51³Ô¹ÏÍø

Professors Emeriti

David Amor
Instructor Emeritus in Journalism and Anthropology/Sociology
B.A., University of British Columbia, 1970; M.A., Stanford University, 1974; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-2013.

Teresa L. Amott
Professor Emerita of Economics
B.A., Smith College, 1972; Ph.D., Boston College, 1980.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2011-2021

Roy R. Andersen
Charles W. and Arvilla S. Timme Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.S., 1965, M.A., 1967, Northern Illinois University; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1972.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1972-2014.

Stephen Bailey
Professor Emeritus of History
B.A., 1960, Ph.D., 1966, University of Chicago.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1965-2010.

Diana Beck
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emerita of Educational Studies
B.A., 1970, M.A., 1990, Ph.D., 1997, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1992-2018.

Neil Blackadder
Professor Emeritus of Theatre
B.A., Goldsmith’s College, University of London, 1986; M.A., University of California-Los Angeles, 1989; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1998-2019

Lawrence B. Breitborde
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
B.A., Clark University, 1971; M.A., 1973, Ph.D., 1978, University of Rochester.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1995-2017.

Carol Jean Chase
Professor Emerita of Modern Languages
B.A., 1964, M.A., 1969, University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1977.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1977-2007.

Christie Cirone
Visiting Assistant Professor Emerita of Journalism
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1979; M.F.A., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1992.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-2020

Steven M. Cohn
Charles W. & Arvilla S. Timme Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.A., Amherst College, 1969; M.P.A., Princeton University, 1976; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1986.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1984-2022.

Bruce Haywood Davis
Burkhardt Distinguished Associate Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1969; M.A., 1977, Ph.D., 1983, University of Virginia.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1982-2013.

Jessie Dixon-Montgomery
Associate Professor Emerita of Modern Languages, Burkhardt Distinguished Chair of Modern Languages
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1989; M.A., 1990, Ph.D., 1998, University of Chicago.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1994-2020

John F. Dooley
William & Marilyn Ingersoll Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
B.A., Lindenwood College, 1974; M.S., Syracuse University, 1976; M.E.E., Rice University, 1982.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2001-2017.

Jeffrey Douglas
Director Emeritus of the Library
B.A., University of Louisville, 1976; M.S.L.S., University of Kentucky, 1977.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1985-2021.

Linda Kathryn Dybas
Watson Bartlett Professor Emerita of Biology
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1964; M.A., California State University, San Francisco, 1973; Dr. rer. biol. hum., University of Ulm, 1976.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1977-2016.

Joel Estes
Visiting Instructor Emeritus in Educational Studies
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1976; M.S.Ed., Western Illinois University, 1989; Ed.D. candidate, Illinois State University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-2020

Mary Locke Eysenbach
Charles W. and Arvilla S. Timme Professor Emerita of Economics
B.A., Reed College, 1954; B.A., Oxon., 1956; M.A., 1960, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1970.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1978-1994.

Ralph Lance Factor
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
B.A., Ohio State University, 1965; M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1970, University of Georgia.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1969-2014.

Brenda Fineberg
Professor Emerita of Classics
B.A., 1972, M.A., 1974, University of Texas-Austin; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1991.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1977-2019

Stephen C. Fineberg
Szold Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Classics
B.A., St. John’s College, 1964; M.A., 1971, Ph.D., 1975, University of Texas.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1976-2017.

Jack Dean Fitzgerald
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., Harvard College, 1964; M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1969, University of Iowa.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1968-1995.

Tony Gant
Associate Professor Emeritus of Art
B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute, 1985; M.F.A., Yale University, 1988.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1993-2023

Octavio C. Garcia
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Lic. C. Quimicas, Madrid, Spain, 1956; Ph.D., McMaster University, Ontario, 1972.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1987-2002.

Michael J. Godsil
Associate Professor Emeritus, Professor of Practice in Art
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1976, 2004.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-2023

Penny Schine Gold
Burkhardt Distinguished Professor Emerita of History
B.A., University of Chicago, 1969; M.A., 1970, Ph.D., 1977, Stanford University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1976-2013.

Kevin J. Hastings
Rothwell Stephens Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1976; M.S., 1977, Ph.D., 1981, Northwestern University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1986-2023

Frederick L. Hord
Professor Emeritus of Africana Studies
B.S., 1963, M.S., 1965, Indiana State University; Ph.D., Union Graduate School, 1987.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1988-2020

Louisa Sue Hulett
Rik and Sophia Henke Distinguished Professor Emerita of Political Science
A.B., 1971; A.M., 1973, Ph.D., 1979, University of Southern California.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1980-2020

Tim Kasser
Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1988; M.A., 1990, Ph.D., 1994, University of Rochester.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1995-2019

Harlan Deal Knosher
Professor Emeritus of Sports Studies
B.S., Miami University, 1957; M.Ed., Northwestern University, 1959.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1960-2000.

Laura Louise Lane
Professor Emerita of Music
B.A., Washington University, 1979; M.M., Westminster Choir College, 1981; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1989.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1983-2023

Lynette Lombard
Chancie Ferris Booth Distinguished Professor Emerita of Art
B.A., Goldsmith’s College, University of London, 1976; M.F.A., Yale University, 1989.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1990-2023

Mat R. Matsuda
Associate Professor Emeritus of Asian Studies
B.Ed., Tokyo University of Education, 1978; M.A., 1982; M.Ed., 1993, University of Hawaii at Manoa; Ph.D., Indiana University, 2000.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1999-2022

Edward Lee Niehus
Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., 1961, M.A, 1962, University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1971.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1968-2003.

Frederick Ortner
Professor Emeritus of Art
B.A., University of Virginia, 1968; M.F.A., Pratt Institute, 1970; M.A., New York University, 1973.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1979-2002.

Bruce Polay
Professor Emeritus of Music
B.M., University of Southern California, 1971; M.A., California State University, 1977; D.M.A., Arizona State University, 1989.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1983-2018.

Jorge Prats
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
B.A., 1952, M.A., 1960, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Ph.D., University of Barcelona, 1968.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1962-1964, 1966-2000.

William Charles Ripperger
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1960; M.S., 1962, M.A., 1963, University of Michigan.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1967-1999.

Natania Rosenfeld
Professor Emerita of English
B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1985; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1992.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1998-2018.

Momcilo Rosic
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
Ph.D., University of Bonn, 1950.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1959-1985.

Peter Schramm
Watson Bartlett Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.S., Amherst College, 1956; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1963.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1965-1995.

Charles E. Schulz
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of Physics
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1972; M.S., 1973, Ph.D., 1979, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1981-2020

Carol R. Scotton
Associate Professor Emerita of Economics and Business and Management
B.A., University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, 1978; M.Ed., 1986, Ph.D., 2000, Georgia State University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-2022

John A. Spittell III
Joseph E. & Judith B. Wagner Distinguished Chair Emeritus in Business
B.A., Ripon College, 1972; M.B.A., Northwestern University, 1974.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2007-2022.

George Franklin Steckley
Robert M. and Katherine A. Seeley Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History
A.B., Oberlin College, 1965; M.A., 1967, Ph.D., 1972, University of Chicago.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1973-2015.

Richard A. Stout
Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.A., Wabash College, 1968; M.A., Northwestern University, 1969; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1984.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1981-2023

Lane V. Sunderland
Chancie Ferris Booth Professor Emeritus of Political Science
B.A., Kansas State University, 1967; M.A., University of Washington, 1968; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1972.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1972-2020

Barry Swanson
Visiting Assistant Professor Emeritus of Educational Studies
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University, 1970; M.S., Western Illinois University, 1977; Ed.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2001.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-2018.

Jon G. Wagner
Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
B.A., Wichita State University, 1967; M.A., 1972, Ph.D., 1975, Indiana University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1973-2015.

Marilyn Webb
Distinguished Professor Emerita of Journalism
B.A., Brandeis University, 1964; M.A., University of Chicago, 1967; M.S., Columbia University, 1981.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2001-2013.

Douglas Lawson Wilson
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., Doane College, 1957; M.A., 1959, Ph.D., 1964, University of Pennsylvania.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1961-1997.

Professors

Katherine A. Adelsberger
Professor of Environmental Studies, The Douglas and Maria Bayer Chair in Earth Sciences
B.S. Beloit College, 2002; A.M., Ph.D., 2008, Washington University-St. Louis.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-

Caesar Akuetey
Professor of Modern Languages
B.A., University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 1981; Ph.D., Université de Franche Comté, France, 1989.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1994-

Stuart Allison
Watson Bartlett Professor of Biology
B.S., The University of Puget Sound, 1981; M.S., University of Rhode Island, 1986; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1991.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1997-

Emily Anderson
Professor of English
B.A., Willamette University, 1995; M.A., Mills College, 1997; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2003.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2003-

David P. Bunde
William & Marilyn Ingersoll Chair in Computer Science
B.S., Harvey Mudd College, 1998; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2006.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2006-

Diana Cermak
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., University of Minnesota-Morris, 1992; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1997.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1997-

Thomas W. Clayton
Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Iowa Wesleyan College, 1981; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1989.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1991-

Mary Crawford
Philip Sidney Post Professor of Chemistry, Associate Dean of the College
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1989; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1999.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1997-

Catherine Denial
Mary Elizabeth Hand Bright and Edwin Winslow Bright Distinguished Professor of American History
B.A., University of Nottingham, 1994; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2005.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-

Nancy J. Eberhardt
Szold Distinguished Service Professor of Anthropology
B.A., University of Iowa, 1975; M.A., 1979, Ph.D., 1984, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1984-

Gina Franco
Professor of English
B.A., Smith College, 1997; M.A., 2000, M.F.A., 2000, Cornell University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2003-

Gregory Gilbert
Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Kansas, 1981; M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1998, Rutgers University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1995-

Todd Heidt
Professor of Modern Languages
B.A. University of Cincinnati, 2002; M.A., University of Chicago, 2004; Ph.D., University of Cincinnati, 2010.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2009-

Heather Hoffmann
Robert M. and Katherine A. Seeley Distinguished Professor of Psychology
B.A., Lafayette College, 1983; M.A., 1985, Ph.D., 1989, State University of New York-Binghamton.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1987-

Mark Holmes
Professor of Art
B.A., Hope College, 1983; M.F.A., Yale University, 1985.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2004-

Karen Kampwirth
Robert W. Murphy Professor of Political Science
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1986; M.A., 1988, Ph.D., 1993, University of California-Berkeley.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1995-

Janet E. Kirkley
Professor of Biochemistry
B.S., College of William and Mary, 1984; Ph.D., George Washington University, 1992.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1992-

Andrew S. Leahy
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., St. Olaf College, 1989; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1994.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1995-

Francis McAndrew
Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology
B.S., King’s College, 1974; Ph.D., University of Maine, 1981.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1979-

Andrew Mehl
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor of Chemistry
B.A., McDaniel College, 1985; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1990.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1993-

Elizabeth Carlin Metz
Smith V. Brand Distinguished Professor of Theatre
B.A., Roger Williams University, 1976; M.F.A., Temple University, 1983.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1994-

Thomas R. Moses
Professor of Physics
B.S., Stanford University, 1987; M.A., 1990, Ph.D., 1993, University of California-Berkeley.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1992-

Julio Noriega
Burkhardt Distinguished Chair in Modern Languages
B.A., Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos, Peru, 1984; M.A., 1989, Ph.D., 1993, University of Pittsburgh.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2009-

Antonio Prado
Professor of Modern Languages
B.A., 1996, M.A., 1999, Ph.D., 2006, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2000-

Robin R. Ragan
Professor of Modern Languages
B.A., 1993, Ph.D., 2001, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2000-

Nicholas Regiacorte
Professor of English
B.A., Roanoke College, 1996; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1998.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2002-

Dennis M. Schneider
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., 1965, M.S., 1966, Ph.D., 1973, University of Michigan.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1973-

Michael A. Schneider
Provost and Dean of the College
Professor of History
B.S., Michigan State University, 1984; M.A., 1985, Ph.D., 1996, University of Chicago.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1992-

Peter Schwartzman
Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Harvey Mudd College, 1991; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1997.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1998-

Emre Sencer
Professor of History
B.A., The City College of New York, 1996; M.A., 2000, Ph.D., 2008, Ohio State University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-

Jennifer Smith
Professor of Dance
B.A., 1995, M.A., 2000, Columbia College; M.F.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1999-

Robert M. Smith
John and Elaine Fellowes Professor of English
B.A., University of Strathclyde, UK, 1984; M.A., 1989, Ph.D., 1992, University of Massachusetts.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1996-

Jennifer Templeton
Professor of Biology
B.S., 1985, M.S., 1987, Queen’s University at Kingston-Ontario; Ph.D., Concordia University, Montréal, 1993.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2001-

Judith M. Thorn
Professor of Biology, Associate Dean for Curriculum and Assessment
B.A., Grinnell College, 1991; Ph.D., University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 1997.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2000-

James Thrall
Knight Distinguished Chair for the Study of Religion and Culture
B.A., Colby College, 1978; M.A.R., Yale University Divinity School, 1986; Ph.D., Duke University, 2005.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2010-

Lawrence E. Welch
Clara A. Abbott Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of Wisconsin-River Falls, 1983; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1988.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1988-

Associate Professors

Mary Vlastnik Armon
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1985; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1994.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1991-

Craig Choma
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1993; M.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1996.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1996-

Andrew Civettini
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Grinnell College, 2001; M.A., 2002, Ph.D., 2007, University of Iowa.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2007-

Scott W. DeWitt
Associate Professor of Educational Studies
B.A., Hope College, 1981; M.A. Ed., Northern Kentucky University, 1996; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison, 2004.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2014-

Weihong Du
Associate Professor of Asian Studies
B.A., 1992, M.A., 1995, Nanjing University-China; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2010.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2014-

Benjamin Farrer
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.A., University of Leeds, 2007; Ph.D., Binghamton University, 2014.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2015-

Danielle Steen Fatkin
Associate Professor of History; Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs
B.A., University of Colorado-Boulder, 1998; Ph.D., Stanford University, 2007.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-

Andrea A. Ferrigno
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute, 2004; M.A., 2011, M.F.A., 2013, University of Iowa.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2013-

Ole J. Forsberg
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.S. University of Portland, 1990; M.A.T., 1992, M.S.E. 2010, Johns Hopkins University; M.A., 2005, Ph.D., 2006, University of Tennessee; Ph.D., Oklahoma State University, 2014.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2016-

Timothy J. Foster
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
A.B., Grinnell College, 1981; A.M., 1984, M.Phil., 1988, Ph.D., 1994, Columbia University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1989-

Jennifer L. Foubert
Associate Professor of Educational Studies
B.A.Ed., Gonzaga University, 2003; M.Ed., University of Washington, 2010; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2017.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2017 -

Andrew Gibbons
Adjunct Associate Professor of Sports Studies
B.S., Culver-Stockton College, 1990; M.S., Western Illinois University, 1993.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1991-

Nicholas J. Gidmark
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., University of Minnesota, 2006; Ph.D., Brown University, 2012.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2016-

Fernando Gómez
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
B.A., 1997, M.A., 2001, California State University, Chico; Ph.D., University of California-Santa Barbara, 2007.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-

Jeff Grace
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., Brigham Young University, 1997; M.S. 2004, Ph.D. 2008, Indiana University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2009-

Konrad Hamilton
Burkhardt Distinguished Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Oregon, 1982; M.A., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1984; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1998.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1995-

Nathalie Haurberg
Associate Professor of Physics
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2006; Ph.D., Indiana University, 2013.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2013-

Andrew W. Hertel
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A. St. Olaf College, 1999; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 2009.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2013-

William Hope
Associate Professor of Anthropology/Sociology
B.A., College of Charleston, 1992; M.A., Winthrop University, 1997; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2009.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2012-

Helen M. Hoyt
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2001; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 2007.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2011-

Joan Campbell Huguet
Associate Professor of Music
B.A., Rhodes College, 2008; M.A., McGill University, 2010; Ph.D., Eastman School of Music, 2015.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2016-

Matthew Jones-Rhoades
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., Grinnell College, 1999; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2005.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-

Sherwood Kiraly
Associate Professor of English and Theatre and Writer-in-Residence
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2007.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2009-10; 2011-

Cyn Kitchen
Associate Professor of English
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2000; M.F.A., Spalding University, 2005.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-

Hilary Lehmann
Associate Professor of Classics
B.A., St. Olaf College, 2006; M.A., 2010, Ph.D., 2016, University of California-Los Angeles.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2016-

Jerome Miner
Associate Professor of Modern Languages; Acting Registrar;
B.A., Coe College, 1985; M.A., 1988, Ph.D., 1995, University of Iowa.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1994-

James Mountjoy
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. University of Guelph, Ontario, 1982; M.S., Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario, 1986; Ph.D., McGill University, Montréal, 1994.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2001-

Duane Oldfield
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Reed College, 1982; M.A., 1984, Ph.D., 1992, University of California-Berkeley.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1995-

Mitchell Parks
Associate Professor of Classics
B.A., Grinnell College, 2008; Ph.D., Brown University, 2014.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2017-

Esther Penick
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., Saint Louis University, 1993; Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2000.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-

Brandon Polite
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2003; M.A., 2005, Ph.D., 2010, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2008-

Gabrielle Raley-Karlin
Associate Professor of Anthropology/Sociology
B.A., Evergreen State College, 1995; M.A., 2002, Ph.D., 2010, University of University of California-Los Angeles.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2010-

Kathleen Ridlon
Associate Professor of Dance
B.A., City College of New York, 1996; M.F.A., Smith College, 1998.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-

Magali Roy-Féquière
Associate Professor of Gender and Women’s Studies
B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1980; M.A., Harvard University, 1982, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1993.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1995-

Jonah Rubin
Associate Professor of Anthropology/Sociology
B.A., 2006, M.A., 2009, Ph.D., 2016, University of Chicago.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2017-

Mark Shroyer
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Truman State University, 1993; M.S., 1995, Ph.D., 1999, Oregon State University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-

Chad Simpson
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Monmouth College, 1998; M.F.A., Southern Illinois University, 2005.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2007-

Jaime Spacco
Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Haverford College, 1998; M.S., 2002, Ph.D., 2006, University of Maryland-College Park.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2010-

Tim Stedman
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2009; M.F.A., University of Illinois-Chicago, 2011.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2011-

Katie Stewart
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Dickinson College, 2010; Ph.D., Indiana University, 2017.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2017-

Barbara Tannert-Smith
Associate Professor of English
B.A., 1987, M.F.A., 1991, University of Massachusetts.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1997-

Pedro Teixeira
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.Sc., 1994, M.Sc., 1996, University of São Paulo; Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2002.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2006-

Daniel Wack
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Amherst College, 1995; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2009.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2005-

William Young
R. Lance Factor Endowed Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Rhode Island, 1976; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1992.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1992-

Assistant Professors

Jonathan Anderson
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Studies
B.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2005; M.A., 2010, Ph.D., 2018, Indiana University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2014-

Mary Barr
Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
B.A., University of California, 1998; M.A., Yale University, 2003; Ph.D., Yale University, 2008 .
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Thomas Bell
Assistant Professor of Political Science
B.A., Trinity University, 2011; Ph.D., The University of Texas at Austin, 2019.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2019-

Roya Biggie
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., St. Mary's College of Maryland, 2008; M.A., Georgetown University, 2010; Ph.D., City University of New York, 2017.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2018-

Emily Burrell
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Brigham Young University, 2011; Ph.D., 2019.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2022-

Jessa Dahl
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2010; M.A., University of Chicago, 2012; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2021 .
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2020-2022, 2023-

Dexin Dai
Visiting Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
B.A., 2102; M.A., Wuhan University, 2015; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2023 .
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Deirdre Dougherty
Assistant Professor of Educational Studies
B.A., Smith College, 2005; M.A., Georgetown University, 2008; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 2018.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2018-

Jeffrey N. Gomer
Assistant Professor, Professor of Practice in Business and Management
B.B., 1985, 1992; MBA, 1989, Western Illinois University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2017-

Vera Kazakova
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., 2011, M.S., 2015, Ph.D., 2020, University of Central Florida.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2020-

Ming Lei
Assistant Professor of Educational Studies
B.S., University of Michigan, 2011; Ph.D., Michigan State University, 2022.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2022-

Mary Lyons
Assistant Professor of Educational Studies
B.A., Monmouth College, 2007; M.S., Western Illinois University, 2012; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2020
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2020-

Alyssa Mathias
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., University of Chicago, 2009; M.A., 2013 ; Ph.D., 2021, University of University of California-Los Angeles.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2022-

Valerie Muensterman
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Duke University, 2020; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 2023.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Chirasree Mukherjee
Visiting Assistant Professor of International Relations/ASIANetwork - Luce Foundation Postdoctoral Teaching Fellow
B.A., Jadavpur University, 2008; M.A., 2010; M.A., University of Calcutta, 2013; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 2022. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2022-

Deana Nichols
Assistant Professor of Theatre
B.A., Abilene Christian University, 1999; M.A., 2008, Ph.D., 2014, Indiana University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2019-

Gonzalo Pinilla
Visiting Assitant Professor of Art
B.A., Universidad Nacional de Colombia, 1995; M.A., University of Iowa, 2014; M.F.A., 2015; Ph.D. candidate, University of Illinois.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2022-

Michal Ran-Rubin
Visiting Assistant Professor in Religious Studies / Anthropology-Sociology
A.B., University of Chicago, 2005; M.A., University of California at Berkeley, 2007; M.A., 2009, Ph.D., 2022,University of Chicago.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2018-

Samantha Seybold
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosphy
B.A. & B.S., Carroll University, 2018; M.A., Purdue University, 2021; Ph.D., Purdue University, 2023.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Mark Slabodnick
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.S., The Ohio State University, 2007; Ph.D., University of California at San Francisco, 2014.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2020-

Morgan Snyder-Olson
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., Iowa State University, 2017; M.A., Texas State University; Ph.D., Baylor University, 2023.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Scott Sunderland
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sports, Associate Director of Athletics
B.S., 1990, M.S., 1991, Illinois State University.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1993-

Chen Tianqiutao
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
B.F.A., China Central Academy of Fine Arts, 2014; M.F.A., 2017, M.A., Rhode Island School of Design, 2018.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Ryan Tracy
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.M., Chapman University, 1999; M.M., Mannes College of Music, 2002; M.A., Central European University, 2013; M.Phil., 2021, Ph.D., City University of New York, 2023.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Leanne Trapedo Sims
Daniel J. Logan Assistant Professor of Peace and Justice Studies
B.A.University of Wisconsin, Madison, 1986; M.A. University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 1991; M.A. New York University, 1997; M.A. Fordham University, 2006,; Ph.D. University of Hawai’i, Manoa, 2017.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2021-

Ameesh Upadhyay
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Franklin & Marshall College, 2015; M.A., 2018; Ph.D. American University, 2022.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2022-

Huseyin Uysal
Visiting Assistant Professor in Educational Studies
B.A., Mehmet Akif Ersoy University, 2011; M.A. Ankara University, 2015; Ph.D., University of Florida, 2021.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2021-

Bram Wayman
Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Yale University, 2009; M.M., University of Texas, 2012; M.M., University of Missouri, 2016; D.M.A., Ohio State University, 2023
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Patricia Xi
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Whitman College, 2011; M.A., Boston University, 2012; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University, 2019.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2020-

Moheb Zidan
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., 2006, M.A., 2009, University of Haifa; M.S., 2017, Ph.D., 2019, University of Wisconsin.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2019-

Instructors

Ely Fair
Visiting Instructor of Economics
B.A., The Evergreen State College, 2007; M.A., University of Kassel, 2010; Ph.D., candidate, University of Missouri.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2022-

David Falterman
Visiting Instructor of Music
B.M., 2016; M.A., University of North Texas, 2019; Ph.D. candidate, University of Rochester.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2023-

Natsumi Hayashi
Visiting Instructor of Japanese
B.A., Ryukoku University, 1999; M.A., Florida State University, 2021.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2022-

Owen Laurion
Visiting Instructor of Art, Artist in Residence
B.A., University of Rochester, 2011; M.F.A., San Francisco Art Institute, 2015.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2022-

Kelly Shaw
Instructor in Psychology and Gender and Women’s Studies
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 1991; M.S., Purdue University, 1994.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 1998-

Brandy Wilcox
Visiting Instructor of Modern Languages/German
B.A., Truman State University, 2010; M.A., 2016; Ph.D. candidate, University of Wisconsin.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø 2022 -

Lecturers and Other Appointments

Meredith Bucher
Visiting Lecturer in Psychology
B.A., Manchester University, 2013; M.A., Ball State University, 2015; Ph.D., Purdue University, 2022.
51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2022-

Jane Carlson
Advisor, The 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Student
B.A., Monmouth College, 1998.

Tianna Cervantez
Lecturer in Anthropology/Sociology
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2006; A.M., University of Chicago, 2008.

Nancy DeWitt
Lecturer in Business and Management
B.A., Hope College, 1981; J.D. George Washington University, 1984.

Sandra Gray
Adjunct Lecturer in Center for Teaching and Learning
B.A., Millikin University; M.A., Northwestern University

Allison Smith Hahn
Supervisor, Theatre Costume Shop; Lecturer in Theatre
B.A., 51³Ô¹ÏÍø, 2010.

Scott Harris
Lecturer in Religious Studies and Classics
B.A., 2008, M.A., 2012, Loyola University Chicago; Ph.D. , Loyola University Chicago, 2023.

John Haslem
Lecturer in English, Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
B.A., 1983, M.A., 1985, Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Denver, 1990.

Sheryl Hinman
Lecturer in Educational Studies
B.S., Western Illinois University, 1979.

Paul Marasa
Lecturer in English
B.A., St. Joseph's University, 1978; M.A., Indiana University, 1984.

Michael Penn
Visiting Journalist in Residence
B.A., University of California Santa Barbara, 1992; M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1996.

Meleiah Sims
Lecturer in Educational Studies
B.A., Western Illinois University, 1988; M.A., Western Illinois University, 2000.

Affiliates and Research Appointments

Associates in Applied Music

Jim Betts, French horn
Jason Brannon, classical and jazz percussion
Polly Brecht, organ
Andy Crawford, jazz guitar, jazz bass, combo
Jim Curless, saxophone
Casey Dierlam, piano, full time accompanist
Dave Erickson, trombone
Josh Forbes, saxophone
Steve Jackson, classical bass
Janell Johnson, piano
Carolyn Kellert, music education
Anne Lyle, bassoon
Ashlee Mack, piano, coordinator of piano instruction
Jill Marasa, clarinet, Chamber Winds, New Music Ensemble
Semenya McCord, jazz voice
Tim Pahel, Galesburg Community Chorus
Dean Petrie, tuba, euphonium, and Chamber Brass
Randy Pobanz, classical guitar
Staff, flute, flute choir
Staff, trumpet
Carolyn Suda, cello, string ensemble, string quartet
Lucas Wood, voice, TriTones