Faculty Profiles
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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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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 researching 20th century American empire and Philippine history.
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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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Cassandra Pattanayak
Director, Quantitative Analysis Institute<br>Visiting LecturerA.B., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityStatistician specializing in causal inference; creating the Quantitative Analysis Institute, to expand the role of statistics at Wellesley.
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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.
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T. Kaye Peterman
Susan M. Hallowell and Ruby Frances Howe Farwell Professor of Biological SciencesB.S., Texas A & M University; Ph.D., Duke UniversityPlant cell biologist who uses molecular genetics, biochemistry and confocal microscopy to study how plant cells grow and divide.
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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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Caitlin Pickul
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and AthleticsB.S., Providence College; M.B.A., Loyola University ChicagoAssistant soccer coach; assistant director of strength and conditioning.
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Elizabeth L. Pierce
Visiting Lecturer in GeosciencesB.A., Williams College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia UniversityGlacial processes, the sedimentary record, and the paleoclimate of the Earth’s polar regions
