Faculty Profiles
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Newhouse Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative WritingB.A., Cornell University; MFA, UMass Amherst
Author. Fields: Creative Writing, African Literature, Speculative Fiction, AfroSurrealism, Afrofuturism.
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Associate Professor of EconomicsB.S., Rice University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Los Angeles)
Research in applied macroeconomics, with an emphasis on issues related to consumer finance and labor markets.
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Visiting Lecturer in German StudiesM.A., PhD., Johns Hopkins University
Visiting Lecturer in German Studies. Teaching and research centers on the issue of diversity and examines how early modern German texts may inform current debates about authenticity and transgender identity.
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Instructor in Biological Sciences LaboratoryB.S., M.S., University of Rhode Island
Research and teaching interests in organismal biology, marine biology, and underwater research
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Coach/Collaborative Keyboardist and Music Instructor in PianoB.M., Toho School of Music (Tokyo); M.M., New England Conservatory
Active soloist, chamber musician and collaborative pianist.
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Professor of EnglishB.A., Columbia University; Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Interested in 18th-century British literature and culture, literary theory, and Milton.
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Professor of German Studies & Comparative Literary StudiesStaatsexamen, Universität Tübingen; M.A., Ph.D., Yale UniversityProfessor of Comparative Literary Studies and Chair of German Studies at Wellesley College. Research and teaching in the fields of comparative literature, ecological writing, Jewish Studies, translation studies, media studies, and German culture and literature.
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Margaret Hamm Professor of PsychologyA.B., University of Chicago; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Teaches personality psychology and optimism & pessimism. Researches strategies people use to pursue goals and how self-knowledge influences adaptation, performance, & social relationships.
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Nan Walsh Schow ‘54 and Howard B. Schow Professor in the Physical and Natural Sciences; Professor of Chemistry; Dean of Faculty AffairsB.A., Smith College; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology
Expertise in DNA damage and bacterial biophysics.
