People
Be part of the team
We are adopting an open advisory board model where all interested members of the Wellesley community can play an active role in designing the activities of the Frost Center: anyone is welcome to participate. Please join us for our weekly Green Gatherings! The operation of the Frost Center will also be facilitated by faculty, staff, and student ambassadors. Email frostcenter@wellesley.edu for information on how to get involved!
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Rae Wynn-Grant ('20-'21)
Rae Wynn-Grant was the innagural Paulson-Frost Practitioner-Fellow. Rae is a conservation scientist, large carnivore ecologist, nature storyteller, and advocate.
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Zoe Sandwith ('21-'22)
Zoe Sandwith is a scientist at Hakai Research Institute in British Columbia
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Marissa McMahan ('21-'22)
Marissa McMahan is the Fisheries Director of Manomet.
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Emily Withnall ('21-'22)
Emily Withnall is a writer, editor, and writing instructor.
Faculty and Staff Affiliates
Affiliates are members of the Frost community who engage with the environment through their research, teaching or service. If you are a faculty or staff member who would like to become a Frost Affiliate, don't be shy! Write to us at frostcenter@wellesley.edu.
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Becky Belisle Knafel Assistant Professor of Natural Sciences; Assistant Professor of Physics
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Pinar Keskin Associate Professor of Economics
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Dan Brabander Professor of Geosciences
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Becky Bedell Professor of Art
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Alison Hickey Associate Professor of English
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Chipo Dendere Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
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Tom Burke Ralph Emerson and Alice Freeman Palmer Professor of Political Science
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Susan Ellison Associate Professor of Anthropology
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Alden Griffith Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
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Kristina Jones Director, Wellesley College Botanic Gardens; Adjunct Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences; Director, The Camilla Chandler Frost ’47 Center for the Environment
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Suzanne Langridge Director Paulson Ecology of Place Initiative
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Catia Confortini Professor of Peace and Justice Studies
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Codruţa Morari Associate Professor of Cinema & Media Studies
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Martha McNamara Director of the New England Arts and Architecture Program; Senior Lecturer in Art
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Wes Watters Whitehead Associate Professor of Critical Thought; Associate Professor of Astronomy
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Andrea Sequeira Gordon P. Lang and Althea P. Lang ‘26 Professor of Biological Sciences
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Vanja Klepec-Cera Associate Professor of Biological Sciences
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Katherine Grandjean Associate Professor of History
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Emily Harrison Lecturer in Women's & Gender Studies
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Rachel Stanley Frost Associate Professor in Environmental Science; Associate Professor of Chemistry
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Anne Brubaker Senior Lecturer in the Writing Program
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Liza Oliver Associate Professor of Art
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Jay Turner Professor of Environmental Studies
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Justin Armstrong Senior Lecturer in Writing and Anthropology
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Jenn Yang Associate director, Wellesley College Botanic Gardens
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Andy Mowbray Senior Lecturer in Art; Director of 3D Arts
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Katherine Ruffin Director of the Book Studies Program; Lecturer in Art
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Beth DeSombre Camilla Chandler Frost Professor of Environmental Studies
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Becca Selden Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences
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Elizabeth Davis Lecturer in Geosciences & Environmental Studies
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Anne Beckley Senior Gardens Horticulturist, Botanic Gardens
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Julie Razryadov Botanical Collections Manager
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Adrian Castro Assistant Professor of Geosciences
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Erich Hatala Matthes Associate Professor of Philosophy