Faculty Profiles
-
Catherine Ulissey
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and AthleticsB.A., Emerson CollegeFrom Ballet to Broadway with slippers worn through, it’s now time to teach the dance to the disciplined and the new!
-
Adam Van Arsdale
Assistant Professor of AnthropologyB.A., B.S., Emory University; M.A., Ph.D., University of MichiganEngaged in questions on the evolution of biological variation and its connections to culture through the fossil record.
-
Antoine van Dongen
Music Performance Faculty in ViolinB.M. and M.Mus., Sweelinck Conservatory of Music AmsterdamPerformer and instructor of violin in Europe and the United States.
-
Didem Vardar-Ulu
Assistant Professor of ChemistryB.S., Bilkent University (Turkey); Ph.D., Boston UniversityA biophysical chemist, passionate about collaborative research and education efforts at the interface between life and physical sciences.
-
Carlos Alberto Vega
Professor of SpanishA.B., Columbia University; A.M., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Harvard UniversitySpanish literature, hagiography, gender issues, study-abroad theory and practice.
-
Carlos M. Vega
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and AthleticsB.A., Kenyon College; M.S., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)Third-year Assistant Swimming and Diving coach at Wellesley College.
-
Ann Velenchik
Associate Professor of Economics; Director, Writing ProgramB.S.F.S., Georgetown University; Ph.D., Stanford UniversityEconomist; Writing Program director; researching labor markets in Africa.
-
Margaret Vendryes
Visiting Lecturer in ArtB.A. Amherst College; M.A. Tulane University; Ph.D., Princeton UniversityIndependent scholar and artist. Visual art and writing are focused on African Diaspora identities and representations.
-
Carla M. Verschoor
Adjunct Assistant Professor of ChemistryB.S., University of Illinois (Urbana); Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)Enjoys teaching across the curriculum, from first-year students to graduating seniors.
-
Maurizio S. Viano
Professor of Cinema and Media StudiesLaurea in Lettere Moderne, University of Genova; Ph.D., University of OregonProfessor of cinema and media studies doing research on Surrealism, the Neo-Baroque, and the cinema of Raúl Ruiz, and teaching film history and European cinema.
-
Wilton L. Virgo
Diana Chapman Walsh Assistant Professor of ChemistryA.B., Princeton; Ph.D., Arizona State UniversityMentoring bright, young scholars; cutting-edge laser spectroscopy; imaging of chemical dynamics; developing molecular theory.
-
Lynne Spigelmire Viti
Senior Lecturer in the Writing ProgramB.A., Barnard College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., J.D., Boston CollegeInterests: legal studies, media and urban studies, journalism, and legal history. In my teaching, I use blogs, wikis, and other new media. I'm a practicing attorney doing pro bono work on behalf of artists and art organizations in Massachusetts.
-
Ismar Volić
Associate Professor of MathematicsB.A., Boston University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown UniversityResearch in algebraic topology, specifically calculus of functors and its applications to embeddings, including knots and links.
-
Alison Wade
Assistant Cross Country and Track & Field CoachA.B., Bowdoin College; M.S., Northeastern UniversityAssistant cross country and track & field coach; primary specialty of middle-distance and distance running.
-
Sarah Wall-Randell
Assistant Professor of EnglishB.A., Wellesley College; M.Phil, St. John’s College (Oxford University); Ph.D., Harvard UniversityInterests include Renaissance literature, book history, and the history and theory of literary genre.
-
James Wallenstein
Newhouse Visiting Professor of Creative WritingB.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley) -
Maria Waller
Instructor in Geosciences LaboratoryB.A., Wellesley College; M.S., University of MassachusettsTeaches geosciences labs; Committed to giving students an appreciation for earth processes and an understanding of their impacts.
-
Helen P. Wang
Professor of MathematicsB.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityProfessor Wang's research interest is analysis and she teaches in the areas of multivariable calculus and analysis
