Faculty Profiles
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Steven Kirby
Music Instructor, Jazz GuitarB.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M. University of Massachusetts (Amherst) -
Vanja Klepac-Ceraj
Assistant Professor of Biological SciencesB.S., Beloit College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyMicrobiologist, interested in understanding stability and resilience of microbial communities; teaching introductory biology and microbiology
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Monica Klien
Visting Lecturer in SpanishB.A., Arizona State University; M.A., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Ph.D., Boston University -
Yu Jin Ko
Professor of EnglishB.A., Columbia University; M.A., Cambridge University (Clare College); Ph.D., Yale UniversityShakespearean engaged in bringing theatre and academia into greater dialogue; can also be found at home with kids or on soccer field.
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T. James Kodera
Professor of ReligionB.A., Carleton College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia UniversityAn educator and a scholar in the comparative and historical study of religion with a focus on Asia, as the word "Asia" is understood historically and broadly to include West Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
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Philip L. Kohl
Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies; Professor of AnthropologyB.A., Columbia University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityResearch on prehistory of Eurasia, current political use of remote past; anthropology as the study of cultural and biological evolution.
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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 in Bass TromboneM.M., New England Conservatory; B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; B.A., Oberlin CollegeBass 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 Instructor in Jazz-Rock-Latin DrumsB.A., Berklee College of Music -
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.
