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Faculty Directory

Hamilton's faculty members are active and accomplished scholars and dedicated teachers. In the classroom, the lab, the studio and beyond, professors are engaged in the intellectual and cultural lives of their students.

This directory includes an alphabetical listing of current Hamilton faculty members and information about their areas of expertise and teaching experience. You can also search by name or area of study below.

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  • Tobin Ost

    Assistant Professor of Theatre
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4391
    Email:
    tost@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    scenic design, costume design, period costume, architecture and décor, hand drafting and rendering, and scenic model construction

  • Ann Owen

    Professor of Economics and the Henry Platt Bristol Professor of Public Policy
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4419
    Email:
    aowen@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    long-run growth, inequality, and sustainability

  • Nikolas Owens

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance and Movement Studies
    Contact
    Phone:
    Email:
    nowens@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Contemporary dance technique, choreography, improvisation, vernacular jazz dance technique, jazz dance history, Black studies

  • Bob Palusky

    John and Anne Fischer Professor of the Fine Arts Emeritus (retired)
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  • David Paris

    Professor of Government Emeritus (retired)
    Contact
    Phone:
    Email:
    dparis@hamilton.edu

  • Kay Smith Paulsen

    Lecturer in Music (Voice)
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    Contact
    Phone:
    Email:
    kpaulsen@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Voice

  • Philip Pearle

    Professor of Physics Emeritus (retired)
    Contact
    Phone:
    Email:
    ppearle@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    foundations of quantum theory

  • Phyllis Pearson

    Assistant Professor of Philosophy
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    Contact
    Phone:
    315-859-4135
    Email:
    ppearson@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Epistemology, ethics, aesthetics

  • Sunil Persad

    Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies
    Contact
    Phone:
    Email:
    spersad@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    Ancient Mediterranean religions, death and the dead, digital humanities, early Christianity, history of medicine, Late Antiquity, material culture, New Testament

  • William Pfitsch

    Associate Professor of Biology Emeritus (retired)
    Photograph of William Pfitsch
    Contact
    Phone:
    Email:
    wpfitsch@hamilton.edu
    Expertise
    the biology, ecology, physiological ecology and physiology of plants; community, ecosystem and invasive plant ecologies; habitat restoration; tropical and alpine ecologies; biology teaching

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