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    Nov 21, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog

Faculty


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For more information about individual faculty members, view their Faculty Profile on the Claremont McKenna College website.

Year denotes year of appointment.

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Gautam Agarwal
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, 2021
B.S., University of Texas at Austin, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Benyamin Ahmadnia
Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 2023 
B.Sc., University of Sistan and Baluchestan, Iran; M.Sc., Ph.D., Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain

Fazia Aïtel
Associate Professor of French, 2005
D.E.A., Université Paris VIII; Ph.D., City University of New York

Asuman G. Aksoy
Crown Professor of Mathematics and George R. Roberts Fellow, 1987
B.Sc., University of Ankara, Turkey; M.S., The Middle East Technical University; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Nicole Altamirano
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, 2006
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Reginald Anderson
Post-Doctoral Fellow of Mathematics and Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2023
B.A., Colorado College; M.S., Ph.D., Kansas State University

Heather Antecol
Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and James G. Boswell Professor of Economics, 2001
B.A., M.A., Queen’s University, Canada; Ph.D., McMaster University, Canada

Hilary Appel
Podlich Family Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Keck Center for International and Strategic Studies, 1999
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Jennifer Armstrong
Professor of Biology, 2003
B.S., New Mexico State University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego, The Salk Institute

William L. Ascher
Donald C. McKenna Professor of Government and Economics, 2000
B.A., University of Michigan; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Najah Azzouzi
Visiting Assistant Professor of Arabic, 2022
B.A., Cadi Ayyad University, Morocco; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

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Amy R. (Hurshman) Babbes
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2015
B.S., Michigan Technological University; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Rima Basu
Associate Professor of Philosophy, 2018
B.A., M.A., University of Toronto; Ph.D., University of Southern California

George Batta
Associate Professor of Economics (Accounting), 2007
A.B., University of California, Berkeley; D.B.A., Harvard University

Dionne Bensonsmith
CARE Center Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, 2021
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University

Keilee Bessho
Interim Instructor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Golf Coach, 2024
B.A., University of Redlands; M.A., California State University, Long Beach

Murat Binay
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, 2011
B.S., Bosphorus University; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

Maya Binyam
Visiting Lecturer of Literature, 2024
B.A., Yale University

Gary R. Birkenbeuel
Visiting Lecturer of Economics (Accounting), 2016
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

David J. Bjerk
Russell S. Bock Professor of Economics, 2007
B.A., Carleton College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

Michael Shane Bjornlie
Professor of History, 2007
B.A., University of Alabama, Huntsville; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Mark Blitz
Fletcher Jones Professor of Political Philosophy, 1996
A.B., Ph.D., Harvard University

Heidi Blocker
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2022
B.S., Texas State University, San Marcos; M.A., Ph.D., University of Denver

Robert Brodman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2022
B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Eastern Michigan University; Ph.D., Kent State University

Hicham Bou Nassif
Weinberg Associate Professor of International Relations and the Middle East and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2018
B.A., Universite Libanaise, Lebanan; M.A. Universite Saint Paul de La Sagesse, Lebanon; M.A. Universite Saint Joseph; Ph.D., Indiana University

Jordan Branch
Associate Professor of Government (IR), 2020
A.B., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

James Buchholz
Visiting Professor of Physics
B.S. Indiana State University; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Nicholas Buccola
Professor of Government, 2023
B.A., B.S., Santa Clara University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Sarah Budischak
Assistant Professor of Biology, 2018
B.S., Davidson College; M.S., Virginia Tech University; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Brian D. Bullard
Visiting Lecturer of Economics (Accounting), 2023
B.A., Claremont McKenna College

Richard C. K. Burdekin
Jonathan B. Lovelace Professor of Economics, 1989
B.A., University of Warwick, United Kingdom; M.Sc., University of Bristol, United Kingdom; M.A., Ph.D., University of Houston

Kevin R. Busch
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2023
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., Oxford University

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Sarah Cannon
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2018
B.A., Tufts University; M.Sc., University of Oxford; Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology

Edward Cartee
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Soccer Coach, 2023
B.A., Trinity University 

Rebeca Castaneda Leffler
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, 2024
B.A., California State University, Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Bethany Caulkins
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2021
B.S., California State University, San Bernardino; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Pete Chandrangsu
Assistant Professor of Biology, 2018
B.S., University of California, Irvine; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Hiram E. Chodosh
President and Professor of the College, 2013
B.A., Wesleyan University; J.D., Yale Law School

Esther Chung-Kim
Professor of Religious Studies, 2011
B.A., Drew University; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Duke University

Lisa Forman Cody
Associate Professor of History, 1996
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Henri Cole
Josephine Weeks Professor of Literature, 2015
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., University of Wisconsin; M.F.A. Columbia University

Melissa Coleman
Professor of Neuroscience, 2006
B.S., Samford University; Ph.D., The University of Alabama at Birmingham

Robert Comito
Visiting Lecturer of Biology, 2024
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; M.S., California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Jay A. Conger
Henry R. Kravis Research Chair in Leadership Studies and Professor of Psychology, 2004
B.A., Dartmouth College; M.B.A., University of Virginia; D.B.A., Harvard University

Gabriel I. Cook
Associate Professor of Psychology, 2005
B.A., Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania; M.S., Ph.D., University of Georgia

Mark A. Costanzo
Professor of Psychology, 1989
B.S., California State University, Fresno; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Zachary Courser
Co-Director of the Policy Lab and Associate Professor of the Practice, 2014
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., University of Virginia, Ph.D., University of Virginia

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Laura Dannhäuser
Post-Doctoral Fellow of the Kravis Leadership Institute and Visiting Assistant Professor of Leadership, 2023
B.Sc., German Sport University Cologne; M.A., Newcastle University, United Kingdom; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University 

Nishant Dass
Charles M. Stone Professor of Finance; Director, Financial Economics Institute, 2020
B.A., National Institute of Technology; M.S., University of Michigan, M.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., INSEAD

Megan Davidson
Director for the Center for Writing and Public Discourse, and Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature, 2018
B.A., M.A., University of Northern Iowa; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

David Day
Steven L. Eggert ‘82 Professor of Leadership and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Kravis Leadership Institute, 2017
B.A., Baldwin Wallace University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Akron

Leland de la Durantaye
Professor of Literature, 2012
B.A., Michigan State University; M.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., Cornell University

Christopher Dettmar
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2022
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; PhD., Purdue University

Stacey Doan
Norwood and Frances Berger Professor of Psychology, Business, and Society; Director, Berger Institute for Individual and Social Development, 2015
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Zachary Dodds
Visiting Professor of Integrated Sciences, 2023
B.A., M.S., Ph.D, Yale University

Brian Duistermars
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2019
B.S., University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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Zeynep Enkavi
Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Neuroscience, 2024
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., Stanford University

Gastón Espinosa
Arthur V. Stoughton Professor of Religious Studies, 2004
M.Div., Princeton Seminary; M.Ed., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Ioannis D. Evrigenis
Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Government and Ethics, 2023
B.A., Grinnell College; M.Sc., London School of Economics & Political Science; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

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Robert Faggen
Barton Evans and H. Andrea Neves Professor of Literature, 1988
A.B., Princeton University; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

John C. Farrell
Waldo W. Neikirk Professor of Literature, 1990
A.B., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Mitchell A. Fedorka
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Golf Coach, 2017
B.A., University of La Verne

Jennifer Feitosa
Associate Professor of Psychology, 2018
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Central Florida

Rachel Fenning
Associate Professor of Psychology and Director, Claremont Autism Center, 2022
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Devin Fergus
Professor of History and Public Affairs, 2024
B.A., M.A., North Carolina State University; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Heather L. Ferguson
Associate Professor of History and Faculty Co-Director, The Open Academy, 2011
B.A., La Sierra University; M.A., University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Ricardo Fernholz
Associate Professor of Economics, 2011
B.A.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Elise Ferree
Professorial Lecturer in Biology, 2010
B.S., The College of William and Mary; M.S., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Patrick Ferree
Professor of Biology, 2010
B.Sc., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; M.S., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Juliana Fillies
Assistant Professor of Spanish, 2022
B.A., M.A., University of Cologne, Germany; Ph.D., Arizona State University

Darren Filson
James G. Boswell Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Randall Lewis Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, 2007
B.A., University of Saskatchewan, Canada; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

Andrew Finley
Associate Professor of Economics (Accounting), 2015
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Arizona, Eller College of Management

Findley Finseth
Associate Professor of Biology, 2016
B.S., University of Virginia; Ph.D., Cornell University, University of Montana

Daniel Firoozi
Assistant Professor of Economics, 2023
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Jeffrey Allen Flory
Associate Professor of Economics, 2012
B.A., Reed College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Michael Fortner
Pamela B. Gann Associate Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Dreier RoundTable, 2021
B.A., Emory University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Bassam K. Frangieh
Professor of Arabic, 2008
B.A., Damascus University, Syria; M.S., Ph.D., Georgetown University

Joseph Frigault
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2021
B.A., Mount Allison University, Canada; M.A., University of British Columbia, Canada; Ph.D., Boston University

Leonid (Lenny) Fukshansky
Professor of Mathematics, 2007
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

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Paul Gaffney
Visiting Associate Professor of Literature, 2022
B.A., Western Washington University, Bellingham; Ph.D., University of Virginia, Charlottesville

Ananda R. Ganguly
Morcos F. Massoud Associate Professor of Accounting and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2007
B. Commerce, University of Calcutta, India; Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Marcie Gardner
General Counsel and Lecturer of Government, 2019
B.A., University of Redlands; J.D., University of California at Davis

Julio Garín
Peter K. Barker ‘70 P’01 Associate Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2017
B.Sc., Universidat ORT; M.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Lily Geismer
Professor of History, 2010
B.A., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Michael Gelman
Associate Professor of Economics, 2017
B.A., Carnegie Mellon University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Gary Gilbert
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, 1998
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Benjamin Gillen
Associate Professor of Economics, 2018
B.A., Yale University; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

Sarah Gilman
Associate Professor of Biology, 2007
B.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Matthew Glassman
Visiting Assistant Professor in Government in the Washington Program, 2018
B.A., Hamilton College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Carlos Enrique Gonzales
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, 2007
B.A., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Isidro González
Pre-Doctoral Fellow of History and Visiting Instructor of History, 2024
B.A., University of San Diego; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara

Scot A. C. Gould
Professor of Physics, 1991
A.B., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Laura Grant
Associate Professor of Economics, 2016
B.A., M.S., Boise State University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Nyree Gray
Vice President for Human Relations and Chief Diversity Officer; and Visiting Lecturer of Economics (Accounting), 2023
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; J.D., Southwestern Law School

Charles D. Griffiths
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Men and Women Swim Coach, 2001
B.A., Denison University; M.S.S., United States Sports Academy

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Gary Michael Hamburg
Otto M. Behr Professor of European History, 2004
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Stanford University

Alison M. Harris
Cook-Ostby Associate Professor of Psychology, 2012
S.B., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D., Harvard University

Mary E. Hatcher-Skeers
Professor of Chemistry; and Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of Faculty, Scripps College, 1998
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.S., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Washington

Eric Helland
William F. Podlich ‘66 Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow; Co-Director of the Policy Lab, 1998
B.A., University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University

Mark Huber
Fletcher Jones Foundation Professor of Mathematics and Statistics and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2009
B.S., Harvey Mudd College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Eric Hughson
Don and Lorraine Freeberg Professor of Economics and Finance, 2007
B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., Carnegie Mellon University

Paul E. Hurley
Edward J. Sexton Professor of Philosophy, 2006
B.A., University of Notre Dame; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

Wei-Chin Hwang
Professor of Psychology, 2006
B.A., University of Utah; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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Lynn Itagaki
Associate Professor of Literature and Gender Studies, 2024
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., C.Phil., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Michael (Mike) Izbicki
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 2019
B.S., United States Naval Academy; M.S., Johns Hopkins University; Ph.D, University of California Riverside

J

Erica Perkins Jasper
William B. Arce Director of Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2019
B.A.,M.Ed., Washington State University

Kyle Jay
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2015
B.S., Brown University; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

Gabbrielle Michelle Johnson
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2020
B.A., Ohio State University; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

Erin Jones
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2018
B.A., Scripps College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Terril Jones
Visiting Lecturer of Government and Co-Director, Dreier RoundTable, 2015
B.A., Pomona College

Mark Juergensmeyer
Visiting Professor of Religious Studies, 2021
B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana; M.Div., Union Theological Seminary; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

K

Emily Kan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2024
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Tomoe Kanaya
Associate Professor of Psychology, 2007
A.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Chiu-Yen Kao
Keck Foundation Professor of Applied Math and Computer Science, 2011
B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Manfred W. Keil
Associate Professor of Economics, 1995
Zwischenpruefung, Goethe Universitaet, Frankfurt, Germany; M.A., University of Texas; M.S., Ph.D., London School of Economics, United Kingdom

Jason Keller
Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Ecology, 2023
B.S., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame

Peter Kelly
Assistant Professor of Economics (Finance), 2024
B.S., University of Notre Dame; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Meric Keskinel
Visiting Professor of Economics
B.A., University of Istanbul; M.A., Northeastern University; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Charles R. Kesler
Dengler-Dykema Distinguished Professor of Government, 1983
A.B., A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

Ellen Ketels
Associate Professor of Literature and Associate Dean of the Faculty, 2009
B.A., Washington University; M.A., University of York, England; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Minju Kim
Professor of Korean, 2003
B.A., M.A., Yonsei University, Korea; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Taehyung Kim
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2021
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Yong Kim
Henry Crown Visiting Associate Professor of Economics, 2017
B.A., Trinity College, University of Cambridge; M.Sc., Ph.D., London School of Economics

Amy L. Kind
Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy and Director, Gould Center for Humanistic Studies, 1997
B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.

Lisa Langdon Koch
Associate Professor of Government, 2016
B.A., Boston College; M.P.P., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Radhika Koul
Assistant Professor of Literature, 2023
B.A., Yale College; Ph.D., Stanford University

Daniel A. Krauss
Professor of Psychology, 2000
B.A., The Johns Hopkins University; M.A., J.D., Ph.D., University of Arizona

James Kreines
Edward S. Gould Professor of Philosophy, 2007
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of Chicago

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Adam Landsberg
Professor of Physics, 1998
B.A., Princeton University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Jessica Laser
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature, 2024
B.A., Brown University; MFA, University of Iowa; Ph.D. (expected 2024), University of California, Berkeley

Aaron M. Leconte
Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2011
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., The Scripps Research Institute

Jia “Gloria” Lee
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, 2024

Shaun Lee
Associate Professor of Integrated Sciences: Molecular Biology and Microbiology, 2024
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Oregon Health and Science University

Seth Lerer
Visiting Professor of Literature, 2024
B.A., Wesleyan University; B.A., M.A., Oxford University; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Shana Levin
Crown Professor of Psychology, George R. Roberts Fellow, 1998
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Ran (Ron) Libeskind-Hadas
Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Biology and Founding Chair, 2021
B.A., Harvard University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

William Lincoln
Associate Professor of Economics, 2015
S.B., A.B., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

Mira Liu
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2024

Daniel Livesay
Associate Professor of History, 2015
B.A., University of Colorado, Boulder; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

Seth Lobis
Associate Professor of Literature, 2007
B.A., Ph.D., Yale University

Dustin Locke
Professor of Philosophy, 2009
B.A., Texas Tech University; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Greg Lonzo
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Coach, 2006
B.S., Pepperdine University

Wendy Lower
John K. Roth Professor of History and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Mgrublian Center for Human Rights, 2012
B.A., Hamilton College, M.A., Ph.D. American University, Washington D.C.

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Joel Mackey
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2016
B.S., California State University, Bakersfield; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Florian Pascal Madison
Assistant Professor of Economics, 2019
B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Basel, Switzerland

Matthew Magilke
Associate Professor of Economics (Accounting), 2010
B.S., MBA, St. Cloud State University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison

Paul Christopher Manuel
Visiting Professor of Government in the Washington Program, 2023
B.A., M.A., Boston University; M.T.S., Boston College; Ph.D., Georgetown University

Adrienne M. Martin
Akshata Murty ‘02 and Rishi Sunak Professor of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2014
B.A., New York University; M.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Chloe Martinez
Associate Director of Programming for the Center for Writing and Public Discourse; and Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, 2015
B.A., Barnard College; M.A. University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A. Boston University, M.F.A., Warren Wilson College; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Mellissa Martinez
Associate Director of Multilingual Writing for the Center for Writing and Public Discourse; and Visiting Lecturer of Literature, 2019
B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.A., California State University, Fullerton

Sarah Marzen
Assistant Professor of Physics, 2019
B.S., Caltech; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Donald A. McFarlane
Kenneth S. Pitzer Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, 1991
B.Sc., University of Liverpool, United Kingdom; M.Sc., Queens University of Belfast, Northern Ireland; Ph.D., University of Southern California

Thomas McHenry
Visiting Associate Professor of Government, 2003
B.A., Yale College; M.F.S., Yale School of Forestry and Environmental Studies; J.D., New York University

Joshua Metzger
Visiting Lecturer of Economics, 2022
B.S., J.D., New York University

Lisa Meulbroek
Fritz B. Burns Professor of Financial Economics, 2003
A.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Daniel Merton Michon
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, 2007
B.A., Bowdoin College; M.Ed., John Carroll University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Kenneth P. Miller
Rose Professor of State and Local Government; and Director of the Rose Institute of State and Local Government, 2003
B.A., Pomona College; J.D., Harvard Law School; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Bhaven Mistry
Associate Director of the Murty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab; and Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.S., California State University, Northridge; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Phuthego Phuthego Molosiwa
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, 2024
B.A., M.A., University of Botswana; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities

Jenna A. Monroy
Associate Professor of Biology, 2016
B.Sc., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; Ph.D., Northern Arizona University

Tanner J. Moore
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, 2023
B.A., Miami University; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., Purdue University

James Morrison
Professor of Literature and Film, 2001
B.A., Wayne State University; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo

Mukasa Mubirumusoke
Associate Professor of Africana Studies, 2018
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Boston College; Ph.D., Emory University

Marina Muncan
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s and Women’s Cross Country Coach, 2020
B.A., Villanova University

Stephanie Muravchik
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, 2014
B.A., M.A., University of Maryland, College Park; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Chanel Monet Murchison
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Basketball Coach, 2019
B.A., William & Mary; MBA, John Carroll University

Jean-Pierre D. Murray
Assistant Professor of Government, 2023
B.Sc., Université des Antilles; M.Sc., Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Bordeaux; B.Sc., M.Sc., University of the West Indies, Mona; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Boston  

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Christopher Nadon
Associate Professor of Government, 2006
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

V. Samuel Nelson
George C.S. Benson Professor of Public Affairs, 2008
B.S., University of Wyoming; M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Paul Nerenberg
Kravis Associate Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Science, 2023
B.S., Johns Hopkins University; PhD., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

David Nolan
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Soccer Coach, 2022
B.A., La Sierra University; M.A., Concordia University

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Susanne Obdrzalek
Associate Professor of Philosophy, 2006
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Saman Olfati
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics, 2014
B.A., M.A., Allameh Tabatabai University, Tehran; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Michael D. O’Neill
Professor of Mathematics, 2000
B.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

I. Serkan Ozbeklik
Associate Professor of Economics, 2007
B.A., Marmara University, Turkey; M.A., University of Guelph, Canada; Ph.D., The Ohio State University

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Sooran Pak
Visiting Instructor of Korean, 2021
B.A., Seoul Women’s University; M.A. Seoul National University; M.A., University of Buffalo, the SUNY; Ph.D. candidate, University of Hawai’i at Manoa

Ahona Panda
Assistant Professor of History, 2021
B.A., M.A., Jadavpur University; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Albert Park
Bank of America Associate Professor of Pacific Basin Studies, 2007
B.A., Northwestern University: M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Jeho Park
Director of the Murty Sunak Quantitative and Computing Lab and Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2018
B.S., Incheon National University: M.S., California State University, Long Beach; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Blanford Chase Parker
Visiting Professor of Literature, 2019
B.A., Cornell College: M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Ryan Patel
Visiting William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellow, 2024
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; M.B.A., University of California, Irvine

Emily Pears
Associate Professor of Government, 2015
B.A., Claremont McKenna College: M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

Roberto Pedace
Visiting Professor of Economics
B.A., California State University, San Bernardino; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Minxin Pei
Tom and Margot Pritzker ‘72 Professor of Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2009
B.A., Shanghai International Studies University; M.F.A., University of Pittsburgh; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Jonathan Petropoulos
John V. Croul Professor of European History, 1999
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University

John J. Pitney, Jr.
Roy P. Crocker Professor of American Politics and Co-Director, Dreier RoundTable, 1986
B.A., Union College; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

Piyush Prakash
Visiting Lecturer of Leadership, 2024
B.Tech., Gurukula Kangri Vishwavidyalaya Faculty of Engineering & Technology; M.A., Tata Institute of Social Sciences; M.P.P., University of Chicago

Marion Ruth Preest
Pritzker Family Foundation Professor of Biology, 1999
B.Sc., Otago University, New Zealand; M.S., Ph.D., Cornell University

Kathleen Purvis-Roberts
Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Science, 2001
B.S., Westmont College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

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Ramkishen Rajan
Visiting William F. Podlich Distinguished Fellow, 2024
B.Soc.Sci., National University of Singapore; M.A., Claremont Graduate University; M.A., University of Michigan; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Alex Rajczi
Deborah and Kenneth Novack ‘67 Professor of Ethics and Leadership and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2004
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Colin Rathbun
Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Chemistry, 2024
B.S., Hope College; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Yaron Raviv
Associate Professor of Economics, 2004
B.A., M.A., Hebrew University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Catherine L. Reed
McElwee Family Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2007
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Ronald E. Riggio
Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology, 1996
B.S., Santa Clara University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Colin Robins
Associate Professor of Environmental Science, 2012
B.A., Macalester College; M.S., Oregon State University; Ph.D., University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Sarah Robinson
Assistant Professor of Economics, 2023
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Shanna Rose
Alice Tweed Tuohy Associate Professor of Government, 2014
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Harvard University

Evan Rosenman
Assistant Professor of Statistics, 2023
A.B., Harvard University; M.S., Georgetown University; M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University

Joshua Rosett
Curb Family Associate Professor of Business and Law and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2003
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

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Sarah Sarzynski
Associate Professor of History, 2013
B.A., University of Oregon; M.A. University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Maryland

Kenneth Scalmanini
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Basketball Coach, 1995
A.A., Santa Rosa Junior College; B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.A., Azusa Pacific University

Jessamyn Schaller
Associate Professor of Economics, 2019
B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D. University of California, Davis

Lars Schmitz
Kravis Associate Professor of Integrated Sciences: Biology, 2012
Vordiplom (B.Sc. equivalent); Diplom (M.Sc. equivalent), University of Bonn, Germany; Ph.D. University of California, Davis

S. Andrew Schroeder
Professor of Philosophy and Associate Dean of the Faculty, 2011
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Harvard University

Benjamin Schlau
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2021
Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

David Schwarz
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Tennis Coach, 2014
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Cortland State University

Diana Selig
Kingsley Croul Associate Professor of History and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2001
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Kevin Setter
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, 2019
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Paul Settles
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Tennis Coach, 2003
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., University of Cambridge

Cameron Shelton
McMahon Family Professor of Political Economy and George R. Roberts Fellow; Director, Lowe Institute of Political Economy, 2008
B.S., A.B., Ph.D., Stanford University

Marie-Denise Shelton
Professor of French, 1977
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Aaron Sheng
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2023
B.S., Ph.D. University at Buffalo

Janet Sheung
Assistant Professor of Physics, 2019
B.S., California Institute of Technology; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois

Jon A. Shields
Professor of Government and Faculty Co-Director, The Open Academy, 2008
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Andrew Sinclair
Assistant Professor of Government, 2018
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.S. Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Aseema Sinha
Wagener Family Professor of Comparative Politics, Professor of Government (IR) and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2011
B.A., Lady Shri Ram College; M.A., M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Derik Jalal Smith
Associate Professor of Literature, 2018
B.A., The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; Ph.D., Northwestern University

Ulysses Sofia
Weinberg Family Dean of Science, Professor of Physics, George R. Roberts Fellow, and Dean of Keck Science, 2017
B.A., Wesleyan University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison

Tessa Solomon-Lane
Assistant Professor of Biology, 2018
B.A., Vassar College; M.S., Ph.D., Georgia State University

Glenn Stewart
Assistant Professor of Physical Education, Head Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Coach, 2016
B.A., California State University, Los Angeles

Julie W. Suh
Visiting Associate Professor of Economics (Accounting), 2023
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Stanford Graduate School of Business

Kyle Sweeney
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Football Coach, 2011
B.A., Occidental College; M.S., Illinois State University

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Sherylle Tan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2005
B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Jennifer Morrison Taw
Associate Professor of Government (IR), 2006
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

George Thomas
Burnet C. Wohlford Professor of American Political Institutions and Professor of Government; Director, Salvatori Center for Individual Freedom, 2007
B.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Andrew Thompson
Post-Doctoral Fellow of Integrated Sciences: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics

Sara Thompson
Visiting Assistant Professor in the Silicon Valley Program, 2017
B.A., M.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., Colorado State University

Diane M. Thomson
Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, 2004
B.S., University of Arizona; M. Phil, University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

Briana Toole
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2018
B.A., Florida State University; M.A., University of Sheffield; Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin

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Lauren Uhr
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach, 2015
B.A., Fairfield University

Sharda Umanath
Associate Professor of Psychology, 2015
B.A., Washington University, St. Louis; M.A., Ph.D., Duke University

Peter Uvin
Professor of Government, 2015
Licences in Diplomatic and Political Science (M.A. equivalents), University of Ghent, Belgium; International Graduate School course certificate, University of Stockholm, Sweden; Ph.D. University of Geneva, Switzerland

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Norman Valencia
Associate Professor of Spanish and Portuguese, 2013
Filosofia y Letras, Universidad de los Andes; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Yale University.

Skania Valencia
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Softball Coach, 2024
B.S., M.B.A, Mercy College

Corinna Vallianatos
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature, 2019
B.A., University of Virginia, M.F.A., University of Arizona

Ethan Van Arnam
Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2017
B.A., Bowdoin College; Ph.D., Caltech

Cesar Vargas Nunez
Assistant Professor of Government, 2024
B.A., Pitzer College; Ph.D., Stanford University

Salvador Velazco
Associate Professor of Spanish, 1997
B.A., University of Guadalajara, Mexico; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Michigan

Jamel Velji
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, 2015
B.A., Haverford College; M.A., McGill University; Ph.D. University of California, Santa Barbara

Tamara Venit-Shelton
Professor of History, 2012
B.A., Amherst College, M.A., Ph.D. Stanford University

Kurt Vlasich
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Volleyball Coach, 2002
B.S., Pepperdine University

Robert von Hallberg
Professor of Literature, 2010
A.B., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., Stanford University

Angela Vossmeyer
Associate Professor of Economics, 2015
B.A., M.A., and Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Aditi Vyas
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2021

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William Walkenbach
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Baseball Coach, 2015
B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Georgia State University

Nia Walker
Assistant Professor of Integrated Sciences: Biology, 2025
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University

Chelsea Zi Wang
Assistant Professor of History, 2016
B.A., University of British Columbia; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

Nicholas O. Warner
Professor of Literature, 1980
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Sandra Watson
Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, 2022
B.A., Spelman College; Ph.D., Rockefeller University

Yosef Washington
Post-Doctoral Fellow of Philosophy and Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2023
B.A., Cornell University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Anna Wenzel
Professor of Chemistry, 2006
B.S., University of California, San Diego; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Emily A. Wiley
Professor of Biology, 2002
B.A., Western Washington University; Ph.D., University of Washington

Branwen Williams
George R. Roberts Professor of Integrated Sciences: Environmental Science; and Director, Roberts Environmental Center, 2011
B.Sc., University of Guelph; M.Sc., University of Quebec, Montreal; Ph.D., Ohio State University

Diana Williams
Professor of Integrated Sciences: Neuroscience, 2024
B.A., Brooklyn College, City University of New York; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Nancy B. Scott Williams
Associate Professor of Chemistry, 2003
B.S., Harvey Mudd College; Ph.D., University of Washington, Seattle

Sierra Williams
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2021
B.S., Temple University; Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

Helen Wong
Professor of Mathematical Sciences, 2018
B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D., Yale University

Taia Wu
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2024
B.A., Scripps College; Ph.D., University of California, San Francisco

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Jingyu Xu
Assistant Professor of Economics (Accounting), 2024
B.Mgt., Shanghai Business School; M.S., University of Pittsburgh; Ph.D., University of Connecticut

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Shibu Yooseph
Kravis Professor of Integrated Sciences: Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, 2023
BTECH, Institute of Technology, Banaras Hindu University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Fan Yu
Gordon C. Bjork Professor of Financial Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2008
B.Sc., M.Sc., McMaster University, Canada; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

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Jessica Zarkin
Assistant Professor of Government, 2022
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Ruijun Zhao
Visiting Professor of Mathematics, 2024
B.S., M.S., Nankai University; Ph.D. Purdue University

Xiao Zhang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience, 2023