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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Associate Professor Emeritus of ChemistryB.A., Earlham College; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana)
Teaches organic chemistry, introductory chemistry, and seminars in medicinal chemistry and advanced organic chemistry, helping students claim understanding and ownership of the material through collaborative work.
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Assistant Professor of Peace & Justice StudiesB.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Emory University
Research on the origins of institutions among marginalized groups in anarchic systems.
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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 increasing women’s contributions to 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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Conductor, Brandeis-Wellesley OrchestraB.M., Eastman School of Music; M.M., Boston University
Founder and Director of the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra.
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Associate Professor of GermanA.B., M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Focuses on gender, identity, and subjectivity in Germany; teaches at all levels of German curriculum; research on horror films from the 1920s.
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Professor Emeritus of GermanB.A., M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., Harvard University
A primary research interest of his has been German exile literature from the period 1933–1945, an area in which he wrote his dissertation and has published several articles.
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Professor emeritus of Biological SciencesB.S., Bates College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Boston)
Research on plant cell biology, biochemistry, the chloroplast, photosynthesis; teaching cell biology and proteomics.
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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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Music Performance Faculty in OboeB.M., Ohio Wesleyan University; M.M., Manhattan School of Music
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Elizabeth Christy Kopf Professor emerita of ArtB.F.A., M.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design
I am a passionate painter focused on representing both seen and unseen (observed by the other senses) elements of the environment.
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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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Associate Professor of Geosciences EmeritusB.A., Clark Univ.; M.A., George Washington Univ.; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Retired field geologist, petrologist, tectonicist, high-temperature geochemist and U-Pb geochronologist with ongoing research projects in igneous petrology and sedimentary petrology.
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Physical Education Instructor, Dance
Teacher, performer, and choreographer of classical Indian kathak dance; founder and artistic director of Chhandika Institute of Kathak.
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Professor of ChemistryB.A., Rutgers University; M.S., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Design of New Tuberculosis Antimicrobials; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy
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Professor of PsychologyA.B., Brown University; M.Ed., Lesley College; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Former elementary school teacher, now researcher focused on motivation and creativity across cultures.
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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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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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Lecturer in Environmental StudiesB.S., University of Pittsburgh; M.S., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Research Interests: Environmental engineering, life cycle assessment, and the design of sustainable environmental systems.
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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 Emeritus of ReligionPh.B., S.T.B., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Specialist in the field known as hermeneutics (interpretation theory) and in New Testament.
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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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Lecturer in Theatre StudiesB.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.F.A., Brandeis University
A professional scenic designer based in Boston.
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Associate 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 on drug discovery and organic chemistry
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Music Instructor in HarpB.M., Boston University; M.Mus., New England Conservatory of Music
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Director, Wellesley College Theatre; Director, Theatre Studies ProgramB.A., Mundelein College
Engaged in teaching and directing, original works, new scripts and classics. I am involved in the professional future of students.
