Faculty Profiles
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Senior Coach/Collaborative KeyboardistB.M., M.M, San Francisco Conservatory of Music
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in Piano; Co-Director, Wellesley Chamber Music SocietyB.M., M.M., New England Conservatory of Music
Co-Director of the Chamber Music Society
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Senior Lecturer in ChineseB.A., Nanjing Normal University; M.A., Fudan University
Specialized in teaching Chinese as a foreign language; also a translator of literary fiction from English to Chinese.
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Lecturer in MathematicsA.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley)
Background in theoretical particle physics, focusing on a conjectured equivalence between certain quantum field theories and certain string theories.
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Associate Professor of ChemistryB.S., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill) ; Ph.D, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Interested in protein engineering, optical sensors, Parkinson’s disease, brain injury, teaching introductory chemistry and biochemistry.
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Assistant Professor of PhysicsB.S., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Michigan
Soft matter physicist fascinated by emergent behavior in complex systems. Interested in entropy, geometry, networks, self-assembly, and disorder.
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Music Performance Faculty in VoiceB.A., St. Olaf College
My students will experience a holistic approach to singing, rooted in sound pedagogy, artistic passion, and above all, compassion.
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Allene Lummis Russell '46 Professor of NeuroscienceB.A., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Research areas include neuroendocrinology, estrogen and progestin action, brain and behavior.
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Professor of PsychologyB.A., Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., Michigan State University
Licensed clinical psychologist investigating risk and resilience factors that protect against developmental psychopathology in childhood and adolescence.
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Senior Music Performance Faculty in CelloB.M., Oberlin Conservatory; M.M., Juilliard School
In addition to her work in the Music Dept. at Wellesley, Rebecca is currently a member of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and has performed with Opera Boston, the Chamber Orchestra of Boston, The Boston Modern Orchestra Project and Cantata Singers.
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Chung Family Professor in Data and Computational Science; Professor of Computer ScienceB.A., Amherst College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington
Professor of computational biology and computer science.
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Senior Lecturer in JapaneseB.A., Kansai University (Osaka); Ed.M., Ph.D., Boston University
Co-director of Japanese Program; study abroad advisor in Japan; applied linguist.
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Assistant ProfessorB.A., Loyola Marymount UniversityB.A., Loyola Marymount UniversityM.A., Duke UniversityPre-Doctoral Research Fellow, Cornell UniversityPhD., Duke University
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Theatre Production ManagerM.F.A., Purchase College (State University of New York)
Theatre production lecturer, production manager, and professional set designer.
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Senior Lecturer in French and Francophone StudiesD.U.T., Institut Universitaire de Technologie, (Brest); M.A., State University of New York (Stony Brook); Ph.D., University of California (Santa Barbara)
A specialist of the 19th-century French novel; interests include the French novel, pedagogy, cultural studies, and the autobiography.
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Lewis Atterbury Stimson Professor in MathematicsA.B., Harvard University; M.S., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
Research specialty in graph theory and partially ordered sets, teaches across the mathematics curriculum, outreach to K-12 teachers.
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Kathryn Wasserman Davis Professor of Slavic Studies; Professor of HistoryB.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University
Historian of Russia, current research on Russian historical memory of the Soviet past.
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Associate Professor of Computer ScienceS.B., M.S., Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Programs and programming languages are at the heart of both my teaching and research.
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Professor of Environmental StudiesB.S., Washington and Lee University; A.M., Brown University; Ph.D., Princeton University
Researcher on the recent history of U.S. environmental politics and policy, including climate change, the clean energy transition, and public lands management.
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Senior Lecturer in EducationB.A., Clark University; M.Ed., Framingham State College
Experienced educator with interests in children's literature, literacy learning, fostering communities of learners, and special education.
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Lecturer in Computer ScienceB.A., University of California (Santa Cruz); M.F.A. School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Tufts University
Immersive learning environments and playable media as a technology-based approach to communicating about the world around us.
