Faculty Profiles

Mount Holyoke's 200 faculty members are innovative teachers dedicated to their students, and also active scholars, research scientists, and creative artists passionate about their disciplines.

A full list of Mount Holyoke faculty is provided in the course catalogue, in addition to the faculty profiles below.

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A

• Martha A. Ackmann, Senior Lecturer in Gender Studies
• Katherine Aidala, Clare Boothe Luce Assistant Professor of Physics
• Nigel Alderman, Assistant Professor of English
• David M. Allen, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education
• Douglas J. Amy, Professor of Politics
• Alexi Arango, Assistant Professor of Physics
• Bruce M. Arnold, Associate Professor of Classics

B

• Roger Babb, Professor of Theatre Arts
• Sarah J. Bacon, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Lisa A. Ballesteros, Associate Professor of Computer Science
• Patricia A. Banks, Assistant Professor of Sociology
• Susan R. Barry, Professor of Biological Sciences
• Alison Bass, Visiting Senior Lecturer in English
• Virginia Bastable, Mathematics Lecturer; Director, SummerMath for Teachers
• Debbora Battaglia, Professor of Anthropology
• Christopher Benfey, Mellon Professor of English; Acting Dean of Faculty
• Peter Berek, Professor Emeritus of English
• Bettina Bergmann, Helene Phillips Herzig '49 Professor of Art History
• Katherine Binder, Professor of Psychology
• Robin Blaetz, Associate Professor of Film Studies; Associate Dean of the Faculty
• Allen Bonde, Professor Emeritus of Music
• Lee Bowie, Professor of Philosophy
• Lois A. Brown, Elizabeth Small Professor of English
• Sheila Ewing Browne, Bertha Phillips Rodger Professor of Chemistry
• Frank W. Brownlow, Gwen and Allen Smith Professor of English
• Jill L. Bubier, Marjorie Fisher Professor of Environmental Studies

C

• Nancy B. Campbell, Professor of Art
• Lenore Reilly Carlisle, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education
• Esther Castro, Senior Lecturer in Spanish and Spanish Language Program Director
• Calvin Chen, Associate Professor of Politics
• Wei Chen, Marilyn Dawson Sarles, M.D. Professor of Sciences and Professor of Chemistry
• Jens Christiansen, Professor of Economics
• George W. Cobb, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics
• Joan Cocks, Professor of Politics
• Joseph D. Cohen, Class of 1929 Dr. Virginia Apgar Professor of Psychology
• James Coleman, Professor of Dance
• Carolyn P. Collette, Professor Emeritus of English
• Catherine Corson, Miller Worley Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
• W. Donald Cotter, Associate Professor of Chemistry
• Joanne V. Creighton, President Emeritus of the College; Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor of English
• Jane F. Crosthwaite, Professor of Religion
• Edwina J. Cruise, Professor of Russian on the Alumnae Foundation
• Justin Crumbaugh, Associate Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies
• Daniel Czitrom, Professor of History

D

• Kavita Datla, Assistant Professor of History
• Giuliana P. Davidoff, Robert L. Rooke Professor of Mathematics
• Gabriele Wittig Davis, Professor of German Studies
• Michael Davis, Professor of Art
• Iyko Day, Assistant Professor of English
• Paula Debnar, Professor of Classics
• Jane Hwang Degenhardt, Five College Associate Professor of English
• Corinne M. Demas, Professor of English
• Tom R. Dennis, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy
• Francis J. DeToma, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
• Francine M. Deutsch, Professor of Psychology and Education
• Paul A. Dobosh, Professor of Computer Science
• Amber Douglas, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Education
• Steven R. Dunn, Professor of Geology
• Alan H. Durfee, Professor of Mathematics on the John Stewart Kennedy Foundation
• M. Darby Dyar, Professor of Astronomy

E

• Joseph Ellis, Professor of History on the Ford Foundation

F

• Caleb Fassett, Five College Fellow in Astronomy; Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy
• Vincent A. Ferraro, Ruth Lawson Professor of Politics
• Lawrence Fine, Irene Kaplan Leiwant Professor of Jewish Studies
• Rachel D. Fink, Professor of Biological Sciences
• Charles Flachs, Professor of Dance
• Rose Marie Flachs, Professor of Dance
• John O. Fox, Visiting Professor of Complex Organizations
• Amy Frary '90, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Ombretta Frau, Associate Professor of Italian
• Terese Freedman, Professor of Dance
• Jeanne Friedman, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Athletics

G

• Satyananda J. Gabriel, Professor of Economics
• Samba Gadjigo, Professor of French
• Barbara Garbin, Visiting Lecturer in Italian
• R. Harold Garrett-Goodyear, Professor Emeritus of History
• Elissa D. Gelfand, Dorothy Rooke McCulloch Professor of French
• Janice Anne Gifford, Professor of Statistics
• Penny T. Gill, Mary Lyon Professor of Humanities; Professor of Politics
• Gary B. Gillis, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Leah Blatt Glasser, Dean of First-Year Studies; Lecturer in English
• Maria Alexandra Gomez, Associate Professor of Chemistry
• John T. Grayson, Professor of Religion on the Alumnae Foundation
• Laura A. Greenfield, Coordinator of the Speaking, Arguing and Writing Program and the Associate Director of the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts
• Peter J. Gruber, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
• Sue Ellen F. Gruber, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
• Lowell W. Gudmundson, Professor of  Latin American Studies and History
• Christian Gundermann, Associate Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies; Associate Professor of Gender Studies

H

• Rie Hachiyanagi, Associate Professor of Art
• Darren G. Hamilton, Professor of Chemistry
• Holly E. Hanson, Professor of History
• James Harold, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Director of the Weissman Center for Leadership and the Liberal Arts
• James Hartley, Professor of Economics
• Sohail Hashmi, Professor of International Relations on the Alumnae Foundation
• Eugene D. Hill, Professor of English
• Nancy Holden-Avard, Senior Lecturer in French
• Karen Hollis, Professor of Psychology and Education
• Martha F. Hoopes, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Gail A. Hornstein, Professor of Psychology and Education
• Serin D. Houston, Visiting Assistant Professor of Geography
• Lilian M. Hsu, Elizabeth Page Greenawalt Professor of Biochemistry
• Janice A. Hudgings, Professor of Physics; Associate Dean of Faculty for Science 

J

• Vanessa James, Professor of Theatre Arts
• Mohammed Jiyad, Five College Senior Lecturer in Arabic
• Peter T. Jones, Lecturer and Accompanist in Dance
• Stephen F. Jones, Professor of Russian Studies

K

• Girma Kebbede, Professor of Geography
• Kavita Khory, Professor of Politics
• Elizabeth Klarich, Five College Assistant Professor of Anthropology
• Jeremy King, Professor of History
• Jeffrey A. Knight, Professor of Biological Sciences

L

• Linda Laderach, Professor of Music
• Mark Lauer, Lecturer in German Studies
• Andrew Lass, Professor of Anthropology
• Sandra M. Lawrence, Professor of Psychology and Education; Director, Secondary and Middle School Teacher Preparation Programs
• Anthony Lee, Professor of Art
• Christine Lee, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education
• Catherine LeGouis, Professor of French
• John W. Lemly, Professor of English on the Alumnae Foundation
• Barbara Lerner, Associate Professor of Computer Science
• Jonathan Lipman, Felicia Gressitt Bock Professor of Asian Studies and Professor of History
• Louise Litterick, Professor of Music
• Sara London, Visiting Lecturer in English
• Jesse H. Lytle, Executive Assistant to the President/Secretary of the College and Adjunct Lecturer in Educational Studies

M

• Jessica Maier, Assistant Professor of Art History
• C.S. Manegold, Visiting Senior Lecturer in English
• Michelle J. Markley, Associate Professor of Geology
• Elizabeth K. Markovits, Assistant Professor of Politics
• Roberto Márquez, William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies and Caribbean Studies
• Amy E. Martin, Associate Professor of English
• Valerie Martin, Visiting Professor of English
• Angelo Mazzocco, Professor Emeritus of Italian and Spanish
• Frederick J. McGinness, Professor of History
• Matthew McKeever, Associate Professor of Sociology; Associate Dean of Faculty
• Mark McMenamin, Professor of Geology
• Catharine Melhorn, Professor Emeritus of Music
• Will J. Millard, Professor of Psychology and Education
• Marion G. Miller, Professor of Art
• Thomas Millette, Professor of Geography
• Rogelio Miñana, Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies
• Samuel Mitchell, Associate Professor of Philosophy
• Richard Moran, Professor of Sociology
• Lynda Morgan, Associate Professor of History
• Lynn Morgan, Mary E. Woolley Professor of Anthropology
• Charlene Morrow, Lecturer in Psychology and Education
• James Morrow, Lecturer in Mathematics
• Dorothy E. Mosby, Associate Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies
• Fred Moseley, Professor of Economics
• Susanne Mrozik, Associate Professor of Religion

N

• Filippo Naitana, Visiting Assistant Professor of Italian
• Naoko Nemoto, Associate Professor of Asian Studies
• Tian Hui Ng, Director of Orchestra; Lecturer in Music
• Megan Elizabeth Núñez, Associate Professor of Chemistry

O

• Olabode Omojola, Five College Assistant Professor of Music
• Karen Osborn, Visiting Assistant Professor in English
• Donal B. O'Shea, Dean of Faculty and Vice President for Academic Affairs; Elizabeth T. Kennan Professor of Mathematics and Statistics

P

• Becky Wai-Ling Packard, Professor of Psychology and Education; Co-director of the Harriet L. and Paul M. Weissman Center for Leadership
• Eva Paus, Professor of Economics; Carol Hoffmann Collins Director of the McCulloch Center for Global Initiatives
• Richard Payne, Assistant Professor of History
• Michael Penn, Associate Professor of Religion
• Ellen Perrella, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Athletics
• Indira Peterson, David B. Truman Professor of Asian Studies; Five College Fortieth Anniversary Professor
• Mark A. Peterson, Professor of Physics and Mathematics on the Alumnae Foundation
• Harriet Pollatsek, Julia and Sarah Ann Adams Professor of Mathematics
• Laurie Priest, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education; Director of Athletics
• Christopher H. Pyle, Class of 1926 Professor of Politics

Q

• William H. Quillian, Professor of English on the Emma B. Kennedy Foundation

R

• Stan P. Rachootin, Professor of Biological Sciences
• Patricia G. Ramsey, Professor of Psychology and Education
• John Rapoport, Professor Emeritus of Economics
• Andrew G. Reiter, Assistant Professor of Politics
• Karen Remmler, Professor of German Studies; Director of Five College Women's Studies Research Center
• Mary Renda, Associate Professor of History and Gender Studies
• Christopher Rivers, Professor of French
• Margaret Robinson, Professor of Mathematics
• Michael Robinson, Professor of Economics
• İpek Kaynar Rholoff, Five College Mellon Fellow, Visiting Assistant Professor of Art and Art History
• Nieves Romero-Díaz, Professor of Spanish, Latina/o, and Latin American Studies
• Joshua Hotaka Roth, Associate Professor of Anthropology

S

• David W. Sanford, Associate Professor of Music
• Aldo Santiago, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education and Athletics
• Lauret Savoy, Professor of Environmental Studies and Geology
• Nadya Sbaiti, Five College Assistant Professor of History
• Larry D. Schipull, Professor of Music
• Robert M. Schwartz, E. Nevius Rodman Professor of History
• Peter J. Scotto, Professor of Russian
• Robert B. Shaw, Emily Dickinson Professor of English
• Robert B. Shilkret, Norma Cutts DaFoe Professor of Psychology
• Jessica Sidman, Associate Professor of Mathematics
• Ajay J. Sinha, Professor of Art
• Joseph Smith, Professor of Art
• Preston H. Smith II, Associate Professor of Politics
• Susan Smith, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences
• Paul Staiti, Professor of Fine Arts on the Alumnae Foundation
• Gary Steigerwalt, Professor of Music
• Walter E. Stewart, Professor Emeritus of Politics
• Sharon Stranford, Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
• Carole E. Straw, Professor of History
• Geoffrey S. Sumi, Professor of Classics; Dean of Students
• Sarah Sutherland, Senior Advisor to the President; Lecturer in English
• Morena Svaldi, Language Instructor in Italian 
• Margaret L. Switten, Professor Emeritus of French

T

• Eleanor R. Townsley, Professor of Sociology 
• Kenneth H. Tucker Jr., Professor of Sociology

V

• Nicole C. Vaget, Reverend Joseph Paradis Professor of French
• Patricia VandenBerg, Executive Director of Communications and Strategic Initiatives; Adjunct Lecturer in Theatre Arts
• Donna Van Handle, Senior Lecturer in German Studies; Dean of International Students
• John L. Varriano, Professor Emeritus of Art

W

• Ying Wang, Associate Professor of Asian Studies
• Thomas E. Wartenberg, Professor of Philosophy
• Robert J. Weaver, Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Computer Science
• Donald Weber, Lucia, Ruth, and Elizabeth MacGregor Professor of English
• Alan Werner, Professor of Geology
• Jon Western, Five College Associate Professor of International Relations
• Andrea Whitcomb, Senior Lecturer in Physical Education
• Lucas Wilson, Associate Professor of African American Studies and Economics
• Craig Woodard, Professor of Biological Sciences

Y

• Tadanori Yamashita, Professor Emeritus of Religion
• Elizabeth Young, Carl M. and Elsie A. Small Professor of English