The Faculty

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Jennifer Young Abbott (2002)
Professor of Rhetoric
BA (California Polytechnic State University - San Luis Obispo), MA (Pennsylvania State University), PHD (Pennsylvania State University)

Michael S Abbott (1994)
Professor of Theater, department chair
BA (Wabash College), MFA (Columbia University Columbia College)

Mollie Ables (2017)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
BM (Baylor University), MM (University of Texas Austin), PHD (Indiana University)

Timur Akhunov (2023)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
MS (University of Chicago), PHD (University of Chicago)

Christopher E Anderson (2021)
Visiting Instructor of Rhetoric
BA (University of Montana), MA (University of Montana)

Kathleen Patricia Ansaldi (2017)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
BS (Loyola College), MS (University of Nebraska - Kearney), MS (University of Notre Dame), PHD (University of Notre Dame)

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Jonathan Baer (2002)
Associate Professor of Religion
BA (Duke University), MPHIL (Queens' College University of Cambridge), MPHIL (Yale University), PHD (Yale University)

Robert John Barnes (2022)
Visiting Instructor of Classics
BA (Providence College), MA (Bryn Mawr College), PHD (Bryn Mawr College)

Jeffrey A. Beck (1995)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Associate Professor, Director of the Lilly Library
BA (University of Missouri), MA (University of Missouri)

Crystal Benedicks (2007)
Associate Professor of English, department chair
BA (New College of Florida), MPHIL (City University of New York), PHD (City University of New York)

Sharbani Bhattacharjee (2024)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
MS (Auburn University), PHD (Auburn University)

Charles F Blaich (1991)
Associate Professor of Psychology, Director of the Center of Inquiry and Higher Education Data Sharing Consortium
BA (University of Connecticut), MA (University of Connecticut), PHD (University of Connecticut)

David S Blix (1993)
Associate Professor of Religion
BA (Wabash College), MA (University of Chicago), PHD (University of Chicago)

Anne Bost (2002)
Associate Teaching Professor of Biology
BS (Rhodes College), PHD (Vanderbilt University)

Preston R Bost (2000)
Professor of Psychology, division chair
BA (Yale University), MA (Vanderbilt University), PHD (Vanderbilt University)

Andrew D Bowling (2024)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BA (Spring Arbor University), PHD (Western Michigan University)

Carmella Braniger (2024)
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
BA (Muskingum College), MA (Johns Hopkins University), PHD (Oklahoma State University)

James A Brown (2003)
Professor of Physics
BA (Kalamazoo College), MA (University of Michigan - Flint), PHD (University of Michigan - Flint)

Joyce Burnette (1996)
Professor of Economics, John H. Schroeder Interdisciplinary Chair in Economics
BA (Valparaiso Universty), PHD (Northwestern University)

Patrick Burton (2007)
Associate Professor of Biology
BA (Williams College), PHD (Boston University)

Chonghyun Christie Byun (2007)
Associate Professor of Economics, Daniel F. Evans Associate Professor in the Social Sciences
BA (University of California - Berkeley), PHD (University of Californa - Riverside)

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Warren Campbell (2023)
Assistant Professor of Religion, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
PHD (University of Notre Dame)

Bradley E Carlson (2014)
Associate Professor of Biology
BS (Bethel University), PHD (Pennsylvania State University)

Matthew Carlson (2014)
Associate Professor of Philosophy, department chair
BA (Oberlin College), BMUS (Oberlin College), PHD (Indiana University)

James M Cherry (2007)
Associate Professor of Theater, department chair
BA (Bates College), MA (Villanova University), PHD (CUNY Graduate Center)

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Daniel J D'Amico (2022)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Associate Professor, Director of the Stephenson Institute for Classical Liberalism
MA (George Mason University), PHD (George Mason University)

Suzanne Delle (2024)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater
BA (Connecticut College), MA (Goucher College), MFA (Catholic University of America)

Qixin Deng (2023)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Byron K. Trippet Scholar, Anne Korb Shane & David N. Shane Professor
MS (Purdue University), PHD (University of Houston)

Sara A M Drury (2011)
Associate Professor of Rhetoric
BA (Boston College), MA (Pennsylvania State University), PHD (Pennsylvania State University)

Jeffrey Paul Drury (2012)
Professor of Rhetoric, department chair
BA (Northern Illinois University), MA (Northern Illinois University), PHD (University of Wisconsin)

Eric Paul Dunaway (2018)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BS (Eastern Washington University), PHD (Washington State University)

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Julio Alberto Enriquez Ornelas (2023)
Visiting Associate Professor of Spanish
BA (Wabash College), MA (University of Californa - Riverside), PHD (University of Californa - Riverside)

Leah Ewing (2024)
Visiting Instructor of German
BA (Denison University), MA (University of Wisconsin)

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Rowdy D Farmer (2024)
Post-Doctoral Fellowship in Dialogue and Deliberation
BA (Texas A&M U Coll Sta), MA (University of North Texas)

Scott E Feller (1998)
Professor of Chemistry, President
BA (Willamette University), PHD (University of California - Davis)

Eric Freeze (2008)
Associate Professor of English
BA (Brigham Young University), MA (Brigham Young University), PHD (Ohio University)

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Shamira Gelbman (2012)
Professor of Political Science
BA (Hunter College), MA (University of Virginia), PHD (University of Virginia)

Matthew M Gorey (2019)
Assistant Professor of Classics, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Georgetown University), MA (University of Washington), PHD (University of Washington)

Jeffrey Dwight Gower (2014)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Whitman College), MA (Villanova University), PHD (Villanova University)

Matthew Greenhalgh (2020)
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Utah State University), MA (Brigham Young University), PHD (University of Californa - Riverside)

Karen L Gunther (2007)
Professor of Psychology
BA (Oberlin College), MA (University of California - San Diego), PHD (University of California - San Diego)

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Jane Hardy (2006)
Associate Professor of Spanish, Senior Associate Dean of the College
BA (University of Virginia), MA (Indiana University), PHD (Indiana University)

Jeremy Scott Hartnett (2004)
Professor of Classics, Charles D. and Elizabeth S. LaFollette Distinguished Professor in the Humanities, department chair
BA (Wabash College), MA (University of Michigan), PHD (University of Michigan)

Cara Michelle Healey (2017)
Associate Professor of Chinese
BA (Princeton University), MA (University of California - Santa Barbra), PHD (University of California - Santa Barbra)

Perry Edward Hensley (2013)
Visiting Instructor of Accounting
BA (Franklin College)

Juan Hernandez (2024)
Choral Director
MM (Indiana University), DM (Indiana University)

Scott David Himsel (2003)
Associate Professor of Political Science
BA (Wabash College), JD (Northwestern University)

Ethan J Hollander (2008)
Associate Professor of Political Science
BA (Wesleyan University), MA (University of California - San Diego), PHD (University of California - San Diego)

Robert S Horton (2001)
Professor of Psychology
BA (University of Richmond), MA (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill), PHD (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Frank M Howland (1988)
Professor of Economics, John W. Bachmann-Edward Jones Chair in Economics and Leadership, department chair
BA (Harvard University), PHD (Stanford University)

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Amanda Ingram (2004)
Professor of Biology, Norman Treves Professor of Biology, division chair
BA (The College of William & Mary), PHD (Cornell University)

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Jonathan D Jump (2013)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Associate Professor, Associate Dean of the College, Registrar
BA (Denison University), MA (Ohio University), PHD (Ohio University)

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Annah E Kalb (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
BS (Indiana Wesleyan University), PHD (Purdue University)

Theodora Kopestonsky (2024)
Assistant Professor of Classics, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (University of Evansville), MA (State Univ New York at Buffalo), PHD (State Univ New York at Buffalo)

Zachery W Koppelmann (2014)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Assistant Professor
BA (Boise State University), MA (Boise State University), PHD (Purdue University)

James Patrick Kozey (2024)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
BA (Stanford University), MA (Cornell University), PHD (Cornell University)

Dennis Krause (1998)
Professor of Physics, department chair
BA (St Olaf College), MS (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee), PHD (Purdue University)

Lynn Krushinski (2024)
Visiting Instructor of Chemistry
BS (Towson State Univ)

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Timothy Lake (2004)
Associate Professor of English
BA (Ball State University), MA (Howard University), MA (University of Notre Dame), PHD (Bowling Green State University)

L. Jill Lamberton (2009)
Associate Professor of English, Special Assistant to the President
BA (Walla Walla College), MA (Western Washington University), PHD (University of Michigan)

Aiala T Levy (2023)
Visiting Assistant Professor of History and Scholar in Residence
BA (Princeton University), MA (University of Chicago), PHD (University of Chicago)

Elizabeth Lindsay (2020)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Assistant Professor
BA (Davidson College), MA (New York University), MLS (Queens College)

Yu-Lin Liou (2023)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
MA (University of Georgia), PHD (University of Georgia)

Ruihua Liu (2023)
Visiting Instructor of Chinese
MA (Univ of North Dakota)

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Lorraine Krall McCrary (2016)
Associate Professor of Political Science, department chair
BA (Grove City College), MA (Georgetown University), PHD (Georgetown University)

Todd F McDorman (1998)
Professor of Rhetoric, Dean of the College
BA (Butler University), MA (Miami University), PHD (Indiana University)

Colin B.P McKinney (2011)
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
BS (University of Texas - Dallas), MS (The University of Iowa), PHD (The University of Iowa)

Peter Mikek (2004)
Professor of Economics, Lawrence E. DeVore Professor of Economics, department chair
BS (University of Maribor), MA (Indiana University), PHD (Indiana University)

Damon M Mohl (2014)
Associate Professor of Art
BFA (University of the Arts), MFA (University of Colorado Boulder)

Derek C Mong (2016)
Associate Professor of English, department chair
BA (Denison University), MA (Stanford University), MFA (University of Michigan), PHD (Stanford University)

Maria Cristina Monsalve (2017)
Assistant Professor of Spanish, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Pontifica University Catolica Del Ecuador), PHD (University of Maryland College Park)

Jorge Alfredo Montiel (2023)
Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Northeastern Illinois University-Chicago), MA (Marquette University), PHD (Marquette University)

Elizabeth Gron Morton (2007)
Associate Professor of Art
BA (Indiana University), MA (Emory University), MA (University of Botswana), PHD (Emory University)

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Derek Rory Nelson (2012)
Professor of Religion, Director of the Coordination Program of the Early Career Pastoral Leadership Development Programs Initiative, Stephen S. Bowen Professorship in the Liberal Arts, department chair
BA (Wabash College), MDIV (Yale University), PHD (Graduate Theological Union)

Walter Ray Pendola Novak (2009)
Professor of Chemistry, Haines Professor of Biochemistry
BA (Southern Illinois University), PHD (University of California-San Francisco)

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Eric Olofson (2008)
Professor of Psychology, department chair
BA (Concordia College), MS (University Of Oregon), PHD (University Of Oregon)

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Juliette Papadopoulos (2024)
Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Instructor of French
PHD (Tulane University)

Michele Pittard (2002)
Associate Professor of Education, department chair
BA (Butler University), MA (Purdue University), PHD (Purdue University)

Noe Pliego Campos (2023)
Assistant Professor of History, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
MA (University of Notre Dame), PHD (University of Notre Dame)

Lon A Porter (2003)
Professor of Chemistry, Lloyd B. Howell Professor of Chemistry, department chair
BA (University of Houston), PHD (Purdue University)

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Karen Quandt (2017)
Associate Professor of French
BA (University of Notre Dame), MA (Princeton University), MA (University of Notre Dame), PHD (Princeton University)

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John Gregory Redding (2002)
Associate Professor of German, Dean of Students
BA (Wabash College), MA (University of Cincinnati), PHD (University of Cincinnati)

Ann-Michelle K Rhoades (2002)
Associate Professor of History
BA (University of Arizona), MA (The University of Iowa), PHD (The University of Iowa)

V. Daniel Rogers (1998)
Professor of Spanish, department chair
BA (University of Colorado Boulder), MA (University Of Kansas), PHD (University Of Kansas)

Alison M Rosenblum (2023)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS (Wisconsin Lutheran College), PHD (Purdue University)

James Gaylon Ross (2018)
Associate Teaching Professor of Physics
BS (Univ Cntral Arkansas), MS (University of Notre Dame), PHD (University of Notre Dame)

Robert Royalty (1999)
Professor of History and Religion, department chair
BA (University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill), MDIV (DO NOT USE-USE# 1476), PHD (Yale University)

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Sujata Saha (2017)
Associate Professor of Economics
BS (University of Calcutta), MS (University of Calcutta), PHD (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee)

Joseph David Scanlon (2022)
Associate Professor of Chemistry, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Wabash College), PHD (University of Minnesota)

Neil Schmitzer-Torbert (2006)
Professor of Psychology
BA (Knox College), PHD (University of Minnesota)

Deborah Seltzer-Kelly (2012)
Associate Professor of Education, department chair
BA (University of Nevada - Reno), MA (University of Nevada - Reno), PHD (University of Nevada - Reno)

Ethan Joseph Semrad (2024)
Visiting Instructor of Mathematics
BS (Belhaven Coll), MA (Univ of South Dakota), MS (Florida State University)

Nicholas Arthur Snow (2016)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Walsh Professor of Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Loyola University), MA (San Jose State University), PHD (George Mason Univ.)

Erika Sorensen-Kamakian (2016)
Associate Professor of Biology
BS (University of Wisconsin - Whitewater), PHD (University of Minnesota)

Susannah Ruth Strader (2015)
Associate Professor of Art, department chair
BFA (Ohio University), MFA (University of Colorado Boulder)

Agata Szczeszak-Brewer (2006)
Professor of English, John P. Collett Chair in Rhetoric
BA (University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn), MA (University of Wroclaw), PHD (University of South Carolina)

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Donald Matthew Tanney (2018)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Associate Professor
BA (Wabash College), JD (IU Law School)

Ann Theresa Taylor (1998)
Professor of Chemistry
BA (Concordia College), PHD (Purdue University)

Brandon Tyler Thompson (2024)
Costume Designer
BA (University of North Georgia), MFA (University of Cincinnati)

Nathan Tompkins (2017)
Associate Professor of Physics
BA (Reed College), MS (Brandeis University), PHD (Brandeis University)

Adriel M. Trott (2013)
Professor of Philosophy, Andrew T. & Anne Ford Chair in Liberal Arts
BA (College of William & Mary), MA (Villanova University), PHD (Villanova University)

Gabriela Tscholl (2024)
Visiting Instructor of Rhetoric
BA (University of Nevada Las Vegas), MA (University of Nevada Las Vegas), PHD (University of Illinois)

Brian M. Tucker (2004)
Professor of German, division chair
BA (Wabash College), MA (Indiana University), PHD (Princeton University)

William J Turner (2002)
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
BS (Iowa State University), MS (Iowa State University), PHD (North Carolina State University)

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Heidi Winters Vogel (2018)
Associate Professor of Theater
BA (University of Minnesota), MFA (Pennsylvania State University)

David Brian Vogel (2023)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Assistant Professor, Scenic Designer and Technical Director
BA (University of Minnesota), MFA (Pennsylvania State University)

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Heidi Walsh (2014)
Associate Professor of Biology, department chair
BS (Allegheny College), PHD (University of Virginia)

Richard Warner (1999)
Associate Professor of History, Jane and Frederic M. Hadley Chair in History, department chair
BA (University of California - Santa Cruz), BA (University of Vermont), MA (University of California - Santa Cruz), PHD (University of California - Santa Cruz)

Jamal Watson (2024)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Black Studies and Scholar in Residence
BA (Georgetown University), MA (University of Delaware), MA (University of Massachusetts Amherst), MS (Columbia University)

Matthew Weedman (2015)
Associate Professor of Art
BA (University of Colorado Boulder), BFA (University of Colorado Boulder), MFA (University of Colorado Boulder)

Marcus Richard Welch (2012)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Associate Professor, Associate Dean of Students
BA (Wabash College), MAT (Indiana University)

Chad Westphal (2004)
Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Eugene N. and Marian C. Beesley Chair, department chair
BA (Oral Roberts University), MA (University of Tulsa), PHD (University of Colorado Boulder)

Eric J Wetzel (1996)
Professor of Biology
AA (Harrisburg Area Community College), BS (Millersville University), MS (Wake Forest University), PHD (Wake Forest University)

Julian S Whitney (2020)
Assistant Professor of English, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Haverford College), PHD (Emory University)

Laura Wysocki (2011)
Professor of Chemistry, Edwin Peck & David Phillips Professor in Chemistry
BA (Northwestern University), PHD (University of Wisconsin)

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Huei-Jyun Ye (2023)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (National Taiwan University), MA (National Taiwan University), PHD (Suny Binghamton)

Xiao Yun (2024)
Visiting Instructor of Music
BA (University of North Texas), MA (University of North Texas)