Normal University

Brett C. Hull (1991)
Head Coach, Men's Indoor and Outdoor Track and Men's Cross Country; Professor of Physical Education; B.S. and M.Ed., Frostburg State University


Ellen Hull (2001)
Head Coach, Women's Indoor and Outdoor Track, and Women's Cross Country; Associate Professor of Physical Education; B.S., State University of New York at Plattsburgh; M.S., Ithaca College


Stephenson Humphries-Brooks (1983)
Professor of Religious Studies; A.B., William Jewell College; M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Columbia University


Mihyang Cecilia Hwangpo (1998)
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies; B.A., City University of New York; Ph.D., Yale University


Jenny Irons (2003)
Assistant Professor of Sociology; B.A., Millsaps College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Arizona


Maurice Isserman (1990)
James L. Ferguson Professor of History; B.A., Reed College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Rochester


Marla L. Jaksch (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies; B.A., University of the Arts; M.Ed. and Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University


Marianne Janack (2001) F
Sidney Wertimer Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Colgate University; M.A. and Ph.D., Syracuse University


Elizabeth J. Jensen (1983)
Professor of Economics; B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Hong Gang Jin (1989) FS
William R. Kenan Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.A., Shanxi University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Illinois


Camille Y. Jones (2005) FS
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Butler University; Ph.D., University of Toledo


Derek Charles Jones (1972) FS
Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics; A.B., University of Newcastle upon Tyne; M.Sc., London School of Economics; A.M. and Ph.D., Cornell University


George T. Jones (1985)
Professor of Anthropology; B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., University of Washington

Gordon L. Jones (1999) FS
Associate Professor of Physics; B.A., Williams College; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University


Masaaki Kamiya (2002)
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.A., Dokkyo University; M.A. Ed., East Carolina University; Ph.D., University of Maryland


Esther Sue Kanipe (1976)
Professor of History; A.B., University of North Carolina at Greensboro; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Robert Kantrowitz (1990)
Professor of Mathematics; A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D., Syracuse University


Shoshana Keller (1995)
Associate Professor of History; B.A., Carleton College; M.A. and Ph.D., Indiana University


Alfred H. Kelly (1981)
Edgar B. Graves Professor of History; A.B., University of Chicago; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin


Timothy J. Kelly (1982)
Associate Professor of Mathematics; A.B., University of Scranton; A.M., Stanford University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of New Hampshire


Su Yun Kim (2008) fs
Visiting Instructor of Comparative Literature; B.A. and M.A., Yonsei University

James C. King III (2000)
Head Coach, Men's and Women's Tennis and Squash; Assistant Professor of Physical Education; B.A., Williams College


Robin Bryan Kinnel (1966)
Silas D. Childs Professor of Chemistry; A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology


Philip Alan Klinkner (1995) FS
James S. Sherman Professor of Government; B.A., Lake Forest College; M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D., Yale University


Patricia Kloidt (2002)
Head Coach, Women's Lacrosse; Assistant Coach, Women's Soccer; Associate Professor of Physical Education; B.S., The Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Smith College


Brendon Knight (2006)
Head Coach, Women's Ice Hockey; Assistant Professor of Physical Education; B.A. and M.Ed., State University of New York at Potsdam


Larry Edward Knop (1977) FS
Professor of Mathematics; B.S., University of Washington; M.S., University of Miami; Ph.D., University of Utah


Catherine Gunther Kodat (1995)
Professor of English; B.A., University of Baltimore; M.A. and Ph.D., Boston University


G. Roberts Kolb (1981)
Professor of Music; A.B., Occidental College; M.A., California State University at Fullerton; D.M.A., University of Illinois


Roberta Lyles Krueger (1980) FS
Burgess Professor of French; A.B., Wesleyan University; A.M. and Ph.D., University of California at Santa Cruz

Katharine Kuharic (2007)
Kevin Kennedy Associate Professor of Art; B.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University


Anne E. Lacsamana (2005) FS
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies; B.A., Rollins College; M.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D., Bowling Green State University

Chaise LaDousa (2006) S
Assistant Professor of Anthropology; B.A., University of Chicago; M.A. and Ph.D., Syracuse University


Aishwarya Lakshmi (2007)
Assistant Professor of English; B.A., Delhi University and New England College; M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Chicago


Kelly T. Landry (2005) fs
Visiting Instructor of Psychology; B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Anna Maria College

Doran Larson (1998)
Associate Professor of English; B.A., University of California at Santa Cruz; M.A. and Ph.D., The State University of New York at Buffalo

Craig Thomas Latrell (2000)
Associate Professor of Theatre; B.A. in Theatre and B.A. in Psychology, Reed College; M.F.A. and D.F.A., Yale University


Herman K. Lehman (1996)
Associate Professor of Biology; B.S., University of West Florida; Ph.D., Florida State University


Timothy Lehmann (2005)
Assistant Professor of Government; B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Ohio State University


Michelle LeMasurier (2001)
Associate Professor of Mathematics; B.A., University of Colorado at Boulder; M.A.; New York University; Ph.D., University of Georgia


Cheng Li (1991) FS
William R. Kenan Professor of Government; M.D., Jing An Medical School, Shanghai; B.A., East China Normal University; M.A., University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D., Princeton University


Chung-Chin Eugene Liu (2006) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics; B.A., Eastern Oregon University; M.A. and Ph.D., Syracuse University


Shengjie Lu (2006) fs
Visiting Instructor of East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.A., Beijing Language and Culture University


Amy L. Lytle (2008) fs
Visiting Instructor of Physics; B.A., The College of Wooster

John R. Lytle (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of French; B.A., The College of Wooster; M.A. and M.Phil., Yale University


Scott MacDonald (2008) f
Visiting Professor of Comparative Literature; B.A., DePauw University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Florida


Sean A. Mackin (2007)
Head Coach, Women's Basketball; Instructor of Physical Education; B.A., Muhlenberg College

Seth Andrew Major (2000)
Associate Professor of Physics; B.A., Swarthmore College; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., The Pennsylvania State University


Joseph T. Malloy (1982)
Associate Professor of German; A.B. and A.M., State University of New York at Binghamton; Ph.D., University of Virginia


Russell Marcus (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., The Graduate Center, City University of New York


Morgan Marietta (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government; B. Phil., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., Carnegie Mellon University; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Robert W. T. Martin (1997) DC-F
Associate Professor of Government; B.A.; University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Minnesota


David McCabe (2008) fs
Visiting Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Northwestern University

Shelley A. McConnell (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government; B.A., Wellesley College; A.M. and Ph.D., Stanford University


Michael L. McCormick (2002)
Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., Ohio State University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Michigan


John C. McEnroe (1983)
John and Anne Fischer Professor of Fine Arts; B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Toronto


Tara Eberhardt McKee (2002)
Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.S., Bucknell University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Connecticut


Sue Ann Miller (1975)
Professor of Biology; A.B., A.M. and Ph.D., University of Colorado


Peter J. Millet (1968)
Litchfield Professor of Physics; B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; M.S. and Ph.D., Syracuse University

Cheryl A. Morgan (1990)
Associate Professor of French; B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Columbia University


Robert Bruce Muirhead III (1972) S
Professor of Art; B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Boston University School of Fine Arts


Rebecca Murtaugh (2004) F
Assistant Professor of Art; B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University


Joseph Epoka Mwantuali (1995) JYF
Associate Professor of French; B.A. and M.A., University of Zaire; M.S., New Hampshire College; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University


Angel David Nieves (2008)
Associate Professor of Africana Studies; B. Arch., Syracuse University; M.A., Binghamton University; Ph.D., Cornell University

Perry Nizzi (1998)
Head Coach, Men's Soccer; Assistant Coach, Softball; Associate Professor of Physical Education; B.A. and M.A., State University of New York at Cortland


Leslie Norton (1984)
Associate Professor of Dance; B.A., Butler University; M.A., Indiana University


Mark A. Oakes (2005) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology; B.A., Western Washington University; Ph.D., University of Washington


Vincent Odamtten (1985)
Professor of English; B.A. and M.A., University of Cape Coast, Ghana; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook


Onno Oerlemans (1999)
Professor of English; B.A. and M.A., Queen's University, Kingston, Canada; Ph.D., Yale University


Anna C. Oldfield (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature; B.A., University of New Mexico, Albuquerque; M.A., University of Arizona, Tucson; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Kyoko Omori (2002)
Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.A., Kwansei Gakuin University; M.A. and Ph.D., Ohio State University


John C. O'Neal (1984)
Professor of French; B.A., Washington and Lee University; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles


Patricia O'Neill (1986)
Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English; B.A., California State University at Los Angeles; M.A. and Ph.D., Northwestern University


Stephen W. Orvis (1988)
Professor of Government; B.A., Pomona College; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin


Ann L. Owen (1997)
Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Arthur Levitt Public Affairs Center; B.A., Boston University; M.B. A., Babson College; M.A. and Ph.D., Brown University


Robert L. Paquette (1981)
Publius Virgilius Rogers Professor of American History; A.B. and A.M., Bowling Green University; Ph.D., University of Rochester


David C. Paris (1979)
Leonard C. Ferguson Professor of Government; A.B., Hamilton College; A.M. and Ph.D., Syracuse University


Anjela M.C. Peck (2007)
Assistant Professor of Comparative Literature; B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., Emory University

Samuel Frank Pellman (1979)
Professor of Music; B.Mus., Miami University; A.M. and D.M.A., Cornell University

Natalia Pérez (2008) f
Visiting Instructor of Hispanic Studies; B.A., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; M.A., University of California, Irvine

William A. Pfitsch (1989)
Associate Professor of Biology; A.B., Oberlin College; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Washington


Catherine Waite Phelan (2000)
Professor of Communication; B.A. and Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign


Gregory Richard Pierce (1991) FS
Professor of Psychology; B.S., M.S. and Ph.D., University of Washington


Kirk E. Pillow (1997) FS
Associate Professor of Philosophy; B.A., Trinity University; M.A. and Ph.D., Northwestern University


S. Brent Rodríguez Plate (2008) fs
Visiting Associate Professor of Religious Studies; B.A., Seattle Pacific University; M.A.T.S., Columbia Theological Seminary; M.Th., University of Glasgow; Ph.D., Emory University

Jeffrey Lawrence Pliskin (1982)
Associate Professor of Economics; A.B., State University of New York at Binghamton; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Michigan

Deborah Frances Pokinski (1978)
Associate Professor of Art History; A.B., Randolph-Macon Woman's College; A.M. and Ph.D., Cornell University


Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz (1974)
Margaret Bundy Scott Professor of Comparative Literature; A.B., City College of the University of New York; Ph.D., University of Chicago


Peter Jacob Rabinowitz (1974)
Professor of Comparative Literature; A.B., A.M. and Ph.D., University of Chicago


Heidi M. Ravven (1983)
Professor of Religious Studies; B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., Brandeis University


Todd W. Rayne (1993)
Associate Professor of Geosciences; B.S., Montana State University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Wisconsin


Robert Redfield (1986)
Samuel F. Pratt Professor of Mathematics; B.A., Reed College; M.A., University of Oregon; Ph.D., Simon Fraser University


Erin C. Reding (2008)
Head Coach, Women's Volleyball; Instructor of Physical Education; B.A., Wesleyan University

Patrick D. Reynolds (1992)
Professor of Biology, Associate Dean of Faculty and Acting Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty; B.Sc., University College, Galway, National University of Ireland; Ph.D., University of Victoria, British Columbia


Sharon Werning Rivera (1999)
Assistant Professor of Government; B.A., University of California at Davis; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Michigan


Edna M. Rodríguez-Plate (2008)
Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies; B.A., University of Puerto Rico; M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Emory University

Emily Rohrbach (2006) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of English; B.A., University of Miami; M.A. and Ph.D., Boston University


Ian J. Rosenstein (1994)
Associate Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Duke University


Carl A. Rubino (1989) S
Winslow Professor of Classics; A.B. and A.M., Fordham University; Ph.L., Woodstock College/Loyola Seminary; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo


William Salzillo (1973)
Professor of Art; A.B., Middlebury College; B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art


Franklin A. Sciacca (1984)
Associate Professor of Russian; B.A., M.A. and Ph.D., Columbia University


Cristina Schultz (2007) fs
Visiting Instructor in Critical Languages; B.A., Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Richard Hughes Seager (1994)
Bates & Benjamin Professor of Religious Studies; B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; A.M. and Ph.D., Harvard University


Ann J. Silversmith (1989)
Professor of Physics; A.B., Oberlin College; M.Sc., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Australian National University


Robert Leonard Simon (1968)
Marjorie and Robert W. McEwen Professor of Philosophy; A.B., Lafayette College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania


Ashleigh B. Smythe (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology; B.S., University of Vermont; M.S., Southern Louisiana University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis


Nicole L. Snyder (2007)
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., Westminster College; Ph.D., University of Connecticut


Aaron Spevack (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies; B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Boston University

William J. Spicer (2006)
Assistant Coach, Football; Assistant Professor of Physical Education; B.S. and M.Ed., State University of New York at Cortland


Jane Springer (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of English; B.A., University of Evansville; M.A. and Ph.D., Florida State University

Samuel Steinberg (2008) fs
Visiting Instructor of Hispanic Studies; B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., University of California, Irvine

Stephen P. Stetson (2006)
Mary Jayne Comey and Mac Bristol '43 Head Football Coach; Assistant Professor of Physical Education; A.B., Dartmouth College


Joan Hinde Stewart (2003) S
Professor of French and President of the College; B.A., St. Joseph's College; Ph.D., Yale University


Nathaniel Cushing Strout (1980)
Associate Professor of English; A.B., Carleton College; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Rochester


Chiara Sulprizio (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics; B.A., University of Washington, Seattle; Ph.D., University of Southern Calfornia, Los Angeles

Eric S. Summers (2004)
Head Coach, Men's and Women's Crew; Assistant Professor of Physical Education; B.A., Colgate University; M.B.A., Syracuse University


Santiago Tejerina-Canal (1984) FS
Professor of Hispanic Studies; Licenciatura, Filosofia y Letras, Universidad Central de Barcelona; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Massachusetts at Amherst


Katherine Hikes Terrell (2004) F
Assistant Professor of English; B.A., Kenyon College; M. Phil., Oxford University; M.A., University of Toronto; Ph.D., Cornell University

Barbara J. Tewksbury (1978)
Upson Chair for Public Discourse and Professor of Geosciences; B.S., St. Lawrence University; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Colorado


Margaret Olofson Thickstun (1988) S
Elizabeth J. McCormack Professor of English; A.B., Mount Holyoke College; M.A. and Ph.D., Cornell University


David W. Thompson (1983)
Director of the Fitness Center and Campus Wellness Program; Assistant Coach, Men's and Women's Swimming; Professor of Physical Education; A.B., Colgate University; M.S., Syracuse University

Edith Toegel (1992)
Associate Professor of German; B.A. and M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., University of Washington


David Toomey (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics; B.A., Whitman College; M.A. and Ph.D., Cornell University


Michael A. Tracy (2006)
Assistant Coach, Football; Instructor of Physical Education; B.S., State University College at Cortland


Eglut? Trinkauske (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies; B.A., Hunter College; M.A., M. Phil. and Ph.D., Syracuse University

Lisa N. Trivedi (1998)
Associate Professor of History; B.A., Hampshire College; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of California at Davis

Bonnie Urciuoli (1988)
Professor of Anthropology; B.A., Syracuse University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Chicago


Joseph R. Urgo (2006)
Professor of English, Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty and Acting President of the College; B.A., Haverford College; M.A.L.S., Wesleyan University; M.A. and Ph.D., Brown University


Chris Vasantkumar (2006)
Assistant Professor of Anthropology; A.B., Princeton University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley


Jonathan Vaughan (1971)
Professor of Psychology; A.B., Swarthmore College; A.M. and Ph.D., Brown University


Julio Videras (2002)
Associate Professor of Economics; B.A., Universidad de Málaga; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Colorado at Boulder


Susan Viscomi (1997)
Associate Director of Athletics/Senior Women's Administrator; Professor of Physical Education; B.S.E., State University of New York at Cortland; M.A., Colgate University


Bruce Walczyk (1985)
Associate Professor of Dance; B.A., State University of New York College at Brockport; M.A., University of California at Los Angeles


Edward S. Walker, Jr. (2006)
Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Global Political Theory; A.B., Hamilton College; M.A., Boston University

Zhuoyi Wang (2008)
Instructor of East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.A. and M.A., Beijing University


Douglas Alexander Weldon (1977)
Stone Professor of Psychology; A.B., College of Wooster; A.M., Towson State University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Buffalo

James B. Wells (2007) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics; B.A., Beloit College; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., Indiana University


Bradley M. Wile (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry; B.S., St. Francis Xavier University; Ph.D., Dalhousie University

Richard William Werner (1975)
John Stewart Kennedy Professor of Philosophy; A.B., Rutgers University; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Rochester


Nigel Westmaas (2006)
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies; B.A., University of Guyana; M.A. and Ph.D., Binghamton University


Chad L. Williams (2004)
Assistant Professor of History; B.A., University of California; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University

Ernest H. Williams (1984)
Professor of Biology; B.S., Trinity College; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University

Jay Gomer Williams (1960) F
Wallcott D. Bartlett Professor of Religious Studies; A.B., Hamilton College; M.Div., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Columbia University

Thomas A. Wilson (1989)
Professor of History; B.A., University of Connecticut; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Chicago

Michael E. Woods (1993) S
Professor of Music; B.A., University of Akron; M.A., Indiana University; D.M.A., University of Oklahoma

Stephen Wu (2000)
Associate Professor of Economics; B.Sc., Brown University; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University

Paul Gary Wyckoff (1991)
Associate Professor of Government; B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Michigan

De Bao Xu (1991) FS
Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.A., Taiyuan Teacher's College; M.A., Beijing Normal University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Illinois

Sufeng Xu (2008) fs
Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Literatures; M.A., Yangzhou University; Ph.D., McGill University

Yu-sheng Yang (2007) fs
Visiting Instructor of East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.Ed., National Taiwan Normal University

Steven Yao (2002)
Associate Professor of English and Assistant Dean of Faculty for Diversity Initiatives; B.A. and B.S., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley

Penny Linn Yee (1991) FS
Professor of Psychology; B.A., Pomona College; M.S. and Ph.D., University of Oregon

Yvonne Zylan (2005)
Assistant Professor of Sociology; B.A., Yale University; M.Phil. and Ph.D., New York University; J.D., University of San Diego School of Law




Special Appointments

Mireille Aboumrad
Lecturer in French; B.A. and M.S., St. Joseph University

Victoria J. G. Stockton Allen
Lecturer in Education Studies; B.A., Montclair State University; M.E.D., Smith College

George D. Baker
Lecturer in Government; A.B., Hamilton College; J.D., Catholic University Law School


Rick Balestra
Lecturer in Music (Jazz Guitar); B.A., Syracuse University; M.A., Ithaca College

Nesecan Balkan
Lecturer in Economics; B.S., American College for Girls, Istanbul; B.S. and Ph.D., Istanbul University

Kenneth M. Bart
Lecturer in Biology; B.A. and M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton

Suzanne Beevers
Lecturer in Music (Violoncello)

Stephen Best
Lecturer in Music (Keyboard and Organ; Keyboard Harmony); B.A. and M.Mus., Syracuse University

Milton Bloch
Visiting Professor of Art History; B.I.D., Pratt Institute; M.F.A., University of Florida


Barbara T. Britt-Hysell
Lecturer in English for Speakers of Other Languages; B.A., Framingham State College

Jane Brown
Lecturer in Music (Voice)

Daniel Carno
Lecturer in Music (Oboe); B.Mus. and M.Mus., Syracuse University

Paul Charbonneau
Lecturer in Music (Classical Guitar); B.Mus., University of New Mexico

Mike Cirmo
Lecturer in Music (Percussion); B.Mus., Crane School of Music, Potsdam College; M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania

Colleen Crafton
Lecturer in Music (Trombone and Low Brass); B.Mus., The Catholic University of America; M.Mus., The Eastman School of Music

Robert C. Del Buono
Lecturer in Communication; B.S., Utica College; M.A., New York University

Nelly Diarra
Teaching Fellow in French

Sara Djamaa
Teaching Fellow in Critical Languages; B.S., El Arbi Ben M'Hidi High School

Carolin Doert
Teaching Fellow in German and Russian Languages and Literatures; Certificate DaF, Technische Universität Dortmund

Ying Gao
Teaching Fellow in East Asian Languages and Literatures

John Garland
Lecturer in Music (Horn)

Linda Greene
Lecturer in Music (Flute); B.Mus., Syracuse University

Anat Guez
Lecturer in Critical Languages; B.A., Haifa University

Eric Gustafson
Lecturer in Music (Viola)

Jim Johns
Lecturer in Music (Jazz Drums)

Lauralyn Kolb
Lecturer in Music (Voice); A.B., Occidental College; A.M., Smith College

Allan Kolsky
Lecturer in Music (Clarinet)

Ursula Kwasnicka
Lecturer in Music (Harp); B.Mus. and M.Mus., Manhattan School of Music

Raymond W. Larzelere
Lecturer in Music (Voice); B.Mus., State University of New York College at Potsdam; M.A., State University of New York at Binghamton

Richard G. Lloyd
Lecturer in Dance; A.B., Hamilton College; B.Mus. and M.Mus., McGill University

Susan A. Mason
Lecturer in and Director of the Program in Teacher Education and the Program in Oral Communication; B.S., State University of New York College at Oswego; M.A., State University of New York at Albany; M.S., Ithaca College

Damhnait McHugh
Mellon Visiting Exchange Scholar in Biology; B.S., University College Galway; M.S., University of Victoria; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Jeremy Tyler Medina
Burgess Professor of Romance Languages and Literature and Lecturer in Hispanic Studies; A.B., Princeton University; A.M., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Rick Montalbano
Lecturer in Music (Jazz Piano)

Jean Morris
Lecturer in Psychology; M.S.W., School of Social Welfare, SUNY Albany

John Higbee O'Neill
Edmund A. LeFevre Professor of English and Lecturer in English; B.S., Wisconsin State College; A.M. and Ph.D., University of Minnesota

Stephen M. Owen
Lecturer in Economics; B.S., Boston University; B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Tufts University

Judith Owens-Manley
Lecturer in Government; B.S., Utica College; M.S.W. and Ph.D., State University of New York at Albany

Colleen Roberts Pellman
Lecturer in Music (Piano) and Student Pianist Coach; B.Mus., Miami University; M.Mus., Ithaca College

Vladimir Pritsker
Lecturer in Music (Violin); M.Mus., Kharkov Institute of Art, Ukraine

Darryl Pugh
Lecturer in Music (Contrabass)

Gregory Quick
Lecturer in Music (Bassoon); B.Mus., University of Michigan

John Raschella
Lecturer in Music (Trumpet); Curtis Institute of Music

David W. Rivera
Lecturer in Government; A.B., Harvard University; M.A. and Ph.D., University of Michigan

Monk Rowe
Lecturer in Music (Saxophone) and Joe Williams Director of the Jazz Archive; B.Mus., State University of New York College at Fredonia

Jim Schreve
Lecturer in Physics; B.S., University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; M.S., University of Wisconsin at Madiso
n

Cristina Schultz
Lecturer in Critical Languages; B.A., Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore

Maria B. Sedó del Campo
Teaching Fellow in Hispanic Studies

Mari Shudo
Teaching Fellow in East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.A., Saitama University

Jeff Stockham
Lecturer in Music (Jazz Trumpet); B.A., Syracuse University; M.A., Eastman School of Music

Sar-Shalom Strong
Lecturer in Music (Piano) and Coordinator of Staff Pianists; B.A., Knox College; M.Mus., Syracuse University

Lilia K. Trenkova
Lecturer in Theatre; A.B., Hamilton College

Ubaldo Valli
Lecturer in Music (Violin)

Frank C. Vlossak IV
Lecturer in Government; A.B., Hamilton College; J.D., George Mason University School of Law

Kim Wieczorek
Lecturer in Education Studies; B.A., University of Minnesota; M.A., Teachers College of New York

Sharon Williams
Lecturer in English and Director of the Writing Center; B.A., Tufts University; M.Ed., Northeastern University

Pei-I Wu
Teaching Fellow in East Asian Languages and Literatures; B.A., Fu Jen Catholic University; M.A., National Taiwan Normal University