Faculty
EMERITI
Tom Gerety, President and Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus. B.A. (1969), M.Phil. (1974), J.D. (1976), Ph.D. (1976) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1995) Amherst College; L.H.D. (hon.1996) Doshisha University; LL.D. (hon. 1995) Williams College, (hon. 2001) Wesleyan University, (hon. 2003) Amherst College.
Anthony W. Marx, President and Professor of Political Science, Emeritus. B.A. (1981) Yale College; M.P.A. (1986), M.A. (1987), Ph.D. (1990) Princeton University; L.H.D. (hon. 2004) Williams College; A.M. (hon. 2004) Amherst College; L.H.D. (2006) Doshisha University ; L.H.D. (2012) Amherst College.
Peter R. Pouncey, President and Edwin F. and Jessie Burnell Fobes Professor in Greek (Classics), Emeritus. B.A. (1964), M.A. (1967) Oxford University; Ph.D. (1969) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 1985) Amherst College; L.H.D. (hon. 1987) Doshisha University, (hon. 1990) Trinity College; LL.D. (hon. 1985) Williams College, (hon. 1989) Wesleyan University, (hon. 1995) Amherst College.
Hadley P. Arkes, Edward N. Ney Professor in American Institutions (Political Science), Emeritus. B.A. (1962) University of Illinois; Ph.D. (1967) University of Chicago; A.M. (hon. 1977) Amherst College.
David L. Armacost, Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus. B.A. (1965) Pomona College; M.S. (1966), Ph.D. (1969) Stanford University; A.M. (hon. 1980) Amherst College.
Lawrence Alan Babb, Willem Schupf Professor of Asian Languages and Civilizations and Professor of Anthropology, Emeritus. B.A. (1963) University of Michigan; M.A. (1965), Ph.D. (1969) University of Rochester; A.M. (hon. 1980) Amherst College.
Michèle A. Barale, Thalheimer Professor of Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies, Emerita. B.A. (1968), M.A. (1975) Loyola University; Ph.D. (1983) University of Colorado; A.M. (hon. 2002) Amherst College.
Ralph E. Beals, Clarence Francis Professor of Economics, Emeritus. B.S. (1958) University of Kentucky; M.A. (1959) Northwestern University; Ph.D. (1970) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A.M. (hon. 1971) Amherst College.
Robert J. Bezucha, George Daniel Olds Professor of Economics and Social Institutions (History), Emeritus. B.A. (1962) Lawrence University; M.A. (1963), Ph.D. (1968) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 1981) Amherst College.
Michael Birtwistle, Stanley King 1903 Professor of Dramatic Arts (Theater and Dance), Emeritus. B.A. (1960) Wesleyan University; M.F.A. (1962), Ph.D. (1967) Tulane University; A.M. (hon. 1985) Amherst College.
Willis E. Bridegam, Jr., Librarian of the College, Emeritus. B.Mus. (1957) Eastman School of Music; M.S. (1964) Syracuse University; A.M. (hon. 1985) Amherst College.
John A. Cameron, Professor of English, Emeritus. B.B.A. (1952), M.A. (1957), Ph.D. (1963) Yale University; Diploma (1955) University of Edinburgh; A.M. (hon. 1970) Amherst College.
Jay L. Caplan, Professor of French, Emeritus. A.B. (1967) Oberlin College; M.A. (1969), Ph.D. (1973) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1991) Amherst College.
Howell D. Chickering, Jr., G. Armour Craig Professor of Language and Literature, Emeritus. B.A. (1959) Dartmouth College; Ph.D. (1965) Indiana University; A.M. (hon. 1976) Amherst College.
Carol C. Clark, William McCall Vickery 1957 Professor of the History of Art and American Studies, Emerita. A.B. (1969), M.A. (1971) University of Michigan; Ph.D. (1981) Case Western Reserve University; A.M. (hon. 1992) Amherst College.
Richard J. Cody, Eliza J. Clark Folger Professor of English, Emeritus. B.A. (1952) University of London (University College, Southampton); M.A. (1958), Ph.D. (1961) University of Minnesota; A.M. (hon. 1968) Amherst College.
Constance S. Congdon, Playwright-in-Residence, Emerita. B.A. (1969) University of Colorado; M.F.A. (1982) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Margery C. Coombs, Adjunct Professor of Geology, Emerita. A.B. (1967) Oberlin College; M.A. (1968), Ph.D. (1973) Columbia University.
David A. Cox, William J. Walker Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus. B.A. (1970) Rice University; Ph.D. (1975) Princeton University; A.M. (hon. 1988) Amherst College.
Peter Czap, Jr., Henry Winkley Professor of History, Emeritus. B.A. (1953) Rutgers University; Ph.D. (1959) Cornell University; A.M. (hon. 1973) Amherst College.
Jerry P. Dennerline, Olin Professor in Asian Studies (History and Asian Languages and Civilizations) Emeritus. B.A. (1964) Wabash College; M.A. (1966), Ph.D. (1973) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1987) Amherst College.
Jan E. Dizard, Charles Hamilton Houston Professor in American Culture (Sociology), Emeritus. B.A. (1962) University of Minnesota at Duluth; M.A. (1964), Ph.D. (1967) University of Chicago; A.M. (hon. 1978) Amherst College.
Richard D. Fink, George H. Corey Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus. A.B. (1958) Harvard University; Ph.D. (1962) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A.M. (hon. 1971) Amherst College; L.H.D. (1988) Doshisha University.
Stephen A. George, The Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences (Biology and Neuroscience), Emeritus. B.S. (1964) University of British Columbia; Ph.D. (1970) The Johns Hopkins University; A.M. (hon. 1984) Amherst College.
Richard A. Goldsby, Thomas B. Walton Jr. Memorial Professor of Biology, Emeritus. B.A. (1957) University of Kansas; Ph.D. (1961) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 1985) Amherst College.
Peter J. Gooding, Parmly Billings Professor of Hygiene and Physical Education, Emeritus. D.L.C. (1964) Loughborough College; M.S. (1967) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; A.M. (hon. 1981) Amherst College.
Joel E. Gordon, Stone Professor of Natural Science (Physics), Emeritus. A.B. (1952) Harvard University; Ph.D. (1958) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 1969) Amherst College.
George S. Greenstein, Sidney Dillon Professor of Astronomy, Emeritus. B.S. (1962) Stanford University; Ph.D. (1968) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1983) Amherst College.
Allen Guttmann, Emily C. Jordan Folger Professor of English and American Studies, Emeritus. B.A. (1953) University of Florida; M.A. (1956) Columbia University; Ph.D. (1961) University of Minnesota; A.M. (hon. 1971) Amherst College.
Leah D. Hewitt, Professor of French, Emerita. B.A. (1972) Kent State University; M.A. (1974), Ph.D. (1979) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 1995) Amherst College.
Robert C. Hilborn, Amanda and Lisa Cross Professor of Physics, Emeritus. B.A. (1966) Lehigh University; M.A. (1967), Ph.D. (1971) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1987) Amherst College.
Jenny L. Kallick, Professor of Music, Emerita. B. Mus. (1969) University of Southern California; M.M.A. (1973) Yale School of Music; M.Phil. (1986), Ph.D. (1987) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1996) Amherst College.
Thomas R. Kearns, William H. Hastie Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought, Emeritus. A.B. (1959) University of Illinois; LL.B. (1962), M.A. (1964) University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D. (1968) University of Wisconsin; A.M. (hon. 1981) Amherst College.
Heinz Kohler, Willard Long Thorp Professor of Economics, Emeritus. B.A. (1956) Free University of Berlin; M.A. (1958), Ph.D. (1961) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 1969) Amherst College.
Allen Kropf, Julian H. Gibbs Professor in the Natural and Mathematical Sciences (Chemistry), Emeritus. B.S. (1951) Queens College; Ph.D. (1954) University of Utah; A.M. (hon. 1969) Amherst College.
Joseph N. Kushick, Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus. A.B. (1969) Columbia College; Ph.D. (1975) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 1988) Amherst College.
Hua R. Lan, Senior Lecturer in Asian Languages and Civilizations, Emeritus. B.A. (1965), M.A. (1965) Shanghai Normal University; M.Ed. (1987), Ed.D. (1990) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
N. Gordon Levin, Jr., Dwight Morrow Professor of History and American Studies, Emeritus. B.A. (1956) Yale University; Ph.D. (1967) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1975) Amherst College.
Peter Lobdell, Senior Resident Artist in the Department of Theater and Dance, Emeritus. A.B. (1968) Amherst College.
James E. Maraniss, Professor of Spanish, Emeritus. B.A. (1966), M.A. (1967) Harvard University; Ph.D. (1975) Princeton University; A.M. (hon. 1985) Amherst College.
J. Tracy Mehr, Professor of Physical Education, Emeritus. B.A. (1950) Holy Cross College; M.B.A. (1967) Boston College; A.M. (hon. 1979) Amherst College.
Ray A. Moore, Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations, Emeritus. B.A. (1958), M.A. (1960), Ph.D. (1968) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 1976) Amherst College.
Aida Y. Nawar, Senior Lecturer in French, Emerita. B.A. (1969) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.A. (1972) Smith College; Ph.D. (1984) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Walter E. Nicholson, Ward H. Patton Professor of Economics, Emeritus. B.A. (1964) Williams College; Ph.D. (1970) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A.M. (hon. 1978) Amherst College.
Barry F. O’Connell, James E. Ostendarp Professor of English, Emeritus. B.A. (1966) Harvard College; M.A. (1972), Ph.D. (1976) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1984) Amherst College.
Hilda Otaño-Benítez, Senior Lecturer in Spanish, Emerita. B.A. (1949), B.S. (1949) Institute of Secondary Education, of Ciego de Avila, Cuba; Doctor of Law (1954) University of Havana; M.A. (1979) Boston University.
Dale E. Peterson, Eliza J. Clark Folger Professor of English and Russian, Emeritus. B.A. (1963) Harvard University; M.A. (1965), Ph.D. (1971) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1981) Amherst College.
Dominic L. Poccia, Rufus Tyler Lincoln Professor of Biology, Emeritus. B.S. (1967) Union College; A.M. (1968), Ph.D. (1971) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1987) Amherst College.
William H. Pritchard, Henry Clay Folger Professor of English, Emeritus. A.B. (1953) Amherst College; M.A. (1956), Ph.D. (1960) Harvard University.
Stanley J. Rabinowitz, Henry Steele Commager Professor (Russian), Emeritus. A.B. (1967) City University of New York (Brooklyn College); A.M. (1969), Ph.D. (1975) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1984) Amherst College.
David I. Ratner, Alfred Sargent Lee 1941 and Mary Farley Ames Lee Professor of Biology, Emeritus. B.S., M.S. (1968) Yale University; Ph.D. (1975) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1994) Amherst College.
David B. Reck, Professor of Music and Asian Languages and Civilizations, Emeritus. B. Mus. (1956) University of Houston; M.Mus. (1959) University of Texas; Ph.D. (1983) Wesleyan University; A.M. (hon. 1986) Amherst College.
Robert H. Romer, Professor of Physics, Emeritus. A.B. (1952) Amherst College; Ph.D. (1955) Princeton University.
Andrea B. Rushing, Professor of Black Studies and English, Emerita. B.A. (1962) Queens College, City University of New York; M.A. (1970) Simmons College; Ph.D. (1983) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; A.M. (hon. 1987) Amherst College.
Martha Saxton, Professor of History and Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies, Emerita. B.A. (1967) University of Chicago; Ph.D. (1989) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 2008) Amherst College.
Sigrit Schütz, Senior Lecturer in German, Emerita. Zwischenprüfung (1968) Heidelberg Universitat; M.A. (1970) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D. (1977) Five Colleges.
Viktoria A. Schweitzer, Senior Lecturer in Russian, Emerita. M.A. (1955) Moscow State University.
Marc S. Silver, Massachusetts Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus. B.A. (1955) Harvard University; Ph.D. (1959) California Institute of Technology; A.M. (hon. 1969) Amherst College.
David R. Sofield, Samuel Williston Professor of English, Emeritus. B.A. (1957) Princeton University; M.A. (1965), Ph.D. (1971) Stanford University; A.M. (hon. 1977) Amherst College.
Charles A. Sorenson, Professor of Psychology (Neuroscience), Emeritus. B.A. (1966) University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D. (1971) University of California at Los Angeles; A.M. (hon. 1984) Amherst College.
M. Lewis Spratlan, Peter R. Pouncey Professor of Music, Emeritus. B.A. (1962), M.Mus. (1965) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1980) Amherst College.
Norton Starr, Brian E. Boyle 1969 Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emeritus. A.B. (1958) Harvard College; Ph.D. (1964) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A.M. (hon. 1978) Amherst College.
Kevin M. Sweeney, Professor of American Studies and History, Emeritus. B.A. (1972) Williams College; M.A. (1973), M.Phil. (1975), Ph.D. (1986) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 2000) Amherst College.
Jane A. Taubman, Professor of Russian, Emerita. B.A. (1964) Radcliffe College; M.A. (1968), Ph.D. (1972) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1989) Amherst College.
William C. Taubman, Bertrand Snell Professor of Political Science, Emeritus. B.A. (1962) Harvard College; M.A. (1965), Ph.D. (1969) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 1978) Amherst College.
William E. Thurston, Professor of Physical Education, Emeritus. B.S. (1957), M.S. (1962) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 1979) Amherst College.
Ronald S. Tiersky, Joseph B. Eastman 1904 Professor of Political Science, Emeritus. B.A. (1966) University of Illinois; M.A. (1971), Ph.D. (1972) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 1987) Amherst College.
Robert C. Townsend, Class of 1959 Professor of English, Emeritus. B.A. (1957) Princeton University; M.A. (1959) Cambridge University; Ph.D. (1962) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1974) Amherst College.
Joel M. Upton, Professor of Art and the History of Art, Emeritus. A.B. (1963) Rutgers University; M.A. (1968), Ph.D. (1972) Bryn Mawr College; A.M. (hon. 1984) Amherst College.
Daniel J. Velleman, Julian H. Gibbs 1946 Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus. B.A. (1976) Dartmouth College; M.A. (1977), Ph.D. (1980) University of Wisconsin; A.M. (hon. 1992) Amherst College.
Helen von Schmidt, Senior Lecturer in English, Emerita. A.B. (1978) Amherst College.
Frank H. Westhoff, Professor of Economics, Emeritus. S.B. (1969) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.Ph. (1971), M.A. (1973), Ph.D. (1974) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1985) Amherst College.
Donald O. White, Professor of German, Emeritus. B.A. (1953), M.A. (1956), Ph.D. (1963) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1970) Amherst College.
Patrick Williamson, Edward H. Harkness Professor of Biology, Emeritus. B.A. (1970) Beloit College; M.A. (1971), Ph.D. (1974) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1990) Amherst College.
David W. Wills, John E. Kirkpatrick 1951 Professor of Religion, Emeritus. A.B. (1962) Yale University; B.D. (1966) Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D. (1975) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1983) Amherst College.
Beth V. Yarbrough, Willard Long Thorp Professor of Economics, Emerita. B.S. (1977) University of Texas; M.A. (1980), Ph.D. (1983) University of Washington; A.M. (hon. 1993) Amherst College.
Arthur G. Zajonc, Professor of Physics, Emeritus. B.S.E. (1971), M.S. (1973), Ph.D. (1976) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 1991) Amherst College.
William F. Zimmerman, Professor of Biology, Emeritus. B.A. (1960), Ph.D. (1966) Princeton University; A.M. (hon. 1980) Amherst College.
FACULTY
Arianne Abela, Director of the Choral Music Program and Lecturer in Music. A.B. (2008) Smith College; M.M. (2010) Yale University School of Music; D.M.A. (2016) University of Michigan School of Music.
Rowland O. Abiodun, John C. Newton Professor of the History of Art and Black Studies. B.A. (1965) Ahmadu Bello University, Nigeria; M.A. (1969) University of Toronto; A.M. (hon. 1992) Amherst College.
Anna Jones Abramson, Assistant Professor of English. A.B. (2007) Brown University; Ph.D. (2016) University of California at Berkeley.
Scott Alfeld, Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.S. (2008) University of Utah; M.S. (2015), Ph.D. (2017) University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Ryan Alvarado, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.A. (2008) William Jewell College; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2015) University of Missouri at Columbia.
Heba Arafah, Five College Lecturer in Arabic. B.A. (2003), M.A. (2006) Jordan University of Science and Technology; Ph.D. (expected 2020) University of London.
Gabriel Arboleda, Assistant Professor of Art and the History of Art and Architectural Studies. Arquitecto (1998) Universidad del Valle, Colombia; M.S. (2005) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. (2012) University of California at Berkeley.
Elizabeth J. Aries, Clarence Francis 1910 Professor in Social Sciences (Psychology). B.A. (1969) University of Michigan; M.A. (1971), Ph.D. (1973) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1989) Amherst College.
Felicity Aulino, Five College Assistant Professor of Anthropology. A.B. (2000) Harvard University; M.Ph. (2004) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Ph.D. (2012) Harvard University.
Tatyana Babyonyshev, Senior Lecturer in Russian. M.A. (1983) Moscow State University.
Brittney E. Bailey, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Statistics. B.A. (2010) Messiah College; M.S. (2012), Ph.D. (2018) Ohio State University.
Carol Yvonne Bailey, Visiting Associate Professor of Black Studies. B.A. (1997) University of the West Indies; M.A. (1998) Clark University; Ph.D. (2007) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
John-Paul Baird, Professor of Psychology (Neuroscience). B.Sc. (1992) University of Toronto; M.A. (1993), Ph.D. (1997) University of Pennsylvania; A.M. (hon. 2015) Amherst College.
Brian Baisa, Assistant Professor of Economics. B.S. (2008) University of Michigan; M.A. (2010), M.Phil. (2011), Ph.D. (2013) Yale University.
Utku Balaban, Visiting Associate Professor of Sociology. B.A. (2002) Boğaziçi University; M.A. (2005), Ph.D. (2011) State University of New York at Binghamton.
Lloyd Barba, Assistant Professor of Religion. B.A. (2009) University of the Pacific at Stockton; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2016) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Daniel P. Barbezat, Ward H. Patton Professor of Economics. B.A. (1982) Southern Illinois University at Carbondale; M.S. (1984), Ph.D. (1988) University of Illinois at Champaign; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
Polina Barskova, Research Fellow in the Amherst Center for Russian Culture. B.A. (1998) St. Petersburg State University; M.A. (2003), Ph.D. (2006) University of California at Berkeley.
Ronald D. Bashford, Associate Professor of Theater and Dance. A.B. (1988) Amherst College; M.F.A. (1992) University of Delaware.
Amrita Basu, Domenic J. Paino 1955 Professor of Political Science and Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies. B.A. (1975) Cornell University; M.A. (1977), M.Phil. (1978), Ph.D. (1984) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 1994) Amherst College.
Danielle L. Benedetto, Senior Lecturer in Mathematics. B.A. (1994) Colby College; Sc.M. (1996), Ph.D. (1999) Brown University.
Robert L. Benedetto, Professor of Mathematics. A.B. (1993) Harvard University; Sc.M. (1996), Ph.D. (1998) Brown University; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Wendy H. Bergoffen, Lecturer in American Studies. A.B. (1992) University of Georgia; M.A. (1995) Florida State University; Ph.D. (2004) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Rachel Bernard, Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Geology. B.S.E. (2009) Princeton University; Ph.D. (2018) University of Texas at Austin.
Anthony C. Bishop, Professor of Chemistry. B.A. (1993) University of California at San Diego; Ph.D. (2000) Princeton University; A.M. (hon. 2015) Amherst College.
G. Jacob Blackwood, Assistant Professor of Economics. B.S. (2009) Georgia Institute of Technology; M.A. (2015), Ph.D. (2018) University of Maryland at College Park.
Sony Coráñez Bolton, Assistant Professor of Spanish. B.A. (2007), M.A. (2009) Marquette University; Ph.D. (2016) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Anston L. Bosman, Associate Professor of English. B.A. (1990) University of Cape Town, South Africa; B.A. (1992) University of Witwatersrand; Ph.D. (2000) Stanford University.
Ellen Boucher, Associate Professor of History. B.A. (2000) University of Michigan; M.A. (2002), Ph.D. (2008) Columbia University.
Ute T. Brandes, Georges Lurcy Professor of German. B.A. (1972), M.A. (1974) University of New Hampshire; Ph.D. (1982) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1993) Amherst College.
Michaela J. Brangan, Visiting Assistant Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought. B.A. University of Washington; J.D. Yeshiva University; M.A., Ph.D. (2018) Cornell University.
Sara J. Brenneis, Professor of Spanish. B.A. (1998) Wesleyan University; M.A. (2002), Ph.D. (2007) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 2019) Amherst College.
Lisa Brooks, Professor of English and American Studies. B.A. (1993) Goddard College; M.A. (1998) Boston College; Ph.D. (2004) Cornell University; A.M. (hon. 2018) Amherst College.
Dante Brown, Visiting Artist-in-Residence. B.A. (2009) Wesleyan University; M.F.A. (2012) Ohio State University.
Fumiko U. Brown, Senior Lecturer in Asian Languages and Civilizations (Japanese). B.A. (1989) International Christian University, Tokyo; M.A. (2005) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Kristin Bumiller, George Daniel Olds Professor in Economic and Social Institutions (Political Science). B.A. (1979), M.A. (1979) Northwestern University; Ph.D. (1984) University of Wisconsin at Madison; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
Sandra L. Burkett, Associate Professor of Chemistry. A.B. (1990) Princeton University; Ph.D. (1995) California Institute of Technology.
Gregory S. Call, Peter R. Pouncey Professor of Mathematics. A.B. (1980) Dartmouth College; A.M. (1981), Ph.D. (1986) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
Dwight A. Carey, Assistant Professor of the History of Art. B.A. (2006) Oberlin College; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2016) University of California at Los Angeles.
Ana Candida Carneiro, Visiting Artist in Playwriting. B.A. (2000) University of São Paulo; Ph.D. (2015) Catholic University of Milan.
Ashley R. Carter, Associate Professor of Physics. B.S., B.S.E. (2002) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; M.S., Ph.D. (2008) University of Colorado at Boulder.
Stephen F. Cartier, Visiting Professor of Chemistry. B.S. (1985) Boston College; Ph.D. (1995) The Pennsylvania State University.
James L. Cavallaro, Visiting Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought. A.B. (1984) Harvard College; M.A. (1992), J.D. (1992) University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D. (2014) Universidad Pablo de Olavide, Seville.
Rachael Chase, Visiting Lecturer in Art and the History of Art. B.A. (1996) Oberlin College; M.Arch. (2006) Rhode Island School of Design.
John T. Cheney, Samuel A. Hitchcock Professor of Mineralogy and Geology. B.A. (1970), M.A. (1972) University of Montana; Ph.D. (1975) University of Wisconsin at Madison; A.M. (hon. 1987) Amherst College.
Mallorie Chernin, Senior Lecturer in Music. B.Mus. (1976) University of Wisconsin; M.Mus. (1978) Westminster Choir College.
Michael Ching, Associate Professor of Mathematics. B.A. (2000), M.A. (2004) University of Cambridge, Trinity College; Ph.D. (2005) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Jun Hee Cho, Assistant Professor of History. B.A. (2002), M.A. (2005) Seoul National University, South Korea; M.A. (2007), M.Phil. (2008), Ph.D. (2013) Columbia University.
Nusrat Sabina Chowdhury, Associate Professor of Anthropology. B.A. (1998) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor; M.A. (2002) University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D. (2011) University of Chicago.
Alicia Jean Christoff, Assistant Professor of English. B.A. (2004), M.A. (2005) New York University; Ph.D. (2011) Princeton University.
Catherine A. Ciepiela, Howard M. and Martha P. Mitchell Professor of Russian. A.B. (1983) Amherst College; M.A. (1985), Ph.D. (1992) Yale University.
Sonya Y. S. Clark, Professor of Art and the History of Art. A.B. (1989) Amherst College; B.F.A. (1993) Art Institute of Chicago; M.F.A. (1995) Cranbrook Academy of Art; D.A. (hon. 2015) Amherst College.
Ethan D. Clotfelter, Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies. B.A. (1991) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S. (1994), Ph.D. (1998) University of Wisconsin at Madison; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Rhonda Cobham-Sander, Emily C. Jordan Folger Professor of Black Studies and English. B.A. (1974) University of the West Indies; Ph.D. (1982) University of Saint Andrews; A.M. (hon. 1998) Amherst College.
Amy Coddington, Assistant Professor of Music. B.A. (2008) Macalester College; Ph.D. (2017) University of Virginia.
Michael A. Cohen, Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A. (2007) Tufts University; Ph.D. (2014) Harvard University.
Ivan G. Contreras, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S. (2008) Universidad de Los Andes, Colombia; M.S. (2009) University of Utrecht; Ph.D. (2013) University of Zürich.
Katharine Fischer Berry Correia, Assistant Professor of Statistics. A.B. (2007) Mount Holyoke College; M.A. (2009) Boston University; Ph.D (2018) Harvard University.
Javier Corrales, Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science. B.S. (1986) Georgetown University; Ph.D. (1996) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2010) Amherst College.
Chris Couch, Visiting Lecturer in Art and the History of Art. B.A. (1976), M.A. (1980), M.Phil (1982), Ph.D. (1987) Columbia University.
Kathy C. Couch, Visiting Instructor in Theater and Dance. A.B. (1995) Amherst College; M.F.A. (2010) Vermont College of Fine Arts.
Nicola M. Courtright, William McCall Vickery 1957 Professor of Art and the History of Art. B.A. (1976) Oberlin College; M.A. (1978) Yale University; Ph.D. (1990) The Institute of Fine Arts, New York University; A.M. (hon. 2004) Amherst College.
Francis G. Couvares, E. Dwight Salmon Professor of History and American Studies. B.A. (1969) University of Pittsburgh; M.A. (1973), Ph.D. (1980) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 1993) Amherst College.
Peter D. Crowley, Professor of Geology. B.Sc. (1979) McGill University; Ph.D. (1985) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A.M. (hon. 1998) Amherst College.
Douglas Culhane, Visiting Lecturer in Art and the History of Art. B.A. (1979) Colgate University; M.A. (1982) University of Iowa.
Amalia Culiuc, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. A.B. (2011) Mount Holyoke College; M.S. (2013), Ph.D. (2016) Brown University.
Harris B. Daniels, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S. (2006) Trinity College; M.S. (2009), Ph.D. (2013) University of Connecticut.
Susan Darlington, Visiting Professor of Religion. B.A. (1980) Wellesley College; M.A. (1984), Ph.D. (1990) University of Michigan.
Jakina Debnam, Assistant Professor of Economics. A.B. (2009) Brown University; Ph.D. (2018) Cornell University.
Rosalina de la Carrera, Thalheimer Professor of French. B.A. (1973) Carleton College; M.A. (1977) Cornell University; Ph.D. (1985) The Johns Hopkins University; A.M. (hon. 1996) Amherst College.
Solsiree del Moral, Professor of American Studies and Black Studies. B.A. (1995) University of Wisconsin at Madison; M.A. (1997) Columbia University; M.A. (1999), Ph.D. (2006) University of Wisconsin at Madison; A.M. (hon. 2019) Amherst College.
David P. Delaney, Senior Lecturer in Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought. B.A. (1987) San Francisco State University; M.S. (1989), Ph.D. (1995) University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Amy P. Demorest, Professor of Psychology. B.A. (1979) Williams College; Ph.D. (1987) Duke University; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
Pawan H. Dhingra, Professor of American Studies. A.B. (1994) Carleton College; M.A. (1997), Ph.D. (2002) Cornell University; A.M. (hon. 2019) Amherst College.
Bruce P. Diehl, Senior Lecturer in Music and Director of Jazz Performance. B.Mus. (1990) Eastman School of Music; M.M. (1995) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Stephen Dillon, Center for Humanistic Inquiry Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies. B.A. (2005) University of Iowa; Ph.D. (2013) University of Minnesota at Twin Cities.
Andrew C. Dole, Professor of Religion. B.A. (1989) Yale University; M.A. (1997) Yale Divinity School; Ph.D. (2004) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 2017) Amherst College.
Christopher T. Dole, Professor of Anthropology. B.A. (1992) Baylor University; M.A. (1996), Ph.D. (2002) Case Western Reserve University; A.M. (hon. 2018) Amherst College.
Kevin A. Donges, Lecturer in Statistics. B.S. (2002), M.S. (2006) Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; M.S. (2012) Ohio State University at Columbus.
Robert Doran, Samuel Williston Professor of Greek and Hebrew (Religion). S.T.Lect. (1967) Blackfriars Seminary; S.T.Lic. (1970) Universita di S. Tommaso; L.S.S. (1971) Pontifical Biblical Institute; Th.D. (1977) Harvard Divinity School; A.M. (hon. 1990) Amherst College.
Suzanne P. Dougan, Stanley King 1903 Professor of Dramatic Arts (Theater and Dance) and Director of Theatrical Productions. A.B. (1973) Vassar College; M.F.A. (1979) Yale School of Drama; A.M. (hon. 1996) Amherst College.
Lawrence R. Douglas, James J. Grosfeld Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought. A.B. (1982) Brown University; M.A. (1986) Columbia University; J.D. (1989) Yale Law School; A.M. (hon. 2005) Amherst College.
John E. Drabinski, Charles Hamilton Houston 1915 Professor of Black Studies. B.A. (1991) Seattle University; M.A. (1993), Ph.D. (1996) University of Memphis; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Thomas L. Dumm, William H. Hastie 1925 Professor of Political Science. B.A. (1976), M.A. (1978) Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D. (1984) Cornell University; A.M. (hon. 1997) Amherst College.
Christopher Durr, Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B.S. (2010) Kent State University; Ph.D. (2015) Ohio State University.
Marc Edwards, Assistant Professor of Biology. B.Sc. (2006) McGill University; Ph.D. (2013) Washington University, St. Louis.
Yagil Eliraz, Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance. B.A. (2010) Tel Aviv University; M.F.A. (2016) Yale School of Drama.
Jeffers L. Engelhardt, Associate Professor of Music. B.M. (1998) Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.A. (2000), Ph.D. (2005) University of Chicago.
Catherine Epstein, Winkley Professor of History. A.B. (1985) Brown University; M.Sc. (1987) London School of Economics; Ph.D. (1998) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2012) Amherst College.
Lorne Falk, Five College Lecturer in Political Science. B.Sc. (1970) University of Winnipeg.
Katherine Brutlag Follette, Assistant Professor of Astronomy. B.A. (2004) Middlebury College; M.S. (2010), Ph.D. (2014) University of Arizona.
Amanda Folsom, Professor of Mathematics. B.A. (2001) University of Chicago; M.S. (2002), Ph.D. (2006) University of California at Los Angeles; A.M. (hon. 2019) Amherst College.
Vanessa L. Fong, Professor of Anthropology. A.B. (1996) Amherst College; M.A. (1998), Ph.D. (2002) Harvard University.
Allison Formanack, Center for Humanistic Inquiry Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in Anthropology. B.A. (2009) University of Nebraska at Lincoln; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2018) University of Colorado at Boulder.
Judith E. Frank, Eliza J. Clark Folger Professor of English. B.A. (1981) The Hebrew University of Jerusalem; M.A. (1986), M.F.A. (1987), Ph.D. (1990) Cornell University; A.M. (hon. 2002) Amherst College.
Jonathan R. Friedman, Professor of Physics. B.A. (1987) Vassar College; Ph.D. (1996) City College of New York; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Betsey Garand, Senior Resident Artist in the Department of Art and the History of Art. B.F.A. (1981) University of New Hampshire; M.F.A. (1983) Tyler School of Art, Temple University.
Kristen S. Gardner, Assistant Professor of Computer Science. A.B. (2012) Amherst College; M.S. (2015), Ph.D. (2017) Carnegie Mellon University.
Bradford J. Garvey, Joseph E. and Grace W. Valentine Visiting Assistant Professor of Music. B.A. (2008) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.A. (2019), Ph.D. (2019) City University of New York.
Mesay M. Gebresilasse, Assistant Professor of Economics. B.A. (2010) Colby College; Ph.D. (2019) Boston University.
Jyl Gentzler, R. John Cooper 1964 Presidential Teaching Professor of Philosophy. A.B. (1985) Bryn Mawr College; M.A. (1988), Ph.D. (1991) Cornell University; A.M. (hon. 2003) Amherst College.
Alexander George, Rachel and Michael Deutch Professor of Philosophy. B.A. (1979) Columbia College; M.A. (1983), Ph.D. (1986) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
May G. George, Five College Lecturer in Arabic. M.A. (2006), Ph.D. (2011) University of Arizona at Tucson.
Andreas Georgiou, Visiting Lecturer in Economics. A.B. (1983) Amherst College; Ph.D. (1989) University of Michigan.
Masha Gessen, John J. McCloy 1916 Visiting Professor of American Institutions and International Diplomacy (Political Science).
Deborah B. Gewertz, G. Henry Whitcomb 1874 Professor of Anthropology . B.A. (1969) Queens College; Ph.D. (1977) City University of New York; A.M. (hon. 1988) Amherst College.
Alexandros Gianninas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy. B.Sc. (2003) McGill University; M.Sc. (2005), Ph.D. (2011) Université de Montréal.
Heidi L. Gilpin, Associate Professor of German. A.B. (1984) Amherst College; A.M. (1987), Ph.D. (1993) Harvard University.
Sergey Glebov, Five College Associate Professor of History and Russian. M.A. (1999) Central European University, Budapest; Ph.D. (2004) Rutgers University.
David I. Gloman, Senior Resident Artist in the Department of Art and the History of Art. B.F.A. (1983) Indiana University; M.F.A. (1986) Yale University.
Sarah Goodwin, Visiting Lecturer in Biology. B.A. (2004) Colby College; M.S. (2009) University of Delaware; Ph.D. (2016) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Adi Gordon, Associate Professor of History. B.A. (1997), M.A. (2002), Ph.D. (2009) Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Caroline E. Goutte, Professor of Biology. B.A. (1985) Cornell University; Ph.D. (1992) University of California at San Francisco; A.M. (hon. 2012) Amherst College.
Carmen C. Granda, Lecturer in Spanish. B.A. (2005), M.A. (2008) Middlebury College; A.M. (2012), Ph.D. (2014) Brown University.
Frederick T. Griffiths, Class of 1880 Professor in Greek (Classics). B.A. (1969) Yale College; M.A. (1972), Ph.D. (1974) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1984) Amherst College.
Christopher Grobe, Associate Professor of English. B.A. (2005), M.A., (2008), M.Phil. (2008), Ph.D. (2011) Yale University.
Rachel Gross, Visting Lecturer in Art and the History of Art. B.A. (1992) Oberlin College; M.F.A. (1998) Temple University.
Victor Guevara, Assistant Professor of Geology. B.A. (2010) Middlebury College; M.S. (2012) University of Montana; Ph.D. (2017) Virginia Tech.
Josh Guilford, Assistant Professor of English in Film and Media Studies. B.A. (2004) Michigan State University; M.A. (2007), Ph.D. (2014) Brown University.
Sema Güntürkün, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S. (2006), M.S. (2011) Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; M.S. (2011), Ph.D. (2014) University of Kentucky.
Amy Cox Hall, Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology. B.A. (1995) University of California at Los Angeles; M.A. (2003) University of Florida; M.S. (2005) University of Edinburgh, Scotland; Ph.D. (2010) University of Florida.
David Sumner Hall, Paula R. and David J. Avenius 1941 Professor of Physics and Astronomy. A.B. (1991) Amherst College; A.M. (1994), Ph.D. (1997) Harvard University.
Jennifer Hamilton, Visiting Professor of Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies. B.A. (1995) McGill University; Ph.D. (2004) Rice University.
Derek G. Handley, Visiting Assistant Professor of English and Chamberlain Project Fellow. B.A. (1994) Hampton University; M.F.A. (2007) University of Pittsburgh; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2018) Carnegie Mellon University.
David Hanneke, Associate Professor of Physics. B.S. (2001) Case Western Reserve University; A.M. (2003), Ph.D. (2008) Harvard University.
David E. Hansen, Julian H. Gibbs 1946 Professor in Natural or Mathematical Sciences (Chemistry). Sc.B. (1979) Brown University; Ph.D. (1986) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1996) Amherst College.
Tekla A. Harms, Massachusetts Professor in Chemistry and Natural History (Geology). A.B. (1977) Bryn Mawr College; M.Sc. (1982) Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario; Ph.D. (1986) University of Arizona; A.M. (hon. 1999) Amherst College.
Darryl Harper, Associate Professor of Music. A.B. (1990) Amherst College; M.M. (1996) Rutgers University; D.M.A. (2008) New England Conservatory of Music.
Allen J. Hart, James E. Ostendarp Professor of Psychology. A.B. (1982) Amherst College; A.M. (1989), Ph.D. (1991) Harvard University.
Rafeeq Hasan, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A. (2001), Ph.D. (2012) University of Chicago.
Mohamed El-Sawi Hassan, Five College Senior Lecturer in Arabic and Director of the Five College Arabic Language Program. B.A. (1993) Mansoura University, Egypt; M.A. (2001) Tanta University, Egypt; Ph.D. (2008) Ain Shams University, Egypt.
Amelie Hastie, Professor of English in Film and Media Studies. A.B. (1988) Brown University; M.A. (1994), Ph.D. (1999) University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee; A.M. (hon. 2012) Amherst College.
Robert T. Hayashi, Associate Professor of American Studies. B.A. (1985) Denison University; M.F.A. (1989) Cornell University; M.A. (2000), Ph.D. (2002) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Maria Heim, Professor of Religion and Elizabeth W. Bruss Reader. B.A. (1991) Reed College; Ph.D. (1999) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Aneeka A. Henderson, Assistant Professor of Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies. B.A. (2001) Southern Illinois University; M.A. (2004), Ph.D. (2012) University of Illinois at Chicago.
Marsha N. Henderson-Stull, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. (1995) Spelman College; Ph.D. (2005) The Rockefeller University.
Amanda Henrichs, Visiting Assistant Professor of English. B.A. (2008) University of Oregon; M.A. (2010), Ph.D. (2016) Indiana University.
Sarah Hews, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S. (2005) University of Michigan; Ph.D. (2009) Arizona State University at Tempe.
Alec Fazackerley Hickmott, Visiting Assistant Professor of Black Studies and History. B.A. (2007), M.Phil. (2011) University of Sussex; M.A. (2010), Ph.D. (2016) University of Virginia.
Mary Ellen Hicks, Assistant Professor of Black Studies and History. B.A. (2006) University of Iowa; M.A. (2010), Ph.D. (2015) University of Virginia.
John Higgins, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics. B.A. (1975) Fordham University; M.Litt. (1984) Trinity College, Dublin; Ph.D. (2018) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Jerome L. Himmelstein, Winthrop H. Smith 1916 and Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Sociology. B.A. (1970) Columbia College; M.A. (1972), Ph.D. (1979) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 1994) Amherst College.
Hannah A. Holleman, Associate Professor of Sociology and Environmental Studies. B.A. (2002), B.S. (2005) Oklahoma State University; Ph.D. (2012) University of Oregon.
Adam Honig, Professor of Economics. B.A. (1997), M.A. (2000), M.Phil. (2001), Ph.D. (2004) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 2017) Amherst College.
Michael E. Hood, Professor of Biology. B.A. (1991), M.S. (1992) University of Virginia; Ph.D. (1996) North Carolina State University; A.M. (hon. 2017) Amherst College.
Nicholas Jon Horton, Beitzel Professor in Technology and Society (Statistics and Data Science). A.B. (1987) Harvard University; Sc.D. (1999) Harvard School of Public Health; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Larry R. Hunter, Stone Professor of Natural Sciences (Physics). B.A. (1974) Columbia University; M.A. (1978), Ph.D. (1981) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 1992) Amherst College.
Hannah Hunter-Parker, Assistant Professor of German. B.A. (2010) Middlebury College; M.A. (2013), Ph.D. (2019) Princeton University.
Joshua M. Hyman, Assistant Professor of Economics. B.A. (2005) Tufts University; M.A. (2010), Ph.D. (2013) University of Michigan.
Catherine Victoria Infante, Assistant Professor of Spanish. B.A. (2003) Bethel University; M.S. (2006) New York University in Madrid; Ph.D. (2014) University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Jun Ishii, Associate Professor of Economics. B.A. (1995) Rice University; Ph.D. (2001) Stanford University.
Mark Jacobson, John J. McCloy Visiting Professor of American Institutions and International Diplomacy. B.A. University of Michigan; M.A. King's College, University of London; Ph.D. (2005) Ohio State University.
Tariq Jaffer, Associate Professor of Religion. B.A. (1995) University of Toronto; M.A. (1998) McGill University; Ph.D. (2005) Yale University.
Kannan Jagannathan, Bruce B. Benson 1943 and Lucy Wilson Benson Professor of Physics. B.Sc. (1973) Loyola College; M.Sc. (1975) Indian Institute of Technology, Madras; M.A. (1977), Ph.D. (1980) University of Rochester; A.M. (hon. 1993) Amherst College.
Sheila S. Jaswal, Associate Professor of Chemistry. B.A. (1992) Mills College; Ph.D. (2000) University of California at San Francisco.
Jeeyon Jeong, Assistant Professor of Biology. B.E. (2000) Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; M.S. (2002) Pohang University of Science and Technology, Seoul, Korea; Ph.D. (2008) Dartmouth College.
Michael E. Jirik, Visiting Lecturer in Black Studies and History. B.A. (2012) Gustavus Adolphus College; M.A. (2015), Ph.D. (expected 2019) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Shakia Johnson, Visiting Instructor in Dance. B.A. (2017) Westfield State University.
Jallicia A. Jolly, Consortium for Faculty Diversity Pre-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Instructor of American Studies and Black Studies. B.A. (2014) Williams College; M.A. (2016), Ph.D. (expected 2020) University of Michigan.
David Stewart Jones, Associate Professor of Geology. B.A. (1998) Carleton College; Ph.D. (2009) Harvard University.
Scott F. Kaplan, Professor of Computer Science. A.B. (1995) Amherst College; Ph.D. (1999) University of Texas at Austin.
Lisa Käll, STINT Fellow in the Department of Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies. B.A. (1996) Stockholm University; M.A. (2000) Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven; Ph.D. (2004) Clark University; Ph.D. (2007) Copenhagen University.
Kirun Kapur, Visiting Lecturer in English. A.B. (1997) Amherst College; M.A. (2000) Boston University.
Laure G. Katsaros, Professor of French. Maîtrise (1995) Ecole Normale Superiéure, Paris; Thèse de doctorat (2000) University Paris VII-Denis Diderot; Ph.D. (2003) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 2016) Amherst College.
Ikumi Kayama, Senior Lecturer in Asian Languages and Civilizations (Japanese). B.A. (1991) Aoyama Gakuin University; M.Ed. (2000) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Carol W. Keller, Professor of Art. B.A. (1974) Manchester College; M.F.A. (1980) Boston University School for the Arts; A.M. (hon. 2005) Amherst College.
Lili Kim, Center for Humanistic Inquiry Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in History. B.A. (1993) Lawrence University; Ph.D. (2001) University of Rochester.
Justin F. Kimball, Conway Professor in New Media. B.F.A. (1985) Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A. (1990) Yale University School of Art; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Christopher G. Kingston, Karen and Brian Conway 1980, P'18 Presidential Teaching Professor (Economics). B.A. (1994) Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland; Ph.D. (2001) Stanford University; A.M. (hon. 2015) Amherst College.
Elizabeth A. Klarich, Five College Associate Professor of Anthropology. B.A. (1995) University of Chicago; M.A. (1998), Ph.D. (2005) University of California at Santa Barbara.
Karen Koehler, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and the History of Art. B.A. (1976), M.L.S. (1980) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A. (1984) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D. (1993) Princeton University.
Michael N. Kunichika, Associate Professor of Russian. B.A. (1999) Reed College; M.A. (2002), Ph.D. (2007) University of California at Berkeley.
Shayla I. Lawson, Writer-in-Residence. B.A. (2006) University of Kentucky at Lexington; M.F.A. (2015) Indiana University at Bloomington.
Joohyun Lee, Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology. B.S. (2000) Kyung-Hee University, South Korea; M.S. (2003) POSTECH, South Korea; Ph.D. (2009) Dartmouth College.
Min Jin Lee, Writer-in-Residence. B.A. (1990) Yale College; J.D. (1993) Georgetown University Law Center.
Tanya L. Leise, Professor of Mathematics. B.S. (1993) Stanford University; M.S. (1995), Ph.D. (1998) Texas A&M University; A.M. (hon. 2018) Amherst College.
Ronald A. Lembo, Edward N. Ney 1946 Professor in American Institutions (Sociology). B.A. (1974) University of Massachusetts at Boston; M.A. (1980) University of California at Santa Barbara; Ph.D. (1989) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 2005) Amherst College.
Helen O. Leung, George H. Corey 1888 Professor of Chemistry. B.S. (1982), B.A. (1983) California State University at Northridge; M.A. (1985), Ph.D. (1988) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2003) Amherst College.
Rachel A. Levin, Senior Lecturer in Biology and Environmental Studies. B.A. (1994) Carleton College; M.S. (1997), Ph.D. (2001) University of Arizona.
Adam R. Levine, Assistant Professor of Film and Media Studies and Art and the History of Art. B.A. (2000) University of East Anglia, UK; M.F.A. (2010) California Institute of the Arts.
Lauren Leydon-Hardy, Assistant Professor of Philosophy. B.A. (2009) University of Calgary; M.A. (2011) Brandeis University; Ph.D. (2019) Northwestern University.
Weijia Li, Senior Lecturer in Asian Languages and Civilizations. B.A. (1982) Hebei Teachers’ University, Shijiazhuang, China; B.A. (1985) China Broadcast and Television University, Beijing; M.A. (1987) Beijing University of Science and Technology; M.A. (1996) City University of New York; Ed.D. (2004) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Shu-Min Liao, Assistant Professor of Statistics. B.S. (2001) National Chengchi University, Taiwan; M.S. (2005), Ph.D. (2009) Pennsylvania State University.
Benson Lieber, Senior Lecturer in Intensive Writing. B.A. (1972) Columbia College; M.A. (1974), M.Phil. (1978) Columbia University.
Russell Lohse, Visiting Assistant Professor of History. B.A. (1995) Metropolitan State College of Denver; M.A. (1997), Ph.D. (2005) University of Texas at Austin.
William A. Loinaz, Professor of Physics. B.S.E. (1989) Princeton University; M.S. (1991), Ph.D. (1995) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 2013) Amherst College.
Alberto M. Lopez, Consortium for Faculty Diversity Scholar and Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry. B.S. (2012) University of Michigan at Dearborn; Ph.D. (2017) Wayne State University.
Rick A. López, Professor of History and Environmental Studies. A.B. (1993) Amherst College; M.A. (1998), Ph.D. (2001) Yale University.
Kristen Luschen, Lewis-Sebring Visiting Professor in Education Studies. B.A. (1993), M.A. (1995) University of Buffalo; Ph.D. (2005) Syracuse University.
Pavel Machala, Charles E. Merrill 1908 Professor of Political Science. B.A. (1970) St. Olaf College; M.A. (1972), Ph.D. (1976) The Johns Hopkins University; A.M. (hon. 1990) Amherst College.
Jen Manion, Associate Professor of History. B.A. (1997) University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D. (2008) Rutgers University.
Mark D. Marshall, Class of 1959 Professor of Chemistry. B.S. (1979) University of Rochester; M.A. (1981), Ph.D. (1985) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2000) Amherst College.
Biddy Martin, Professor of German and Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies. B.A. (1973) College of William and Mary; M.A. (1974) Middlebury College; Ph.D. (1985) University of Wisconsin at Madison; A.M. (hon. 2011) Amherst College; L.H.D (2012) The College of William and Mary; LL.D. (hon. 2014) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Anna Melick Martini, Professor of Geology and Environmental Studies. B.A. (1986) Colgate University; M.S. (1992) Syracuse University; Ph.D. (1997) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 2013) Amherst College.
Pamela B. Matheson, Visiting Assistant Professor of Statistics. B.A. (1982) Hope College; M.A. (1983), Ph.D. (1986) Hofstra University.
Eleonora Mattiacci, Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A. (2004) University of Bologna; Ph.D. (2014) Ohio State University.
Trent E. Maxey, Professor of Asian Languages and Civilization and History. B.A. (1998) Northwestern University; M.A. (2001), Ph.D. (2005) Cornell University; A.M. (hon. 2018) Amherst College.
Lyle A. McGeoch, Brian E. Boyle 1969 Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science. B.S.E. (1981) Princeton University; M.S. (1983), Ph.D. (1987) Carnegie Mellon University; A.M. (hon. 2000) Amherst College.
Julia D. McQuade, Associate Professor of Psychology. B.A. (2004) Bates College; Ph.D. (2012) University of Vermont.
Ryan McShane, Visiting Assistant Professor of Statistics. B.S. (2009) St. Mary's University; M.S. (2013) University of Texas at San Antonio; Ph.D. (2019) Southern Methodist University.
Molly Mead, Lecturer in American Studies. A.B. (1971) Cornell University; M.B.A. (1979) Simmons College; Ed.D. (1990) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Jake M. Meginsky, Visiting Lecturer in Theater and Dance. B.A. (2001) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.F.A. (2009) Bennington College.
Edward D. Melillo, Associate Professor of History and Environmental Studies. B.A. (1997) Swarthmore College; Ph.D. (2006) Yale University.
Bernardine Mellis, Five College Senior Lecturer in Film and Video Production. A.B. (1996) Smith College; M.F.A. (2005) Temple University.
Jill Suzanne Miller, Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies. B.A. (1992) Colorado College; M.S. (1997), Ph.D. (2000) University of Arizona; A.M. (hon. 2016) Amherst College.
Kozue Miyama, Senior Lecturer in Asian Languages and Civilizations (Japanese). B.A. (1982) University of Tsukuba, Japan; M.A. (1988) International Christian University, Japan.
Joseph G. Moore, Professor of Philosophy and Environmental Studies. B.A. (1986) University of California at Berkeley; M.A. (1989), Ph.D. (1994) Cornell University; A.M. (hon. 2008) Amherst College.
Michelle D. Morgan, Professor of Physical Education and Senior Women’s Administrator. B.A. (1974) Colorado Women’s College; M.S. (1976) Smith College; A.M. (hon. 1990) Amherst College.
Klára Móricz, Professor of Music. Diploma (1986), Diploma (1992) Franz Liszt Academy of Music; M.A. (1995), Ph.D. (1999) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Samuel C. Morse, Howard M. and Martha P. Mitchell Professor of the History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilizations. A.B. (1978) Harvard College; Ph.D. (1985) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1995) Amherst College.
Hilary J. Moss, Professor of Black Studies and History. B.A. (1998) Northwestern University; Ph.D. (2004) Brandeis University; A.M. (hon. 2017) Amherst College.
Thirii Myo Kyat Myint, Visiting Writer. A.B. (2011) Brown University; M.F.A. (2015) University of Notre Dame; Ph.D. (2019) University of Denver.
Sanam Nader-Esfahani, Assistant Professor of French. A.B. (2009) Mount Holyoke College; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2016) Harvard University.
Ingrid Nelson, Associate Professor of English. B.S. (1997) College of William and Mary; M.A. (2005) University of Colorado; Ph.D. (2010) Harvard University.
Susan R. Niditch, Samuel Green Professor of Religion. A.B. (1972) Radcliffe College; Ph.D. (1977) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 1990) Amherst College.
Jonathan Obert, Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A. (1999) Wheaton College; M.A. (2003), Ph.D. (2014) University of Chicago.
Junko Oba, Five College Associate Professor of Music. B.A. International Christian University, Tokyo; M.A., Ph.D. Wesleyan University.
Franklin S. Odo, John J. McCloy 1916 Visiting Professor of American Institutions and International Diplomacy. A.B. (1961) Princeton University; M.A. (1963) Harvard University; Ph.D. (1975) Princeton University.
Patricia B. O’Hara, Amanda and Lisa Cross Professor of Chemistry. B.A. (1976) Adelphi University; Ph.D. (1981) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 1995) Amherst College.
Mona Oraby, Assistant Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought. B.A. (2009) Rutgers University; Ph.D. (2017) Northwestern University.
Carolyn Palmquist, Assistant Professor of Psychology. B.A. (2008) College of William and Mary; M.A. (2010), Ph.D. (2013) University of Virginia.
Marisa Parham, Professor of English. B.A. (1996) Washington University; M.A. (1997), M.Phil. (2000), Ph.D. (2004) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 2015) Amherst College.
Ruxandra Paul, Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A. (2006) Williams College; Ph.D. (2014) Harvard University.
Nathan K. Pflueger, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S. (2009) Stanford University; Ph.D. (2014) Harvard University.
Manuela Lavinas Picq, Karl Loewenstein Fellow and Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science. B.A. (1998), M.A. (1999) Université Pierre Mendès France; Ph.D. (2004) University of Miami.
Constantine Pleshakov, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science. Degree (1981) University of Singapore; M.A. (1982) Moscow State University; Ph.D. (1986) Academy of Sciences of the USSR; Doctor of Science (1994) Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow.
Andrew Poe, Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A. (2001) St. John’s College; M.A. (2002) University of Chicago; Ph.D. (2010) University of California at San Diego.
Geremías Polanco, Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.A. Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo; M.S. (2009), M.S. (2011), Ph.D. (2012) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Khary Oronde Polk, Assistant Professor of Black Studies and Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies. B.A. (2000) Oberlin College; Ph.D. (2011) New York University.
Phoebe Ann Porter, Visiting Lecturer in Spanish. B.A. (1975) Bryn Mawr College; M.A. (1980), Ph.D. (1985) Brown University.
Samantha Presnal, Center for Humanistic Inquiry Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in French. A.B. (2011) Amherst College; M.A. (2015), M.Phil (2016), Ph.D. (2019) New York University.
Alexandra Elizabeth Purdy, Associate Professor of Biology. B.S. (2000) College of William and Mary; Ph.D. (2007) Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California at San Diego.
George Zhijian Qiao, Assistant Professor of History and Asian Languages and Civilizations. B.A. (2005) Fudan University, Shanghai; M.A. (2009), Ph.D. (2017) Stanford University.
John E. Rager III, Professor of Computer Science. S.B. (1977) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; S.M. (1978) University of Chicago; Ph.D. (1987) Northwestern University; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
Katerina Ragkousi, Assistant Professor of Biology. B.Sc. (1997) Royal Holloway, University of London; M.Sc. (1998) University of Nottingham, UK; Ph.D. (2004) University of Connecticut.
Pooja Rangan, Associate Professor of English in Film and Media Studies. B.A. (2006) Oberlin College; M.A. (2008), Ph.D. (2012) Brown University.
Lisa A. Raskin, John William Ward Professor of Psychology (Neuroscience). B.A. (1975) Skidmore College; M.A. (1977), Ph.D. (1979) Princeton University; A.M. (hon. 1991) Amherst College.
Kerry Ratigan, Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.A. (2002) Haverford College; M.Sc. (2005) London School of Economics and Political Science; M.A. (2008), Ph.D. (2013) University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Ashwin Ravikumar, Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies. B.S. (2008) University of California at Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D. (2013) University of Colorado at Boulder.
Sean Redding, Zephaniah Swift Moore Professor of History. B.A. (1978) Swarthmore College; Ph.D. (1987) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 2000) Amherst College.
Jessica Reyes, Professor of Economics. A.B. (1994) Amherst College; Diploma (1995) Churchill College, University of Cambridge; A.M. (1999), Ph.D. (2002) Harvard University.
Yael Rice, Assistant Professor of Art and the History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilizations. B.A. (1998) University of North Carolina; M.A. (2004) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D. (2011) University of Pennsylvania.
Jenna Riegel, Assistant Professor of Theater and Dance. B.A. (2001) Maharishi University of Management; M.F.A. (2007) University of Iowa at Iowa City.
Monica M. Ringer, Professor of Asian Languages and Civilizations and History. B.A. (1988) Oberlin College; M.A. (1992), Ph.D. (1998) University of California at Los Angeles; A.M. (hon. 2015) Amherst College.
Matteo Riondato, Assistant Professor of Computer Science. B.Sc. (2007), M.Sc. (2009) University of Padua; M.Sc. (2010), Ph.D. (2014) Brown University.
Jason Robinson, Associate Professor of Music. B.A. (1998) Sonoma State University; M.A. (2000), Ph.D. (2005) University of California at San Diego.
John P. Roche, Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience. B.S. (1990) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D. (1997) University of Massachusetts Medical School at Worcester.
Paul V. Rockwell, Henry C. Folger 1879 Professor of French. B.A. (1980), M.A. (1982), Ph.D. (1988) University of Wisconsin; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
Monique Roelofs, Karl Loewenstein Fellow and Visiting Professor of Political Science. B.A., M.A. (1989) Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Ph.D. (1997) University of Maryland at College Park.
Christian Rogowski, G. Armour Craig Professor in Language and Literature (German). B.A. (1980) Mannheim University; M.A. (1981) London University; Ph.D. (1988) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
Ronald C. Rosbottom, Winifred L. Arms Professor in the Arts and Humanities and Professor of French and European Studies. B.A. (1964) Tulane University; M.A. (1966), Ph.D. (1969) Princeton University; A.M. (hon. 1990) Amherst College.
Gustavo Salcedo, Karl Loewenstein Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science. M.A. (2002) University of Bologna; M.A. (2004), Ph.D. (2009) University of Milan.
Geoffrey Sanborn, Henry S. Poler 1959 Presidential Teaching Professor of English. B.A. (1987) Stanford University; Ph.D. (1992) University of California at Los Angeles; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Benigno R. Sánchez-Eppler, Lecturer in English. B.A. (1979) Williams College; B.A. (1981), M.Phil. (1983) Cambridge University; Ph.D. (1988) The Johns Hopkins University.
Karen Sánchez-Eppler, L. Stanton Williams 1941 Professor of American Studies and English. B.A. (1981) Williams College; B.A. (1983) Cambridge University; M.A. (1986), Ph.D. (1990) The Johns Hopkins University; A.M. (hon. 2001) Amherst College.
Jeannette Sánchez-Naranjo, Assistant Professor of Spanish. Licenciatura (1990) National University of Colombia at Bogota; M.A. (2002), Ph.D. (2009) University of Toronto.
Catherine Ashley Sanderson, Manwell Family Professor of Life Sciences (Psychology). A.B. (1990) Stanford University; M.S. (1993), Ph.D. (1997) Princeton University; A.M. (hon. 2010) Amherst College.
Austin D. Sarat, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Jurisprudence and Political Science. B.A. (1969) Providence College; M.A. (1970), Ph.D. (1973) University of Wisconsin; A.M. (hon. 1984) Amherst College; J.D. (1988) Yale Law School, LL.D. (hon. 2008) Providence College.
Eric W. Sawyer, Professor of Music. A.B. (1985) Harvard College; M.A. (1988) Columbia University; Ph.D. (1994) University of California at Davis; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Julia Scarborough, Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics. B.A. (2006) University of Oxford; M.A. (2007) Courtauld Institute of Art, University of London; Ph.D. (2014) Harvard University.
Leah Schmalzbauer, William R. Kenan Professor of American Studies and Sociology. B.A. (1992) University of New Hampshire; Diploma (1994) La Universidad de Barcelona; M.Sc. (1996) The London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D. (2004) Boston College; A.M. (hon. 2017) Amherst College.
David E. Schneider, Andrew W. Mellon Professor of Music. A.B. (1985) Harvard College; M.A. (1990), Ph.D. (1997) University of California at Berkeley; A.M. (hon. 2011) Amherst College.
Dylan Schneider, Visiting Lecturer in Music. A.B. (2006) Amherst College; Ph.D. (2013) University of Chicago.
Anna Schrade, Lecturer in German. M.A. (1997) Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich; Ph.D. (2006) University of Bremen.
Paul A. Schroeder Rodriguez, Professor of Spanish. B.S. (1989) Georgetown University; M.A. (1995) Arizona State University; Ph.D. (2000) Stanford University; A.M. (hon. 2017) Amherst College.
Matthew D. Schulkind, Professor of Psychology. B.A. (1990) Haverford College; M.A. (1993), Ph.D. (1997) Duke University; A.M. (hon. 2013) Amherst College.
Dwaipayan Sen, Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Civilizations and History. B.A. (2004) Oberlin College; M.A. (2005), Ph.D. (2012) University of Chicago.
John W. Servos, Anson D. Morse Professor of History. A.B. (1972) Columbia College; Ph.D. (1979) The Johns Hopkins University; A.M. (hon. 1992) Amherst College.
Nishiten Shah, Professor of Philosophy. B.S. (1991) University of Wisconsin at Madison; Ph.D. (2000) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 2014) Amherst College.
Krupa Shandilya, Associate Professor of Sexuality, Women’s and Gender Studies. B.A. (2002) University of Mumbai (St. Xavier College); B.A. (2004) University of Rochester; M.A. (2006), Ph.D. (2009) Cornell University.
Tong Shen, Senior Lecturer in Asian Languages and Civilizations (Chinese). M.A. (1988) Long Island University; Ph.D. (1995) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Raphael Sigal, Assistant Professor of French. B.A. (2006), M.A. (2007) Paris 3; M.Phil. (2011), Ph.D. (2015) New York University.
Katharine R. Emans Sims, Associate Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies. A.B. (1998) Princeton University; M.A. (2005), Ph.D. (2008) Harvard University.
Dale S. Sinos, Visiting Professor of Classics. B.A. (1968) Hunter College, City University of New York; M.A. (1973), Ph.D. (1976) The Johns Hopkins University.
Rebecca H. Sinos, Edwin F. and Jessie Burnell Fobes Professor of Classics. A.B. (1976) The College of William and Mary; M.A. (1978), Ph.D. (1980) The Johns Hopkins University; A.M. (hon. 1992) Amherst College.
Adam Sitze, Professor of Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought. B.A. (1996) Drake University; Ph.D. (2003) University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; A.M. (hon. 2019) Amherst College.
Ashley Smith, Center for Humanistic Inquiry Fellow and Visiting Lecturer in American Studies. B.A. (2008) Wheaton College; M.A. (2013), Ph.D. (2017) Cornell University.
N. Kyle Smith, Visiting Associate Professor of Psychology. B.S. (1994) Union College; M.A. (1998), Ph.D. (2001) Ohio State University.
Lee Spector, Visiting Professor of Computer Science. B.A. (1984) Oberlin College; Ph.D. (1992) University of Maryland.
Jutta G. Sperling, Visiting Assistant Professor of History. M.A. (1987) Universität Göttingen; Ph.D. (1995) Stanford University.
Natasha Staller, Professor of the History of Art. B.A. (1973) Wellesley College; Ph.D. (1983) Harvard University; A.M. (hon. 2006) Amherst College.
Ilán Stavans, Lewis-Sebring Professor of Humanities and Latin American and Latino Culture (Spanish). B.A. (1984) Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana; M.A. (1987) The Jewish Theological Seminary; M.A. (1988), M.Phil. (1989), Ph.D. (1990) Columbia University; A.M. (hon. 1998) Amherst College.
Mark Lane Swanson, Director of Instrumental Music and Senior Lecturer in Music. A.B. (1982) Stanford University; J.D. (1985) University of California at Los Angeles School of Law; M.Mus. (1997) Indiana University at Bloomington.
Robert T. Sweeney, William R. Mead Professor of Art. B.F.A. (1970), M.F.A. (1972) Boston University; A.M. (hon. 1986) Amherst College.
Wako Tawa, Willem Schupf Professor in Asian Languages and Civilizations. B.A. (1971) State University of New York at Buffalo; M.A. (1975) International Christian University; Ph.D. (1986) Pennsylvania State University; A.M. (hon. 2000) Amherst College.
Ethan J. Temeles, Thomas B. Walton, Jr. Professor of Biology and Environmental Studies. A.B. (1978) Cornell University; M.Sc. (1980) Louisiana State University; Ph.D. (1987) University of California at Davis; A.M. (hon. 2008) Amherst College.
Xiaoping Teng, Senior Lecturer in Asian Languages and Civilizations (Chinese). B.A. (1982), M.A. (1984) Tianjin University; M.A. (1994) University of Massachusetts at Amherst.
Caroline B. Theoharides, Assistant Professor of Economics. B.A. (2006) Colby College; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2014) University of Michigan.
Josef G. Trapani, Associate Professor of Biology. B.A. (1999), M.S. (2004), Ph.D. (2005) University of Connecticut.
Sarah M. Turgeon, Professor of Psychology (Neuroscience). B.A. (1989) Kenyon College; Ph.D. (1994) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 2011) Amherst College.
Raina Forbes Uhden, Senior Lecturer in French. B.A. (1996) Virginia Polytechnic and State University; M.A. (1997) Reid Hall, Columbia University in Paris; Ph.D. (2005) Columbia University.
Martha M. Umphrey, Bertrand H. Snell 1894 Professor in American Government (Law, Jurisprudence and Social Thought). B.A. (1986), J.D. (1991), Ph.D. (2000) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 2007) Amherst College.
Timothy Van Compernolle, Professor of Asian Languages and Civilizations (Japanese). B.A. (1992), M.A. (1995) University of Kansas; M.A. (1997), Ph.D. (2001) University of Michigan; A.M. (hon. 2017) Amherst College.
Christopher S. van den Berg, Associate Professor of Classics. B.A. (1996) University of California at Berkeley; Ph.D. (2006) Yale University.
Olufemi Vaughan, Alfred Sargent Lee 1941 and Mary Farley Ames Lee Professor of Black Studies. B.A. (1981), M.A. (1983) St. John’s University; D.Phil. (1989) University of Oxford; A.M. (hon. 2018) Amherst College.
Niko Vicario, Assistant Professor of Art and the History of Art. B.A. (2004) Vassar College; Ph.D. (2015) Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Kiara Maria Vigil, Assistant Professor of American Studies. B.A. (1997) Tufts University; M.A. (1998) Teachers College, Columbia University; M.A.L.S. (2006) Dartmouth College; Ph.D. (2011) University of Michigan.
Kaspar Villadsen, Karl Loewenstein Fellow and Visiting Professor of Political Science. M.A. (1999) Roskilde University; Ph.D. (2004) University of Copenhagen.
Jonathan M. Vogel, George Lyman Crosby 1896 Professor in Philosophy. B.A. (1976), Ph.D. (1986) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1998) Amherst College.
Amy S. Wagaman, Associate Professor of Statistics. B.A. (2003) Kenyon College; M.S. (2005), Ph.D. (2008) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.
Vanessa Walker, Morgan Assistant Professor in Diplomatic History. B.A. (2000) Whitman College; M.A. (2004), Ph.D. (2011) University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Kimberly Ward-Douong, Education and Research Fellow in the Five College Astronomy Department. B.Sc. (2011) Northern Arizona University at Flagstaff; Ph.D. (2017) Arizona State University at Tempe.
John Weinert, Five College Lecturer in Arabic. B.A. Bard College; M.A. University of Texas at Austin.
Neil White, Assistant Professor of Economics. A.B. (2009) Princeton University; M.S. (2015), Ph.D. (2018) University of Texas at Austin.
Tess E. Wise, Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science. B.S. (2011) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. (2019) Harvard University.
Geoffrey R. Woglom, Richard S. Volpert 1956 Professor of Economics. B.A. (1968) Yale College; M.Ph. (1970), Ph.D. (1974) Yale University; A.M. (hon. 1984) Amherst College.
Boris Wolfson, Associate Professor of Russian. B.A. (1997) University of Chicago; M.A. (1999), Ph.D. (2004) University of California at Berkeley.
Wendy Woodson, Roger C. Holden 1919 Professor of Theater and Dance. B.A. (1969), M.A. (1976) George Washington University; A.M. (hon. 2000) Amherst College.
Amelia Worsley, Assistant Professor of English. B.A. (2006) Selwyn College, University of Cambridge; M.A. (2007) Brown University; M.A. (2009), Ph.D. (2014) Princeton University.
Karamatou A. Yacoubou Djima, Assistant Professor of Mathematics. B.S. (2008) City University of New York; M.S. (2011), Ph.D. (2015) University of Maryland.
Lei Ying, Assistant Professor of Asian Languages and Civilizations. B.A. (2005) National University of Singapore; M.A. (2011) Columbia University; Ph.D. (2018) Harvard University.
Andreas T. Zanker, Assistant Professor of Classics. B.A. (2004) University of Canterbury, New Zealand; M.A. (2007), Ph.D. (2010) Princeton University.
Yongheng Zhang, Lecturer in Mathematics. B.Eng. (2007) Central South University, Changsha, China; M.Sc. (2009), Ph.D. (2015) Purdue University.