Faculty Roster
This is a list of the Wellesley College faculty for the
2013-14 academic year (accurate as of July 1, 2013)
Rachid Aadnani
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
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. AkertA
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
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
Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Angela Bahns
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Kansas
Merrill S.A. Baker-Médard
Visiting Lecturer in Environmental Studies
B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Lamia Balafrej
Instructor in Art
M.A., University of Paris
Amy Banzaert
Visiting Lecturer in Engineering
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
Tamar Barzel
Assistant Professor of Music
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory of Music; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Erin Royston Battat
Visiting Lecturer in English
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
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
Professor of Astronomy
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Hawaii
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
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)
Alexander Berger
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Framingham State University; M.A., Canisius College
Patricia Gray BermanA
Theodora L. and Stanley H. Feldberg Professor of Art
B.A., Hampshire College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Wendy Berry
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., Brighton University
James R. Besancon
Associate Professor of Geosciences
B.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Gurminder Kaur Bhogal
Associate 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
Hélène BilisA1
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Matthew Blanton
Visiting Lecturer in History and American Studies
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Ph.D., University of Michigan
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. BrabanderA
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
Kaća Bradonjić
Visiting Lecturer in Physics
B.S., Northeastern University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston 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
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. BuchholtzA1
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. CainA2
Mary Jewett Gaiser Professor of English
B.A., Tufts University; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
John S. CameronA
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
Monica Capobianco
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., Wagner College; M.S., Boston College
Linda Carli
Senior Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., University of Connecticut; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Angela C. Carpenter
Wellesley Faculty Assistant Professor of Cognitive and Linguistic Sciences
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Dora Carrico-MonizA1
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 CassibryA
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
Stanley S. Chang
Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought
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
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
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
Mary Ellen Clark
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., The Ohio State University
Courtney C. Coile
Class of 1966 Associate Professor of Economics
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
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
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. CrumA2
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
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 DanaherA
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. DeSombreA
Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Pauline de Tholozany
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in French
M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Christen Deveney
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Viriginia Gabriela Diaz
Music Instructor of Violin
B.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Alexander J. Diesl
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., M.A., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Karl-Josef Dietz
Visiting Professor of Biological Sciences
Ph.D., Universität Würzburg
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
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
Donald E. Elmore
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
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
Kristen Fay
Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Tufts University
Oscar E. Fernandez
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., B.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Grace Ferris
Visiting Lecturer in Chemistry
B.A., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., Boston College
Daniel FetterA
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
Charles B. FiskA2
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
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. FriedmanA2
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
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Voice
B.M., Peabody Conservatory of Music; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Charlene Galarneau
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
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
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)
Tracy R. Gleason
Professor of Psychology
A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Minnesota
N. Sean Glover
Visiting Lecturer in Art
B.F.A., School of the Museum of Fine Arts; M.F.A., Carnegie Mellon University
Sharon M. H. Gobes
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., Ultrecht University (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
Katie Goodall
Botany Fellow
B.A., Washington University; M.S., University of Michigan
John Goss
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 GrandjeanA
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Laura Grattan
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Serena Grattarola
Visiting Lecturer in Italian Studies
M.A., California State University (Los Angeles); M.A., Harvard University
Nikki A. Greene
Assistant Professor of 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 GriffithA1
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)
Simon Grote
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 GužauskytėA1
Associate Professor of Spanish
B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Koichi HagimotoA
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. HansA1
Assistant Professor of German
A.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Thomas S. HansenA1
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)
Jane Harrison
Music Instructor in Oboe
B.M., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.M., Manhattan School of Music
Bunny HarveyA1
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
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 Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies
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
Visiting Lecturer 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 HobbsA
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
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
António M.A. Igrejas
Mellon Foundation Lecturer in Portuguese
B.A., University of Massachusetts (Dartmouth); M.A., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Jonathan B. Imber
Jean Glasscock Professor of Sociology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Candice Ivy
Visiting Lecturer in Art
B.F.A., Coker College; M.F.A., School of the Museum of Fine Arts
Michael JeffriesA
Knafel Assistant Professor of Social Sciences
Assistant 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
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
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
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
Sandor Kadar
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.S., Josef Attila University (Hungary); Ph.D., Brandeis 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)
Carla Kaplan
Cornille Distinguished Visiting Professor in the Humanities
B.A., M.A., Univeristy of Illinois (Chicago); Ph.D., Northwestern 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
Margaret Keane
Professor of Psychology
A.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
David Kelley
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Trinity College; M.F.A., University of California (Irvine)
Christopher P. Kenaley
Visiting Lecturer in Biological Sciences
B.Sc., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle)
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
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 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
Nicholas Knouf
Assistant Professor of Cinema and Media Studies
B.S., California Institute of Technology; S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Yu Jin KoA2
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
Martina Königer
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
Diploma, Ph.D., University of Würzburg (Germany)
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
Jens Kruse
Professor of German
Staatsexamen, Universität Hamburg; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
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 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
Gabriel Langfur
Music Instructor of 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
Riyaz Latif
Visiting Lecturer in South Asia Studies
Dip.Arch., Institute of Environmental Design, India; M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota
Flavia LaviosaA2
Senior Lecturer in Italian Studies
B.A., University of Bari (Italy); M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York (Buffalo)
Amanda Leahy
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Bowdoin College
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
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
Associate 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
Callie Lekas
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Wellesley College
Phillip LevineA2
Katharine Coman and A. Barton Hepburn Professor of Economics
B.S., M.S., Cornell University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Andrea Gayle LevittA1
Margaret Clapp '30 Distinguished Alumna Professor of French and Linguistics
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Peggy Levitt
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 LiuA
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
Melinda LopezA
Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Boston University
Margery LucasA1
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
Barbara Lynn-Davis
Visiting Lecturer in Art
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Princeton University
Paul MacDonaldA
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 MalinoA2
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 MariniA2
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
Amy Bliss Marshall
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in East Asian Languages & Cultures and History
B.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Eugene MarshallA
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 MartinA
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Catherine Masson
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
Erich Hatala Matthes
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
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
Knafel Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences
Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.Sc., Ph.D., University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada)
Deborah C. MatznerA
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Jacqueline McAllister
Visiting Lecturer in Political Science
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Northwestern 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
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
Luella LaMer Professor of Women's Studies
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
Meghan McLaughlin
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.S., Saint Michael's College
Kim Katris McLeodA
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
Professor of Art
B.A., Macalester College; M.A., San Francisco State University
Qing-Min MengA
Senior Lecturer in Art
B.F.A, Shanghai Teachers' University; M.F.A., Miami University (Ohio)
Ifeanyi A. Menkiti
Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Pomona College; M.S., Columbia University; M.A., New York 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
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
Darakhshan Mir
Norma Wilentz Hess Fellow in Computer Science
B.Tech., National Institute of Technology (India); M.S., George Washington 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. MoonA
Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies
Professor of Political Science
A.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Marianne V. Moore
Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., Colorado College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Dartmouth College
Codruţa MorariA
Assistant Professor of French
B.A., Babes-Bolyai University (Romania), B.A.,M.A., Ph.D., University of Paris III
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
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
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
Visiting Lecturer in 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)
Maria Dulce F. Natividad
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Women's and Gender Studies
B.A., University of the Philippines; M.P.H., Ph.D., Columbia University
Sam Nelson
Visiting Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Wake Forest University; M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University
Seth Neumuller
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.S., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Kanako Nishikawa
Coach/accompanist
B.M., Toho School of Music (Tokyo); M.M., New England Conservatory
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
Megan Núñez
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Elizabeth Oakes
Instructor in Chemistry Laboratory
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Pashington ObengA2
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
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
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. PaarlbergA
Betty Freyhof Johnson '44 Professor of Political Science
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Harvard University
John S. Park
Visiting Lecturer in Political Science
B.A., University of Toronto; M.Phil., Ph.D., Cambridge 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
Timothy Walter Hopkins PeltasonA1
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
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
Elizabeth Pierce
Visiting Lecturer in Geosciences
B.A., Williams College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Jessica Polito
Lecturer in the Quantitative Reasoning Program
B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Anjali Prabhu
Professor of French
B.A., Jawaharlal Nehru University (India); M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Duke University
Rhys Price Jones
Visiting Lecturer in Computer Science
B.A., University of Oxford; M.Sc., University of Calgary; M.S., Indiana University
Mark David Prokosch
Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.S., University of New Mexico; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Davis)
Taryn Provencher
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Syracuse University
Jennie E. PyersA2
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 QuintanaA
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of Tennessee (Knoxville); M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
William W. Quivers
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)
Marta Rainer
Visiting Lecturer in Theatre Studies
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Antioch University
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
Associate Professor of History
A.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Nikhil RaoA2
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Rachel Reekstin
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., M.A., Concordia University (Irvine)
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
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 RiveraA1
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. RogersA1
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. RosenwaldA
Anne Pierce Rogers Professor of American Literature
Professor of English
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Casey G. Rothschild
Diana Chapman Walsh Assistant Professor of Economics
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Noah A. Rubin
Visiting Lecturer in Education
B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.S., Bank Street College of Education; Ph.D., Harvard Graduate School of Education
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
Nancy Scherer
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Lafayette College; J.D., Emory University; Ph.D., University of Chicago
Andrew SchultzA
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
Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
M.S., Ph.D., University of Buenos Aires (Argentina)
Orit Shaer
Clare Boothe 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
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 ShastryA1
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. ShetleyA
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
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. 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 SilverA
Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., University of Minnesota (Twin Cities); A.M., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Steven Simon
Visiting Lecturer in Mathematics
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences (New York University)
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 SlobodianA
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., Lewis & Clark College; Ph.D., New York University
Margery Sokoloff
Visiting Lecturer in English
B.A., Ph.D., Yale 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 SoutherdenA
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
Erinn Staley
Visiting Lecturer in the Writing Program
B.A., Rhodes College; M.Div., Yale Divinity School; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Glenn StarkA
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 Clarice 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
Kenzo Sung
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in Education
B.A., Ph.D, University of California (Berkeley); M.Ed., Harvard University
Yui Suzuki
Assistant 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
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
Class of 1966 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 TjadenA
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
Monika Totten
Visiting Lecturer in German
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
David Towlun
Theatre Production Manager
M.F.A., Purchase College (State University of New York)
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. TurbakA
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
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
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
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
Benjamin Vining
Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology
B.A., Colgate University; M.A., Ph.D., Boston 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 VolićA2
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Boston University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University
Alison Wade
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Bowdoin College; M.S., Northeastern University
James Wallenstein
Newhouse Visiting Professor of Creative Writing
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Sarah Wall-Randell
Assistant 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
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 WearingA2
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
Kristen Weeks
PERA Assistant Professor of the Practice
B.S., Westfield State College; M.S., University of Massachusetts (Amherst); Ph.D., Simmons College
Akila Weerapana
Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Oberlin College; A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
Adam Weiner
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
Kristin Williams
Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in East Asian Languages & Cultures
B.A., Mary Baldwin College; M.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Harvard University
Jeremy B. WilmerA
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
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)
Miya Woolfalk
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Stanford University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Austin B. Work
Instructor in Physical Education, Recreation and Athletics
B.A., Lewis and Clark College
Elizabeth Marie Young
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
Senior Lecturer in Chinese
B.A., Nanjing University; M.A., Clark University
Eve ZimmermanA2
Associate Professor of Japanese
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Columbia University
Dan Zitnick
Visiting 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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Carol Ann Paul M.A.
Senior Instructor in Neuroscience Laboratory

