Emeriti Profiles

Research interests have included modern American history, the history of freedom of speech since the framing of the Bill of Rights, the history of the American legal profession, American Jewish history, and the history of Israel from its biblical foundation to the present.

Teaches introductory and advanced physics laboratories.

Passions for serotonin and adult neurogenesis! Excited about the wonderful Neuroscience Department at Wellesley College.

Continuing study of physical model and salt content of local community and campus water supply, ICP-OES analysis of water; Ion chromatography.

Retired professor whose research and expertise was focused on immunology.

Composer of concert music; historian of early modern music, especially music during the Cold War in relation to other arts.

Vertebrate paleontologist with interests at the interface of morphology, evolution, and development.

Interests include women leaders, social influence, gender differences in interaction and influence, and reactions to victimization.

Professor Case passed away on July 15, 2016, after 34 years of teaching at Wellesley. His research was concerned with the causes and effects of boom and bust cycles in real estate; co-developed Case-Shiller Index, a leading measure of home pricing trends.

Retired from teaching in 2000, but continues to be active in the field of Chinese history.

Professor Emerita of the history of philosophy, particularly Plato and Aristotle and feminist theory.

Engaged in research on teaching and learning processes.  Specializes in Spanish language and culture courses.  Teaches courses on diversity in education and classroom interaction.

Contralto who loves opera and songs; fascinated by singing. Hopes to inspire student musicians. Enjoys to teach, learn, and grow.

Specializes in French civilization and conversation courses.

Engaged in thinking and writing about the repertoire I perform as a pianist, and psychological and philosophical issues in music.

Planetary astronomer, fascinated by planetary rings and atmospheres, committed to teaching science, and a devotee of all the liberal arts.

Ethics of US health care, health policy, and public health with emphases on gender, race, and class; bioethics; theories of justice; global health.

Studied economic and political developments in Russia, especially the energy sector and how it affects Vladimir Putin.

Specialized in 19^th- through 21^st-century literature with a focus on Hispanic American narrative and the literary and cultural history of modern Mexico, I am a bilingual scholar, book editor, translator and teacher.

Research on plant cell biology, biochemistry, the chloroplast, photosynthesis; teaching cell biology and proteomics.

Study of educational philosophy and practice, and the knowledge and values we hope to share.

Synthetic Organic Chemistry; Design of New Tuberculosis Antimicrobials; Near-Infrared Spectroscopy

Expert in computer hardware: the nuts and bolts (or, gates and chips) that make a computer work.

Research on human vision combining computer modeling and perceptual studies; interdisciplinary computer science education.

My major interest is medieval Italian literature, especially Dante. I have also worked on medieval women writers and contemporary American poetry.

Research on prehistory of Eurasia, current political use of remote past; anthropology as the study of cultural and biological evolution.

Joel Krieger is a scholar of comparative and international politics.

Interested in China's contemporary issues, especially those concerning the Mongols and the Tibetans.

Professor of linguistics and French. Interested in language learning and speech perception and production.

My research focuses on economic decision-making from an evolutionary perspective.

Professor Magid has been working recently on timelike submanifolds in various ambient spaces.

Studies women and employment, with a focus on working conditions and health and on work-family systems, as well as child care policy and early care and education.

Japanese specialist focusing on Japanese imperialism, nationalism of the Meiji era, and the history of the Imperial Japanese Army.

Independent film producer, writer, director and video installation artist who teaches film history and video production.

Professor of Political Science Emerita at Wellesley College

Expert on the U.S.-Korea alliance and comparative social movements in East Asia (democratization, women's movements, migrant workers, human rights); migration and identity politics.

Interests include Japanese theater, in particular the noh and kyogen, and Japanese classical literature and language.

Leading American architectural historian, author, lecturer, editor, and consultant who taught for many years at Wellesley College.

Researcher on food and agricultural policy, with a focus on farming technologies and poverty in the developing world.

Engaged in studying French poetry in its relation to contemporary French, philosophy, aesthetics, and intellectual history.

Teaches and publishes in a wide-ranging interdisciplinary perspective, with a focus on literature and medicine.

Retired from teaching

Sociologist with a focus on social psychology; women’s studies; and the intersection of gender, race and class.

Engaged in research and teaching on topics ranging from the genesis of colonial Latin American literature to the “Boom latinoamericano” of the 1960s and 1970s; the rise of “literatura testimonial,” and the challenges posed by writers, visual artists, and film makers to established societal conventions and authoritarian regimes.

Former Chairman, Fulbright Scholarship Board

Taught at Wellesley 1974-2015. Interested in various areas of theoretical and applied mathematics; research in discrete mathematics and operations research.

Research involves operator algebras, and quantum information theory, both of which involve linear algebra and functional analysis.

Studies of global gender systems and hierarchies; Africa and African Diaspora; social and environmental justice; international consulting.

Specialist in chamber music; performer on modern and historical flutes; fosters study of repertoire within context of history/culture.

Leading efforts to improve quantitative reasoning, teaching QR and economics of education, and providing professional development for secondary school teachers.

Retired from teaching at Wellesley, now pursuing full-time research with collaborators at MIT, University of Massachusetts and Acadia University (NS). Outreach to students and adults.

Teaching interests include Southern literature, British cinema, and lyric traditions in gospel music.

Pier Paolo Pasolini; Carlo Levi; Piero Gobetti; Italian antifascist culture; 21st century Italian mystery writers; contemporary Italian narrative; postmodern narrative; narrative theory

Teacher of basic physics principles, with interests in intercultural relations; liaison for Watson Fellowship; returned Peace Corps volunteer.

Developing bionanotechnology anti-cancer reagents, biotech patent litigation expert.

Retired from Wellesley in 2007 after 37 years of teaching mathematics.

Biochemistry research on hormone regulation of enzymes; educational research on core concepts in biochemistry, retention of women and minorities in science.