Faculty Profiles
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Dave Renninger
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and AthleticsB.A., Connecticut College3rd year assistant squash coach, as well as head squash pro at BSC Allston.
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Michele Respaut
Professor of FrenchFaculté des Lettres, Université de Montpellier; M.A., Assumption College; Ph.D., Brown UniversityTeaches and publishes in a wide-ranging interdisciplinary perspective, with a focus on literature and medicine.
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Susan M. Reverby
Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas; Professor of Women’s and Gender StudiesB.S., Cornell University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Boston UniversityHistorian of American health care, women, race, and public health with a focus is on equality and ethics.
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Wilbur C. Rich
William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Political Science, emeritusB.S.Tuskegee Institute, Ph.D. University of Illinois, Urbana-ChampaignRetired from teaching, but just released a new book entitled, The Post-Racial Society Is Here: Recognition, Critics and the Nation-State.
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Daniela Rivera
Assistant Professor of ArtM.F.A., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)Visual artist doing work that attempts to understand the object quality of images.
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Lois P. Roach
Lecturer in Theatre StudiesB.S., Emerson College; M.A., Lesley CollegeEngaged in presenting creative works for the stage, bringing performance opportunities to Boston youth, and producing community-focused events.
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Nicholas L. Rodenhouse
Frost Professor in Environmental Science; Professor of Biological SciencesA.B., Hope College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Dartmouth CollegeExploring how climate change affects forest songbirds and the environments in which they live.
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Lisa Rodensky
Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor in the Humanities; Associate Professor of EnglishB.A., Wellesley College; J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D., Boston UniversityResearch and teaching focuses on the 19th-and 20th-century British novel.
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Ruth R. Rogers
Curator of Special CollectionsB.A., Middlebury College; M.S., Simmons CollegeBook and manuscript studies, text and image, contemporary artists' books.
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Guy M. Rogers
Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of History and Classical StudiesB.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., University of London; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton UniversityClassicist and historian of Greek and Roman history, ancient religion and warfare, Alexander the Great and western civilizations.
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Lawrence A. Rosenwald
Anne Pierce Rogers Professor of American Literature; Professor of EnglishB.A., M.A., Ph.D., Columbia UniversityAmericanist, translator, performer (music, theater), verse-writer, pacifist
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Casey G. Rothschild
Diana Chapman Walsh Assistant Professor of EconomicsA.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPublic finance theorist interested in the role of government in taxation and insurance markets.
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Katherine M. Ruffin
Book Arts Program DirectorA.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.F.A., University of AlabamaExpert in letterpress printing, bookbinding, and and papermaking, combined with various aspects of the liberal arts.
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David Russell
Music Performance Faculty in Cello; Director, Wellesley Chamber Music SocietyB.M., Eastman School; M.M., University of Akron; D.M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook) -
Dana Russian
Music Performance Faculty in TrumpetB.A., Colby College -
Markella B. Rutherford
Associate Professor of SociologyB.A., Mississippi College; M.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of VirginiaCultural sociology with research interests in childhood, family, emotions, social inequality, & consumer culture.
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Daniel Ryan
Music Instructor in Early Keyboard













