Hilary Edgington
Focusing on population genetics, Edgington studies the evolution of traits in natural populations and phylogenetics, the evolutionary relationships between species.
Nick Brandley
Working with students using both band-winged grasshoppers and human subjects, Brandley seeks to better understand the link between sensory physiology and behavior, primarily studying vision, to examine how differences in sensory physiology limit behaviors and ultimately evolutionary outcomes.
Gregory C. Wiles
Wiles’ primary research interests are in glacial geology, climate change, and tree-ring analysis with projects funded by the National Science Foundation and National Geographic Society. He is also the founder of The College of Wooster Tree Ling Lab, a group of faculty, staff, and students who study tree rings.
Josephine Shaya
Specializing in Latin, Roman history, and archaeology, Shaya has published work on monuments, memory, travel, and the history of collecting in antiquity which has brought insights to theoretical studies of museums and monuments.
Margaret Ng Wee-Siang
Ng is an interdisciplinary professor, teaching courses in several academic departments, with a research focus on China’s premodern and modern history, including Chinese family, medicine, and gender.
Zareen Thomas
Having conducted fieldwork in Columbia, Bolivia, and Denmark, Thomas is a sociocultural anthropologist whose research examines the cultural politics of youth.
Anne Nurse
With a research interest in juvenile prisons, prison reform, and child abuse, Nurse has taught a course that enrolls students from the College and the local juvenile correction facility.
Olivia Navarro-Farr
Known for her role as co-director of the Guatemalan-U.S. El Perú- Waka’ Archaeological Project, Navarro-Farr’s research examines the role of ancient female rulers, particularly those who represent non-Western cultural traditions and are often unexplored.
Michael Miyawaki
A member of the Critical Mixed Race Studies Association, Miyawaki conducts research in the areas of race and ethnicity, pertaining to identity formation and inequality of Latinos and the multiracial population in the United States.
Heather Fitz Gibbon
Fitz Gibbon is a community-based researcher with published work focusing on the definitions of motherhood in the welfare system and childcare and teaches courses in both classical and contemporary social theory.
Ibra Sene
Sene is an expert on African history, European colonialism, and Islam with several publications. He has several professional memberships, including the Association of Africa Historians and West African Research Association, and is the co-founder of The Dakar Institute of African Studies which helps students study abroad in Senegal.
Susan Y. Lehman
A researcher of experimental condensed matter physics, Lehman enjoys teaching advanced lab courses and works with physics students to create demonstrations for local elementary school students.
Susan Clayton
Known for her work with the American Psychological Association on the psychological impacts of climate change, Clayton studies social justice and sustainability through a psychological lens.
Richard Lehtinen
Interested in topics in ecology, evolution, and conservation biology, Lehtinen has made headlines for studying Wooster’s trademark Black Squirrel, and, naming a frog species, the Guibemantis woosteri, after Wooster.
Pamela B. Pierce
With published work in math and research pedagogy, Pierce works with students in the intersection of calculus with algebra, social science, and analytical geometry.
Pam Frese
Widely known for her expertise on Anglo-American life cycle rituals and American religious holidays and traditions, Frese has taught students on topics such as religion and symbolic anthropology, contemporary American society, food and cultures, and gender studies.
Melanie Long
An economist with a research interest in household finance and gender and feminist economics, Long explores causes of systemic inequality in household debt and access to low-cost consumer credit.
Setsuko Matsuzawa
With a primary research area in environmental activism in East Asia, Matsuzawa also works with students on topics such as social movements, developmental law, and transnational/global sociology.
Marina Mangubi
A painter, printmaker, and installation artist, Mangubi’s extensive work has been exhibited around the world and is in permanent collections in Maine, Oregon, California, and Malaysia. Her thematic projects probe hidden meanings in familiar historical and philosophical constructs.