Faculty Profiles
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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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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
Assistant 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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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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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.
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Callie Lekas
Assistant Field Hockey Coach and Intramural AssistantB.A. Wellesley College; M.S. University of Massachusetts (Amherst)Assistant field hockey coach and intramurals assistant.
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Phillip Levine
Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of EconomicsB.S., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Princeton UniversityApplies statistical methods to social issues such as abortion and the well-being of children in research and teaching.
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Peggy Levitt
Professor of SociologyB.A., Brandeis University; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyStudies international migration, transnational studies, development, religion, globalization, global arts and culture.
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Andrea Gayle Levitt
Margaret Clapp ’30 Distinguished Alumna Professor of French and LinguisticsB.A., Wellesley College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale UniversityProfessor of linguistics and French. Interested in language learning and speech perception and production.
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Clara Lieu
Visiting Lecturer, ArtB.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., New York Academy of ArtVisual artist exploring themes of social isolation; printmaker and sculptor.
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David Lindauer
Stanford Calderwood Professor of EconomicsB.S., City College of City University of New York; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityAward-winning teacher and development economist specializing in labor issues; policy work throughout Africa and East Asia.
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Heping Liu
Associate Professor of ArtB.A., Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages (China); M.A., Southern Methodist University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale UniversityAsian art historian and specialist in Chinese painting of the Song dynasty (960-1279).
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Kenneth Loewit
Theatre Production ManagerKen Loewit is the Set & Light Design/Technical Director at Wellesley College and is the Production Manager for Wellesley College.
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Melinda Lopez
Lecturer in Theatre StudiesB.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Boston UniversityPlaywright and performer, with plays produced at the Huntington Theatre, Steppenwolf, and off-Broadway.
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Margery Lucas
Professor of Psychology and Cognitive and Linguistic SciencesB.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of RochesterStudies psychology of choice and desire with focus on decisions about money and mating; evolutionary approach to behavior.
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Adrienne Lucas
Assistant Professor of EconomicsB.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown UniversityDevelopment economist with expertise in African education and tropical diseases.
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Barry Lydgate
Professor of FrenchB.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale UniversityInterests: intellectual history of the French Renaissance; confessional writing; post-war Paris; exploring the power of interactive media to teach language and culture.
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Kathryn L. Lynch
Katharine Lee Bates and Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English; Dean of Faculty AffairsB.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of VirginiaTeacher and scholar of Chaucer, medieval dream vision, food in Chaucer's poetry, medieval period boundaries
