Faculty Profiles
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Alexia Sontag
Professor of MathematicsB.A., Pacific Lutheran University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota (Minneapolis)Professor Sontag taught Mathematics at Wellesley from 1975-2010.
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Francesca Southerden
Assistant Professor of Italian StudiesB.A., University of Oxford (Somerville College); M.St., D.Phil., University of Oxford (Hertford College)Specializing in Italian medieval and early modern literature, especially Dante and Petrarch.
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Tessa Spillane
PERA Associate Professor of the PracticeB.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Smith CollegeVarsity crew coach and director of intramural rowing programs; instructor in sailing and canoeing.
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Glenn Stark
Professor of PhysicsB.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)Molecular spectroscopist, focused on systems in atmospheric and astrophysical research.
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Jane E. Starkman
Music Instructor in Baroque ViolinB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of MusicProfessor of Music
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Raymond James Starr
Theodora Stone Sutton Professor of Classics; Professor of Classical StudiesB.A., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton UniversityFocuses on Roman literature and culture; law; the sociology of Roman literature and education; political communication; media studies; and Augustus.
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Filomina Chioma Steady
Professor of Africana StudiesB.A., Smith College; M.A., Boston University; B.Litt., D.Phil., Oxford UniversityStudies of global gender systems and hierarchies; Africa and African Diaspora; social and environmental justice; international consulting.
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Edward Stettner
Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science, EmeritusB.A. Brown University, M.A. Princeton University, Ph.D. Princeton UniversityTaught political theory courses at Wellesley. Main research field is American Political Thought.
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Suzanne E. Stumpf
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Flute, Baroque Flute, and Chamber MusicB.A., Wellesley CollegeSpecialist in chamber music; performer on modern and historical flutes; fosters study of repertoire within context of history/culture.
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Yui Suzuki
Assistant Professor of Biological SciencesA.B., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., Duke UniversityEvolutionary development (Evo-devo); Developmental genetics; Insect physiology
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Joseph Swingle
Lecturer in SociologyB.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityStudies quantitative sociological data on the American family.
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Andre Switala
Visiting Lecturer in EconomicsA.M., Ph.D., Brown UniversityVisiting Lecturer in Economics. General research interest is Macroeconomics and in specific Economic Growth.
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Jill Ann Syverson-Stork
Senior Lecturer in SpanishB.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University -
Olga Talroze
Coach/accompanistB.M., M.M, San Francisco Conservatory of Music -
Qiuyan Tang
Lecturer in ChineseB.A., Nanjing Normal University; M.A., Fudan UniversityEngaged in teaching Chinese language; interested in theory and methods of teaching Chinese as a foreign language; Taoist philosophy.
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Jenny Chui-Chun Tang
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano and Keyboard Skills; Assistant Director, Wellesley Chamber Music SocietyB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of MusicAssistant Director of the Chamber Music Society
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Jonathan Tannenhauser
Lecturer in MathematicsA.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)Background in theoretical particle physics, focusing on a conjectured equivalence between certain quantum field theories and certain string theories.
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Corrine Taylor
Senior Lecturer in the Quantitative Reasoning Program ; Director, Quantitative Reasoning ProgramB.A., College of William and Mary; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)Leading efforts to improve quantitative reasoning, teaching QR and economics of education, and providing professional development for secondary school teachers.
