Faculty Profiles
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Paul MacDonald
Associate Professor of Political ScienceB.A., University of California (Berkeley); M.A., Ph.D., Columbia UniversityMy primary area of research and teaching in political science is international relations, with a focus on American foreign policy.
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Yoshimi Maeno
Senior Lecturer in JapaneseB.A., Baika Women’s College (Japan); M.A., West Virginia University; Ed.M., Ed.D., Harvard UniversityJapanese Program co-director, interested in Japanese narratives, Japanese pedagogy, second language acquisition, and psycholinguistics.
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Martin A. Magid
Professor of MathematicsB.A., Brown University; M.S., Yale University; Ph.D., Brown UniversityProfessor Magid has been working recently on timelike submanifolds in various ambient spaces.
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Sherry D. Makerney
PERA Associate Professor of the PracticeB.S., University of Northern ColoradoHead golf coach and LPGA Class A teaching professional
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Frances Malino
Sophia Moses Robison Professor of Jewish Studies and HistoryB.A., Skidmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis UniversityDirector of Jewish Studies, research in Jewish and European history, founding member of Digital Heritage Mapping and Diarna project.
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Helen Ward Mannix
Music Performance Faculty in OrganBA, Mount Holyoke College; BM & MM in Organ Performance, New England Conservatory of MusicOrganist and Choir Director at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
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Layli Maparyan
Katherine Stone Kaufmann '67 Executive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women and Professor of Africana StudiesB.A., Spelman College; M.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., Temple UniversityExecutive Director of the Wellesley Centers for Women; expert on the womanist worldview and activist methodology.
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Stephen Anthony Marini
Elisabeth Luce Moore Professor of Christian Studies; Professor of ReligionB.A., Dickinson College; Ph.D., Harvard UniversityAcademic and public interpreter of religion in American history in the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early National periods.
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Louise Marlow
Professor of ReligionB.A., Cambridge University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton UniversityProgram Director for Middle Eastern Studies.
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Nancy Marshall
Adjunct Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender StudiesB.A., Oberlin College; M.A., University of Connecticut (Storrs); Ed.D., Harvard UniversityStudies women and employment, with a focus on working conditions and health and on work-family systems, and studies of child care policy and early care and education.
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Lance Alexander Martin
Music Performace Faculty in Jazz FluteFlute and Theory, Carnegie Mellon University; B.M. Berklee College of Music -
Catherine Masson
Professor of FrenchLicence, Maîtrise, Université de Haute Bretagne (Rennes); Ph.D., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor) -
Irene Mata
Barbara Morris Caspersen Associate Professor of Humanities; Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender StudiesB.A., M.A., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)Interests include Chicana/Latino literature and culture; and analysis of gender, labor, immigration, sexuality, and representation in cultural production.
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Katherine Matasy
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Clarinet and Classical SaxophoneB.A., M.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music -
Y. Tak Matsusaka
Professor of HistoryB.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityJapanese specialist focusing on Japanese imperialism, nationalism of the Meiji era, and the history of the Imperial Japanese Army.
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Julie Ann Matthaei
Professor of EconomicsB.A., University of Michigan (Ann Arbor); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale UniversityMarxist-feminist-anti-racist-ecological economist, specializing in women, gender, feminism, and work, and involved in research about and promotion of the emerging solidarity economy.
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Jaclyn Hatala Matthes
Assistant Professor of Biological SciencesA.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)Ecologist investigating ecosystem disturbances, including insect and pathogen outbreaks and climate change.
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Erich Hatala Matthes
Assistant Professor of PhilosophyB.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)Researches and teaches moral and political philosophy, environmental ethics, heritage ethics, and philosophy of art.
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Adam G. Matthews
Lecturer in Biological SciencesA.B., Ph.D., Harvard UniversityExpertise in immunology, molecular cell biology, epigenetics, and biochemistry. Enjoys teaching across the curriculum.
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Andrea Matthews
Senior Music Performance Faculty in VoiceA.B., Princeton UniversitySoprano (opera/oratorio/concert), voice teacher, Alexander Technique teacher.
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Heather Rose Mattila
Associate Professor of Biological SciencesB.Sc., Ph.D., University of Guelph (Ontario, Canada)Studies the organization of animal societies, insect communication, and the evolution of cooperation, using the honey bee as a model.
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Deborah C. Matzner
Assistant Professor of AnthropologyB.A., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., New York UniversityCultural anthropologist of media and South Asia specializing in the ethnography of media production and visual culture in India.
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Amanda M. McCarthy
Senior Instructor in Chemistry LaboratoryB.S., M.S., Syracuse UniversityInvolved in teaching and developing both introductory and organic chemistry laboratories.
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Janet McDonough
Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences LaboratoryB.S., Simmons College; M.S., Harvard UniversityInterested in science education, designing engaging labs, and expanding student science outreach to the community.
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Patrick J. McEwan
Professor of EconomicsB.A., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); M.A., Ph.D., Stanford UniversityResearch in the economics of education, applied econometrics, impact evaluation, and Latin American education and social policy.
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Phyllis McGibbon
Elizabeth Christy Kopf Professor of ArtB.F.A., M.F.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison)Visual artist working in a range of graphic media, i.e. prints, drawings, artist books, photomontages, and installations.
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Tracy L. McGinnis
Music Performance Faculty in BassoonB.M.A.S., University of Delaware; M.M., New England Conservatory of Music -
Mary Kate McGowan
Margaret Clapp ’30 Distinguished Alumna Professor of PhilosophyB.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton UniversityProfessor of metaphysics, philosophy of language and law; also teaches logic and various seminars.
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Alison G. McIntyre
Virginia Onderdonk ’29 Professor of PhilosophyB.A., M.A., Tufts University; Ph.D., Princeton UniversityMain interests: philosophy of mind, moral theory, the history of moral philosophy, especially 18th-century British moral psychology.
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Robin McKnight
Associate Professor of EconomicsB.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyHealth economist, using the tools of economics to answer questions about health policy.
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Kim Katris McLeod
Professor of AstronomyB.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of ArizonaInvolved with youth of all kinds: some of the most distant galaxies, the smallest stars in our Milky Way, and students and kids of my own.
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Martha McNamara
Director of New England Arts & Architecture ProgramExpert in New England art and architecture. Co-directs the architecture program.
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Craig McNutt
Senior Music Performance Faculty in PercussionB.M., Hartt School of Music; M.M., Yale University; D.M.A., New England Conservatory of Music -
Salem Mekuria
Professor of ArtB.A., Macalester College; M.A., San Francisco State UniversityIndependent film producer, writer, director and video installation artist who teaches film history and video production.
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Ifeanyi A. Menkiti
Professor Emeritus of PhilosophyB.A., Pomona College; M.S., Columbia University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Harvard University -
P. Takis Metaxas
Professor of Computer ScienceB.Sc., University of Athens (Greece); Ph.D., Dartmouth CollegeEngaged in research on Web Science, Web Spam and Information Retrieval, Medical s/w, Parallel Computing, Multimedia, and CS Education.
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Susan L. Meyer
Professor of EnglishB.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., University of California (Los Angeles); M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale UniversityLiterary critic specializing in Victorian and American literature. Children's author.
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Cercie Miller
Senior Music Performance Faculty in Jazz Saxophone; Director, Wellesley BlueJazzDirector, Wellesley BlueJazz Big Band, and Jazz and World Music Program DirectorJazz saxophonist, composer, and bandleader. Teacher of jazz improvisation, saxophone and ensemble technique, jazz theory and history of jazz.
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Linda B. Miller
Professor of Political Science EmeritaB.A. Radcliffe College, Ph.D. Columbia UniversityProfessor of Political Science Emerita at Wellesley College
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Vicki E. Mistacco
Professor Emerita of FrenchB.A., New York University; M.A., Middlebury College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale UniversityCommitted to sharing with students the rich heritage of women's writing in France from the Middle Ages to the present.
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Julia Hendrix Miwa
Associate Professor of ChemistryB.A., Haverford College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInterested in understanding how proteins aggregate during the development of Parkinson’s and other neurodegenerative diseases.
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Katrin Monecke
Assistant Professor of GeosciencesB.S., M.S., University of Hannover (Germany); Ph.D., Institute of Technology (Zurich, Switzerland)Sedimentation of tsunami deposits in Southeast Asia, and surficial geology of varied other environments.
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Katharine H.S. Moon
Edith Stix Wasserman Professor of Asian Studies; Professor of Political ScienceA.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton UniversityExpert on the U.S.-Korea alliance and comparative social movements in East Asia (democratization, women's movements, migrant workers, human rights); migration and identity politics.
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Marianne V. Moore
Frost Professor in Environmental Science; Professor of Biological SciencesB.A., Colorado College; M.S., Iowa State University; Ph.D., Dartmouth CollegeExploring biodiversity and anthropogenic change in Lake Baikal, Siberia.
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Codruţa Morari
Associate Professor of FrenchB.A., Babes-Bolyai University (Romania), B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Paris IIIFrench Cinema in International Context, Intellectual History, Aesthetic Theory, History of Film Festivals, Media Theory.
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Carolyn A. Morley
Professor of Theatre Studies and JapaneseB.A., Oberlin College; M.A., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., Columbia UniversityInterests include Japanese theater, in particular the noh and kyogen, and Japanese classical literature and language.
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Andrew Mowbray
Lecturer in ArtB.F.A., Maryland Institute College of Art; M.F.A., Cranbrook Academy of ArtA visual artist interested in the tangibility of materials, the aesthetics and functionality of objects and the performance process of their creation and use.
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James Moyer
Instructor in Chemistry LaboratoryB.S., Marquette University; M.S., Ph.D., Yale UniversityTeaches organic chemistry lab & biochemistry 222. Researched cancer biology, enzymology, metabolism, and discovery of anti-tumor agents.
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Nancy Elliott Mukundan
Instructor in Chemistry LaboratoryB.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Emory UniversityTeaches introductory and analytical chemistry laboratories.
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Craig N. Murphy
Betty Freyhof Johnson ’44 Professor of Political ScienceB.A., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)The politics of globalization and inequality absorb me. I study them using archives, interviews, and direct observation of international development agencies.
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Jacqueline Marie Musacchio
Professor of ArtB.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton UniversitySpecialist in Italian Renaissance and Baroque art.
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Eni Mustafaraj
Assistant Professor of Computer ScienceM.Eng., Polytechnic University of Tirana (Albania); Ph.D., Philipps-Universität Marburg (Germany)Loves data and data science.
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Jennifer Musto
Assistant Professor of Women's and Gender StudiesB.A., DePaul University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)I am an Assistant Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at Wellesley College where I teach courses on gender, sexuality, race, technology, neoliberalism, and globalization.
