Faculty Profiles
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Maria Dulce F. Natividad
Visiting Lecturer in Women’s and Gender StudiesB.A., University of the Philippines; M.P.H., Ph.D., Columbia University -
James William Noggle
Professor of EnglishB.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)Interested in 18th-century British literature and culture, literary theory, and Milton.
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Thomas Nolden
Professor of GermanStaatsexamen, UniversitŠt TŸbingen; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University -
Julie K. Norem
Margaret Hamm Professor of PsychologyA.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of MichiganTeaches personality psychology and optimism & pessimism. Researches strategies people use to pursue goals and how self-knowledge influences adaptation, performance, & social relationships.
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Elizabeth Oakes
Instructor in Chemistry LaboratoryB.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)Scientific interests include adaptation to stress and protein-DNA interactions; enjoys teaching chemistry and biochemistry labs.
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Pashington Obeng
Associate Professor of Africana StudiesB.A., University of Ghana; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Boston UniversitySpecializes in Indian Ocean & Transatlantic African Diaspora studies, Anthropology of religion in continental Africa & New World Afro-Atlantic areas, cultural communication focusing on Black filmic representations.
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James Oles
Senior Lecturer in ArtB.A., Yale University; J.D., University of Virginia; M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale UniversitySpecialist in Latin American art, focusing on modern Mexican art and architecture, through museum as well as academic projects.
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David Olsen
Assistant Professor of ArtB.F.A., University of Washington (Seattle); M.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)New media artist interested in collaborative and interactive experiences using both traditional and experimental visual techniques.
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Karel Olsson
Concert Series Events ManagerBachelors in Music and Psychology, Wellesley College -
R. Alexander D. Orquiza
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American StudiesB.A., University of California (Berkeley); M.S., University of Edinburgh; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins UniversityCultural historian of the American empire. Researches food exchange between the US and the Philippines from 1898-1946.
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Alejandra Osorio
Associate Professor of HistoryB.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony BrookAssociate Professor of History with a focus on the intersection of politics and urban culture in colonial Latin America.
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Geofred Osoro
Visiting Lecturer in Africana StudiesB.A., Moi University; M.A., University of NairobiResearch focuses on Swahili proverbial language and the sociocultural theory.
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Liz Owen
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and AthleticsB.A., University of MinnesotaMy special interests are yoga practice as a healing modality for anxiety and depression, for spinal health, and working with young adults to cultivate a positive self-image.
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Keri O’Meara
PERA Associate Professor of the PracticeB.A., Montclair State University; Ed.M., Bloomsburg UniversityWellesley Softball stays true to the fundamentals of the game. We strive to develop leaders on and off the field.
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Robert L. Paarlberg
Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political ScienceB.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Harvard UniversityResearcher on food and agricultural policy, with a focus on farming technologies and poverty in the developing world.
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Sergio Parussa
Associate Professor of Italian StudiesLaurea in Lettere, Universitˆ degli studi di Torino (Italy); M.A., Ph. D., Brown UniversityTeaches Italian language and literature, literary theory, and writing; works as a translator.
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Donna A. Patterson
Assistant Professor of Africana StudiesB.A., University of Houston; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana UniversityHistorian with training in Africa and the African Diaspora with interests in health policy, gender, medical professionalization, and entrepreneurship.
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Timothy Walter Hopkins Peltason
Professor of EnglishA.B., Harvard College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale UniversityTim Peltason teaches and writes about nineteenth- and twentieth-century British and American literature and about Shakespeare.
