Faculty
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Amy Banzaert
Visiting Lecturer in EngineeringB.S., M.S., Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Researches engineering education and the development of consumer-oriented technologies that can benefit under-served populations worldwide.
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Barbara R. Beatty
Professor of EducationA.B., Radcliffe College; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard University
Historian of education and of childhood, teacher education, and education reform; preschool policy and advocacy
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Frank L. Bidart
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities; Professor of EnglishB.A., University of California (Riverside); A.M., Harvard University
An award-winning poet, Bidart was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award.
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Tom Burke
Professor of Political ScienceB.A., University of Minnesota (Minneapolis); M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Research focuses on the role of courts, rights, and litigation in public policy and politics.
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Bryan E. Burns
Associate Professor of Classical StudiesB.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Archaeologist engaged in the study of Mediterranean exchange in the Late Bronze Age, conducting fieldwork in Greece.
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Bevil R. Conway
Associate Professor of NeuroscienceB.S., McGill University; M.M.Sc., Harvard Medical School; Ph.D., Harvard University
Visual neuroscientist and artist, examines neural basis of color using physiological, behavioral, and modeling techniques. (Visit Website)
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Veronica Darer
Senior Lecturer in SpanishM.A.T. School for International Training/World Learning; Ph.D., University of Florida
Engaged in research on teaching and learning processes. Specializes in Spanish language and culture courses. Teaches courses on diversity in education and classroom interaction.
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Theodore W. Ducas
Professor of PhysicsB.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Engaged in laser spectroscopy, physics applied to biological systems, curricular development across disciplines, outreach to young learners and the public.
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Corinne A. Gartner
Assistant Professor of PhilosophyB.A., M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Works on ancient Greek philosophy, with emphasis on ancient ethics and moral psychology.
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Anna Grinfeld
Visiting Lecturer in Jewish StudiesB.A., M.A., Hebrew University (Jerusalem); Ph.D., Université Paris VIII (Saint Denis)
Teaches elementary and intermediate Hebrew courses.
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Anjeana K. Hans
Assistant Professor of GermanA.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Focuses on gender, identity, and subjectivity in Germany; teaches at all levels of German curriculum; research on horror films from the 1920s.
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Rosanna Hertz
Class of 1919 – 50th Reunion Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender StudiesB.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Researches families in a changing economy and how social inequality at home and in the workplace shape the experiences of women and men.
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Soo Hong
Assistant Professor of EducationB.A., M.T., University of Virginia; Ed.D., Harvard University
Research on urban education, community organizing, parent engagement, and the intersection of research and practice.
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Nora Hussey
Director, Theatre and Theatre Studies ProgramB.A., Mundelein College
Engaged in teaching and directing, original works, new scripts and classics. I am involved in the professional future of students.
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Jonathan B. Imber
Jean Glasscock Professor of SociologyB.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Medicine, its historical and religious dimensions; edit journal on social thought and social policy. Focus on American society.
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Marion R. Just
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political ScienceB.A., Barnard College; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Research and teaching focuses on elections, politics, and the media.
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Peggy Levitt
Professor of SociologyB.A., Brandeis University; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Studies international migration, transnational studies, development, religion, globalization, global arts and culture.
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Frances Malino
Sophia Moses Robison Professor of Jewish Studies and HistoryB.A., Skidmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University
Director of Jewish Studies, research in Jewish and European history, founding member of Digital Heritage Mapping and Diarna project.
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Stephen Anthony Marini
Elisabeth Luce Moore Professor of Christian Studies; Professor of ReligionB.A., Dickinson College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Academic and public interpreter of religion in American history in the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early National periods.
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Heather Rose Mattila
Knafel Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences; Assistant Professor of Biological SciencesB.Sc., Ph.D., University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada)
Studies the organization of animal societies, insect communication, and the evolution of cooperation, using the honey bee as a model.
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Mary Kate McGowan
Luella LaMer Professor of Women's Studies; Professor of PhilosophyB.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Professor of metaphysics, philosophy of language and law; also teaches logic and various seminars.
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Sergio Parussa
Associate Professor of Italian StudiesLaurea in Lettere, Universitˆ degli studi di Torino (Italy); M.A., Ph. D., Brown University
Teaches Italian language and literature, literary theory, and writing; works as a translator.
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James Michael Petterson
Professor of FrenchB.A., Reed College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Engaged in studying French poetry in its relation to contemporary French, philosophy, aesthetics, and intellectual history.
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Elizabeth L. Pierce
Visiting Lecturer in GeosciencesB.A., Williams College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Glacial processes, the sedimentary record, and the paleoclimate of the Earth’s polar regions
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Marilyn Sides
Senior Lecturer in EnglishB.A., M.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Teaching focuses on creative writing, mainly fiction and travel writing.
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Yui Suzuki
Assistant Professor of Biological SciencesA.B., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., Duke University
Evolutionary development (Evo-devo); Developmental genetics; Insect physiology
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Jonathan Tannenhauser
Lecturer in MathematicsA.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Background in theoretical particle physics, focusing on a conjectured equivalence between certain quantum field theories and certain string theories.
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Ann Trenk
Professor of MathematicsA.B., Harvard University; M.S., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Research specialty in graph theory and partially ordered sets, teaches across the mathematics curriculum, outreach to K-12 teachers.
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Franklyn A. Turbak
Associate Professor of Computer ScienceS.B., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Programs and programming languages are at the heart of both my teaching and research.
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James Turner
Associate Professor of Environmental StudiesB.S., Washington and Lee University; A.M., Brown University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Researcher on the recent history of U.S. environmental politics and policy, including public lands, climate change, and science and technology.
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Didem Vardar-Ulu
Assistant Professor of ChemistryB.S., Bilkent University (Turkey); Ph.D., Boston University
A biophysical chemist, passionate about collaborative research and education efforts at the interface between life and physical sciences.
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Maurizio S. Viano
Professor of Cinema and Media StudiesLaurea in Lettere Moderne, University of Genova; Ph.D., University of Oregon
Professor of cinema and media studies doing research on Surrealism, the Neo-Baroque, and the cinema of Raúl Ruiz, and teaching film history and European cinema.
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Lois Wasserspring
Senior Lecturer in Political ScienceB.A., Cornell University; M.A., Princeton University
Fascinated by the richness and complexity of Latin American culture and politics.
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Winifred Jane Wood
Senior Lecturer in the Writing ProgramB.A., University of Illinois (Urbana); M.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Interests: language, writing, media, film. How students learn to write; how writing differs across settings; electronic discourse.
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