Faculty Roster
This is a list of the Wellesley College faculty for the
2012-13 academic year (accurate as of July 1, 2012)
Rachid Aadnani
Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies
B.A., Universite Moulay Ismail (Morocco); M.A., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., Binghamton University
Brandon Abbs
Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Rana Abdul-Aziz
Lecturer in Middle Eastern Studies
B.A., M.A., Tufts University
Kris Adams
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Vocal Jazz
B.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Marjorie Agosin
Luella LaMer Slaner Professor in Latin American Studies
Professor of Spanish
B.A., University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Eliko Akahori
Music Performance Faculty in Piano
Coach/accompanist
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 Instructor in French Horn
B.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Sarah M. Allen
Assistant Professor of Chinese
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Harvard University
Scott D. Anderson
Lecturer in Computer Science
B.S., Yale University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Diego Arciniegas
Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., Williams College
Justin Armstrong
Visiting Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Wilfred Laurier University (Waterloo, ON); M.A., Ph.D., McMaster University (Hamilton, ON)
Chris R. Arumainayagam A2
Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University
John Babington
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Williams College; J.D., Harvard University
Angela Bahns
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas
Amy Banzaert
Visiting Lecturer in Engineering
B.S., M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Daniela Bartalesi-Graf
Lecturer in Italian Studies
B.A., Harvard University Extension School; M.A., Tufts University
Tamar Barzel
Assistant Professor of Music
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Deborah E. Bauer
Visiting Lecturer in Neuroscience
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Thomas J. Bauer
Senior Instructor in Physics Laboratory
B.A., Wabash College; M.A., University of Idaho
Wendy Hagen Bauer A2
Professor of Astronomy
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Hawaii
Connie Lynn Bauman
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.S., Illinois State University; M.S., Arizona State University; Certificate, Indiana State University
Christopher Baylor
Visiting Lecturer in Political Science
B.A., Muhlenburg College; M.A., Brown University; M.A., University of California (Los Angeles)
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
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 A
Allene Lummis Russell ’46 Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Ph.D., Princeton University
Doug Blum
Visiting Lecturer in Political Science
B.A., Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., Columbia University
Kaća Bradonjić
Visiting Lecturer in Physics
B.S., Northeastern University; M.A., Boston 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
Regan Bernhard
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Wellesley College
Wendy Berry
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., Brighton University
James R. Besancon A
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gurminder Kaur Bhogal
Assistant Professor of Music
B.Mus., Royal College; M.Mus., King’s College; 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
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Molly Thomasy Blasing
Visiting Lecturer in Russian
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Laura Bossert-King
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Viola and Violin
B.M., M.M., Eastman School of Music
Kathleen Boyd
Music Performance Faculty in Flute
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Daniel J. Brabander
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., M.A., Binghamton University; Ph.D., Brown University
Sheila P. Brachfeld-Child
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
Director, Medical Professions Advising
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Martin Alan Brody A2
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 A2
Visiting Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Dickinson College; M.A., University of Sussex (Brighton, England)
Charles Bu
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 A1
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
John S. Cameron
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., College of William and Mary; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Samantha Cameron
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., San Jose State University; M.A., University of California (Los Angeles)
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)
Angela C. Carpenter A
Wellesley Faculty Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Dora Carrico-Moniz A1
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., SUNY (Purchase College); M.S., Ph.D., Yale University
David Carrier
Music Instructor in Organ
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
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
A.B., Barnard College; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., City University of New York
Stanley S. Chang
Associate 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. Cheek A2
Professor of Psychology
B.A., George Washington University; M.A., University of Texas (Austin); Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Dai Chen
Lecturer in Chinese
B.A., Shanghai Teachers’ University; M.A., University of Iowa
Sealing Cheng A
Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
B.S., M.Phil., University of Hong Kong; D.Phil., University of Oxford
Dan Chiasson
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Calvin T. Chin
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
Ed Cho
Visiting Lecturer in Economics
B.A., University of California (San Diego); Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
James David Christie
Wellesley College Organist
B.A., Oberlin College; M.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
Suzanne Cleverdon
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Keyboard Skills and Harpsichord
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Courtney C. Coile A2
Class of 1966 Associate Professor of Economics
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
William F. Coleman
Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Eckerd College; Ph.D., Indiana University (Bloomington)
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
Assistant 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
Bevil R. Conway
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
B.S., McGill University; M.M.Sc., Harvard Medical School; Ph.D., Harvard University
Adam Cooper
Visiting Lecturer in Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Nancy F. Cott
Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University
Robert F. Couture
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Trombone
B.M., New England Conservatory of Music; M.A., University of Massachusetts (Boston)
Elena Tajima Creef
Associate 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)
Tucker R. Crum
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
B.S., Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia; M.S., Long Island University
Lee Cuba
Professor of Sociology
B.S., Southern Methodist University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Selwyn R. Cudjoe A2
Margaret E. Deffenbaugh and LeRoy T. Carlson Professor in Comparative Literature
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
Brett Danaher
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Haverford College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Veronica Darer
Senior Lecturer in Spanish
M.A.T. School for International Training/World Learning; Ph.D., University of Florida
Louise Darling
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Rice University
Venita Datta
Professor of French
A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Helena de Bres
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Victoria University; M.A., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Elizabeth R. DeSombre
Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Viriginia Gabriela Diaz
Music Instructor of Violin
B.M., M.M. New England Conservatory of Music
Alexander J. Diesl A
Assistant 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
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
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., University of California (Santa Barbara); M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Marion Dry
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice
Director, Music Performance Program
A.B., Harvard University; M.M., Northwestern University
Theodore W. Ducas
Professor of Physics
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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
Donald E. Elmore A1
Associate 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 A
Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Elizabeth Falconi
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Anthropology
B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Oscar E. Fernandez
Assistant 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
Assistant Professor of American Studies
A.B., Harvard College; B.A., M.A., Trinity College (Cambridge); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Charles B. Fisk
Phyllis Henderson Carey Professor of Music
A.B., Harvard College; M.M.A., D.M.A., Yale University School of Music
Nolan T. Flynn
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D., University of Illinois
Claire Fontijn A2
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., Oberlin College; Certificate, The Royal Conservatory of The Hague; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Richard G. French
Louise Sherwood McDowell and Sarah Frances Whiting Professor of Astrophysics
Professor of Astronomy
Dean of Academic Affairs
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Alice T. Friedman
Grace Slack McNeil Professor of American Art
Professor of Art
A.B., Radcliffe College; M.Phil., University of London; Ph.D., Harvard University
Gesa Frömming
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in German
M.A., University of Göttingen; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University
Gale Fuller
Music Performance Faculty in Voice
B.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Charlene Galarneau A
Assistant 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
Visiting 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
Elena Gascón-Vera A
Professor of Spanish
Licenciatura, University of Madrid; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Barbara Geller
Professor of Religion
A.B., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Nancy P. Genero A1
Associate Professor of Psychology
A.B., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
C. Pat Giersch
Associate 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
Associate Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Lacy Gillotti
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Fitchburg State College; M.S., Springfield College
Tracy R. Gleason
Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought
Associate Professor of Psychology
A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Sharon M. H. Gobes
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Ultrecht University (The Netherlands)
Stacie Goddard
Associate Professor of Political Science
A.B., University of Chicago; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia 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 Grandjean
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Laura Grattan A
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Nikki A. Greene
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Africana Studies and Art
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Delaware
Brenna W. Greer
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)
Anna Grinfeld
Visiting Lecturer in Jewish Studies
B.A., M.A., Hebrew University (Jerusalem); Ph.D., Université Paris VIII (Saint Denis)
Scott E. Gunther A2
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 Gužauskytė
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Koichi Hagimoto
Assistant Professor of Spanish
B.A., Soka University of America, M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
David R. Haines
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Earlham College; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana)
Nadya S. Hajj
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Mona Lambracht Hall
Senior Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., Russell Sage College; Ph.D., Tufts University
Nancy Abraham Hall
Senior Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Neal Louis Hampton
Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra
B.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Boston University
Hahrie Han
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Anjeana K. Hans A
Assistant Professor of German
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Thomas S. Hansen A2
Professor of German
B.A., M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Marianne Harkless
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
David Harris
Music Instructor in Jazz Trombone
B.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Gary C. Harris
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Bates College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Boston)
Daniel E. Harris-McCoy
Visiting Lecturer in Classical Studies
B.A., Reed College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Jane Harrison
Music Instructor in Oboe
B.M., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.M., Manhattan School of Music
Bunny Harvey
Elizabeth Christy Kopf Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design
Miyuki Hatano-Cohen
Lecturer in Japanese
B.A., Tohoku Gakuin University
Kenneth S. Hawes
Senior Lecturer in Education
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard University
David P. Hawkins A2
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
Simone Helluy
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
Maîtrise des Sciences, Doctorat, USTL (France); Ph.D., University of Alberta (Canada)
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 Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Alison Hickey
Associate Professor of English
A.B., Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Monica R. Higgins
Postdoctoral Fellow in Environmental Studies
B.S., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., University of Michigan
Ellen C. Hildreth
Professor of Computer Science
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Eric Hilt
Associate 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
Edward Craig Hobbs
Professor of Religion
Ph.B., S.T.B., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Thomas Peter Hodge
Professor of Russian
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Oxford University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Randall Hodgkinson
Music Performance Faculty in Piano
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Soo Hong
Assistant Professor of Education
B.A., M.T., University of Virginia; Ed.D., Harvard University
Greg Hopkins
Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Trumpet
Leah Hottois
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation, and Athletics
B.A., Texas A&M University
Janie E. Howland
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Brandeis University
Yue Hu
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Beijing University; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Adrian Huang
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.S., Xian Tang University; M.S., Duquesne 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, Theatre and Theatre Studies Program
B.A., Mundelein College
Jonathan B. Imber A
Jean Glasscock Professor of Sociology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Michael Jeffries A2
Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor of American Studies
A.B., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Laura Jeppesen
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Viola da Gamba
B.A., Wheaton College; M.M., Yale University
Doug Johnson
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Piano
B.M., Michigan State University; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Jeannine Johnson
Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Haverford College; Ph.D., Yale University
Jenny Olivia Johnson A
Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Barnard College; M.M., Manhattan School of Music; Ph.D., New York University
Kristina Niovi Jones
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Director, Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
B.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California
William A. Joseph A2
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Joseph P. Joyce
Professor of Economics
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Marion R. Just
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Political Science
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Stella Kakavouli
Instructor in Computer Science Laboratory
B.S., National Technical University (Athens, Greece); M.S., Brown University
Gamil Kaliouby
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Ain Shams University (Egypt); M.A., Military Academy (Egypt)
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 A
Professor of Psychology
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Kelley A2
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Trinity College; M.F.A., University of California (Irvine)
Megan Kerr
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Pinar Keskin-Bonatti
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Bilkent University; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Julia King
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.A., Bowdoin College; M.A., Trinity College
Steve Kirby
Music Instructor 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
Monica Klien
Visting Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., Arizona State University; M.A., Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico; Ph.D., Boston 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
Philip L. Kohl
Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies
Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Columbia University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Nancy Harrison Kolodny
Nellie Zuckerman Cohen and Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Martina Königer
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Diploma, Ph.D., University of Würzburg (Germany)
Joel Krieger
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
Jens Kruse A1
Professor of German
Staatsexamen, Universität Hamburg; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Kyra Kulik-Johnson
Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Boston College; Ed.M., Harvard University Graduate School of Education; Ph.D., Boston College
Brian K. Kuscher
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.A., Franklin Pierce University; M.A., Concordia University
Megan LaBella
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Boston University
Michelle LaBonte
Instructor in Biological Sciences Laboratory
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Yuan-Chu Ruby Lam
Professor of Chinese
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Karen Lange
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Steve Langone
Music Instructor in Jazz-Rock-Latin Drums
B.A., Berklee College of Music
Riyaz Latif
Visiting Lecturer in South Asia Studies
Dip.Arch., Institute of Environmental Design, India; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Flavia Laviosa
Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies
B.A., University of Bari (Italy); M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)
Josh Lederman
Visiting Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Clark University; M.F.A., Boston University; Ph.D., Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Eun-Jo Lee
Visiting Lecturer in Korean
B.A., Ewha Women’s University; M.A., University of Texas (Austin)
Sohie Moody 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
Assistant Professor of Korean
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Yonsei University; Ph.D., Ohio State University
Yoon Sun Lee
Professor of Engish
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Yale University
Phillip Levine
Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics
B.S., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Andrea Gayle Levitt A2
Margaret Clapp ’30 Distinguished Alumna Professor of French and Linguistics
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Peggy Levitt A2
Professor of Sociology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.S., Columbia University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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
Kenneth Loewit
Theatre Production Manager
Melinda Lopez
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Boston University
Adrienne Lucas A
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Margery Lucas
Professor of Psychology and Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rochester
Barry Lydgate
Professor of French
B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Kathryn L. Lynch
Katharine Lee Bates and Sophie Chantal Hart Professor of English
Dean of Faculty Affairs
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia
Paul MacDonald
Assistant 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 Assistant 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
Stephen Anthony Marini
Elisabeth Luce Moore Professor of Christian Studies
Professor of Religion
B.A., Dickinson College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Louise Marlow A
Professor of Religion
B.A., Cambridge University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Amy Bliss Marshall
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in East Asian Languages & Literatures and History
B.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Eugene Marshall
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
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 Performace Faculty in Jazz Flute
Meredith Martin A1
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Catherine Masson A
Professor of French
Licence, Maîtrise, Université de Haute Bretagne (Rennes); Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Irene Mata
Assistant 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 Matsusaka
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Julie Ann Matthaei
Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Adam G. Matthews
Visiting 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 A
Knafel Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences
Assistant 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
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
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Phyllis McGibbon A2
Professor of Art
B.F.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Tracy L. McGinnis
Music Performance Faculty in Bassoon
B.M.A.S., University of Delaware; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Mary Kate McGowan
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
Music Performance Faculty in Percussion
B.M., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music
Julia M. McPhee
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Trinity College
Salem Mekuria A2
Luella LaMer Professor of Women’s Studies
Professor of Art
B.A., Macalester College; M.A., San Francisco State University
Qing-Min Meng
Senior Lecturer in Art
B.F.A, Shanghai Teachers’ University; M.F.A., Miami University (Ohio)
Ifeanyi A. Menkiti A
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Pomona College; M.S., Columbia University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Emileigh M. Mercer
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
A.B., Bowdoin College
P. Takis Metaxas
Professor of Computer Science
B.Sc., University of Athens (Greece); Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Robert Meyer
Biedenharn Distinguished Visiting Professor of Physics
B.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
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
Vicki E. Mistacco
Professor of French
B.A., New York University; M.A., Middlebury College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Julia Hendrix Miwa
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Haverford College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Tony Mohammed
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.A., Kenyon College; M.A., St. Lawrence University
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
Marianne V. Moore A1
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., Colorado College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Codruţa Morari
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., Babes-Bolyai University (Romania), B.A.,M.A., Ph.D., University of Paris III
Carolyn A. Morley A
Professor of Theatre Studies and Japanese
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., Columbia University
Andrew Mowbray
Visiting 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 A
M. Margaret Ball Professor of International Relations
Professor of Political Science
B.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Jacqueline Marie Musacchio
Professor of Art
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Eni Mustafaraj
Norma Wilentz Hess Fellow in Computer Science
M.Eng., Polytechnic University of Tirana (Albania); Ph.D., Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)
Maria Dulce F. Natividad
Visiting Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies
B.A., University of the Philippines; M.P.H., Ph.D., Columbia University
James William Noggle
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. Norem
Margaret Hamm Professor of Psychology
A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Elizabeth Oakes
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Pashington Obeng
Associate Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., University of Ghana; Th.M., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Boston University
Kimberly H. O’Donnell
Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
James Oles
Senior Lecturer in Art
B.A., Yale University; J.D., University of Virginia; M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
David Olsen A
Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Washington (Seattle); M.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Keri O’Meara
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.A., Montclair State University; Ed.M., Bloomsburg University
R. Alexander D. Orquiza
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American Studies
B.A., University of California (Berkeley); M.S., University of Edinburgh; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Alejandra Osorio A2
Associate Professor of History
B.A., M.A., New York University; Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook
Geofred Osoro
Visiting 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
Kazuko Ozawa
Lecturer in Japanese
B.A., Sacred Heart University (Tokyo)
Robert L. Paarlberg
Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political Science
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Sergio Parussa
Associate Professor of Italian Studies
Laurea in Lettere, Università degli studi di Torino (Italy); M.A., Ph. D., Brown University
Donna A. Patterson
Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., University of Houston; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University
Carol Ann Paul A
Senior Instructor in Neuroscience Laboratory
B.A., Keele University (England)
Timothy Walter Hopkins Peltason A2
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
James Michael Petterson A2
Professor of French
B.A., Reed College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Caitlin Pickul
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Providence College; M.B.A., Loyola University Chicago
Jessica Polito
Lecturer in the Quantitative Reasoning Program
B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Anjali Prabhu
Associate Professor of French
B.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University (India); M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Duke University
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
Ryan Alexander Quintana
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of Tennessee (Knoxville); M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
William W. Quivers A
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Morehouse College; S.M., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mala Radhakrishnan
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Smitha Radhakrishnan
Assistant Professor of Sociology
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Yasmine Ramadan
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Middle Eastern Studies
B.A., M.A., American University (Cairo); M.A., M.Phil., Columbia University
Carlos Ramos
Professor of Spanish
Licenciatura, Universidad Central de Barcelona; M.A., Emerson College; Ph.D., Boston University
Valerie Ramseyer A
Associate Professor of History
A.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Nikhil Rao
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
Dave Renninger
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Connecticut College
Susan M. Reverby A
Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas
Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
B.S., Cornell University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Boston University
Daniela Rivera
Assistant Professor of Art
M.F.A., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Lois P. Roach
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.S., Emerson College; M.A., Lesley College
Nicholas L. Rodenhouse
Frost Professor in Environmental Science
Professor of Biological Sciences
A.B., Hope College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Lisa Rodensky
Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor in the Humanities
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Wellesley College; J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D., Boston University
Guy M. Rogers A2
Mildred Lane Kemper 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
Assistant Professor of Economics
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Russell
Music Performance Faculty in Cello
Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society
B.M., Eastman School; M.M., University of Akron; D.M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook)
Dana Russian
Music Performance Faculty in Trumpet
B.A., Colby College
Markella B. Rutherford
Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., Mississippi College; M.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Margery M. Sabin
Lorraine C. Wang Professor of English
B.A., Radcliffe College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Britt Salapek
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., M.S., Slippery Rock University
Gabriella Sanchez
Visiting Lecturer in Women’s and Gender Studies
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Arizona State University
Nancy Scherer
Jane Bishop ’51 Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Lafayette College; J.D., Emory University; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Andrew Schultz
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Davidson College; M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University
Adam Schwartz
Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Macalester College; M.A., University of Chicago; M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa
Betsy Lin Seder
Visiting Lecturer in Art
B.A., Brown University; M.A, New York University; M.F.A., University of California (Irvine)
Inela Selimović
Visiting Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., University of the South; M.A., Ph.D, University of Kentucky
Andrea S. Sequeira A2
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
M.S., Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Matthew Sergi
Assistant Professor of English
B.F.A., New York University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Orit Shaer A
Luce Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Academic College of Tel-Aviv; M.S., Ph.D., Tufts University
Sima Shakhsari
Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies
B.S., M.A., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Carla Shalaby
Visiting Lecturer in Education
B.A., M.Ed., Rutgers College; M.Ed., Harvard Graduate School of Education
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 Shastry A
Assistant Professor of Economics
A.B., Brown University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Aaron Sheehan
Music Performance Faculty in Voice
B.A., Luther College; M.M., Indiana University (Bloomington)
Andrew Shennan
Professor of History
Provost and 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
Alan Shuchat
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Neelima Shukla-Bhatt
Assistant 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. Shultz
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Olga Shurchkov
Assistant 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
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 Slobodian
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Lewis & Clark College; Ph.D., New York University
Sally Sommers Smith
Lecturer in Biological Sciences
B.A., Grinnell College; Ph.D., Tufts University School of Medicine
Mingwei Song
Assistant Professor of Chinese
B.A., Shandong University; M.A., Fudan University; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Francesca Southerden
Assistant Professor of Italian Studies
B.A., University of Oxford (Somerville College); M.St., D.Phil., University of Oxford (Hertford College)
Tessa Spillane
PERA Associate Professor of the Practice
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Smith College
Glenn Stark
Professor of Physics
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Jane E. Starkman
Music Instructor 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 Steady
Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Boston University; B.Litt., D.Phil., Oxford University
Nathan L. Stewart
Visiting Lecturer in Biological Sciences
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Alaska (Fairbanks)
Suzanne E. Stumpf
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Flute, Baroque Flute, and Chamber Music
B.A., Wellesley College
Yui Suzuki
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
A.B., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., Duke University
Joseph Swingle
Lecturer in Sociology
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Andre Switala
Visiting Lecturer in Economics
A.M., Ph.D., Brown University
Jill Ann Syverson-Stork
Senior Lecturer in Spanish
B.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Olga Talroze
Coach/accompanist
B.M., M.M, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
Jenny Chui-Chun Tang
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano and Keyboard Skills
Assistant Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society
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
Associate Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Shiao-Wei Tham
Assistant 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 Instructor in Cello
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., Juilliard School
Brian Tjaden
Theresa Mall Mullarkey Associate 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
Donna R. Trainor
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 Trenk
Professor of Mathematics
A.B., Harvard University; M.S., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Nina Tumarkin
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
Marilyn T. Turnbull
Senior Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., University of California (Berkeley)
James Turner
Assistant 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
Adam Van Arsdale
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., B.S., Emory University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Didem Vardar-Ulu
Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Bilkent University (Turkey); Ph.D., Boston University
Carlos Alberto Vega
Professor of Spanish
A.B., Columbia University; A.M., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Harvard University
Carlos M. Vega
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Kenyon College; M.S., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Ann Velenchik
Associate Professor of Economics
Director, Writing Program
B.S.F.S., Georgetown University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Margaret Vendryes
Visiting Lecturer in Art
B.A. Amherst College; M.A. Tulane University; Ph.D., Princeton University
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
Wilton L. Virgo
Diana Chapman Walsh Assistant Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Princeton; Ph.D., Arizona State University
Lynne Spigelmire Viti
Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., J.D., Boston College
Ismar Volić
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Boston University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Donna Volpe Strouse
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Boston College; M.S., Psy.D., Nova Southeastern University
James Wallenstein
Newhouse Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Maria Waller
Instructor in Geosciences Laboratory
B.A., Wellesley College; M.S., University of Massachusetts
Sarah Wall-Randell A1
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Wellesley College; M.Phil, St. John’s College (Oxford University); Ph.D., Harvard University
Helen P. Wang
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
David Ward
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
Lois Wasserspring
Senior Lecturer in Political Science
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Princeton University
Wesley Andres Watters
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. Webb
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Ph.D., University of Southampton (England)
Dorothy Webb
PERA Associate 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 A
Associate Professor of Russian
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Ellen B. Widmer
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
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Jeremy B. Wilmer
Assistant 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
Class of 1949 Professor in Ethics
Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., University of Melbourne; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Adele Wolfson A1
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
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)
Austin B. Work
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Lewis and Clark College
Elizabeth Marie Young A
Knafel Assistant Professor of Humanities
Assistant Professor of Classical Studies
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Tom Zajac
Music Performance Faculty in Recorder and Early Winds
Director, Wellesley Collegium Musicum
B.A., Northern Illinois University; M.F.A., Sarah Lawrence College
Ina Zdorovetchi
Music Instructor in Harp
B.M., Bucharest University of Music; B.M., Boston Conservatory; M.M., Boston University College of Fine Arts
Paula Zeitlin
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Violin
B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of Chicago
Weina Zhao
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
Lena Zuckerwise
Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Professors and Administrators Emeriti
Beverly J. Layman Ph.D.
Professor of English
Elizabeth Veeder M.D.
Associate Physician, Health Service
Gabriel H. Lovett Ph.D.
Professor of Spanish
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
Owen H. Jander Ph.D.
Catherine Mills Davis Professor of Music
Elizabeth V. Rock Ph.D.
Nellie Zuckerman Cohen and Anne Cohen Heller Professor of Health Sciences
Professor of Chemistry
Rene Galand Ph.D.
Professor of French
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
Philip J. Finkelpearl Ph.D.
Anne Pierce Rogers Professor of English
Dorothea J. Widmayer Ph.D.
Professor of Biological Sciences
Theresa C. Yao B.A.
Lecturer in Chinese
Doris Holmes Eyges A.M.
Lecturer in English
Katherine Allston Geffcken Ph.D.
Professor of Classical Studies
Marshall Irwin Goldman Ph.D.
Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Economics
Roger A. Johnson Th.D.
Elisabeth Luce Moore Professor of Christian Studies
Professor of Religion
Ruth Anna Putnam Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
Elaine Smith M.A.
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
Anne de Coursey Clapp Ph.D.
Professor of Art
Blythe McVicker Clinchy Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Paul A. Cohen Ph.D.
Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies and History
James Herbert Loehlin Ph.D.
Professor of Chemistry
Ingrid H. Stadler Ph.D.
Professor of Philosophy
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
James Wilson Rayen M.F.A.
Elizabeth Christy Kopf Professor of Art
Alan Henry Schechter Ph.D.
Professor of Political Science
Susan S. Silbey Ph.D.
Professor of Sociology
Barbara Miriam Brenzel Ed.D.
Professor of Education
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
Harold E. Andrews III Ph.D.
Professor of Geosciences
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
Anthony C. Martin Ph.D.
Professor of Africana 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
Edward A. Stettner Ph.D.
Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science
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
Karl E. Case Ph.D.
Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics
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
Claire Zimmerman Ph.D.
Professor of Psychology
Michèle M. Respaut Ph.D.
Professor of French
Ann D. Witte Ph.D.
Professor of Economics

