Faculty Directory


Ahmet Atay
Professor of Communication Studies; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies; Global Media & Digital Studies; Liaison to Digital Visual Storytelling Pathway (on leave 2022-23 academic year)


Katharine Beutner
Assistant Professor of English; Department Chair of English (Spring 2023); Activism & Social Change Pathway Co-Liaison


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


Jennifer Bowen
Dean for Curriculum and Academic Engagement; Professor of Mathematics; Department Chair of Theatre and Dance


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


Michael Bush
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Computational Sciences


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


Susan Clayton
Whitmore-Williams Professor of Psychology; Liaison to the Environmental Communication & Action Pathway


Tracy Cosgriff
Assistant Professor, Art and Art History, Middle Eastern & North African Studies (on leave 2022-23 academic year)


Christa Craven
Professor of Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies; Sociology and Anthropology (on leave 2022-23 academic year)


Marion Duval
Associate Professor and Department Chair of French and Francophone Studies


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


Dylan Findley
Visiting Assistant Professor of Music, Music Theory, and Composition


Heather Fitz Gibbon
Professor of Sociology and Anthropology; Department Chair of Urban Studies


Monica Florence
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Classical Studies, Comparative Literature


Dean Fraga
Danforth Professor of Biology; Program Co-Chair of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology


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


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


Joan E. Furey
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Communication Sciences & Disorders


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


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


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







Rebecca Grenouilleau-Loescher
Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies


Manon Grugel-Watson
Visiting Instructor and Laboratory Coordinator of Physics


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


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


Grit Herzmann
Associate Professor of Psychology; Department Chair of Neuroscience







Madonna Hettinger
Lawrence Stanley Chair and Professor of Medieval History; Pre-Law Program


Katherine Holt
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


Michelle Johnson
Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Department Chair


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


Brooke Krause
Associate Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Global & International Studies (On Leave Spring 2023)


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


Melanie Long
Assistant Professor of Economics & Business Economics On Leave Fall 2022


Sharon Lynn
Horace N. Mateer Professor of Biology, Neuroscience (on leave 2022-23 academic year)


Bhakti Mamtora
Assistant Professor of Religious Studies; South Asian Studies (On Leave Spring 2023)


Sara E. S. Martin
Assistant Professor of Chemistry; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology


Setsuko Matsuzawa
Professor and Department Chair of Anthropology and Sociology; East Asian Studies


Hernán Medina Jiménez
Associate Professor of Spanish; Global and International Studies; Latin American Studies


Philip Mellizo
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Economics; Business Economics


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


Michael Miyawaki
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology (On Leave Spring 2023)


Amyaz Moledina
Professor of Economics & Business Economics; Co-Founder of Social Entrepreneurship Program (On Leave 2022-23)


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


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


Beth Muellner
Professor and Department Chair of German Studies and Russian Studies; Women's, Gender & Sexuality Studies Co-Chair; Global and International Studies


Olivia Navarro-Farr
Associate Professor of Archaeology; Sociology and Anthropology; Program Chair for Archaeology


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


Nii Nikoi
Assistant Professor Global Media & Digital Studies; Communication Studies (On Leave Spring 2023)


Chan Sok Park
Associate Professor of Religious Studies; Classical Studies (on leave 2022-23 academic year)


R. Drew Pasteur
Professor of Mathematics; Department Co-Chair of Mathematical & Computational Sciences


Meagen Pollock
Professor and Co-Chair of Earth Sciences (On Leave Calendar Year 2022)


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


Thomas Prendergast
Professor of English, Comparative Literature (on leave Fall 2022)


Erzsebet Regan
Whitmore-Williams Associate Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Biology (on leave Fall 2022)


Simon Rousset
Visiting Assistant Professor, Communication Studies and Global Media & Digital Studies


Siavash Samei
Visiting Assistant Professor of Archaeology and Anthropology, Middle Eastern & North African Studies


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


Ibra Sene
Associate Professor of History; Global & International Studies Department Chair


Greg Shaya
Henry J. and Laura H. Copeland Professor of European History; Global Media & Digital Studies; Liaison for Data Exploration & Communication Pathway


Naoko Skala
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies


Greg Slawson
Adjunct Instructor of Music, Jazz Piano, Improvisation, Music Technology


Mark J. Snider
Robert E. Wilson Professor of Chemistry; Program Co-Chair of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (On Leave Spring 2023)


Sarah J. Sobeck (Schmidtke)
Professor of Chemistry, Associate Dean for Experiential Learning


Stephanie Strand
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Biology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology


Zareen Thomas
Assistant Professor of Sociology and Anthropology; Latin American Studies; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies







Garrett Thomson
Elias Compton Professor of Philosophy; Middle Eastern & North African Studies (on leave 2022-23 academic year)


Sofia Visa
Professor of Computer Science and Co-Chair of Mathematical & Computational Sciences


Désirée Weber
Associate Professor of Political Science; Pre-Law Program (On Leave Spring 2023)


Gregory Wiles
Schoolroy Chair of Natural Resources; Professor of Earth Sciences; Archaeology (on leave calendar year 2023)


Lisa Wong
Oliver Williams Kettering Professor of Music, Wooster Chorus, Music Education, Choral Conducting


Thomas Wood
Professor of Music, Violin, Chamber Music, String Methods, Music History and Literature


Ziying You
Associate Professor of Chinese Studies; East Asian Studies; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies (on leave 2022-23 academic year)