Office of the Provost and Dean of the Faculty All new faculty 2019-20

Anna Abramson, assistant professor of English.  A.B. (2007) Brown University; Ph.D. (2016) University of California at Berkeley.

Utku Balaban, visiting associate professor of sociology.  B.A. (2002) Boğaziçi University; M.A. (2005), Ph.D. (2011) State University of New York at Binghamton.

Lloyd Barba, assistant professor of religion.  B.A. (2009) University of the Pacific at Stockton; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2016) University of Michigan at Ann Arbor.

Rachel Bernard, postdoctoral fellow and visiting assistant professor of geology.  B.S.E. (2009) Princeton University.  Ph.D. (2018) University of Texas at Austin.

Ana Carneiro, visiting artist in playwriting.  B.A. (2000) University of São Paulo; Ph.D. (2015) Catholic University of Milan.

Ivan Contreras, assistant professor of mathematics. B.S. (2008) Universidad de Los Andes, Columbia; M.S. (2009) University of Utrecht; Ph.D. (2013) University of Zürich.

Sue Darlington,* visiting professor of religion.  B.A. (1980) Wellesley College; M.A. (1984), Ph.D. (1990) University of Michigan.

Stephen Dillon, center for humanistic inquiry fellow and visiting lecturer in sexuality, women’s and gender studies.  B.A. (2005) University of Iowa; Ph.D. (2013) University of Minnesota at Twin Cities.

Kevin Donges, lecturer in statistics.  B.S. (2002), M.S. (2006) Miami University, Oxford, Ohio; M.S. (2012) Ohio State University at Columbus.

Allison Formanack, center for humanistic inquiry fellow and visiting lecturer in anthropology.  B.A. (2009) University of Nebraska at Lincoln; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2018) University of Colorado at Boulder.

Bradford Garvey, Joseph E. and Grace W. Valentine visiting assistant professor of music.  B.A. (2008) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; M.A. (2019), Ph.D. (2019) City University of New York.

Mesay Gebresilasse, assistant professor of economics.  B.A. (2010) Colby College; Ph.D. (2019) Boston University.

Alexandros Gianninas, visiting assistant professor of astronomy.  B.Sc. (2003) McGill University; M.Sc. (2005), Ph.D. (2011) Université de Montréal.

Victor Guevara, assistant professor of geology.  B.A. (2010) Middlebury College; M.S. (2012) University of Montana; Ph.D. (2017) Virginia Tech.

Sema Gunturkun, visiting assistant professor of mathematics.  B.S. (2006), M.S. (2011) Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey; M.S. (2011), Ph.D. (2014) University of Kentucky.

Jennifer Hamilton, visiting professor of sexuality, women’s and gender studies.  B.A. (1995) McGill University; Ph.D. (2004) Rice University.

Derek Handley, visiting assistant professor of English and Chamberlain Fellow.  B.A. (1994) Hampton University; M.F.A. (2007) University of Pittsburgh; M.A. (2011), Ph.D. (2018) Carnegie Mellon University.

Amanda Henrichs, visiting assistant professor of English.  B.A. (2008) University of Oregon; M.A. (2010), Ph.D. (2016) Indiana University.

Sarah Hews, visiting assistant professor of mathematics.  B.S. (2005) University of Michigan; Ph.D. (2009) Arizona State University at Tempe.

Hannah Hunter-Parker, assistant professor of German.  B.A. (2010) Middlebury College; M.A. (2013), Ph.D. (2019) Princeton University.

Joshua Hyman, assistant professor of economics.  B.A. (2005) Tufts University; M.A. (2010), Ph.D. (2013) University of Michigan.

Jallicia Jolly, consortium for faculty diversity pre-doctoral fellow and visiting instructor in American studies and black studies.  B.A. (2014) Williams College; M.A. (2016), Ph.D. (expected 2020) University of Michigan.

Lisa Käll, STINT Fellow in sexuality, women’s and gender studies.  B.A. (1996) Stockholm University, Sweden; M.A. (2000) Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium; Ph.D. (2004) Clark University; Ph.D. (2007) Copenhagen University, Denmark.

Lili Kim, center for humanistic inquiry fellow and visiting lecturer in history.  B.A. (1993) Lawrence University; Ph.D. (2001) University of Rochester.

Karen Koehler, visiting assistant professor of art and the history of art.  B.A. (1976), M.L.S. (1980) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; M.A. (1984) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D. (1993) Princeton University.

Min Jin Lee, writer-in-residence.  B.A. (1990) Yale College; J.D. (1993) Georgetown University Law Center.

Lauren Leydon-Hardy, assistant professor of philosophy.  B.A. (2009) University of Calgary; M.A. (2011) Brandeis University; Ph.D. (2019) Northwestern University.

Kristen Luschen, Lewis-Sebring visiting professor in education studies.  B.A. (1993), M.A. (1995) University of Buffalo; Ph.D. (2005) Syracuse University.

Ryan McShane, visiting assistant professor of statistics.  B.S. (2009) St. Mary's University; M.S. (2013) University of Texas at San Antonio; Ph.D. (2019) Southern Methodist University.

Thirii Myint, visiting writer.  A.B. (2011) Brown University; M.F.A. (2015) University of Notre Dame; Ph.D. (2019) University of Denver

Geremias Polanco, visiting assistant professor of mathematics.  B.A. Universidad Autonoma de Santo Domingo; M.S. (2009), M.S. (2011), Ph.D. (2012) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Samantha Presnal, center for humanistic inquiry fellow and visiting lecturer in French.  A.B. (2011) Amherst College; M.A. (2015), M.Phil (2016), Ph.D. (2019) New York University.

Jenna Riegel, assistant professor of theater and dance.  B.A. (2001) Maharishi University of Management; M.F.A. (2007) University of Iowa at Iowa City.

John Roche, visiting assistant professor of neuroscience.  B.S. (1990) University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Ph.D. (1997) University of Massachusetts Medical School at Worcester.

Monique Roelofs, Karl Loewenstein fellow and visiting professor of political science.  B.A., M.A. (1989) Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands; Ph.D. (1997) University of Maryland at College Park.

Gustavo Salcedo, Karl Loewenstein fellow and visiting assistant professor of political science.  M.A. (2002) University of Bologna; M.A. (2004), Ph.D. (2009) University of Milan.

Ashley Smith, center for humanistic inquiry fellow and visiting lecturer in American studies.  B.A. (2008) Wheaton College; M.A. (2013), Ph.D. (2017) Cornell University.

Lee Spector, visiting professor of computer science.  B.A. (1984) Oberlin College; Ph.D. (1992) University of Maryland.

Jutta Sperling, visiting assistant professor of history.  M.A. (1987) Universität Göttingen; Ph.D. (1995) Stanford University.

Kaspar Villadsen, Karl Loewenstein fellow and visiting professor of political science.  M.A. (1999) Roskilde University; Ph.D. (2004) University of Copenhagen.

Tess Wise, visiting assistant professor of political science.  B.S. (2011) Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ph.D. (2019) Harvard University.

Lei Ying, assistant professor of Asian languages and civilizations.  B.A. (2005) National University of Singapore; M.A. (2011) Columbia University; Ph.D. (2018) Harvard University.

  *Starting in January 2020