Faculty Profiles
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Nancy Harrison Kolodny
Nellie Zuckerman Cohen and Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences; Professor of ChemistryB.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAuthority on nuclear magnetic resonance and its application to problems in medicine and biology.
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Martina Königer
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological SciencesDiploma, Ph.D., University of Würzburg (Germany)Plant physiologist investigating various processes that allow plants to optimize photosynthesis.
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Joel Krieger
Norma Wilentz Hess Professor of Political ScienceB.A., Yale College; Ph.D., Harvard UniversityJoel Krieger is a scholar of comparative and international politics.
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Jennifer A. Kroll
PERA Associate Professor of the PracticeB.S., Northwestern University; M.S., University of KentuckyVarsity basketball coach; promoting and teaching physical fitness and lifelong positive health habits.
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Jens Kruse
Professor of GermanStaatsexamen, Universität Hamburg; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)Researching Goethe and Kafka; teaching across the curriculum; involved in college governance.
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Brian K. Kuscher
PERA Assistant Professor of the PracticeB.A., Franklin Pierce University; M.A., Concordia UniversityCoaching and teaching tennis for more than 17 years, including private coaching, club coaching, college coaching, and national teams.
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Michelle LaBonte
Instructor in Biological Sciences LaboratoryB.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard UniversityMolecular biologist with current interests in science education and the ethical implications of new genetic technologies.
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Yuan-Chu Ruby Lam
Professor of ChineseB.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityInterested in China's contemporary issues, especially those concerning the Mongols and the Tibetans.
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Karen Lange
Assistant Professor of MathematicsB.A., Swarthmore College; M.S., Ph.D., University of ChicagoProfessor Lange's interests are in computability theory, an area of logic that explores the algorithmic content encoded in mathematical problems.
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Gabriel Langfur
Music Instructor of TromboneB.A., Oberlin College; B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., New England ConservatoryBass trombonist in the Rhode Island Philharmonic and Vermont Symphony Orchestras; performs frequently with the Boston Symphony and Pops, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Opera Boston, and in orchestras and theaters throughout New England and beyond.
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Steve Langone
Music Performance Faculty in Jazz-Rock-Latin DrumsB.A., Berklee College of Music -
Riyaz Latif
Visiting Lecturer in South Asia StudiesDip.Arch., Institute of Environmental Design, India; M.A., Ph.D., University of MinnesotaTeaches elementary and intermediate Hindi/Urdu, as well as classes in art history, Islamic cultures and premodern Islamic travelers.
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Flavia Laviosa
Senior Lecturer in Italian StudiesB.A., University of Bari (Italy); M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)Involved in foreign language education, testing, study abroad programs, international internships, and Italian cinema.
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Josh Lederman
Visiting Lecturer in the Writing ProgramB.A., Clark University; M.F.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Indiana University of PennsylvaniaEnglish compositionist, interested in teaching and research and the theories behind the practice, matters of language and power.
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Sohie Moody Lee
Senior Instructor in Computer Science LaboratoryB.S., Cornell University; M.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)Interested in the intersection of cognitive science and computer science as well as the development of introductory computer science curriculum.
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Yoon Sun Lee
Professor of EngishA.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Yale UniversityMy research and teaching span two areas, British eighteenth and nineteenth century prose fiction, and Asian American literature.
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Sun-Hee Lee
Associate Professor of KoreanB.A., M.A., Ph.D., Yonsei University; Ph.D., Ohio State UniversityFocused on Korean language and culture, particularly corpus-based analysis of Korean and learner error corpus
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Mary Lefkowitz
Professor Emerita of Classical StudiesB.A., Wellesley College; A.M., Ph.D., Radcliffe College; L.H.D., Trinity College; Ph.D. (hon.), University of Patras; L.H.D., Grinnell CollegeRetired from teaching in 2005, but continues to work on scholarly projects and give the occasional lecture.
