Faculty Directory

Beatrice Adams

Assistant Professor of History

Ahmet Atay

Professor of Communication Studies; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Program Chair of Global Media & Digital Studies; Liaison to Digital Visual Storytelling Pathway

aatay@wooster.edu

Emily Baird

Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance

ebaird@wooster.edu

Osmer Balam

Gillespie Visiting Professor of Spanish

obalam@wooster.edu

Katharine Beutner

Assistant Professor of English; Activism & Social Change Pathway Co-Liaison

kbeutner@wooster.edu

Jordan Biro Walters

Associate Professor of History

jbirowalters@wooster.edu

James Bonk

Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese Studies; East Asian Studies; History

jbonk@wooster.edu

Paul A. Bonvallet

Professor of Chemistry

pbonvallet@wooster.edu

Denise Bostdorff

Professor of Communication Studies

dbostdorff@wooster.edu

Jennifer Bowen

Dean for Curriculum and Academic Engagement; Professor of Mathematics;

jbowen@wooster.edu

Nick Brandley

Assistant Professor of Biology

nbrandley@wooster.edu

Matthew Broda

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Education

mabroda@wooster.edu

Iemanja Brown

Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

ibrown@wooster.edu

Laura Burch

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies (on leave Fall 2022)

lburch@wooster.edu

Michael Bush

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computational Sciences

mbush@wooster.edu

Michael Casey

Associate Professor of Psychology

mcasey@wooster.edu

Camila Castro

Spanish Fulbright Language Teaching Assistant

Sookti Chaudhary

Assistant Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Environmental Studies; Global and International Studies

schaudhary@wooster.edu

Suraj Chaudhary

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy

suchaudhary@wooster.edu

Susan Clayton

Whitmore-Williams Professor and Department Chair of Psychology; Liaison to the Environmental Communication & Action Pathway

sclayton@wooster.edu

Brian J. Cope

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Spanish

bcope@wooster.edu

Tracy Cosgriff

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History, Middle Eastern & North African Studies

tcosgriff@wooster.edu

Christa Craven

Interim Dean for Faculty Development, Professor of Anthropology and Department Chair of Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies

ccraven@wooster.edu

Laura DeGroot

Assistant Professor of Physics

ldegroot@wooster.edu

Beth Derderian

Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Museum Studies (One leave for Fall 2023)

bderderian@wooster.edu

Aída Díaz de León

Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish

adiazdeleon@wooster.edu

Marion Duval

Associate Professor and Department Chair of French and Francophone Studies

mduval@wooster.edu

Claire Eager

Assistant Professor of English

ceager@wooster.edu

Hilary Edgington

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

hedgington@wooster.edu

Paul L. Edmiston

Theron L. Peterson and Dorothy R. Peterson Professor of Chemistry; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

pedmiston@wooster.edu

Ellyn Evans

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

eevans@wooster.edu

Jennifer A. Faust

Assistant Professor and Department Chair of Chemistry

jfaust@wooster.edu

Karl J. Feierabend

Associate Professor of Chemistry (On leave for AY 2023-24)

kfeierabend@wooster.edu

Dylan Findley

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Music Theory, and Composition

dfindley@wooster.edu

Heather Fitz Gibbon

Professor and Department Chair of Sociology and Anthropology; Department Chair of Urban Studies

hfitzgibbon@wooster.edu

Monica Florence

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Classical Studies, Comparative Literature

mflorence@wooster.edu

Nathan Foster

Assistant Professor of Psychology; Neuroscience

nfoster@wooster.edu

Makiba Foster

Librarian of the College

mfoster@wooster.edu

Dean Fraga

Danforth Professor of Biology; (On leave for AY 2023-24)

dfraga@wooster.edu

Marian Frazier

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Statistical & Data Sciences, Co-Director, Applied Methods & Research Experience (AMRE)

mafrazier@wooster.edu

Timothy Freeze

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Trombone

tfreeze@wooster.edu

Pam Frese

Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

pfrese@wooster.edu

Joan Friedman

Lincoln Professor of Religion and Professor of History; Department Chair of History; Program Chair for Middle Eastern and North African Studies

jfriedman@wooster.edu

Joan E. Furey

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Communication Sciences & Disorders

jfurey@wooster.edu

Annastassia Gallo

Assistant Professor of Chemistry

agallo@wooster.edu

Harry Gamble

Inez K. Gaylord Professor of French and Francophone Studies and Pathway Liaison

hgamble@wooster.edu

Amber Garcia

Professor of Psychology (On leave for AY 2023-24)

agarcia@wooster.edu

Rebecca Garonzik

Assistant Professor of Spanish; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (on leave Fall 2022)

rgaronzik@wooster.edu

Jeffrey Gershman

Associate professor of Music, Director of Bands

Hamed Goharipour

Assistant Professor of Urban Studies

hgoharipour@wooster.edu

Donald Goldberg

Professor of Communication Sciences & Disorders

dgoldberg@wooster.edu

Mark Gooch

Collection Management & Discovery Services Librarian, Libraries

mgooch@wooster.edu

Mark Graham

Associate Professor of Religious Studies; South Asian Studies Department Chair; East Asian Studies; Co-Liaison to the Museum & Archival Studies Pathway

mgraham@wooster.edu

Manon Grugel-Watson

Visiting Instructor and Laboratory Coordinator of Physics

mgrugel-watson@wooster.edu

Heather Guarnera

Assistant Professor of Computer Science (One leave for Fall 2023)

hguarnera@wooster.edu

Drew Guarnera

Instructor of Computer Science

dguarnera@wooster.edu

Karen Haely

Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy; Co-Liaison to the Public Health Pathway

kahaely@wooster.edu

Erum Haider

Assistant Professor of Political Science; Environmental Studies (One leave for Spring 2024)

ehaider@wooster.edu

James Hartman

Adjunct Professor of Mathematics

hartman@wooster.edu

Cara Haxo

Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Music Theory

chaxo@wooster.edu

Jennifer Hayward

Virginia Myers Professor of English; Department Chair of English (Fall 2022); Dept. Chair of Global Media & Digital Studies ; Co-Liaison to Digital and Visual Storytelling Pathway

jhayward@wooster.edu

Mareike Herrmann

Professor and Department Chair of German and Russian Studies

mherrmann@wooster.edu

Grit Herzmann

Associate Professor of Psychology; Department Chair of Neuroscience (One leave for Fall 2023)

gherzmann@wooster.edu

Madonna Hettinger

Lawrence Stanley Chair and Professor of Medieval History; Pre-Law Program (One leave for Spring 2024)

mhettinger@wooster.edu

Gunnar Hirthe

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Clarinet

ghirthe@wooster.edu

Associate Professor of History; Latin American Studies Department Chair; Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Co-Chair; Global and International Studies; Co-Liaison to Digital and Visual Storytelling Pathway

kholt@wooster.edu

Dan Honaker

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Tuba and Euphonium

Meredith Hope

Assistant Professor of Psychology

mhope@wooster.edu

Shirley Huston-Findley

Professor of Theatre and Dance (on leave Fall 2022)

sfindley@wooster.edu

Ronald Hustwit

Frank Halliday Ferris Professor of Philosophy

rhustwit@wooster.edu

Jennifer Ison

Associate Professor of Biology

jison@wooster.edu

Michelle Johnson

Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Department Chair

mjohnson@wooster.edu

Shelley Judge

Department Chair and Associate Professor of Earth Sciences; Liaison to the Data Exploration & Communication Pathway

sjudge@wooster.edu

Christopher Kang

Assistant Professor of English (on leave Fall 2022)

ckang@wooster.edu

Bryan T. Karazsia

Professor of Psychology

bkarazsia@wooster.edu

Seth Kelly

Associate Professor of Biology, Department Co-Chair (One leave for Spring 2024)

skelly@wooster.edu

Robert Kelvey

Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics

rkelvey@wooster.edu

Daren Kendall

Assistant Professor, Art and Art History

dkendall@wooster.edu

Elys Kettling Law

Research & Information Services Librarian, Libraries

ekettling@wooster.edu

Matthew Ryan Kilgore

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Percussion & Director of Scot Marching Band

Miriam Kilimo

Assistant Professor of Africana Studies

Kent Kille

Professor of Political Science; Global and International Studies (One leave for Spring 2024)

kkille@wooster.edu

Rachel King

Adjunct Instructor of Music

rking@wooster.edu

Ronda Kirsch

Instructor of Mathematics and Math Center Coordinator

rkirsch@wooster.edu

Matthew Krain

Professor of Political Science

mkrain@wooster.edu

Brooke Krause

Associate Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Global & International Studies

bkrause@wooster.edu

Jeffrey Lantis

Professor of Political Science; Global and International Studies

jlantis@wooster.edu

Sean Lawry

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Scottish Drumming

slawry@wooster.edu

Cody Leary

Associate Professor of Physics (One leave for Fall 2023)

cleary@wooster.edu

Sina Lee

Visiting Assistant Professor of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

silee@wooster.edu

Susan Lehman

Victor J. Andrew Professor of Physics; Pre-Engineering Advisor

slehman@wooster.edu

Richard Lehtinen

Professor of Biology

rlehtinen@wooster.edu

Michele Leiby

Associate Professor of Political Science (One leave for Spring 2024)

mleiby@wooster.edu

Jeffrey Lindberg

Professor of Music, Wooster Symphony Orchestra, Jazz Ensemble, Trombone, Jazz History and Improvisation

jlindberg@wooster.edu

Melanie Long

Assistant Professor of Economics & Business Economics

mlong@wooster.edu

Colby Long

Assistant Professor of Mathematics; On Leave Fall 2022

clong@wooster.edu

Moses Luri

Assistant Professor of Economics and Statistical and Data Sciences

mluri@wooster.edu

Sharon Lynn

Horace N. Mateer Professor of Biology, Neuroscience

slynn@wooster.edu

Marina Mangubi

Professor, Art and Art History (One leave for Fall 2023)

mmangubi@wooster.edu

Niklas Manz

Associate Professor of Physics, Department Chair of Physics (One leave for Spring 2024)

nmanz@wooster.edu

Matthew Mariola

Associate Professor and Program Chair of Environmental Studies

mmariola@wooster.edu

James Marron

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Guitar

jmarron@wooster.edu

Sara E. S. Martin

Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

samartin@wooster.edu

Setsuko Matsuzawa

Professor and Department Chair of Anthropology and Sociology; East Asian Studies (One leave for Fall 2023)

smatsuzawa@wooster.edu

Kiirsi Maunula Johnson

Adjunct Instructor of Music, French horn

kijohnson@wooster.edu

Lee McBride

Professor of Philosophy (On leave AY 2023-24)

lmcbride@wooster.edu

Ian McCullough

Science Librarian

imccullough@wooster.edu

Hernán Medina Jiménez

Associate Professor of Spanish; Global and International Studies; Latin American Studies

hmedina@wooster.edu

Philip Mellizo

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Economics; Business Economics

pmellizo@wooster.edu

Sarah Mirza

Associate Professor and Department Chair of Religious Studies; Middle Eastern and North African Studies; South Asian Studies; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies

smirza@wooster.edu

Michael Miyawaki

Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

mmiyawaki@wooster.edu

Amyaz Moledina

Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Co-Founder of Social Entrepreneurship Program

amoledina@wooster.edu

Denise Monbarren

Special Collections Librarian, Libraries

dmonbarren@wooster.edu

Thomas Montelione

Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science

tmontelione@wooster.edu

Carlo Moreno

Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies

cmoreno@wooster.edu

William Morgan

Theron L. Peterson and Dorothy R. Peterson Professor of Biology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

wmorgan@wooster.edu

Jillian Morrison

Assistant Professor of Statistical and Data Sciences

jmorrison@wooster.edu

Kara Morrow

Associate Professor, Art and Art History; Chair of Museum Studies

kmorrow@wooster.edu

Peter Mowrey

Professor and Department Chair of Music - Music Theory, Composition, Piano and Electronic Music

pmowrey@wooster.edu

Beth Muellner

Professor and Department Chair of German Studies and Russian Studies; Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Co-Chair; Global and International Studies (On leave for AY 2023-24)

bmuellner@wooster.edu

Bridget Murphy Milligan

Professor and Department Chair, Art and Art History

bmilligan@wooster.edu

Yuka Nakayama-Lewicki

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Piano

ynakayama@wooster.edu

Ferdinand Nanfack Minkeu

Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Olivia Navarro-Farr

Associate Professor of Archaeology; Sociology and Anthropology; Program Chair for Archaeology

onavarro-farr@wooster.edu

Allison Neptune

Visiting Assistant Professor of Education

aneptune@wooster.edu

Wee-Siang Margaret Ng

Associate Professor of History; Archaeology; Chinese Studies; Program Chair of East Asian Studies; Co-Liaison to the Public Health Pathway

mng@wooster.edu

Megan Nieberding

Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

mnieberding@wooster.edu

Nii Nikoi

Assistant Professor Global Media & Digital Studies; Communication Studies

nnikoi@wooster.edu

Jimmy Noriega

Professor and Department Chair of Theatre and Dance

jnoriega@wooster.edu

Anne Nurse

Professor and Department Chair of Sociology and Anthropology

anurse@wooster.edu

Ryan Ozar

Visiting Assistant Professor of Education

rozar@wooster.edu

Cynthia Palmer

Associate Professor of Spanish and Latin American Studies

cpalmer@wooster.edu

Dan Palmer

Associate professor and Department Chair of Computer Sciences

danpalmer@wooster.edu

Chan Sok Park

Associate Professor of Religious Studies; Classical Studies; Department Chair of Middle Eastern and North African Studies

cpark@wooster.edu

R. Drew Pasteur

Professor of Mathematics; Department Co-Chair of Mathematical & Computational Sciences (One leave for Spring 2024)

rpasteur@wooster.edu

Victoria Peacock

Adjunct Instructor, Wooster Singers

vpeacock@wooster.edu

Lisa Perfetti

Provost, Professor of French and Francophone Studies

lperfetti@wooster.edu

Pamela Pierce

Professor and Department Chair of Mathematics

ppierce@wooster.edu

Meagen Pollock

Professor and Department Chair of Earth Sciences

mpollock@wooster.edu

Peter Pozefsky

Michael O. Fisher Professor of History, Global and International Studies; Russian Studies (on leave Spring 2023)

ppozefsky@wooster.edu

Thomas Prendergast

Professor and Department Chair of English, Comparative Literature

tprendergast@wooster.edu

Jeremy Rapport

Associate Professor of Religious Studies

jrapport@wooster.edu

Terry H. Reeder

Religious Studies - Associate Professor

treeder@wooster.edu

Erzsebet Regan

Whitmore-Williams Associate Professor and Department Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

eregan@wooster.edu

Zach Rewinski

Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian Studies

zrewinski@wooster.edu

Evan Riley

Associate Professor of Philosophy

eriley@wooster.edu

Cathy Roche

Adjunct Instructor of Economics & Business Economics

Jeff Roche

Professor of History

jroche@wooster.edu

Perry Roth

Adjunct Instructor of Music, Saxophone

proth@wooster.edu

John Rudisill

Associate Professor of Philosophy, Chair of Pre Law Advising

jrudisill@wooster.edu

Elizabeth Schiltz

Raju Chair of East-West Philosophy; Department Chair of Philosophy; Professor of South Asian Studies; Philosophy; Classical Studies

eschiltz@wooster.edu

Ibra Sene

Associate Professor of History; Global & International Studies Department Chair

isene@wooster.edu

Zachary Sharrow

Interim Director of CoRE, Libraries

zsharrow@wooster.edu

Greg Shaya

Henry J. and Laura H. Copeland Professor of European History; Global Media & Digital Studies; Liaison for Data Exploration & Communication Pathway (On leave for AY 2023-24)

gshaya@wooster.edu