Faculty

Sony Coranez Bolton
Associate Professor of Spanish and English; Faculty Equity and Inclusion Officer; Chair of Latinx and Latin Amer Studies
413-542-5905
scoranezbolton@amherst.edu
Grosvenor House Room 023

Pawan Dhingra (Chair)
Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty; Aliki Perroti and Seth Frank '55 Professor of U.S. Immigration Studies, in American Studies
413-542-5368
pdhingra@amherst.edu
Converse Hall

Edward D. Melillo
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of History and Environmental Studies; Chair of Environmental Studies
413-542-5415
emelillo@amherst.edu
Beneski Museum of Natural History Room 103

Nozomi Nakaganeku Saito
Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of English
nsaito@amherst.edu
Johnson Chapel Room 301B

Contributing

In addition, faculty across the Humanities and Social Sciences serve as contributing faculty and can advise students, and their regular course offerings serve the major.

Amrita Basu
Domenic J. Paino 1955 Professor of Political Science, and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies (On Leave 1/1/2024 - 6/30/2024)
413-542-2942
abasu@amherst.edu
Cooper House Room 301

Dwight Carey
Assistant Professor of Art and the History of Art
413-542-5875
dcarey@amherst.edu
Fayerweather Hall Room 310

Robert Hayashi
Professor of American Studies
413-542-5346
rhayashi@amherst.edu
Morgan Hall Room 302

Assistant Professor Michelle Lee, Psychology (joining Fall 2024)
n/a

Ron Lembo
Edward N. Ney '46 Professor in American Institutions (Sociology)
413-542-2160
ralembo@amherst.edu
Beneski Museum of Natural History Room 304

Samuel C. Morse

Howard M. and Martha P. Mitchell Professor of the History of Art and Asian Languages and Civilizations; Chair of Asian Languages and Civilizations
413-542-2282
scmorse@amherst.edu
Fayerweather Hall Room 106

Thirii M. Myint
Assistant Professor of English
tmyint@amherst.edu
Webster Hall Room 214

Victoria Nguyen
Assistant Professor of Anthropology
413-542-8311
vcnguyen@amherst.edu
Morgan Hall Room 203B

Christine N. Peralta
Assistant Professor of History and Sexuality, Women's and Gender Studies (On Leave 1/1/2024 - 6/30/2024)
cperalta@amherst.edu
Lyceum Room 208

Caroline B. Theoharides
Associate Professor of Economics; Chair of Economics
413-542-5815
ctheoharides@amherst.edu
Converse Hall Room 317

Vanessa Walker
Gordon Levin Associate Professor of History (Diplomatic History)
413-542-5662
vwalker@amherst.edu
Lyceum Room 306

There are no faculty teaching courses in this department this semester. You can use the Courses link to the left to review previous semesters, the courses taught then, and the faculty who taught them.