Faculty Directory

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

Katharine Beutner
Assistant Professor of English; 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;

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 and Department Chair of Psychology; Liaison to the Environmental Communication & Action Pathway

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

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

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

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

Karl J. Feierabend
Associate Professor of Chemistry (On leave for AY 2023-24)

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

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

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

Marian Frazier
Associate Professor and Department 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

Manon Grugel-Watson
Visiting Instructor and Laboratory Coordinator of Physics

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

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

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


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 (One leave for Fall 2023)





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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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


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 (One leave for Fall 2023)


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


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


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 (On leave for AY 2023-24)


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


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


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


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


Thomas Prendergast
Professor and Department Chair of English, Comparative Literature


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


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 (On leave for AY 2023-24)


Josephine Shaya
Associate Professor of Classical Studies (on leave for AY 2023-24)


Laura Sirot
Professor of Biology and Department Co-Chair (One leave for Fall 2023)


Naoko Skala
Assistant Professor of Theatre and Dance; Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (One leave for Spring 2024)


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


Mark J. Snider
Robert E. Wilson Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology


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


Amy Jo Stavnezer
Professor of Psychology; Neuroscience (On leave for AY 2022-23)


Stephanie Strand
Associate Professor 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


Huiting Tian
Assistant Professor of Economics and Business Economics (One leave for Fall 2023)


Désirée Weber
Associate Professor and Department Chair of Political Science; Pre-Law Program


Christina Welsch
Associate Professor of History; Department Chair and Professor of South Asian Studies


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 & Department Chair of Chinese Studies; East Asian Studies; Women's, Gender, & Sexuality Studies