Faculty

Faculty of Barnard College

Laura Rosenbury, 2023. President of the College, Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies
A.B., Harvard-Radcliffe College; J.D., Harvard University

Linda A. Bell, 2012. Provost & Dean of the Faculty, Claire Tow Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Harvard University                                                                                                                                                                                                           .

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 and 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 and 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. Assistant 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. 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

Emily Black, 2023. Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D. Carnegie Mellon University

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. 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. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of English and Africana Studies
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. Lecturer in the First-Year Writing Program
B.A., Bennington College; M.F.A., Columbia University

Peter T. Connor, 1991. 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. 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. 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. Associate 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. Associate 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. Assistant 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. 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. 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 and 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. Assistant Professor of Religion
B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University

Tovah P. Klein, 1995. Director of the Toddler Center and Adjunct Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Knizel, Alisa, 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. 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

Marin Cobos, Almudena, 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. Assistant 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. Associate 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

Premilla Nadasen, 2013. Ann Whitney Olin Professor of History
B.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Columbia University

Celia E. Naylor, 2010. Associate Professor of History
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
A.B., 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. Associate 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. Assistant 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. 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. Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of Kansas; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Alexandra P. Watson, 2017. 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. Associate 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

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)
Ellen Morris, Classics (2020)
Anupama Rao, History (2017)
Randall Reback, Economics (2016)
Christian Rojas, Chemistry (2010)
Russell Romeo, Psychology (2017)
Ann Senghas, Psychology (2011)
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

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

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

Mirella Servodidio, Ph.D., 1964-2000, Professor Emerita of Spanish & Latin American Cultures

Richard F. Gustafson, Ph.D., 1965-2002, Professor Emeritus of Russian

Joseph L. Malone, Ph.D., 1967-2002, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics

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

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