Faculty Profiles
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Associate Professor of English; Faculty Director, Pforzheimer Learning and Teaching CenterB.A., Wellesley College; M.Phil, Oxford University (St. John's College); Ph.D., Harvard University
Interests include Renaissance literature, book history, and the history and theory of literary genre.
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Instructor in Geosciences LaboratoryB.A., Wellesley College; M.S., University of Massachusetts
Teaches geosciences labs; Committed to giving students an appreciation for earth processes and an understanding of their impacts.
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Associate Professor of PhilosophyB.A., University of Toronto; M.A., Ph.D., University of Western Ontario
Researches and teaches topics in early modern philosophy, with a focus on theories of human freedom and philosophical method in both rationalist and empiricist traditions.
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Vistiting Lecturer in AnthropologyB.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A., Ph.D., Brandeis University
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Professor of MathematicsB.A., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Professor Wang's research interest is analysis and she teaches in the areas of multivariable calculus and analysis
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Associate Professor of MathematicsB.S., Beijing Normal University; M.S., Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Statistician specializing in topics of U-statistics, nonparametric kernel density estimation, risk estimation, variance estimation, cross-validation, resampling schemes, and extrapolation/interpolation methods.
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Professor of Italian StudiesB.A., University of East Anglia (England); M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Pier Paolo Pasolini; Carlo Levi; Piero Gobetti; Italian antifascist culture; 21st century Italian mystery writers; contemporary Italian narrative; postmodern narrative; narrative theory
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in African Diasporic Drumming and Director of YanvalouB.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Wesleyan University
Focused on Yanvalou Drumming and Dance Ensemble, and African Diasporic drumming.
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Kresa Family Assistant Professor of NeuroscienceB.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Pepperdine University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Research utilizes fruit flies and 'virtual-reality' flight simulators to investigate the neuronal mechanisms that permit the multi-sensory integration required to produce contextually appropriate behavior.
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Associate Professor of AstronomyB.S., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Planetary scientist who studies the planet Mars while teaching courses about the geology and climates of rocky and icy worlds.
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Associate Professor of PhilosophyB.A., McGill University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Researches at the intersection of philosophy of language and cognitive science, focusing especially on figurative language.
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PERA Professor of the PracticeB.A., University of the Pacific; M.A., Brown University
Direct NCAA Division III intercollegiate volleyball program and teach skills and fitness courses in the Physical Education Department.
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Associate Professor of EconomicsB.A., Oberlin College; A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
Interested in macroeconomics, particularly international economics, the economics of conflict, and monetary economics.
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Professor of RussianB.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison)
Teaches Russian language and literature; at Wellesley since 1994.
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Visiting Lecturer in PhysicsB.A., Middlebury College; M.S., Ph.D., Tufts University
I am interested in high energy particle physics, cosmology, and best practices in physics education.
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Associate Professor of EnglishB.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D. Duke University
Researches and teaches late medieval English literature, the history of race, religious and cultural conflict in the Middle Ages, and the modern literary and political uses of medievalism.
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Mayling Soong Professor of Chinese Studies; Professor of East Asian StudiesB.A. Wellesley College; M.A., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
I study traditional Chinese fiction, history of Chinese women's writing, history of the book in China, and missionaries to East Asia.
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Associate Professor of NeuroscienceB.A., Dartmouth College; M.S., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Mission: to determine the distributed neural correlates of perception.
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Associate Professor of PsychologyB.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Harvard University
My research probes how individuals think and see differently to illuminate principles of mind and brain and to inform applied work.
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Nellie Zuckerman Cohen & Anne Cohen Heller Professor in Health Sciences; Professor of PsychologyB.A., M.A., University of Melbourne; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Research interests include adult development; positive psychology; religion and spirituality; altruism; narcissism; wisdom; cross-cultural conceptions of the self.
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Assistant Professor in Computer ScienceB.A., Williams College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
My research develops tools for analyzing software to check critical safety properties and find or prevent bugs.
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Lecturer in ChemistryB.A., Indiana University ; Ph.D., University of California (San Diego)
Creating engaging and active classroom for introductory and organic chemistry courses.
