Faculty Profiles
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Visiting Lecturer in SpanishB.A., M.A., The University of Massachusetts Amherst
Extensive experience teaching Spanish, ESL, and Applied Linguistics at the secondary and post secondary level in the U.S., Argentina, and Colombia.
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Senior Coach/Collaborative KeyboardistB.M., M.M, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano and Keyboard Skills; Co-Director, Wellesley Chamber Music SocietyB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Assistant Director of the Chamber Music Society
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Lecturer in ChineseB.A., Nanjing Normal University; M.A., Fudan University
Specialized in teaching Chinese as a foreign language; also a translator of literary fiction from English to Chinese.
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Lecturer in MathematicsA.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Background in theoretical particle physics, focusing on a conjectured equivalence between certain quantum field theories and certain string theories.
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Assistant Professor of ChemistryB.S., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) ; Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interested in protein engineering, optical sensors, Parkinson’s disease, brain injury, teaching introductory chemistry and biochemistry.
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Music Instructor in Voice
My students will experience a holistic approach to singing, rooted in sound pedagogy, artistic passion, and above all, compassion.
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Dorothy and Charles Jenkins, Jr. Distinguished Professor of NeuroscienceB.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Research areas include neuroendocrinology, estrogen and progestin action, brain and behavior.
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Associate Professor of PsychologyB.A., Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Licensed clinical psychologist investigating risk and resilience factors that protect against developmental psychopathology in childhood and adolescence.
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in CelloB.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., Juilliard School
In addition to her work in the Music Dept. at Wellesley, Rebecca is currently a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed with Opera Boston, the Chamber Orchestra of Boston, The Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Cantata Singers.
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Chung Family Professor in Data and Computational Science; Professor of Computer ScienceB.A., Amherst College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Professor of computational biology and computer science.
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Senior Lecturer in JapaneseB.A., Kansai University (Osaka); Ed.M., Ph.D., Boston University
Co-director of Japanese Program; study abroad advisor in Japan; applied linguist.
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Theatre Production ManagerM.F.A., Purchase College (State University of New York)
Theatre production lecturer, production manager, and professional set designer.
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Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone StudiesD.U.T., Institut Universitaire de Technologie, (Brest); M.A., State University of New York (Stony Brook); Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara)
A specialist of the 19th-century French novel; interests include the French novel, pedagogy, cultural studies, and the autobiography.
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Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor in MathematicsA.B., Harvard University; M.S., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Research specialty in graph theory and partially ordered sets, teaches across the mathematics curriculum, outreach to K-12 teachers.
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Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies; Professor of HistoryB.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Historian of Russia, current research on Russian historical memory of the Soviet past.
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Associate Professor of Computer ScienceS.B., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Programs and programming languages are at the heart of both my teaching and research.
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Professor of Environmental StudiesB.S., Washington and Lee University; A.M., Brown University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Researcher on the recent history of U.S. environmental politics and policy, including climate change, the clean energy transition, and public lands management.
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Senior Lecturer in EducationB.A., Clark University; M.Ed., Framingham State College
Experienced educator with interests in children's literature, literacy learning, fostering communities of learners, and special education.
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Hess Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in Computer ScienceB.A., University of California (Santa Cruz); M.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University
Transdisciplinary collaboration via making, fabrication, digitizing the physical world, and physicalizing the digital world