Faculty Profiles
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Senior Instructor in Computer Science LaboratoryB.S., National Technical University (Athens, Greece); M.S., Brown University
Teaches introduction to computer science for majors and non-majors, as well as data structures.
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Lecturer in SociologyB.A., Brandeis University; Ph.D., Harvard University
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Elizabeth Kimball Kendall and Elisabeth Hodder Professor of HistoryB.A., Universiteit van Amsterdam; M.A., University of London; Doctoraal, Ph.D., Universiteit van Amsterdam
African historian focusing on Somalia and Sudan with a long-term research and teaching focus on the history of Africa, the Middle East, and Islam in Africa; translator of historical and popular culture texts in Arabic and Somali.
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Professor of AnthropologyB.A., College of Wooster; M.A., Brandeis University; M.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
Social anthropologist doing research, writing and teaching on the topics of health, illness and cancer.
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Denise Kellen '68 Professor in the Health Sciences; Professor of PsychologyA.B., Harvard College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interested in exploring the cognitive and neural bases of human memory capacities; teach courses in memory, cognition, and neuropsychology.
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Katharine and Claudine Malone '63 Professor of MathematicsB.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
Research in global Riemannian geometry, especially the interplay of curvature constraints in the context of large symmetry groups.
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Senior Research Scientist, Wellesley Centers for Women; Lecturer in EconomicsDiploma in Economics, University of Kent at Canterbury; M.A., Ph.D., University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Researcher on labor economics and entrepreneurship, with specific focus on women, education and immigration.
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Associate Professor of EconomicsB.A., Bilkent University; M.A., M. Phil., Ph.D., Yale University
I am an applied microeconomist, with research interests in development, health, and environmental economics
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Visiting Lecturer in PsychologyB.A., Wellesley College; M.Phil., Ph.D., University of Oxford
Research interests include the relationship between spoken and written language, the structure of the mental lexicon, orthographic processing and the acquisition of literacy and skilled reading, and structures of writing systems.
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Acoustic Guitar and Jazz GuitarB.A., Berklee College of Music; M.M. University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Guitarist, composer, educator, Mr. Kirby is a graduate of Berklee College of Music and has a Masters degree in Jazz Composition and Arranging from University of Massachusetts (Amherst). As well as his work as string faculty at Wellesley College, he is an Associate Professor at Berklee College of Music and teaches for Berklee online.
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Associate Professor of Biological SciencesB.S., Beloit College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Microbial ecologist, interested in understanding the impact of diversity, dynamics, and function of microbial communities on human and environmental health; teaching introductory cell and molecular biology, microbiology, and environmental microbiology
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Professor of EnglishB.A., Columbia University; M.A., Cambridge University (Clare College); Ph.D., Yale University
Shakespearean engaged in bringing theatre and academia into greater dialogue; can also be found at home with kids or on soccer field.
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Professor of ReligionB.A., Carleton College; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University
An educator and a scholar in the comparative and historical study of religion with a focus on Asia, as the word "Asia" is understood historically and broadly to include West Asia, South Asia and East Asia.
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Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological SciencesDiploma, Ph.D., University of Würzburg (Germany)
Plant physiologist investigating various processes that allow plants to optimize photosynthesis.
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PERA Associate Professor of the PracticeB.S., Northwestern University; M.S., University of Kentucky
Varsity basketball coach; promoting and teaching physical fitness and lifelong positive health habits.
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Senior Lecturer in PsychologyB.A., Boston College; Ed.M., Harvard University Graduate School of Education; Ph.D., Boston College
Personality psychologist interested in family systems theory and sports psychology
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PERA Associate Professor of the PracticeB.A., Franklin Pierce University; M.A., Concordia University
Coaching and teaching tennis for more than 17 years, including private coaching, club coaching, college coaching, and national teams.
