Faculty Profiles
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Professor of ChemistryA.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interested in computational biophysical chemistry, analysis/design of drugs and other biological molecules, and creatively teaching chemistry.
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Marion Butler McLean Professor in the History of Ideas; Professor of SociologyA.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
A feminist qualitative sociologist interested in finance, development and globalization in India, the U.S. and South Africa.
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre Studies; Director of Theatre and Theatre StudiesB.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Antioch University
As performer, teacher, director, and writer, I aim to strike a balance between irreverence, honor, gleeful failure, discipline, and fervor.
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Margaret E. Deffenbaugh and LeRoy T. Carlson Professor in Comparative Literary Studies; Professor of SpanishLicenciatura, Universidad Central de Barcelona; M.A., Emerson College; Ph.D., Boston University
Teaching and research focused on 19th, 20th and 21st century Spanish peninsular literature and cultural history.
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Associate Professor of HistoryA.B., Smith College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Medieval historian of southern Italy and the Mediterranean, with special interest in the relationship between Christian, Muslim, and Jewish communities.
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Associate Professor of HistoryB.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
Scholar of urban history and urban economic and political development in South Asia.
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Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow in American StudiesB.A., M.A., DePaul University; Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin)
Specializes in gender and Filipinx American history, Asian American Studies, feminist approaches to oral histories and critical ethnography
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Professor of ArtM.F.A., Museum of Fine Arts (Boston)
Visual artist doing work that attempts to understand the object quality of images.
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Associate Professor of American StudiesB.A., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Interdisciplinary scholar studying race and ethnic identities and popular culture in Latin America and U.S. Latina/o communities.
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Senior Lecturer in Theatre StudiesB.S., Emerson College; M.A., Lesley College
My goal is to give students skills that cross industries: the ability to listen with respect and empathy, to foster leadership and give constructive criticism.
My work focuses on developing and presenting creative works for the stage and film, bringing performance opportunities to artists of all ages, and producing community-focused events.
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Senior Instructor in Biological Sciences LaboratoryA.B., Harvard University; Ph.D., Stanford University
Research and teaching interests in microbiology, cellular, and molecular biology.
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Professor of EnglishB.A., Wellesley College; J.D., Harvard Law School; Ph.D., Boston University
Research and teaching focuses on the 19th-and 20th-century British novel.
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Professor of History and Classical StudiesB.A., University of Pennsylvania; B.A., University of London; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University
Classicist and historian of Greek and Roman history, ancient religion and warfare, Alexander the Great, and Jewish History.
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Curator of Special Collections & Visiting Lecturer, Art DepartmentB.A., Middlebury College; M.S., Simmons College
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Norma Wilentz Hess Professor of EconomicsA.B., Princeton University; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Public finance theorist interested in the role of government in taxation and insurance markets.
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Lecturer in EducationB.A., Sarah Lawrence College; MS. Ed. Bank Street College of Education, Ed.D., Harvard University
Research on teacher education, urban education, teacher and youth participatory action research, and the unity of theory and practice in education.
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Director of the Book Studies Program; Lecturer in ArtA.B., Bryn Mawr College; M.F.A., University of Alabama; Ph.D. Simmons College
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Senior Lecturer in Music; Co-Director, Wellesley Chamber Music Society; Music Performance Faculty in CelloB.M., Eastman School; M.M., University of Akron; D.M.A., SUNY (Stony Brook)
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Associate Professor of SociologyB.A., Mississippi College; M.A., University of Memphis; Ph.D., University of Virginia
