The Faculty

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Jennifer Young Abbott (2002)
Professor of Rhetoric, department chair
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)

Emily Abel (2022)
Instructor of Psychology
BS (Liberty University), MS (Purdue University), GC (Purdue University)

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

Renee E Altergott (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of French
BA (Northwestern University), MA (New York University), MA (Princeton University), PHD (Princeton University)

Brian Anderson (2004)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Assistant Professor, Head Wrestling Coach
BS (Manchester University), MA (Manchester University)

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

Kathleen Patricia Ansaldi (2017)
Assistant 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, department chair
BA (Duke University), MPHIL (Queens' College University of Cambridge), MPHIL (Yale University), PHD (Yale University)

Robert John Barnes (2022)
Instructor of Classics
BA (Providence College)

Andrea Bear (2012)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Associate Professor, Costume Designer
BS (Kansas State University), MFA (Wayne State University)

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)

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)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
BS (Rhodes College), PHD (Vanderbilt University)

Preston R Bost (2000)
Professor of Psychology
BA (Yale University), MA (Vanderbilt University), PHD (Vanderbilt 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, division chair
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
BA (University of California - Berkeley), PHD (University of Californa - Riverside)

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

Matthew Carlson (2014)
Associate Professor of Philosophy
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)

Jordin K Clark (2021)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Rhetoric
BA (Elmhurst College), MA (Colorado State University), PHD (Colorado State University)

Jose Corona-Aguilera (2022)
Scholar-in-Residence
BFA (Maryland Inst C Art)

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

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

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

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Mark D Elizondo (2006)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Instructor, Head Athletic Trainer
BS (Weber State University), MS (Indiana State University)

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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)
Associate Professor of Political Science, Daniel F. Evans Associate Professor in the Social Sciences, department chair
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, department chair
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, department chair
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
BA (Wabash College), MA (University of Michigan), PHD (University of Michigan)

Cara Michelle Healey (2017)
Assistant Professor of Chinese, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
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)

Ruth Hernandez (2022)
Scholar-in-Residence
BA (University of California - San Diego), MA (University of Connecticut), MA (University of Connecticut), PHD (University of Connecticut), GC (University of Connecticut)

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
BA (Harvard University), PHD (Stanford University)

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Amanda Ingram (2014)
Professor of Biology, Norman Treeves Professor of Biology, division chair
BA (College of William and Mary), PHD (Cornell University)

Dylan Irons (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
BA (University of Tennessee), MA (Yonsei University), PHD (Vanderbilt University)

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Jonathan D Jump (2013)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Associate Professor, Associate Dean of the College and 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)

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

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

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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)

Yao Li (2015)
Visiting Instructor of Chinese
BA (Beijing Language and Culture University), MA (Beijing Language and Culture University)

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

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Anne Elizabeth Mahady (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
BA (Univ Illinois at Chicago), MA (Indiana University), PHD (Indiana University)

James K Makubuya (2000)
Associate Professor of Music
BA (Makerere University), MA (Catholic University of America), PHD (University of Southern California)

Mark McCartin-Lim (2019)
Assistant Professor of Computer Science, Anne Korb Shane & David N. Shane Professorship in Liberal Arts, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BS (University of California - Santa Barbra), MS (University of Massachusetts Amherst), PHD (University of Massachusetts Amherst)

Lorraine Krall McCrary (2016)
Assistant Professor of Political Science, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
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)
Associate 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, department chair
BFA (University of the Arts), MFA (University of Colorado Boulder)

Derek C Mong (2016)
Associate Professor of English
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)

Stephen R Morillo (1989)
Professor of History, Eugene N. and Marian C. Beesley Chair
BA (Harvard University), DPHIL (University of Oxford)

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
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)
Associate Professor of Psychology
BA (Concordia College), MS (University Of Oregon), PHD (University Of Oregon)

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Elan Justice Pavlinich (2020)
Assistant Professor of English, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Duquesne University), MA (Western Michigan University), PHD (University of South Florida)

Timothy James Pervenecki (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
BS (Univ Southern Indiana), MA (University of Louisville), PHD (University of Louisville)

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

Esteban I. Poffald (1985)
Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science
BS (Pontificia Universidad Catolica de Chile), MS (Universidad Tecnica Del Estado), PHD (Southern California College)

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

James Proszek (2021)
Visiting Instructor of Rhetoric
BA (Drury University), MA (Southern Illinois University)

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Karen Quandt (2017)
Assistant Professor of French, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
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)

Jeffrey D Reed Jay (2020)
Assistant Professor of Religion, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Ohio University), MA (University of Chicago), PHD (University of Chicago)

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)

Dana Lauren Rognlie (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
BA (Concordia College), MA (University Of Oregon), PHD (University Of Oregon)

James Gaylon Ross (2018)
Visiting Assistant 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
BA (University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill), MDIV (Yale Divinity School), PHD (Yale University)

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Sujata Saha (2017)
Assistant Professor of Economics, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BS (University of Calcutta), MS (University of Calcutta), PHD (University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee)

Aaron Michael Salomon (2022)
Instructor of Philosophy
BA (Reed College)

Paul David Schmitt (2016)
Associate Professor of Chemistry
BS (Hillsdale College), PHD (Purdue University)

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)

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)
Assistant Professor of Biology, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BS (University of Wisconsin - Whitewater), PHD (University of Minnesota)

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

FNU Surina (2022)
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
MA (University of Louisville), PHD (University of Louisville)

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, Senior Associate Dean of the College
BA (Concordia College), PHD (Purdue University)

Sabrina Thomas (2015)
Associate Professor of History, David A Moore Chair in American History, department chair
BA (Colorado State University), MS (Butler University), PHD (Arizona State University)

Peter Thompson (1997)
Associate Professor of Mathematics
BA (University of Minnesota), PHD (University of Illinois)

Nathan Tompkins (2017)
Assistant Professor of Physics, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BA (Reed College), MS (Brandeis University), PHD (Brandeis University)

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

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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John Valdez (2022)
Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
BS (Pepperdine University), MS (University Of Oregon), PHD (University Of Oregon)

Jacob Allan VanderKolk (2019)
Visiting Assistant Professor of German
BA (Michigan State University), PHD (Pennsylvania State University)

Heidi Winters Vogel (2018)
Associate Professor of Theater, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
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
BA (University of California - Santa Cruz), BA (University of Vermont), MA (University of California - Santa Cruz), PHD (University of California - Santa Cruz)

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, 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)

Adam J Whittredge (2021)
Associated Faculty with the Rank of Assistant Professor
BS (Emporia State Univ), MFA (University Of Oregon)

Bronwen Wickkiser (2013)
Professor of Classics, department chair
BA (Oberlin College), MA (University of Texas Austin), PHD (University of Texas Austin)

Sarin C Williams (2020)
Associate Professor of Music, Byron K. Trippet Scholar
BM (Bradley University), MM (University of Missouri), DM (University of Missouri)

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