This is a list of the Wellesley College faculty for the 2017-18 academic year
Accurate as of July 1, 2017
Rachid Aadnani
Senior Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies
B.A., Universite Moulay Ismail (Morocco); M.A., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., Binghamton University
Ama Baafra Abeberese
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Kris Adams
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Vocal Jazz
B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Katherine Adams
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Nazareth College; MS., University of Massachusetts (Boston)
Marjorie Agosin
Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Eliko Akahori
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano
Director, Music Performance Program
B.M., Kunitachi College of Music (Japan); M.M., D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
Robin M. Akert
Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of California (Santa Cruz); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Fred Aldrich
Music Performance Faculty in French Horn
B.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Emily Altier
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Niagara University
Scott D. Anderson
Lecturer in Computer Science
B.S., Yale University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Margaret Angelini
Carillon Director
B.A., Wellesley College; M.M., New England Conservatory
Andrew Arceci
Director, Collegium Musicum
B.M., John Hopkins University; M.M., The Juilliard School; M.S.T., University of Oxford
Diego Arciniegas
Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., Williams College
Justin Armstrong
Lecturer in Writing and Anthropology
B.A., Wilfred Laurier University (Waterloo, ON); M.A., Ph.D., McMaster University (Hamilton, ON)
Chris R. Arumainayagam
Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Masako Atake
Visiting Lecturer in Japanese
B.A., Tottori University; M.A., The University of Leeds; M.A., University of Wisconsin
Angela Bahns
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas
Lamia Balafrej
Assistant Professor of Art
M.A., University of Paris; Ph.D., Universite de Provence
Amy Banzaert
Lecturer in Engineering
Director of Engineering Studies
B.S., M.S., Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniela Bartalesi-Graf
Lecturer in Italian Studies
B.A., Harvard University Extension School; M.A., Tufts University
Maria del Mar Bassa Vanrell
Visiting Lecturer in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences Program
B.A., University of the Balearic Islands, Spain; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Christine Bassem
Lecturer in Computer Science
B.S., Ain Shams University; M.S., German University in Cairo; Ph.D., Boston University
Erin Royston Battat
Visiting Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Georgetown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
James Battat
Assistant Professor of Physics
Sc.B., Brown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Deborah E. Bauer
Lecturer in Neuroscience
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Connie Lynn Bauman
PERA Professor of the Practice
B.S., Illinois State University; M.S., Arizona State University; Certificate, Indiana State University
Barbara R. Beatty
Professor of Education
A.B., Radcliffe College; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard University
Rebecca Bedell
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Melissa A. Beers
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
B.S., University of New Hampshire; Ph.D., Cornell University
Bridget Belgiovine
PERA Professor of the Practice
Director of Athletics
Chair of Department of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Trenton State College; M.Ed., Springfield College
Barbara S. Beltz
Allene Lummis Russell Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Ph.D., Princeton University
Robert S. Berg
Professor of Physics
A.B., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Patricia Gray Berman
Theodora L. and Stanley H. Feldberg Professor of Art
B.A., Hampshire College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Ashley Bernstein
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Southern New Hampshire University
James R. Besancon
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gurminder Kaur BhogalA
Associate Professor of Music
B.Mus(Hons), Royal College of Music; M.Mus., King’s College, University of London; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Frank L. Bidart
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
Professor of English
B.A., University of California (Riverside); A.M., Harvard University
Héléne Bilis
Associate Professor of French
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Laura Bossert-KingA
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Viola and Violin
B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music
Marc Boutin
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Brandeis University
Kathleen Boyd
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Flute
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Daniel J. Brabander
Frost Professor in Environmental Science
Professor of Geosciences
B.S., M.A., Binghamton University; Ph.D., Brown University
Martin Alan Brody
Catherine Mills Davis Professor of Music
B.A., Amherst College; M.M., D.M.A., Yale University School of Music
Kathleen Brogan
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Queens College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Anne Brubaker
Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Dickinson College; M.A., University of Sussex (Brighton, England); Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
Heather Corbally Bryant
Visiting Lecturer in the Writing Program
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Charles Bu
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Mathematics
B.S., M.S., Shanghai Jiao Tong University; M.S., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois
Emily A. Buchholtz
Gordon P. Lang and Althea P. Lang ‘26 Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., George Washington University
Tom Burke
Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of Minnesota (Minneapolis); M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Bryan E. Burns
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Kristin Butcher
Marshall I. Goldman Professor of Economics
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., London School of Economics; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
William E. Cain
Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of English
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Samantha Cameron
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., University of California (Los Angeles)
John S. Cameron
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., College of William and Mary; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Christopher Candland
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
George M. Caplan
Senior Instructor in Physics Laboratory
B.A., Swarthmore College; S.M., Harvard University
Linda Carli
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Michelle Carmell
Visiting Lecturer in Biological Sciences
B.A., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., Stony Brook University
Angela C. Carpenter
Associate Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Dora Carrico-Moniz
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., SUNY (Purchase College); M.S., Ph.D., Yale University
Margaret Deutsch Carroll
Professor of Art
B.A., Barnard College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Kimberly Cassibry
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Louisiana State University (Baton Rouge); M.A., University of Texas (Austin); Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Margaret Cezair-Thompson
Senior Lecturer in English
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., City University of New York
Gil Chalamish
Visiting Lecturer in Jewish Studies
B.E.D., Beit Berl College; M.A., Boston College
Clara S. Chan
Visiting Lecturer in Mathematics
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Stanley S. Chang
Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of California (Berkeley); M.A., Cambridge University (England); Ph.D., University of Chicago
Robert A. Charlton
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Boston University
Jonathan M. CheekA
Professor of Psychology
B.A., George Washington University; M.A., University of Texas (Austin); Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Dai Chen
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
B.A., Shanghai Teachers’University; M.A., University of Iowa
Stephen ChenA
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Rutgers University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Dan ChiassonA
Professor of English
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Calvin T. Chin
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Jennifer Chudy
Assistant Professor of Political Science
A.B., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Jason Cieply
Visiting Lecturer in Russian
B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Courtney C. Coile
Professor of Economics
Director, Knapp Social Science Center
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Collins
Coach/Accompanist
B.M., Western Michigan University (Kalamazoo); M.M., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Ph.D., New England Conservatory of Music
Glorianne Collver-Jacobson
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Guitar and Lute
B.A., University of California (Berkeley)
Cecilia Confortini
Associate Professor of Peace and Justice Studies
B.S., Università degli Studi di Firenze; M.A., University of Notre Dame; Ph.D., University of Southern California
Elena Tajima Creef
Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
B.A., University of California (Riverside); M.A., University of California (Santa Barbara); Ph.D., University of California (Santa Cruz)
Lee CubaA2
Professor of Sociology
B.S., Southern Methodist University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Selwyn R. Cudjoe
Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., M.A., Fordham University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Thomas Orton Cushman
Deffenbaugh de Hoyos Carlson Professor in the Social Sciences
Professor of Sociology
B.A., Saint Michael’s College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Veronica Darer
Senior Lecturer in Spanish
M.A.T. School for International Training/World Learning; Ph.D., University of Florida
Louise Darling
Knafel Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Rice University
Venita DattaA2
Professor of French
A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Ophera A. Davis
Lecturer in Africana Studies
B.S., M.S., Jackson State University; Ph.D., Saint Louis University
Helena de Bres
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Victoria University; M.A., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ashley DeFlumere
Lecturer in Computer Science
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., University of College Dublin
Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Richard Delacy
Visiting Lecturer in South Asia Studies
B.A., University of Melbourne (Australia); M.A., Monash University (Australia); M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Catherine R. Delcourt
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Christen Deveney
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Virginia Gabriela Diaz
Music Performance Faculty in Violin
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Alexander J. Diesl
Theresa Mall Mullarkey Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Bonnie M. Dix
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.S., University of Vermont; M.S., University of Tennessee (Knoxville)
Nicholas K. Doe
Senior Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., M.S., University of California (Santa Cruz); M.A., Stanford University
Jocelyne L. Dolce
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
B.Sc., M.Sc., University of Rhode Island
Carlos G. Dorrien
Professor of Art
Montserrat School of Visual Art, Diploma in Sculpture
Carol Dougherty
Margaret E. Deffenbaugh and LeRoy T. Carlson Professor in Comparative Literature
Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of California (Santa Barbara); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Theodore W. Ducas
Professor of Physics
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas Duprey
Music Instructor in Jazz and Classical Trumpet
B.M., Crane School of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory
Geraldine O. Echebiri
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.S., Goucher College; Ph.D., University of Maryland (College Park)
Graham C. Edmondson
Visiting Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., Boston University
Kathryn Egizi
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Union College
Sylvaine V. Egron-Sparrow
Senior Lecturer in French
Licence de Lettres Modernes, Université de Haute Bretagne; Maîtrise de Français et de Linguistique, Université de Vincennes
Sharon K. Elkins
Professor of Religion
B.A., Stetson University; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; Ph.D., Harvard University
David Ellerby
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., University of Manchester, UK; Ph.D., University of Leeds, UK
Susan H. Ellison
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A, Washington University; M.T.S., Harvard Divinity School; A.M., Ph.D., Brown University
Donald E. Elmore
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Grinnell College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Alla L. Epsteyn
Senior Lecturer in Russian
M.A., Moscow University; Ph.D., Academy of Sciences Institute of World History (Russia)
Roxanne Euben
Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Rosemary G. Feal
Mary L. Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities
B.A., Allegheny College; M.A., Ph.D., University at Buffalo, SUNY
Oscar E. Fernandez
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., B.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Daniel Fetter
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., Harvard University
Paul Fisher
Associate Professor of American Studies
A.B., Harvard College; B.A., M.A., Trinity College (Cambridge); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Nolan T. Flynn
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D., University of Illinois
Claire Fontijn
Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music
B.A., Oberlin College; Certificate, The Royal Conservatory of The Hague; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Cibele Freire
Norma Wilentz Hess Fellow in Computer Science
B.S., Federal University of Ceara; M.Sc., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Richard G. French
Louise Sherwood McDowell and Sarah Frances Whiting Professor of Astrophysics
Professor of Astronomy
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Alice T. FriedmanA2
Grace Slack McNeil Professor of American Art
Professor of Art
A.B., Radcliffe College; M.Phil., University of London; Ph.D., Harvard University
Gale Fuller
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice
B.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Jerome Fung
Lecturer in Physics
B.A., Swarthmore College; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Charlene Galarneau
Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A.R., Iliff School of Theology; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Marie-Cécile Ganne-Schiermeier
Lecturer in French
M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Corinne A. Gartner
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Barbara Geller
Professor of Religion
A.B., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
C. Pat Giersch
Professor of History
B.A., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., Yale University
Beth Gifford
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Northeastern University
Kathleen W. Gilbert
Instructor in Geosciences Laboratory
B.A., Smith College; M.S., University of Miami
Catherine Keane Gilhuly
Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Leigh Gilmore
Distinguished Visiting Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of Washington
Tracy R. GleasonA
Professor of Psychology
A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Sharon M. H. Gobes
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.Sc., M.Sc., Leiden University; Ph.D., Utrecht (The Netherlands)
Stacie Goddard
Jane Bishop '51 Associate Professor of Political Science
A.B., University of Chicago; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Kariann E. Goldschmitt
Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., University of California (Los Angeles); M.A., University of California (San Diego); Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Octavio R. GonazalezA
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Robert GoreeA
Assistant Professor of Japanese
B.A., Westmont College; M.A., Columbia University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
John GossA
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Rhodes College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Lisa Graham
Evelyn Barry Director of the Choral Program
Lecturer in Music
B.A., Sonoma State College; M.M., D.M.A., University of Southern California
CoriEllen Grande
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Katherine GrandjeanA2
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Laura Grattan
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Jesse Aron Green
Visiting Lecturer in Art
B.A., Harvard College; M.F.A., University of California (Los Angeles)
Nikki A. Greene
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware
Brenna W. Greer
Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Beloit College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Alden Griffith
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D., University of California (Santa Cruz)
Simon Grote
Wellesley Faculty Assistant Professor of History
A.B., Harvard University; M.Phil., Cambridge University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Scott E. Gunther
Associate Professor of French
B.A., Cornell University; D.E.A., Ecole Normale Superieure & Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales; J.D., Ph.D., New York University
Evelina Guzauskyte
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Koichi Hagimoto
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Soka University of America; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Nadya S. Hajj
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Nancy Abraham Hall
Senior Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Mona Lambracht Hall
Senior Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., Russell Sage College; Ph.D., Tufts University
Katherine L. Hall
Visiting Lecturer in Physics
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Neal Louis Hampton
Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Boston University
Anjeana K. Hans
Associate Professor of German
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Marianne Harkless
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Jane Harrison
Music Performance Faculty in Oboe
B.M., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.M., Manhattan School of Music
Kenneth S. Hawes
Senior Lecturer in Education
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard University
David P. HawkinsA1
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.A., Clark University; M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gretchen Hayden-Ruckert
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Michael J. Hearn
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Rutgers University; M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Beth Ann Hennessey
Professor of Psychology
A.B., Brown University; M.Ed., Lesley College; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Mark S. Henry
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Double Bass
B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., University of Massachusetts (Lowell)
Jean Herbst
Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory
B.S., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.S., University of Rhode Island
Rosanna Hertz
Class of 1919 - 50th Reunion Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender Studies
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Emily B. Hewitt
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Wellesley College
Alison Hickey
Associate Professor of English
A.B., Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Monica R. Higgins
Lecturer in Environmental Studies
B.S., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ellen C. Hildreth
Professor of Computer Science
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eric Hilt
Professor of Economics
A.B., Occidental College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Philip Steven Hirschhorn
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Brooklyn College of City University of New York; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas Peter HodgeA
Professor of Russian
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Oxford University; A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
Randall Hodgkinson
Music Performance Faculty in Piano
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Russell A. Hoffmann
Music Instructor in Jazz Piano
B.M., University of Texas; M.Ed., Cambridge College
Lauren Holmes
Newhouse Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
B.A., Wellesley College; M.F.A., Hunter College
Soo Hong
Associate Professor of Education
B.A., M.T., University of Virginia; Ed.D., Harvard University
Simona R. Horsikyan
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., University of Central Arkansas; M.S., Regis College
Janie E. Howland
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Brandeis University
Yue HuA
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Beijing University; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Adrian Huang
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., Xiantang University; Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Jeff Hughes
Lecturer in Biological Sciences
B.A., Boston University; M.S., University of Washington; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island
Nora Hussey
Director, Wellesley College Theatre
Director, Theatre Studies Program
B.A., Mundelein College
Seth Hussey
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., St. Lawrence University; M.S., Purdue University
Antonio M.A. Igrejas
Mellon Foundation Lecturer in Portuguese
B.A., University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth); M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Jonathan B. ImberA1
Jean Glasscock Professor of Sociology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Kellie Carter Jackson
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., Howard University; M.A., Colombia University; Ph.D., Colombia University
Seok Bae Jang
Lecturer in East Asian Languages & Cultures
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Yonsei University
Michael Jeffries
Associate Professor of American Studies
A.B., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Philip Jennings
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.A., Hamilton College; M.Ed., The College of New Jersey
Laura Jeppesen
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Viola da Gamba
B.A., Wheaton College; M.M., Yale University
Jenny Olivia Johnson
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., Barnard College; M.M., Manhattan School of Music; Ph.D., New York University
Erin Johnson
Visiting Lecturer in Economics
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Paula A. Johnson
President
Professor of Women's Health Studies
B.A., Harvard Radcliffe Colleges; M.P.H., Harvard School of Public Health; M.D., Harvard Medical School
Jeannine Johnson
Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Haverford College; Ph.D., Yale University
Kristina Niovi Jones
Director, Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California
William A. Joseph
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Claudia Joskowicz
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., University of Houston; M.F.A., New York University
Bojan Jovanovic
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Joseph P. Joyce
M. Margaret Ball Professor of International Relations
Professor of Economics
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Marion R. Just
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Stella Kakavouli
Senior Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory
B.S., National Technical University (Athens, Greece); M.S., Brown University
Lidwien Kapteijns
Elizabeth Kimball Kendall and Elisabeth Hodder Professor of History
B.A., Universiteit van Amsterdam; M.A., University of London; Doctoraal, Ph.D., Universiteit van Amsterdam
Anastasia Karakasidou
Professor of Anthropology
B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Margaret Keane
Professor of Psychology
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Sari Kerr
Senior Research Scientist, Wellesley Centers for Women
Visiting Lecturer in Economics
Diploma in Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury; M.A., University of Jyvaskyla, Finland; Ph.D., University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Megan Kerr
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Pinar Keskin
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Bilkent University; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Rebecca Kimball
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., University of Southern Maine; M.S., Springfield College
Julia King
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.A., Bowdoin College; M.A., Trinity College
Steve Kirby
Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Guitar
B.A., Berklee College of Music; M.M. University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Vanja Klepac-Ceraj
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Beloit College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Ariana Klinkov
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., SUNY Binghamton; M.A., Northeastern University
Nicholas Knouf
Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies
B.S., California Institute of Technology; S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Cornell University
Yu Jin Ko
Professor of English
B.A., Columbia University; M.A., Cambridge University (Clare College); Ph.D., Yale University
T. James Kodera
Professor of Religion
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Joel KriegerA
Norma Wilentz Hess Professor of Political Science
B.A., Yale College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Jennifer A. Kroll
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.S., Northwestern University; M.S., University of Kentucky
Kyra Kulik-Johnson
Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Boston College; Ed.M., Harvard University Graduate School of Education; Ph.D., Boston College
Brian K. Kuscher
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.A., Franklin Pierce University; M.A., Concordia University
Martina Königer
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Diploma, Ph.D., University of Würzburg (Germany)
Megan LaBella
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Boston University
Yuan-Chu Ruby Lam
Professor of Chinese
B.A., National Taiwan University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Karen Lange
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Gabriel Langfur
Music Performance Faculty in Trombone
B.A., Oberlin College; B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., New England Conservatory
Steve Langone
Music Performance Faculty in Jazz-Rock-Latin Drums
B.A., Berklee College of Music
Joseph Lauer
Visiting Lecturer in Mathematics
B.Math., University of Waterloo; M.Sc., McGill University; Ph.D., Yale University
Flavia Laviosa
Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies
B.A., University of Bari (Italy); M.S., University of Edinburgh; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)
Amanda Leahy
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Bowdoin College
Yoon Sun LeeA
Professor of English
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Yale University
Sohie Lee
Senior Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory
B.S., Cornell University; M.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)
Sun-Hee Lee
Associate Professor of Korean
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Yonsei University; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Ada Lerner
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Amherst University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Phillip Levine
Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics
B.S., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Peggy Levitt
Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies
Professor of Sociology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Jack S. Lewis
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Springfield College
Kaitlin Lewis
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Trinity College
Sara Lewis
Elisabeth Luce Moore Postdoctoral Fellow
B.A., St. Lawrence University; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Columbia University
David Lindauer
Stanford Calderwood Professor of Economics
B.S., City College of City University of New York; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Heping Liu
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages (China); M.A., Southern Methodist University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Liang Kok Liung
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Igor O. Logvinenko
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of Redlands; M.A., Villanova University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Melinda LopezA
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Boston University
Margery Lucas
Professor of Psychology and Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rochester
Amanda Lyall
Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Barry Lydgate
Professor of French
B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Kathryn L. LynchA2
Katharine Lee Bates and Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Barbara Lynn-Davis
Lecturer in Art
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Princeton University
Paul MacDonald
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of California (Berkeley); M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Yoshimi Maeno
Senior Lecturer in Japanese
B.A., Baika Women’s College (Japan); M.A., West Virginia University; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard University
Martin A. Magid
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Brown University; M.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Brown University
Patricia Magill
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Marquette University
Sherry D. Makerney
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.S., University of Northern Colorado
Frances Malino
Sophia Moses Robison Professor of Jewish Studies and History
B.A., Skidmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University
Layli Maparyan
Professor of Africana Studies
Katherine Stone Kaufmann ‘67 Executive Director, Wellesley Centers for Women
B.A., Spelman College; M.S., Penn State University; Ph.D., Temple University
Stephen Anthony Marini
Elisabeth Luce Moore Professor of Christian Studies
Professor of Religion
B.A., Dickinson College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Louise Marlow
Professor of Religion
B.A., Cambridge University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Nancy Marshall
Adjunct Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., University of Connecticut (Storrs); Ed.D., Harvard University
Lance Alexander Martin
Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Flute
Catherine Masson
Professor of French
Licence, Maîtrise, Université de Haute Bretagne (Rennes); Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Susie Masters
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Irene Mata
Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor of Humanities
Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
B.A., M.A., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)
Katherine Matasy
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Clarinet and Classical Saxophone
B.A., M.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
Y. Tak MatsusakaA
Professor of History
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Julie Ann MatthaeiA1
Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Erich MatthesA1
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Jaclyn Hatala Matthes
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Adam G. Matthews
Lecturer in Biological Sciences
A.B., Ph.D., Harvard University
Andrea Matthews
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice
A.B., Princeton University
Heather Rose Mattila
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
B.Sc., Ph.D., University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada)
Deborah C. Matzner
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Tracy McAskill
Visiting Lecturer in Physics
B.S., Texas Tech University; M.S., Ph.D., Tufts University
Amanda M. McCarthy
Senior Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.S., M.S., Syracuse University
Janet McDonough
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
B.S., Simmons College; M.S., Harvard University
Patrick J. McEwan
Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Phyllis McGibbon
Elizabeth Christy Kopf Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Tracy L. McGinnis
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Bassoon
B.M.A.S., University of Delaware; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Mary Kate McGowan
Margaret Clapp ‘30 Distinguished Alumna Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Alison G. McIntyre
Virginia Onderdonk ‘29 Professor of Philosophy
B.A., M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Robin McKnight
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kim Katris McLeod
Professor of Astronomy
B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of Arizona;
Craig McNutt
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Percussion
B.M., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
P. Takis Metaxas
Professor of Computer Science
B.Sc., University of Athens (Greece); Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Susan L. Meyer
Professor of English
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., University of California (Los Angeles); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Cercie Miller
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Saxophone
Director, Wellesley BlueJazz
Elizabeth Minor
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Julia Hendrix Miwa
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Haverford College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Katrin Monecke
Assistant Professor of Geosciences
B.S., M.S., University of Hannover (Germany); Ph.D., Institute of Technology (Zurich, Switzerland)
Katharine H.S. Moon
Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies
Professor of Political Science
A.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Codruta Morari
Associate Professor of French
B.A., Babes-Bolyai University (Romania), B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Paris III
Maureen F. Morgan
Director, Child Study Center
Lecturer in Psychology
B.S., Lesley College; M.Ed., Harvard University
Carolyn A. Morley
Professor of Theatre Studies and Japanese
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., Columbia University
Andrew Mowbray
Lecturer in Art
B.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of Art
James Moyer
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.S., Marquette University; M.S., Ph.D., Yale University
Nancy Elliott Mukundan
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Emory University
Craig N. Murphy
Betty Freyhof Johnson ‘44 Professor of Political Science
B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Jacqueline Marie MusacchioA2
Professor of Art
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Eni Mustafaraj
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
M.Eng., Polytechnic University of Tirana (Albania); Ph.D., Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)
Jennifer Musto
Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender Studies
B.A., DePaul University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Paul Nadal
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies
B.A., University of Washington; M.A., University of California (Los Angeles); M.A, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Seth NeumullerA2
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Richard Newman
Visiting Lecturer in Art
B.A., Western Washington University; M.A., Boston University
Kanako Nishikawa
Coach/Accompanist
B.M., Toho School of Music (Tokyo); M.M., New England Conservatory
James William Noggle
Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas
Professor of English
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Thomas Nolden
Professor of German
Staatsexamen, Universität Tübingen; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Julie K. NoremA
Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology
A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Megan Nunez
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Eileen M. O'Connor
Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., New York University
Elizabeth Oakes
Senior Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Pashington Obeng
Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., University of Ghana; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Boston University
Leah M. Okumura
Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James Oles
Senior Lecturer in Art
B.A., Yale University; J.D., University of Virginia; M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Liza Oliver
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., University of North Florida; M.A., University of South Florida; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
David Olsen
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Washington (Seattle); M.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Alejandra Osorio
Associate Professor of History
B.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Geofred Osoro
Lecturer in Africana Studies
B.A., Moi University; M.A., University of Nairobi
Liz Owen
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., University of Minnesota
Kimberly H. O’Donnell
Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Keri O’Meara
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.A., Montclair State University; Ed.M., Bloomsburg University
Kyung Park
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Sergio Parussa
Professor of Italian Studies
Laurea in Lettere, Università degli studi di Torino (Italy); M.A., Ph. D., Brown University
Lata Parwani
Visiting Lecturer in South Asia Studies
B.A., University of Karachi; M.A., Tufts University
Cassandra Pattanayak
Jack and Sandra Polk Guthman '65 Director, Quantitative Analysis Institute
Lecturer in Quantitative Reasoning and Mathematics
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Timothy Walter Hopkins PeltasonA2
Class of 1949 Professor in Ethics
Professor of English
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
T. Kaye Peterman
Susan M. Hallowell and Ruby Frances Howe Farwell Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Texas A & M University; Ph.D., Duke University
Meghan Peterson
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
James Michael Petterson
Professor of French
B.A., Reed College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Jessica Polito
Lecturer in the Quantitative Reasoning Program
B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Kristen Poston
Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., Tufts University
Anjali Prabhu
Professor of French
B.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University (India); M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Duke University
Melissa Price
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., University of Maryland; M.S., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Taryn Provencher
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Syracuse University
Jennie E. Pyers
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Ginny Quinan
Instructor in Neuroscience Laboratory
B.A., Regis College; M.A., Harvard University Extension School
Ryan Alexander Quintana
Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Tennessee (Knoxville); M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Mala Radhakrishnan
Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought
Associate Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Smitha Radhakrishnan
Luella LaMer Associate Professor of Women's Studies
Associate Professor of Sociology
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Marta Rainer
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Antioch University
Carlos Ramos
Professor of Spanish
Licenciatura, Universidad Central de Barcelona; M.A., Emerson College; Ph.D., Boston University
Valerie Ramseyer
Associate Professor of History
A.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Nikhil RaoA
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Paul I. Reisberg
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Ph.D., Rice University
Joy Renjilian-Burgy
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; A.M., Harvard University
Daniela Rivera
Associate Professor of Art
M.F.A., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Petra R. Rivera-Rideau
Assistant Professor of American Studies
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Lois P. Roach
Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.S., Emerson College; M.A., Lesley College
Tanya Roberts
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., University of Nevada (Las Vegas); M.Ed., Holy Names University
Julie A. Roden
Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Lisa Rodensky
Professor of English
B.A., Wellesley College; J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D., Boston University
Mark Römisch
Visiting Lecturer in German
B.A., Staatlich gen. Schauspielstudio Gmelin; M.A., Ludwig-Maximilians-University LMU
Guy M. Rogers
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Classical Studies
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., University of London; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Lawrence A. Rosenwald
Anne Pierce Rogers Professor of American Literature
Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Casey G. Rothschild
Norma Wilentz Hess Associate Professor of Economics
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Noah Rubin
Lecturer in Education
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.S., Bank Street College of Education; Ph.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education
Sayres Rudy
Visiting Lecturer in Political Science
B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Columbia University
David Russell
Lecturer in Music
Co-Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society
Music Performance Faculty in Cello
B.M., Eastman School; M.M., University of Akron; D.M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Markella B. Rutherford
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Mississippi College; M.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Daniel Ryan
Music Performance Faculty in Keyboard Skills
B.A., Boston University
Niki Rybko
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., University of Florida, Gainesville; M.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Margery M. Sabin
Lorraine C. Wang Professor of English
B.A., Radcliffe College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Nancy Scherer
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Lafayette College; J.D., Emory University; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Jennifer L. Schmidt
Visiting Lecturer in Geosciences
B.S., University of Arizona; M.S., University of California, Santa Barbara
Lauren E. Schoenberger
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.A., American University; M.S., Ithaca College
Andrew Schultz
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Davidson College; M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University
Inela Selimović
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D, University of Kentucky
Andrea S. Sequeira
Professor of Biological Sciences
M.S., Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Orit Shaer
Class of 1966 Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Academic College of Tel-Aviv; M.S., Ph.D., Tufts University
Lois Shapiro
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano
B.Mus., Peabody Institute of Music; M.Mus., Yale University School of Music; D.Mus., Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington)
Kartini ShastryA2
Associate Professor of Economics
A.B., Brown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Andrew Shennan
Professor of History
Provost and Lia Gelin Poorvu ’56 Dean of the College
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Cambridge University (Corpus Christi College)
Vernon L. Shetley
Professor of English
A.B., Princeton University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Neelima Shukla-BhattA
Associate Professor of South Asia Studies
B.A., M.A., Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda (India); M.Div., Ph.D., Harvard University
Randy Shull
Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Humboldt State University; M.S., University of New Hampshire; M.A., Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Frederic W. ShultzA1
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Olga Shurchkov
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniel Sichel
Professor of Economics
B.A., M.P.P., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Princeton University
Marilyn Sides
Senior Lecturer in English
B.A., M.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Linda M. Sieck
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., William Paterson College
Edward Silver
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., University of Minnesota (Twin Cities); A.M., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Susan E. Skeath
Professor of Economics
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Christa D. Skow
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
B.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Stephen Slivan
Instructor in Astronomy Laboratory
S.B., S.M., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Quinn SlobodianA
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Lewis & Clark College; Ph.D., New York University
Alexandria Smith
Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., Syracuse University; M.A., New York University; M.F.A., Parsons The New School for Design
Mingwei Song
Associate Professor of Chinese
B.A., Shandong University; M.A., Fudan University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Tessa Spillane
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Smith College
Rachel StanleyA2
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Glenn Stark
Professor of Physics
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Jane E. Starkman
Music Performance Faculty in Baroque Violin
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Raymond James Starr
Theodora Stone Sutton Professor of Classics
Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Filomina Chioma SteadyA1
Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Boston University; B.Litt., D.Phil., Oxford University
Suzanne E. Stumpf
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Flute, Baroque Flute, and Chamber Music
B.A., Wellesley College
Yui Suzuki
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
A.B., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., Duke University
Joseph Swingle
Senior Lecturer in Sociology
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Jill Ann Syverson-Stork
Senior Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Olga Talroze
Senior Coach/Accompanist
B.M., M.M, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Jenny Chui-Chun Tang
Lecturer in Music
Co-Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano and Keyboard Skills
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Qiuyan Tang
Lecturer in Chinese
B.A., Nanjing Normal University; M.A., Fudan University
Jonathan Tannenhauser
Lecturer in Mathematics
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Corrine Taylor
Senior Lecturer in the Quantitative Reasoning Program
Director, Quantitative Reasoning Program
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Marc J. Tetel
Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Shiao-Wei ThamA
Associate Professor of Chinese
B.A., National University of Singapore; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Sally A. Theran
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Marcia E. Thomas
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
B.S., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Smith College
Rebecca Thornblade
Music Performance Faculty in Cello
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., Juilliard School
Brian Tjaden
Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Amherst College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Eiko Torii-Williams
Senior Lecturer in Japanese
B.A., Kansai University (Osaka); Ed.M., Ph.D., Boston University
David Towlun
Theatre Production Manager
M.F.A., Purchase College (State University of New York)
Donna R. Trainor
Senior Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., University of Rochester; Ph.D., University of Akron
Marie-Paule Tranvouez
Senior Lecturer in French
D.U.T., Institut Universitaire de Technologie, (Brest); M.A., State University of New York (Stony Brook); Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara)
Ann TrenkA2
Professor of Mathematics
A.B., Harvard University; M.S., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Nina Tumarkin
Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies
Professor of History
B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Franklyn A. Turbak
Associate Professor of Computer Science
S.B., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Shelby Turcotte
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., University of Southern Maine
James TurnerA
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Washington and Lee University; A.M., Brown University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Diane Tutin
Lecturer in Education
B.A., Clark University; M.Ed., Framingham State College
L. Terrell Tyler, Jr.
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Southwestern University (Memphis); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Catherine Ulissey
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Emerson College
Jeffrey Ulrich
Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Adam Van Arsdale
Associate Professor of Anthropology
B.A., B.S., Emory University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Carlos Alberto VegaA2
Professor of Spanish
A.B., Columbia University; A.M., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Harvard University
Ann Velenchik
Associate Professor of Economics
Dean of Academic Affairs
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Monica Capobianco
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., Wagner College; M.S., Boston College
Carla M. Verschoor
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of Illinois (Urbana); Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Maurizio S. Viano
Professor of Cinema and Media Studies
Laurea in Lettere Moderne, University of Genova; Ph.D., University of Oregon
Lynne Spigelmire Viti
Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., J.D., Boston College
Ismar VolićA2
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Boston University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Sarah Wall-Randell
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Wellesley College; M.Phil, St. John’s College (Oxford University); Ph.D., Harvard University
Maria Waller
Instructor in Geosciences Laboratory
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., University of Massachusetts
Julie Walsh
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
Helen P. Wang
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Qing (Wendy) Wang
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Beijing Normal University; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
David WardA2
Professor of Italian Studies
B.A., University of East Anglia (England); M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Lauri L. Wardell
Senior Instructor in Physics Laboratory
B.S., Fort Lewis College; M.S., University of Kentucky
Kera M. Washington
Senior Music Performance Faculty in African Diaspora Drumming
Director, Yanvalou
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Wesleyan University
Sara Wasserman
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Wesley Andres Watters
Diana Chapman Walsh Assistant Professor of Astronomy
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Catherine Wearing
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., McGill University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Deborah Weaver
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Certificate, London School of Contemporary Dance
Andrew C. WebbA
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Ph.D., University of Southampton (England)
Dorothy Webb
PERA Professor of the Practice
B.A., University of the Pacific; M.A., Brown University
Akila Weerapana
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Oberlin College; A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
Adam Weiner
Professor of Russian
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Cord J. WhitakerA
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D. Duke University
Ellen B. WidmerA1
Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies
Professor of East Asian Studies
B.A. Wellesley College; M.A., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Michael Wiest
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Jeremy B. Wilmer
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Tom Wilson
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S.Ed., M.A., Central Missouri State University
Paul M. Wink
Nellie Zuckerman Cohen & Anne Cohen Heller Professor in Health Sciences
Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., University of Melbourne; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Adele Wolfson
Nan Walsh Schow‘54 and Howard B. Schow Professor in the Physical and Natural Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Kara Wong
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Wellesley College
Benjamin P. WoodA
Anchor Point Assistant Professor in Computer Science
B.A., Williams College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Winifred Jane Wood
Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., University of Illinois (Urbana); M.A., University of Iowa; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Hannah Woodruff
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Wellesley College
Paula Zeitlin
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Violin and Viola
Director of Wellesley BlueJazz Combos
B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of Chicago
Weina Zhao
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Clark University
Eve Zimmerman
Associate Professor of Japanese
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Columbia University
Daniel Zitnick
Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies
B.A., M.A., University of Michigan
Professors and Administrators Emeriti
Beverly J. Layman Ph.D.
Professor of English
Elizabeth Veeder M.D.
Associate Physician, Health Services
Eleanor A. Gustafson M.S.
Librarian
David R. Ferry Ph.D.
Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English
D. Scott Birney Ph.D.
Professor of Astronomy
Elizabeth V. Rock Ph.D.
Nellie Zuckerman Cohen and Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
Eugene L. Cox Ph.D.
Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of History
Alice B. Robinson Ph.D.
Professor of History
Doris Drescher Cook B.S.
Secretary of the College and Clerk of the Board of Trustees
Jeanne Darlington M.A.
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
Ellen Hall B.A.
Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
Barbara Muise M.A.
Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
Marcia Stubbs M.A.
Lecturer in English
Director of the Writing Program
Dorothea J. Widmayer Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Theresa C. Yao B.A.
Lecturer in Chinese
Katherine Allston Geffcken Ph.D.
Professor of Classical Studies
Ruth Anna Putnam Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Elaine Smith M.A.
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
Paul A. Cohen Ph.D.
Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies and History
James Herbert Loehlin Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Mary V. Lenihan M.A.
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
Rodney J. Morrison Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
Priscilla J. Benson Ph.D.
Professor of Astronomy
Beverly A. Blazar Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Mary D. Coyne Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Laurel Furumoto Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Margaret V. Merritt Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Alan Henry Schechter Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Susan S. Silbey Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Linda B. Miller Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
James F. O’Gorman Ph.D.
Grace Slack McNeil Professor of the History of American Art
Richard William Wallace Ph.D.
Professor of Art
Judith Claire Brown Ph.D.
Professor of Physics
Gerdès Fleurant Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Music
Barbara Leah Harman Ph.D.
Professor of English
Sonja E. Hicks Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Mary Rosenthal Lefkowitz Ph.D.
Andrew W. Mellon Professor in the Humanities
Professor of Classical Studies
Lilian Armstrong Ph.D.
Mildred Lane Kemper Professor of Art
Maud H. Chaplin Ph.D.
Virginia Onderdonk ’29 Professor of Philosophy
Peter J. Fergusson Ph.D.
Theodora L. and Stanley H. Feldberg Professor of Art
Elissa Koff Ph.D.
Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology
Jing-Heng Sheng Ma Ph.D.
Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies
Diana Chapman Walsh Ph.D.
President Emerita
Howard J. Wilcox Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Ann Streeter Batchelder Ed.D.
Professor of Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Judith Rollins Ph.D.
Professor of Africana Studies
Lorraine Elena Roses Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
Elaine Spatz-Rabinowitz M.F.A.
Professor of Art
Margaret D. Thompson Ph.D.
Professor of Geosciences
Mary Mennes Allen Ph.D.
Jean Glasscock Professor of Biological Sciences
Anne T. Gillain Ph.D.
Professor of French
Jerold S. Auerbach Ph.D.
Professor of History
Judith B. Black M.A., M.S.
Associate Professor of Art
Ann Congleton Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Rachel Jacoff Ph.D.
Margaret E. Deffenbaugh and LeRoy T. Carlson Professor in Comparative Literature
Professor of Italian Studies
Micheline E. Jedrey M.S.
College Librarian Emerita
Elizabeth C. Lieberman M.A.
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
John G. Rhodes Ph.D.
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Art
Wilbur C. Rich Ph.D.
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science
R. Steven Schiavo Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Alexia Henderson Sontag Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Margaret Ellen Ward Ph.D.
Professor of German
Michèle M. Respaut Ph.D.
Professor of French
Ann D. Witte Ph.D.
Professor of Economics
William F. Coleman Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Nancy Harrison Kolodny Ph.D.
Nellie Zuckerman Cohen and Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
Vicki E. Mistacco Ph.D.
Professor of French
Thomas Bauer M.A.
Senior Instructor in Physics Laboratory
Edward Hobbs Ph.D.
Professor of Religion
Ifeanyi Menkiti Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Kazuko Ozawa M.A.
Lecturer in Japanese
Wendy Hagen Bauer Ph.D.
Professor of Astronomy
Charles B. Fisk D.M.A
Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music
Nancy P. Genero Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychology
Robert L. Paarlberg Ph.D.
Betty Freyhof Johnson '44 Professor of Political Science
Alan Shuchat Ph.D.
Professor of Mathematics
Marilyn T. Turnbull M.A.
Senior Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
Sheila P. Brachfeld-Child Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Thomas S. Hansen Ph.D.
Professor of German
Gary C. Harris Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Bunny Harvey MFA
Elizabeth Christy Kopf Professor of Art
Simone Helluy Ph.D.
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
Philip L. Kohl Ph.D.
Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies
Professor of Anthropology
Jens Kruse Ph.D.
Professor of German
Lois Wasserspring Ph.D.
Senior Lecturer in Political Science
Marion Dry M.M.
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice
Elena Gascon-Vera Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
David R. Haines Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Chemistry
Andrea Gayle Levitt Ph.D.
Margaret Clapp ‘30 Distinguished Alumna Professor of French and Linguistics
Salem Mekuria M.A.
Professor of Art
Marianne V. Moore Ph.D.
Frost Professor in Environmental Science
Professor of Biological Sciences
William W. Quivers Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Physics
Susan M. Reverby Ph.D.
Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas
Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
Nicholas L. Rodenhouse Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences