2014-2015 Catalog 
    
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2014-2015 Catalog [ARCHIVED 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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Fazia Aitel
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 (on leave calendar year 2014)

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

Heather Antecol
Boswell Professor of Economics, 2001
B.A., M.A., Queen’s University, Canada; Ph.D., McMaster University, Canada

Hilary Appel
Podlich Family Chair in Government and George R. Roberts Fellow, 1999
B.A., Williams College; M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania

Giorgi Areshidze
Assistant Professor of Government, 2011
A.B., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin

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

Sven W. Arndt
Charles M. Stone Professor of Money, Credit, and Trade, 1990
B.A., University of Western Ontario, Canada; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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

B

George Batta
Assistant Professor of Economics (Accounting), 2007
A.B., University of California, Berkeley; D.B.A., Harvard University (on leave academic year 2014-15)

Peter M. Bergevin
Visiting Professor of Economics (Accounting), 2006, 2010
B.S., Salem State University; M.S., Ph.D., Arizona State University

Joseph M. Bessette
Alice Tweed Tuohy Professor of Government and Ethics, 1990
B.S., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

Audrey Bilger
Professor of Literature, and Faculty Director of the Center for Writing & Public Discourse, 1994
B.A., Oklahoma State University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

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

Graham Bird
Visiting Professor of Economics (part-time), 2005
B.A., M.A., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of Surrey, UK

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

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

Kersey A. Black
Professor of Chemistry, 1986
B.S., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Oregon

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

S. Brock Blomberg
Robin and Peter Barker Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, and Dean of the Robert Day School of Economics and Finance, 2003
B.S., University of Tampa; M.A., Ph.D., The Johns Hopkins University

Craig Bowman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2001, 2004
B.S., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of Southern California

Gerald L. Bradley
Associate Professor of Mathematics, 1966
B.S., Harvey Mudd College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

Kathleen Brown
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, 1999
B.A., M.A., California State University, Fullerton; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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

Alexis Burgess
Visiting Assistnat Professor of Philosophy, 2014
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

Jodie Rae Burton
Professor of Physical Education, Senior Woman Administrator, Associate Athletics Director, and Head Women’s Golf Coach, 1979
B.S., M.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona

Andrew Busch
Crown Professor of Government, and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2004
B.A., University of Colorado; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

C

Daniel Calichman
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Soccer Coach, 2002
B.A., Williams College

Roderic A. Camp
Philip M. McKenna Professor of the Pacific Rim, 1998
B.A., M.A., George Washington University; Ph.D., University of Arizona; Honorary Ph.D., St Olaf College

Lauren Chan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2013
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; Ph.D., Cornell University

Marjorie H. Charlop
Professor of Psychology, 1984
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School (on leave academic year 2014-15)

Betty Chavis
Visiting Professor of Economics (Accounting) (part-time), 2014
B.S.E., Kent State University; M.A.C.C., University of Denver; Ph.D., University of Southern California

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

William Christian
Visiting Associate Professor of Government (part-time), 2001
B.A., Yale University; J.D., Harvard Law School

Esther Chung-Kim
Associate 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 (on leave academic year 2014-15)

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

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

Glen M. Cooper
Visiting Assistant Professor of History, 2014
B.A., Brigham Young University; Ph.D., Columbia University

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

Zachary Courser
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, 2014
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.A., University of Virginia, Ph.D., University of Virginia

Christine Crockett
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature, 2010
B.A., Claremont McKenna College, M.A., Ph.D. University of California, Riverside

Henrik Cronqvist
McMahon Associate Professor of Corporate Finance, 2008
M.S., Stockholm School of Economics, Sweden; Ph.D., University of Chicago (on leave academic year 2014-15)

D

Neeraja Dashaputre
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2014
B.Tech., University of Mumbai; Ph.D., University of Maryland, College Park

Stephen T. Davis
Russell K. Pitzer Professor of Philosophy, 1970
B.A., Whitworth University; M.Div., Princeton Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

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

Kristen Dowling
Instructor of Physical Education, 2012
B.A., University of Redlands; M.A., University of Pepperdine

E

Gretchen Edwalds-Gilbert
Associate Professor of Biology, 2000
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Cornell University Medical College/Sloan Kettering Institute

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

Mary F. Evans
Mitchell Family Associate Professor of Environmental Economics, 2009
B.A., James Madison University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Colorado, Boulder (on leave spring 2015)

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Kristin E. Fabbe
Assistant Professor of Government, 2011
B.A., Lewis and Clark College; M.Sc., London School of Economics and Political Science; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology (on leave academic year 2014-15)

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
Professor of Literature, 1990
A.B., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

Heather L. Ferguson
Assistant Professor of History, 2011
B.A., La Sierra University; M.A., University of Texas, Austin; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (on leave academic year 2014-15)

Ricardo Fernholz
Assistant Professor of Economics, 2011
B.A.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (on leave academic year 2014-15)

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
Assistant 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

Darren Filson
Associate Professor of Economics, 2007
B.A., University of Saskatchewan, Canada; M.A., Ph.D., University of Rochester

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

Paul Foote
Visiting Professor of Economics (Accounting) (part-time), 2014
B.B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.B.A., Harvard Business School; Ph.D., Michigan State University

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

Anthony F. Fucaloro
George C.S. Benson Professor of Public Affairs and Professor of Chemistry, 1974
B.S., Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn; Ph.D., University of Arizona

Leonid (Lenny) Fukshansky
Associate Professor of Mathematics, 2007
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Texas, Austin (on leave fall 2014)

G

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

Pamela Brooks Gann
Trustee Professor of Legal Studies, George R. Roberts Fellow, and President Emerita, 1999
A.B., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; J.D., Duke University

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

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

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

John S. Goldhammer
Professor of Physical Education and Head Cross Country Coach, 1984
A.A., Glendale Community College; B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., University of California, Los Angeles

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

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

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

H

P. Edward Haley
W.M. Keck Foundation Chair of International Strategic Studies, and Professor of Government, 1968
B.A., M.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University. (on leave calendar year 2014)

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

David E. Hansen
Weinberg Family Dean of Science and George R. Roberts Fellow, and Professor of Chemistry, 2009
Sc.B., Brown University; Ph.D., Harvard University (on leave academic year 2014-15)

Alison M. Harris
Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2012
S.B., Massachusetts Institutue of Technology; Ph.D., Harvard University

John Haskell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government (part-time), Washington Program, 2001
B.A., Davidson College; M.A., Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Mary E. Hatcher-Skeers
Professor of Chemistry, 1998
B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.S., San Francisco State University; Ph.D., University of Washington

Ghenwa Hayek
Assistant Professor of Arabic, 2012
B.A., American University of Beirut; M.A., Leeds University; M.A., Ph.D., Brown University

Eric Helland
Robert J. Lowe Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, 1998
B.A., University of Missouri; M.A., Ph.D., Washington University

Esther M. Hernandez
Visiting Instructor of Spanish, 2002
B.S., University of Havana, Cuba; B.F.A., M.A., University of the Arts, Havana, Cuba

James C. Higdon
Professor of Physics, 1987
B.A., University of Pennsylvania; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Betsy Hipple
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Softball Coach, 2005
B.S., Northeastern University; M.S., University of Utah

Young Wha Hong
Visiting Assistant Professor of Korean (part-time), 2002
B.A., M.A., Yonsei University, Korea; Ph.D., University of Southern California

Mark Huber
Fletcher Jones Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2009
B.S., Harvey Mudd College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University (on leave fall 2014)

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

Cynthia Ann Humes
Associate Professor of Religious Studies, Chief Technology Officer, and Executive Director of Information Technology Services, 1990
A.B., Grinnell College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Iowa

Blake Hunter
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2014
B.S., M.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; Ph.D., University of California, Davis

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
Associate Professor of Psychology, 2006
B.A., University of Utah; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

I

Cameron Iverson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2014
B.A., Occidental College; M.S., Ph.D, University of Chicago

K

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

Chiu-Yen Kao
Associate Professor of Mathematics, 2011
B.S., M.S., National Taiwan University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles (on leave fall 2014)

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

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

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

Jamaica Kincaid
Josephine Olp Weeks Chair and Professor of Literature, 2009
Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters, Wesleyan University; Honorary degrees, Williams College; Long Island College; Amherst College; Bard College; Middlebury College (on leave academic year 2014-15)

Amy L. Kind
Professor of Philosophy, 1997
B.A., Amherst College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles.

Evan Kindley
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature (part-time), 2012
B.A., Vassar College; M.A., University College London; Ph.D., Princeton University

August Kleinzhaler
Visiting Writer in Residence, 2014
University of Victoria; M.A. University of Wisconsin, Madison

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

James Kreines
Associate Professor of Philosophy, 2007
B.A., Princeton University; Ph.D., University of Chicago (on leave fall 2014)

David Krumm
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2013
B.S., University of Costa Rica; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Georgia

Nita Kumar
Brown Family Professor of South Asian History, 2005
B.A., University of Lucknow, India; M.A., University of Bridgeport; M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University, India; Ph.D., University of Chicago

L

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

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

Arthur Lee
W.M. Keck Associate Professor of Computer Science, 2004
B.S., University of Utah; M.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Utah

Sinwoo Lee
Visiting Assistant Professor of History (part-time), 2014
B.S., University of Utah; M.S., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of Utah

Shana Levin
Crown Professor of Psychology and George R. Roberts Fellow, 1998
B.A.,M.A. Yonsei University, Seoul, Korea; Ph.D., candidate University of California, Los Angeles

Seth Lobis
Associate Professor of Literature, 2007
B.A., Ph.D., Yale University (on leave academic year 2014-15)

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

Greg Lonzo
Assistant 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. Robets Fellow, 2012
B.A., Hamilton College, M.A., Ph.D. American University, Washington D.C.

Frederick R. Lynch
Associate Professor of Government, 1991
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., University of Missouri; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside.  (on leave calendar year 2014)

M

Matthew Magilke
Associate Professor of Economics (Accounting), 2010
B.S., MBA, St. Cloud State University; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison (on leave fall 2014)

Hiren Maharaj
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2014
BSc., Ph.D., University of Natal; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University

Jessica Malisch
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2013
B.S., University of North Carolina, Wilmington; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

Adrienne M. Martin
Associte Professor of Philosophy, 2014
B.A., New York University; M.A., University of California, San Diego; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Jay Martin
Edward S. Gould Professor of Humanities, and Professor of Government, 1996
A.B., Columbia University; M.A., Ph.D., The Ohio State University; Ph.D., Southern California Psychoanalytic Institute (on leave fall 2014)

Morcos F. Massoud
Robert A. Day Distinguished Professor of Accounting, 1980
B. Comm., M. Comm., Alexandria University, Egypt; M.B.A., Ph.D., New York University

Harper Mazock
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2013
B.A., Ball State University; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Chicago

Douglas McEachern
Visiting Lecturer of Economics (Accounting) (part-time), 2009
B.S., University of California, Berkeley; M.B.A., University of Southern California

Donald A. McFarlane
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

Brian McGrath
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature (part-time), 2011
B.A., University of Connecticut; M.F.A., University of Arizona; M.A., Ph.D., Rutgers University

Thomas J. P. McHenry
Visiting Associate Professor of Government (part-time), 1992
B.A., M.F.S., Yale University; J.D., New York University

Jack W. Meek
Visiting Professor of Government (part-time), 2006
B.A., University of La Verne; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

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

Ketan Mhatre
Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2010
B.Sc., MBA, Mumbai University, India, Ph.D., University of Nebraska

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
Associate Professor of Government, 2003
B.A., Pomona College; J.D., Harvard Law School; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

John G. Milton
William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Computational Neuroscience, 2004
B.Sc., Ph.D. MDCM, FRCPC, McGill University, Canada

Kevin Moffett
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature, 2013
B.A., University of Florida; M.F.A., University of Iowa

J. Emil Morhardt
Roberts Professor of Environmental Biology, 1996
B.A., Pomona College; Ph.D., Rice University

James Morrison
Professor of Literature and Film, 2001
B.A., Wayne State University; M.A., Ph.D., State University of New York, Buffalo (on leave academic year 2014-15)

N

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

Stephen A. Naftilan
Kenneth S. Pitzer Professor of Physics, 1981
B.S., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Case Western Reserve University

Deanna Needell
Assistant Professor of Mathematics (Statistics), 2011
B.S., University of Nevada, Reno; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Davis (on leave fall 2014)

V. Samuel Nelson
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, 2008
B.S., University of Wyoming; M.S., Ph.D., Louisiana State University

Claire Nettleton
Visiting Assistant Professor of French, 2014
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Benson Ngo
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2013
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

James H. Nichols
Dr. Jules L. Whitehill Professor of Humanism and Ethics and Professor of Government, 1979
B.A., Yale College; Ph.D., Cornell University (on leave fall 2014)

Sarah Nichols
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, 2013
B.A., Williams College; M.A.& Ph.D, Stony Brook University

O

Susanne Obdrzalek
Associate Professor of Philosophy, 2006
B.A., Stanford University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley (on leave academic year 2014-15)

Saman Olfati
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics (part-time), 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

P

Albert Park
Assistant Professor of History, 2007
B.A., Northwestern University: M.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of Chicago (on leave academic year 2014-15)

Minxin Pei
Tom and Margot Pritzker 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

Giulio John Pertile
Visiting Assistant Professor of Literature, 2014
B.A., Harvard University: M.Phil., University of Cambridge; Ph.D., candidate Princeton University

Matthew J. Peterson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government (part-time), 2014
B.A., Thomas Aquinas College: M.A., Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University

Jonathan Petropoulos
John V. Croul Professor of European History, 1999
B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; A.M., Ph.D., Harvard University (on leave academic year 2014-15)

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

Thomas Poon
Professor of Chemistry, 2000
B.S., Fairfield University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Matthew Powell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics, 2013
B.S., Drake University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine

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

Eric Puchner
Assistant Professor of Literature, 2009
B.A., Middlebury College; M.F.A. University of Arizona

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

R

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

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

Catherine L. Reed
Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience, 2007
B.A., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

Kendra Reimer
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Track and Field Coach, 2010
B.S., M.S., Texas A&M University

Ellen K. Rentz
Assistant Professor of Literature, 2009
B.A., Washington University; M.A., University of York, England; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Andrea Reyes
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish, 2012
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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

Arlie Rinaldi
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2014
B.S., Canisius College; Ph.D., University of Michigan

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

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

Arthur L. Rosenbaum
Associate Professor of History, 1968
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University (on leave fall 2014)

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

Ralph A. Rossum
Salvatori Professor of Political Philosophy and American Constitutionalism, 1984-91, 1994
B.A., Concordia College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

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Ilai Saltzman
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government, 2012
B.A., M.A., Hebrew University of Jerusalem; Ph.D., University of Haifa

Keri Sanchez
Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Soccer Coach, 2004
B.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill; M.S., University of Oregon

Babak Sanii
Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2012
B.S., M.Eng. Cornell University; M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Davis

Sarah Sarzynski
Assistant Professor of History, 2013
B.A., Universitiy of Oregon; M.A. University of Arizona; Ph.D., University of Maryland (on leave fall 2014)

Kenneth Scalmanini
Assistant 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

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

S. Andrew Schroeder
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2011
B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., Harvard University (on leave spring 2015)

Thomas Schur
Visiting Instructor of Literature (part-time), 2011
B.A., North Carolina State University; M.F.A., Ph.D., candidate University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

David Schwarz
Assistant 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, 2001
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

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
Assistant Professor of Economics, 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 (on leave spring 2015)

Jon A. Shields
Associate Professor of Government, 2008
B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of Virginia (on leave academic year 2014-15)

Aseema Sinha
Associate Professor of Government, 2011
B.A., Lady Shri Ram College; M.A., M.Phil., Jawaharlal Nehru University; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University

Lee Joan Skinner
Associate Professor of Spanish and Associate Dean of the Faculty, 2008
B.A., Brown University; Ph.D., Emory University

Janet Kiholm Smith
Von Tobel Professor of Economics, 1996
B.S., University of Utah, Salt Lake City; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Elizabeth Edwards Spalding
Associate Professor of Government and Director, Washington Program, 2000
B.A., Hillsdale College; M.A., Ph.D., The University of Virginia

Rory D. Spence
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2014
B.S., University of California, Davis; M.S.,Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Gretchen R. Stanton
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2013
B.S., University of California, Riverside; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia

Kathryn (Aikaterini) Stergiopoulos
Assistant Professor of Literature, 2014
B.A., Yale University; M.A., New York University; Ph.D., Princeton University

Lindsey Sterling
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2014
B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington

Nora Sullivan
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology, 2013
B.A., Amherst College; M.Phil., Cambridge University; Ph.D., Harvard Medical School

John Sun
Visiting Instructor of Computer Science (part-time), 2012
B.S., University of Virginia; M.S., North Carolina State University

Michael L. Sutton
Professor of Physical Education and Director of Athletics, 1979
B.A., Claremont McKenna College; M.S., United States Sports Academy

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

Randall Swift
Visiting Assisociate Professor of Mathematics (part-time), 2013
B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; Ph.D., University of California, Riverside

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Zhaohua (Irene) Tang
Professor of Biology, 2001
B.S., State University of New York, Stony Brook; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

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

James D. Taylor
Senior Lecturer in Accounting, 1981-1983, 1989
B.S.B.A., Georgetown University; M.B.A., University of Michigan; J.D., Wayne State University; CPA, California, Michigan

Bryan Thines
Assistant Professor of Biology, 2011
B.S. State University of New York, Plattsburgh; Ph.D., Washington State University (on leave spring 2015)

George Thomas
Associate Professor of Government, 2007
B.A., University of Utah; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Diane M. Thomson
Associate Professor of Biology and Environmental Science, 2004
B.S., University of Arizona; M. Phil, University of Cambridge; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz (on leave fall 2014)

Oana Tocoian
Assistant Professor of Economics, 2011
B.S., California Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego (on leave fall 2014)

Randall G. Town
Associate Professor of Physical Education, Director of Physical Education, and Head Baseball Coach, 1987
A.A., West Hills Junior College; B.A., M.A., California State University, Stanislaus

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Piercarlo Valdesolo
Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2011
B.A., Amherst College; M.S., Ph.D., Northeastern University (on leave fall 2014)

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

Robert J. Valenza
Dengler-Dykema Chair of Mathematics and the Humanities, and Professor of Mathematics, 1988
B.A., M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University

Raquel Vega-Duran
Assistant Professor of Spanish, 2009
B.A., University of Seville, Spain; Ph.D., University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (on leave fall 2014)

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

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

Kurt Vlasich
Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head 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

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Mitch Warachka
Associate Professor of Economics, 2012
H.B.A., University of Western Ontario; M.B.A., University of Chicago, Ph.D., Cornell University, Johnson Graduate School of Management

Nicholas O. Warner
Interim Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty, and Professor of Literature, 1980
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

Marc Weidenmier
William F. Podlich Professor of Economics and George R. Roberts Fellow, 1999
B.A., College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

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

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

Thomas D. Willett
Horton Professor of Economics, 1977
A.B., College of William and Mary; Ph.D., University of Virginia

Branwen Williams
Assistant Professor of Environmental Science, 2011
B.Sc., University of Guelph; M.Sc., University of Quebec, Montreal; Ph.D., Ohio State University

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

Adam Wolfson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Government (part-time), Washington Program, 2005
A.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of Chicago

Evan Wollen, LTC
Professor of Military Science, 2012
B.A., Amherst College

Colin Wright
Norwood and Frances Berger Professor of Business and Society, and Professor of Economics, 1977
B.S., Brigham Young University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago

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Eric Yang
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy, 2013
B.A., Biola University; M.A., University of Oklahoma, Norman; Ph.D. Candidate, University of California, Santa Barbara

Karen Yonemoto
Visiting Assistant Professor of Religious Studies, 2009
B.A., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

Jungmo Yoon
Assistant Professor of Economics, 2008
B.A., M.A., Seoul National University, Korea; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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