Faculty Profiles
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Associate Professor of SpanishB.A., Soka University of America; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh
Specialized in 19th and 20th century Latin American literature and culture; also interested in trans-pacific studies.
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Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought; Associate Professor of Peace & Justice StudiesB.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Research on how marginalized communities such as Palestinian refugees improve their well-being.
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Distinguished Senior Lecturer in PhysicsB.A., Wellesley College; M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
I am a researcher, entrepreneur and teacher with a passion for invention and recognizing and increasing underrepresented voices in science.
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Senior Instructor in Chemistry LaboratoryB.A., Russell Sage College; Ph.D., Tufts University
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Senior Lecturer in SpanishB.A., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Specialized in 19th- through 21st-century literature with a focus on Hispanic American narrative and the literary and cultural history of modern Mexico, I am a bilingual scholar, book editor, translator and teacher.
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Music Performance Faculty in Trombone and Jazz TromboneB.M. University of Delaware; M.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music
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Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley OrchestraB.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Boston University
Director of Orchestras, Brandeis University and Wellesley College
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Associate Professor of German StudiesA.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Focuses on gender, identity, and subjectivity in German film, literature, and culture; teaches at all levels of German curriculum; research on independent films made in Austria in the 1930s and on Weimar cinema.
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Visiting Lecturer in Women's & Gender StudiesB.A., Harvard College ; M.S., Harvard School of Public Health ; Ph.D., Harvard University
Global Health and Community Medicine, Development, Evidence and Ethics
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Senior Lecturer in EducationB.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard University
Study of educational philosophy, policy, and practice, and the social sciences, humanities, and other studies relevant to them.
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Visiting Lecturer in Political ScienceB.A., Northern Kentucky University; M.A., Ph.D., Georgia State University
My primary research and teaching interests lie in political psychology and political behavior, focusing on political violence in American elections.
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Double BassB.M., Berklee College of Music; M.M., University of Massachusetts (Lowell)
Performer with jazz groups, classical and theatre orchestras; instructor of beginners to advanced in doublebass and electric bass.
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Senior Instructor in Computer Science LaboratoryB.S., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.S., University of Rhode Island
Expert in computer hardware: the nuts and bolts (or, gates and chips) that make a computer work.
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Class of 1919 – 50th Reunion Professor of Sociology and Women’s and Gender StudiesB.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
* Researches the complexities of contemporary reproduction and how the intersection of reproductive technology, social media, and the wish for intimacy are expanding our ideas about families.
* Researches families in a changing economy and how social inequality at home and in the workplace shape the experiences of women and men.
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Associate Professor of EnglishA.B., Harvard and Radcliffe Colleges; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Specialist in English Romanticism; teaches Romantic Poetry and other literature courses with an emphasis on poetry.
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Professor of Computer ScienceB.S., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Research on human vision combining computer modeling and perceptual studies; interdisciplinary computer science education.
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Professor of EconomicsA.B., Occidental College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Focuses on the history of American business organizations and their governance, and more generally on the role of legal institutions in shaping economic and financial development.
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Professor of MathematicsB.S., Brooklyn College of City University of New York; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
An algebraic topologist who works on homotopy theory in model categories, localizations of model category structures, and homotopy limit and colimit functors.
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Professor of RussianB.A., Pomona College; M.A., Oxford University; A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
Interests include history of 19th-century Russian literature, Russian nature-writing, and Russian music.
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Music Performance Faculty in PianoB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
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Associate Professor of EducationB.A., M.T., University of Virginia; Ed.D., Harvard University
Explores school-community relationships in K-12 urban schools with an emphasis on race, immigration, and culture.
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre StudiesB.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Brandeis University
A professional scenic designer based in Boston.
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Professor of PhysicsB.S., Beijing University; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University
Experimental and theoretical work in complex fluids, mentoring students, using advanced computational tools in undergraduate physics curriculum.
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Instructor in Chemistry LaboratoryB.A., Xiantang University; Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Research areas: inorganic, organic, supramolecular, catalyst, medicinal, and material chemistries.
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Music Performance Faculty in HarpB.M., Boston University; M.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music
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Visiting Lecturer in KoreanB.A., Inha University; M.A., Yonsei University; M.A., Fuller Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Yonsei University
Focused on Korean language pedagogy, language learning experience, identity in language learning and teaching, and metacognition.
