The Administration
Laura Rosenbury, President of the College
Rebecca Walkowitz, Provost and Dean of the Faculty
Marina Catallozzi, M.D., MSCE, Vice President for Health & Wellness and Chief Health Officer
Ciaran Escoffery, Assistant Vice President & Secretary to the Board of Trustees
Michael Farley, Vice President, Development & Alumnae Relations
Jennifer Fondiller, Vice President for Enrollment & External Affairs
Leslie Grinage, Vice President for Campus Life & Student Experience and Dean of the College
Robin Levine, Vice President for Strategic Communications
Serena Longley, Vice President and General Counsel
Kelly A. Murray, Executive Vice President for Strategy and Chief Administrative Officer
The Faculty
Laura Rosenbury, 2023. President of the College, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe College; J.D., Harvard University
Rebecca Walkowitz, 2024. Provost & Dean of the Faculty, Claire Tow Professor of English
A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe College; Ph.D., Harvard University
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Nadia Abu El-Haj, 2002. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., Duke University
Thea R. Abu El-Haj, 2017. Professor of Education
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Alexander Alberro, 2008. Bloedel Wright ’51 Professor of Art History
B.A., M.A., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., Northwestern University
Elizabeth O. Ananat, 2018. Mallya Endowed Chair in Women and Economics & Professor of Economics
B.A., Williams College; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., MIT
Cynthia Anderson, 2005. Lecturer in Dance
Gail Archer, 1988. Professor of Professional Practice in Music & Director of the Barnard-Columbia Chorus
B.A., Montclair State College; M.A., University of Hartford ; M.M., Mannes College of Music; D.M.A., Manhattan School of Music
Belinda Archibong, 2015. Associate Professor of Economics
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Rachel N. Austin, 2015. Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos Professor of Chemistry
B.A., University of North Carolina, Greensboro; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Séverine Autesserre, 2007. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science
B.A., Sorbonne University; M.A., Sciences-Po, France; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., New York University
Gergely Baics, 2010. BPH Endowed Faculty Chair and Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies
B.A., ELTE University, Budapest; M.A., Central European University; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University
Jordan Philip Balaban, 2021. Lecturer in Biological Sciences
B.S., M.S., University Rhode Island; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine
Peter D. Balsam, 1975. Samuel R. Milbank Chair for Health and Society, Professor of Psychology and Professor of Cognitive Science
B.A., SUNY, Stony Brook; M.A., Ph.D., North Carolina University
Nicholas A. Bartlett, 2016. Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California San Francisco / Berkeley
James G. Basker, 1987. Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History and Professor of English
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Cambridge University; D. Phil., Oxford University
Christopher C. Baswell, 1984. Professor of English
B.A., Oberlin College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
Alyssa Battistoni, 2021. Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Yale University
Elizabeth P. Bauer, 2008. Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
A.B., Amherst College; Ph.D., New York University
Kadambari Baxi, 2005. Professor of Professional Practice in Architecture
B.A, Center of Environmental Planning and Technology; M.S., Pratt Institute; M.S., New York University
David A. Bayer, 1987. Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Deborah Becher, 2010. Associate Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of Virginia; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Meredith A. Benjamin, 2016. Lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program
B.A., Fordham University; M.A., Ph.D., City University of New York
Orlando Bentancor, 2008. Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures
B.A., Universidad de la República, Uruguay; M.A., Louisiana State University; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Beth A. Berkowitz, 2012. Ingeborg Rennert Chair of Jewish Studies and Professor of Religion
B.A., Columbia College; M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Columbia University
Sheri E. Berman, 2004. Professor of Political Science
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Elizabeth Bernstein, 2002. Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Jennifer Finney Boylan, 2014. Anna Quindlen Writer-in-Residence
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Johns Hopkins University
Anne Boyman, 1979. Senior Lecturer in French
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Toronto University
Logan Brenner, 2019. Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
B.A., Skidmore College; Ph.D., Columbia University
Benjamin Breyer, 2017. Senior Lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program
B.A., Clark University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Ronald D. Briggs, 2008. Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures
B.A., University of the South (Sewanee); M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., New York University
Robert A. Brotherton, 2017. Lecturer in Psychology
B.S., University of Kent; M.S., Ph.D., University of London
Gregory C. Bryda, 2018. Assistant Professor of Art History
B.A., B.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Yale University
André C. Burgstaller, 1977. Professor of Economics
Licence, University of Geneva; M.A., Toronto University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Cécile Feza Bushidi, 2021. Assistant Professor of Dance
B.A., School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London; M.Sc., University of Oxford, Ph.D., School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London
Marisa C. Buzzeo, 2009. Professor of Chemistry
A.B., Barnard College; D. Phil, University of Oxford, St. John’s College
Angelo M. Caglioti, 2019. Assistant Professor of History
Ph.D., University California, Berkeley
Hilary S. Callahan, 1999. Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Michael G. Campbell, 2016. Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Loyola University; M.S., Ph.D., Harvard University
Gisela D. Cardenas, 2018. Lecturer in Theatre
M.A., New York University; M.F.A., Columbia University
Taylor Carman, 1994. Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Wyoming; Ph.D., Stanford University
Mark C. Carnes, 1982. Professor of History
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
BJ Casey, 2022. Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience
B.A., M.A., Appalachian State University; Ph.D., University of South Carolina
Elizabeth A. Castelli, 1995. Professor of Religion
A.B., Brown; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School
Kenneth S. Chen, 2021. Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Yale University
Gabri Christa Reid, 2006. Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Dance
B.A., College of the Arts, Amsterdam; M.A., University of Washington
Yvette Christiansë, 2010. Claire Tow Professor of Africana Studies and English Literature
B.A., Ph.D., University of Sydney
Pamela B. Cobrin, 2002. Senior Lecturer in English and Director of the Writing Program
B.A., University Of Delaware: M.A., Brooklyn College; Ph. D., New York University
Vrinda Condillac, 2017. Senior Lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program
B.A., Bennington College; M.F.A., Columbia University
Peter T. Connor, 1991. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of French
B.A., Trinity College, University of Dublin; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Elizabeth Cook, 2019. Assistant Professor of Environmental Science
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Arizona State University
Alexander A. Cooley, 2001. Claire Tow Professor of Political Science
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Andrew C. Crowther, 2012. Tow Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Washington University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin
Daniela De Silva, 2007. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of Naples “Federico II”; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patricia D. Denison, 1990. Senior Lecturer in English
B.A., University of Maryland; Ph.D., University of Virginia
Rebecca K. Donegan, 2021. Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., Middle Tennessee State University; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology
Alan D. Dye, 1995. Professor of Economics
B.A., Texas Tech; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., University of Illinois
Lisa N. Edstrom, 2007. Senior Lecturer in Education
B.A., Harvard College/Radcliffe College; M.S., M.E., Bank Street College; Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
Rachel Eisendrath, 2012. Associate Professor of English
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., St. John's College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Margaret R. Ellsberg, 1988. Senior Lecturer in English
A.B., Radcliffe College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Karen Fairbanks, 1990. Claire Tow Professor of Professional Practice in Architecture
B.S., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M. Arch., Columbia University
Antoni Fernandez Parera, 2018. Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Cultures
Ph.D., University of Miami-Florida
Maria de la Paz Fernández, 2019. Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
B.S., Universidad de Quilmes; Ph.D., Universidad de Buenos Aires
Marjorie L. Folkman, 2014. Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Dance
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Bard Graduate Center
Severin M. Fowles, 2006. Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Ignacio Galan, 2016. Assistant Professor in Architecture
B.Arch., Universidad Politécnica de Madrid; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Abosede George, 2007. Tow Associate Professor of History and Africana Studies
B.A., Rutgers College, M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Ralph Ghoche, 2014. Assistant Professor of Architecture
B.A., McGill University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Katie Glasner, 1995. Senior Associate in Dance
B.A., Columbia University
John I. Glendinning, 1996. Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., Hampshire College; Ph.D., University of Florida
Sandra Goldmark, 2007. Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre
A.B., Harvard University; M.F.A., Yale School of Drama
Jessica L. Goldstein, 2004. Senior Lecturer in Biological Sciences
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., Washington University
Lisa M. Gordis, 1993. Professor of English
B.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Elizabeth Mara Green, 2016. Assistant Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Michelle Greene, 2023. Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., University of Southern California; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Erk Grimm, 1994. Associate Professor of German
M.A., University of Waterloo; Ph.D., Queen’s University
Nora Gross, 2023. Assistant Professor of Education
Achsah Guibbory, 2004. Professor of English
B.A., Indiana University; M.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Ayten Gündoğdu, 2008. Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., M.A., Boğazici University; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Gabrielle Gutierrez, 2022. Assistant Professor of Neuroscience and Behavior
Najam I. Haider, 2010. Professor of Religion
B.A., Dartmouth College; M. Phil., Oxford University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Irena Haiduk, 2018. Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Art History
M.F.A., University of Illinois, Chicago
Tiffany M. Hale, 2018. Assistant Professor of Religion
M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., Yale University
Kim F. Hall, 2006. Lucyle Hook Chair and Professor of English and Africana Studies
B.A., Hood College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Timothy Halpin-Healy, 1989. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
A.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Ross O. Hamilton, 1996. Professor of English
B.A., Queen’s University; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Sharon G. Harrison, 1997. Professor of Economics
B.S. Tufts University; Ph.D., Northwestern University
John S. Hawley, 1986. Claire Tow Professor of Religion
A.B., Amherst College; M.Div., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Harvard University
Amelia Herbert, 2023. Assistant Professor of Education
Maricarmen Hernandez, 2023. Assistant Professor of Sociology
Anne Higonnet, 2002. Professor of Art History
B.A., Harvard College; Ph. D., Yale University
Rebecca J. Hildebrand, 2018. Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Winnipeg; M.A., Concordia University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Maja Horn, 2006. Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures
B.A., Smith College; M.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Elizabeth W. Hutchinson, 2001. Associate Professor of Art History
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Lisa Jahn, 2023. Assistant Professor of American Studies
B.A., Ph.D., City University of New York
Janet R. Jakobsen, 2000. Claire Tow Professor of Women's Studies
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., School of Theology at Claremont; Ph.D., Emory University
Martina Jasova, 2018. Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Charles University, Prague; Ph.D., Charles University, Prague
Rebecca M. Jordan-Young, 2004. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Women’s Studies
B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Manu Karuka, 2014. Associate Professor of American Studies
B.M., Oberlin Conservatory; B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., New York University
Jennie A. Kassanoff, 1994. Adolph S. and Effie Ochs Chair in History and American Studies and Professor of English
A.B., Harvard University; M.Litt., Jesus College, Oxford University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Laura E. Kay, 1991. Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.A., Stanford University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California
Joel B. Kaye, 1992. Professor of History
B.A., University of Wisconsin; M.A., University of Massachusetts; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Matthew L. Keegan, 201. Moinian Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures & Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
B.A., Williams College; M. Phil., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., New York University
Daniela Kempf, 2012. Lecturer in English
B.A., University of Zagreb; M.A., Emerson College
Gale L. Kenny, 2012. Associate Professor of Religion
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University
Tovah P. Klein, 1995. Director of the Toddler Center & Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University
Alisa Knizel, 2023. Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dorothy Y. Ko, 2000. Professor of History
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University
Katherine L. Krimmel, 2016. Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., M.S., Ph.D., Columbia University
Jhumpa Lahiri, 2023. Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of the Creative Writing Program
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Ph.D., Boston University
Brian Larkin, 1998. Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Birmingham University; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., New York University
Colin W. Leach, 2017. Professor of Psychology
B.A., Boston University; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Janna J. Levin, 2004. Claire Tow Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.A., Barnard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Karen S. Lewis, 2012. Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Queen's University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Cecelia B. Lie-Spahn, 2011. Lecturer in English
B.A., Barnard College, M.A., University of California, Santa Cruz
Kenneth R. Light, 2012. Senior Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Ramapo College; M.S., Rutgers University; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Andrew C. Lipman, 2015. Associate Professor of History
B.A., Vassar College; M.S., University of Oxford; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Allison Lopatkin, 2019. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., University of Rochester; Ph.D., Duke University
Maria Eugenia Lozano, 2010. Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Cultures
B.A., Universidad del Valle; M.A., Washington State University; Ed.D., University of Massachusetts
Xiaobo Lü, 1994. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Political Science
B.A., Sichuan Institute of Foreign Languages, China; M.A., Institute of Foreign Affairs Beijing; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
Andrew L. Lynn, 2018. Lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program
B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Alfred J. Mac Adam, 1983. Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures
B.A., Rutgers College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Terryanne Maenza-Gmelch, 2002. Senior Lecturer in Environmental Science
B.A., Hofstra University; M.S., M. Phil., Ph.D., New York University
Brian J. Mailloux, 2006. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Environmental Science
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.S., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Princeton University
Jennifer H. Mansfield, 2006. Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., Oberlin College; Ph.D., Columbia University
Almudena Marin Cobos, 2023. Lecturer in Spanish & Latin American Cultures
Kimberly J. Marten, 1997. Professor of Political Science
A.B., Radcliffe College; Ph.D., Stanford University
Laura Masone, 1990. Senior Associate in Physical Education
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Teachers College, Columbia University; MBA, Simmons School of Management
Hisham Matar, 2011. Weiss International Fellow in Literature and the Arts, Professor of Professional Practice in English & Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
M.A., Design Futures (Architecture), Goldsmiths College, University of London
E’mett O. McCaskill, 2018. Lecturer in Psychology and Neuroscience & Behavior
B.A., Duke University; M.A., Ph.D., Northeastern University
Koleen C. McCrink, 2009. Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Douglass College, Rutgers University; M.S., M.Ph., Ph.D., Yale University
Rachel F. McDermott, 1990. Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
A.B., University of Pennsylvania; M.Div., Harvard Divinity School; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University
Dusa McDuff, 2007. Joan Lyttle Birman ’48 Chair of Mathematics and Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of Edinburgh; Ph.D., University of Cambridge
Dina C. Merrer, 2001. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Nara B. Milanich, 2004. Professor of History
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University
John E. Miller, 2001. Professor of Professional Practice in Art History
B.F.A., Rhode Island School of Design; M.F.A., California Institute of the Arts
Michael G. Miller, 2014. Tow Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Concordia College; M.A., Minnesota State University; Ph.D., Cornell University
Monica L. Miller, 2001. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of English
B.A., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Kristina L. Milnor, 1998. Tow Professor of Classics
B.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Debra C. Minkoff, 2005. Miriam Scharfman Zadek Family Professor of Sociology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
JJ Miranda, 2018. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.A., Reed College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Shayoni Mitra, 2010. Assistant Professor of Theatre
B.A., M.A., St. Stephen's College, Delhi University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Nelson J. Moe, 2000. Associate Professor of Italian
B.A., Wesleyan; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
David L. Moerman, 1998. Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
A.B., Columbia University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Eduardo Moncada, 2015. Tow Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Long Island University; M.A., University of Miami; A.M., Ph.D., Brown University
Mignon R. Moore, 2014. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Sociology
B.A., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Manijeh Moradian, 2018. Assistant Professor of Women's Studies
M.F.A., Hunter College; Ph.D., New York University
Ellen F. Morris, 2012. Professor of Ancient Studies
B.A., Barnard College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
John R. Morrison, 2009. Associate Professor of Philosophy, Cognitive Science, and Neuroscience & Behavior
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Brian R. Morton, 1995. PRF Endowed Chair and Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., University of Toronto; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside
Irene Motyl-Mudretzkyj, 1998. Senior Associate in German
B.A., M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara
Jose C. Moya, 2005. Professor of History
B.A., Kean University; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Reshmi Mukherjee, 1997. Helen Goodhart Altschul Professor of Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Presidency College, University of Calcutta; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Lalith Munasinghe, 1994. Professor of Economics
B.A., Princeton University, B.A., Cambridge University; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Smaranda Muresan, 2024. Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.Sc., Technical University of Cluj Napoca, Romania; Ph.D., Columbia University
Premilla Nadasen, 2013. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of History
B.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Columbia University
Celia E. Naylor, 2010. Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., UCLA; Ph.D., Duke University
Frederick Neuhouser, 2003. Viola Manderfeld Professorship of German Language and Literature and Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Wabash College, M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Lisa K. Northrop, 2004. Senior Associate in Physical Education
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Teacher’s College, Columbia University
Brian O’Keeffe, 2005. Senior Lecturer in French
B.A., Cambridge University; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Aaron Passell, 2014. Lecturer in Urban Studies
B.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D., New York University
Javier Perez-Zapatero, 2007. Senior Associate in Spanish and Latin American Cultures
B.A., M.A., University of Granada, Spain
Kara Pham, 2008. Senior Lecturer in Psychology
B.S., University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., Rockefeller University
Alison M. Pischedda, 2017. Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
B.S., Queen's University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara
Brian Plancher, 2022. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
A.B., Harvard University; M.Eng., Harvard University; Ph.D., Harvard University
Peter G. Platt, 1994. Professor of English
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Middlebury College; D. Phil., Oxford
Laurie J. Postlewate, 1997. Senior Lecturer in French
B.A., Southern Methodist University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Anupama P. Rao, 2001. Professor of History
B.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Meenakshi S. Rao, 1991. Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
B.S., M.S., Bangalore University, India; M. Phil., Ph.D., City University of New York
Alice Reagan, 2010. Professor of Professional Practice in Theatre
B.A., Bates College; M.A., New York University; M.F.A., Columbia University
Randall L. Reback, 2003. Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan
Robert E. Remez, 1980. Professor of Psychology
B.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., University of Connecticut
Resetarits, Emlyn Jane, 2023. Assistant Professor of Biology
Jonathan M. Reynolds, 2007. Professor of Art History
A.B., Harvard University; A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University
Jonathan Rieder, 1990. Professor of Sociology
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Yale University
Wadda C. Ríos-Font, 2005. Professor of Spanish and Latin American Cultures
B.A., The John Hopkins University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Maria S. Rivera Maulucci, 2004. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of Education
A.B., Barnard College; M.S., Yale University; M. Phil., Teachers College; Ph.D., Columbia University
Melanie Rodriguez, 2020. Associate in Physical Education
B.S., Rutgers University
Sedelia Rodriguez, 2013. Lecturer in Environmental Science
B.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Florida International University
Christian M. Rojas, 1997. Tow Professor of Chemistry
B.A., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Indiana University
Russell D. Romeo, 2007. Associate Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience & Behavior
B.A., Edinboro University; M.S. Villanova University; Ph.D., Michigan State University
Francey Russell, 2019. Assistant Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Toronto; M.A., New School for Social Research; Ph.D., University of Chicago
John C. Salyer, 2010. Associate Professor of Professional Practice in Anthropology
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Mark P. Santolucito, 2020. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Yale University
Karen Santos Da Silva, 2010. Lecturer in French
B.A., University of California at Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Stiliana N. Savin, 2004. Senior Lecturer in Physics and Astronomy
B.S., Sofia State University, Bulgaria; M.A., Ph.D., Temple University
Wendy C. Schor-Haim, 2008. Senior Lecturer in English and Director of the First-Year Writing Program
B.A., McGill University, M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., New York University
Paul A. Scolieri, 2003. Professor of Dance
A.B., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., New York University
Ann Senghas, 1999. Tow Professor of Psychology
B.A., Smith College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rajiv Sethi, 1995. Professor of Economics
B.S., University of Southampton; Ph.D., New School for Social Research
Rishita R. Shah, 2019. Lecturer in Biological Sciences
B.S., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Lesley A. Sharp, 1994. Barbara Chamberlain and Helen Chamberlain Josefsberg '30 Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley
William C. Sharpe, 1984. Professor of English
B.A., Columbia University; M.A., Oxford University; Ph.D., Columbia University
Anooradha I. Siddiqi, 2018. Assistant Professor of Architecture
M.Arch., Ph.D., New York University
Rae Silver, 1976. Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of the Natural & Physical Sciences and Professor of Psychology
B.A., McGill University; M.A., City University of New York; Ph.D., Rutgers University
Angela M. Simms, 2019. Assistant Professor of Urban Studies and Sociology
B.A., College of William & Mary; M.A., University of Texas at Austin; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Nick R. Smith, 2020. Assistant Professor of Architecture and Urban Studies
Ph.D., Harvard University
Joan Snitzer, 1986. Senior Lecturer in Art History
B.A., Pratt Institute; M.F.A., Hunter College
Jonathan W. Snow, 2012. Tow Associate Professor of Biological Sciences and Neuroscience & Behavior
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco
Marisa E. Solomon, 2020. Assistant Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
Ph.D., New School
Lisa K. Son, 2002. Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University
Martin Stute, 1993. Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 and Martin Hirschorn Professor of Environmental and Applied Sciences
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Heidelberg
Jesus Suarez-Garcia, 2002. Senior Associate in Spanish and Latin American Cultures
B.A., University of Leon, Spain; M.A., Open University of Catalunya
Emily Sun, 2015. Tow Associate Professor of Comparative Literature
B.A., Amherst College; M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
Danielle L. Sussan, 2005. Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Barnard College; Ph.D., Teachers College, Columbia University
Hadley T. Suter, 2017. Lecturer in French
B.A., Barnard College; Ph.D., UCLA
Neferti Xina M. Tadiar, 2006. Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
B.A., University of Philippines; M.A., University of Minnesota; Ph.D., Duke University
Kathleen M. Taylor, 2018. Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., M.A., George Mason University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Colleen M. Thomas-Young, 2004. Professor of Professional Practice in Dance
B.A., Empire State College & SUNY Purchase; M.F.A., University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee
Katherine Thorson, 2019. Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Bates College; Ph.D., New York University
Lisa S. Tiersten, 1993. Professor of History
B.A., University of Massachusetts; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
CoreyToler-Franklin, 2023. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Anja K. Tolonen, 2015. Assistant Professor of Economics
M.Sc., Ph.Lic., Ph.D., University of Gothenburg
Kate Michelle Turetsky, 2021. Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Amherst College; M.P.L., Ph.D., Columbia University
Duygu Ula, 2019. Lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program
B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Sabanci University; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Jean J. Vadakkan, 2006. Senior Lecturer in Chemistry
B.S., B.Ed., M.S., Mahatma Gandhi University, India; Ph.D., Cochin University of Science and Technology, India
Deborah Valenze, 1989. Professor of History
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Brandeis University
Timothy B. Vasko, 2018. Assistant Professor of Religion
Ph.D., Cornell University
Christina L. Vizcarra, 2015. Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of Kansas; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Tamara J. Walker, 2022. Tow Associate Professor of Africana Studies
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Alexandra P. Watson, 2017. Senior Lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program
B.A., Brown University; M.F.A., Columbia University
Caroline E. Weber, 2005. Professor of French
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
David F. Weiman, 2001. Alena Wels Hirschorn '58 Chair and Professor of Economics
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Yale; Ph.D., Stanford University
Tara Well, 1995. Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Cleveland State University; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Carl C. Wennerlind, 2001. Professor of History
B.A., University of South Florida; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
Paige West, 2001. Tow Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Wofford College; M.A., The University of Georgia; M. Phil., Ph.D., Rutgers University
Michael G. Wheaton, 2017. Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Alexander L. White, 2020. Assistant Professor of Neuroscience & Behavior
Ph.D., New York University
Kaya Williams, 2022. Assistant Professor of Anthropology
Ph.D., University of Chicago
Morgan C. Williams Jr., 2021. Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Morehouse College; Ph.D., CUNY Graduate Center
Seth S. Williams, 2017. Assistant Professor of Dance
B.A., University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., Columbia University
Nancy B. Worman, 1996. Professor of Classics
B.A., Barnard College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Hana Worthen, 2008. Associate Professor of Theatre and Comparative Literature
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Helsinki
William B. Worthen, 2008. Alice Brady Pels Professor of Theatre
B.A., University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D., Princeton University
Rebecca N, Wright, 2019. Druckenmiller Professor of Computer Science and Vagelos Computational Science Center Director
B.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., Yale University
Homa S. Zarghamee, 2012. Professor of Economics
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University
Amy Zhou, 2019. Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., Ph.D., UCLA
Named and Endowed Professorships and Directorships
Helen Goodhart Altschul Professorship in the Humanities
Reshmi Mukherjee, Professor of Physics & Astronomy
The BPH Endowed Faculty Chair
Gergely Baics, Associate Professor of History and Urban Studies
Barbara Chamberlain and Helen Chamberlain Josefsberg '30 Professor of Anthropology
Lesley Sharp, Professor of Anthropology
Druckenmiller Professor of Computer Science
Rebecca Wright, Professor of Computer Science
Richard Gilder Professor of Literary History
James G. Basker, Professor of English
Alena Wels Hirschorn ’58 Chair in Economics
David F. Weiman, Professor of Economics
Alena Wels Hirschorn ’58 and Martin Hirschorn Professor of Environmental and Applied Sciences
Martin Stute, Professor of Environmental Science
Lucyle Hook Chair in English
Kim Hall, Professor of English
Barbara Silver Horowitz Chair of Education Fund
Helene L. and Mark N. Kaplan Professor of the Natural and Physical Sciences
Rae Silver, Professor of Psychology
Joan Lyttle Birman ’48 Chair of Mathematics
Dusa McDuff, Professor of Mathematics
Mallya Endowed Chair in Women and Economics
Elizabeth Ananat, Professor of Economics
Viola Manderfeld Professorship of German Language and Literature
Frederick Neuhouser, Professor of Philosophy
Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Writing
Jhumpa Lahiri, Professor of English
Samuel R. Milbank Chair for Health and Society
Peter Balsam, Professor of Psychology
Moinian Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
Matthew L. Keegan, Assistant Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures
Barbara Novak ’50 Professor of Art History
Anne Higonnet
Adolph S. and Effie Ochs Chair in History and American Studies
Jennie Kassanoff, Associate Professor of English and American Studies
Ann Whitney Olin Foundation Chairs (5-year term beginning in the fall semester of the year noted below)
Nadia Abu El-Haj, Professor of Anthropology (2020)
Christopher Baswell, Professor of English (2008)
Hilary Callahan, Professor of Biological Sciences (2015)
Tina Campt, Professor of Africana Studies and Women's Studies (2014)
Elizabeth Castelli, Professor of Religion (2013)
Yvette Christianse, Professor of Africana Studies and English (2018)
Karen Fairbanks, Professor of Professional Practice of Architecture (2007)
John Glendinning, Professor of Biology (2014)
Kaiama Glover, Professor of French and Africana Studies (2019)
Lisa Gordis, Professor of English (2017)
Achsah Guibbory, Professor of English (2009)
Larry Heuer, Professor of Psychology (2007)
Anne Higonnet, Professor of Art History (2012)
Janet Jakobsen, Professor of Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2011)
Rebecca Jordan-Young, Professor of Women's Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2020)
Laura Kay, Professor of Physics & Astronomy (2009)
Joel Kaye, Professor of History (2016)
Xiaobo Lu, Professor of Political Science (2018)
Kimberly Marten, Professor of Political Science (2013)
Rachel McDermott, Professor of Asian and Middle Eastern Cultures (2010)
Dina Merrer, Professor of Chemistry (2020)
Debra Minkoff, Professor of Sociology (2009)
Peter Platt, Professor of English (2019)
Christian Rojas, Professor of Chemistry (2017)
Rajiv Sethi, Professor of Economics (2008)
Lesley A. Sharp, Professor of Anthropology (2010)
Steven Stroessner, Professor of Psychology (2012)
Martin Stute, Professor Environmental Science (2007)
Lisa Tiersten, Professor of History (2017)
Deborah Valenze, Professor of History (2015)
Nancy Worman, Professor of Classics (2016)
PRF Endowed Chair in Biology
Brian Morton, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
Alice Brady Pels Professor in the Arts
William Worthen, Professor of Theatre
Anna Quindlen Writer-in-Residence
Jennifer Finney Boylan
Ingeborg Rennert Professor in Judaic Studies
Beth A. Berkowitz, Professor of Religion
Janet H. Robb Professor of the Social Sciences
Eva Maria Stadler '52 & Richard A. Brooks CC '53 Professor of Film Studies
Tow Associate Professor (2 year term beginning in the fall semester of the year noted below)
Alexander A. Cooley, Political Science (2011)
Daniela De Silva, Mathematics (2018)
Rachel Eisendrath, English (2020)
Severin Fowles, Anthropology (2015)
Ayten Gundogdu, Political Science (2019)
Elizabeth Hutchinson, Art History (2019)
Kimberley Johnson, Political Science (2015)
Rebecca Jordan-Young, Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (2013)
Paul Kockelman, Anthropology (2012)
Brian Larkin, Anthropology (2014)
Janna Levin, Physics & Astronomy (2013)
Brian Mailloux, Environmental Science (2018)
Dina Merrer, Chemistry (2014)
Monica Miller, English (2016)
Kristina Milnor, Classics (2010)
Eduardo Moncada, Political Science (2024)
Ellen Morris, Classics (2020)
Anupama Rao, History (2017)
Randall Reback, Economics (2016)
Christian Rojas, Chemistry (2010)
Russell Romeo, Psychology (2017)
Ann Senghas, Psychology (2011)
Emily Sun, Comparative Literature (2024)
Paige West, Anthropology (2012)
Claire Tow Professor of Anthropology
Paige West, Professor of Anthropology
Claire Tow Professor of Biology
Claire Tow Professor of Classics
Claire Tow Professor of Economics
Linda A. Bell, Provost and Dean of the Faculty, Professor of Economics
Claire Tow Professor of Physics
Janna Levin, Professor of Physics & Astronomy
Claire Tow Professor of Political Science
Alexander A. Cooley, Professor of Political Science
Claire Tow Professor of Professional Practice in Architecture
Karen Fairbanks, Professor of Professional Practice in Architecture
Claire Tow Professor of Religion
Jack Hawley, Professor of Religion
Claire Tow Professor of Women's Studies
Janet Jakobsen, Professor of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies
Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos Computational Science Center Director
Rebecca Wright, Professor of Computer Science
Diana T. and P. Roy Vagelos Professor of Chemistry
Rachel Austin, Professor of Chemistry
Christina L. Williams Professor of Neuroscience
BJ Casey, Professor of Neuroscience
Constance Hess Williams Director of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies
Umbreen Bhatti
Virginia Bloedel Wright ’51 Professor of Art History
Alexander Alberro, Professor of Art History
Miriam Scharfman Zadek Family Professor of Sociology
Debra Minkoff, Professor of Sociology
Faculty Emeriti
Raymond J. Saulnier, Ph.D., LL.D., 1939-1973, Professor Emeritus of Economics
Margarita Ucelay, Ph.D., 1943-1981, Professor Emerita of Spanish
Chilton Williamson, Ph.D., 1942-1982, Professor Emeritus of History
Jeanette S. Roosevelt, Ph.D., 1951-1958; 1962-1986, Professor Emerita of Dance
John Meskill, Ph.D., 1959-1988, Professor Emeritus of Oriental Studies
Maristella Lorch, Ph.D., 1951-1990, Professor Emerita of Italian
Ruth M. Kivette, Ph.D., J.D., 1952-1992, Professor Emerita of English
Suzanne F. Wemple, Ph.D., J.D., 1966-1992, Professor Emerita of History
Remington Patterson, Ph.D., 1955-1994, Professor Emeritus of English
Joan Vincent, Ph.D., 1968-1994, Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Barbara S. Schmitter, Ph.D., 1957-1995, Professor Emerita of Psychology
Marina Ledkovsky, Ph.D., 1969-1996, Professor Emerita of Russian
Deborah Milenkovitch, Ph.D., 1965-1996, Professor Emerita of Economics
Lila Ghent Braine, Ph.D., 1974-1998, Professor Emerita of Psychology
Lydia H. Lenaghan, Ph.D., 1962-1998, Professor Emerita of Classics
Barbara Novak, Ph.D., 1958-1998, Professor Emerita of Art History
Abraham Rosman, Ph.D., 1966-1998, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
Paula G. Rubel, Ph.D., 1965-1998, Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Jane Rosenthal, Ph.D., 1952-1955; 1971-1998, Professor Emerita of Art History
Sue Larson, Ph.D., 1969-2000, Professor Emerita of Philosophy
Mirella Servodidio, Ph.D., 1964-2000, Professor Emerita of Spanish & Latin American Cultures
Peter H. Juviler, Ph.D., 1964-2001, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Richard F. Gustafson, Ph.D., 1965-2002, Professor Emeritus of Russian
Joseph L. Malone, Ph.D., 1967-2002, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics
Irene T. Bloom, Ph.D., 1988-2002, Professor Emerita of Asian & Middle Eastern Cultures
Philip V. Ammirato, Ph.D., 1974-2003, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
Elizabeth Dalton, Ph.D., 1965-2003, Professor Emerita of English
Richard M. Friedberg, Ph.D., 1968-2003, Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy
Joan S. Birman, Ph.D., 1973-2004, Professor Emerita of Mathematics
Demetrios Caraley, Ph.D., 1961-2004, Professor Emeritus of Political Science and Janet H. Robb Chair in the Social Sciences Emeritus
Sandra Genter, M.A., 1960-2004, Professor Emerita of Dance
Janet Soares, Ed.D., 1968-2005, Professor Emerita of Dance
Susan Riemer Sacks, Ph.D., 1971-2005, Professor Emerita of Education
Marcia Welles, Ph.D., 1970-2005, Professor Emerita of Spanish & Latin American Cultures
Nan Rothschild, Ph.D., 1981-2006, Professor Emerita of Anthropology
Jeanne Poindexter, Ph.D., 1991-2007, Professor Emerita of Biological Sciences
Dennis G. Dalton, Ph.D., 1969-2008, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Leslie Lessinger, 1977-2008, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
Natalie B. Kampen, Ph.D., 1988-2009, Professor Emerita of Women’s Studies
Anne Lake Prescott, Ph.D., 1959-1962; 1963-2010, Professor Emerita of English
Elizabeth S. Boylan, Ph.D., 1995-2011, Provost and Dean of the Faculty Emerita
Alan Gabbey, Ph.D., 1992-2012, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
Flora S Davidson, Ph.D., 1979-2014, Professor Emerita of Political Science and Urban Studies
Lee Anne Bell, Ed.D., 2002-2015, Professor Emerita of Education
Herbert Sloan, Ph.D., 1986-2015, Professor Emeritus of History
P. Keith Moxey, Ph.D., 1988-2016, Professor Emeritus of Art History
Lynn Garafola, Ph.D., 1988-2017, Professor Emerita of Dance
Stephanie Pfirman, Ph.D., 1993-2018, Professor Emerita of Environmental Science
Robert A. McCaughey, Ph.D., 1969-2020, Professor Emeritus of History
Mary C. Gordon, M.A., 1988-2021, Professor Emerita of English
Maire J. Jaanus, Ph.D., 1968-2021, Professor Emerita of English