Faculty
Haverford faculty members are internationally recognized thought-leaders dedicated to working closely with undergraduates. At large research institutions, it can be difficult to connect with your professors—but the experience here is designed to maximize the amount of time students spend in direct collaboration with faculty.
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The professor of biology gives us a tour of his office.
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The professor of economics gives us a tour of her office.
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Assistant Professor of Computer Science Sorelle Friedler discusses how she and her collaborators will use a recent award from Mozilla to expand pedagogical efforts to emphasize the importance of ethics in computer science.
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The professor and chair of the Department of Physics and Astronomy will help shape the next decade of astrophysics research in the United States as a member of the Panel on Particle Astrophysics and Gravitation.
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The associate professor of political science gives us a tour of her office.
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The associate professor of chemistry is the sixth recent member of her department to receive the award, which recognizes young faculty at primarily undergraduate institutions who are both accomplished researchers and outstanding educators.
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The assistant professor of classics gives us a tour of his office.
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The professor of religion gives us a tour of his office.
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The movement, which endorses accessibility, inclusion, and a healthy dose of skepticism, is being taught in a course by Psychology Professor Benjamin Le that is one of the nation's only undergraduate courses of its kind.
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Ahead of its series finale, Assistant Professor of Philosophy Qrescent Mali Mason discusses how NBC comedy The Good Place offers lessons in ethics along with the laughs.
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The associate professor of French and comparative literature gives us a tour of his office.
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The associate professor of history gives us a tour of his office.
Faculty Profiles
- Karin Åkerfeldt John and Barbara Bush Professor of the Natural Sciences; Professor of Chemistry
- Suzanne Amador Kane Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Eli Anders Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Writing Fellow
- Koffi Anyinefa Professor of French and Francophone Studies
- Tarik Aougab Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Ingrid Arauco Professor of Music
- Alberto Arredondo-Chavez Visiting Instructor of Economics
- Markus Baenziger Professor of Fine Arts
- Richard Ball Professor of Economics
- Laura Been Assistant Professor of Psychology; Coordinator of Neuroscience
- Anna Benjamin Visiting Instructor of Fine Arts
- Kimberly Benston The Francis B. Gummere Professor of English
- Sue Benston Visiting Professor of Independent College Programs
- Sally Berger Visiting Instructor of Visual Studies
- Benjamin Berger Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Carola Binder Assistant Professor of Economics
- Frances Rose Blase Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Marilyn Boltz Professor of Psychology
- Craig Borowiak Associate Professor of Political Science
- Steve Boughn Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy
- Stacia Bourne Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Imke Brust Associate Professor and Chair of German
- Ted Brzinski Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Israel Burshatin Professor Emeritus of Spanish and Comparative Literature
- Lynne Butler Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Curtis Cacioppo Professor Emeritus of Music
- Christopher Cairns Professor Emeritus of Fine Arts
- Roberto Castillo Sandoval Professor of Spanish
- Jane Chandlee Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Lou Charkoudian Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Kin Cheung Visiting Instructor in EALC
- Rebecca Compton Professor and Chair of Psychology
- Amy Cooke Assistant Professor of Biology
- Christophe Corbin Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
- Kathryne Corbin Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies; Coordinator of Gender and Sexuality Studies; Visual Culture, Arts, and Media Faculty Fellow (2019-2021)
- Charles Cunningham Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Sam Cusumano Visiting Instructor of Independent College Programs
- Clyde Daly Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Maren Daniel Visiting Instructor of French and Francophone Studies
- Douglas Davis Professor Emeritus of Psychology
- Thomas Devaney Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Thomas Donahue Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- John Dougherty Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Elizabeth Drellich Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Leonardo Dugan Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
- Tajah Ebram Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Writing Fellow
- Kaye Edwards Associate Professor Emeritus of Independent College Programs
- Elisabeth Evans Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
- Richard Evans Visiting Assistant Professor of Independent College Programs
- Rebecca Everett Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Robert Fairman Professor of Biology
- Matthew Farmer Assistant Professor of Classics
- Molly Farneth Assistant Professor of Religion
- Sebastián Figueroa Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Stephen Finley Professor of English
- Aleksandr Fisher Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Richard Freedman Professor of Music; John C. Whitehead 1943 Professorship in the Humanities; Associate Provost for Curricular Development and Support, AA Officer
- Sorelle Friedler Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Andrew Friedman Associate Professor and Chair of History
- Victoria Funari Senior Lecturer of Visual Studies
- Ashok Gangadean The Emily Judson Baugh Gest and John Marshall Gest Professor of Global Philosophy; Professor of Global Philosophy; Director of Gest Center
- Ramon Garcia-Castro Professor Emeritus of Spanish
- Linda Gerstein Professor of History; Chair of Independent College Programs
- Hilary Gerstein Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Pika Ghosh Visiting Associate Professor of Religion
- Daniel Gillis Professor Emeritus of Classics
- Hank Glassman The Janet and Henry Richotte 1985 Professor of Asian Studies; Associate Professor and Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Amanda Glazier Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Harvey Glickman Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- Aurelia Gómez De Unamuno Associate Professor of Spanish; Coordinator of Latin American, Iberian, and Latino Studies
- Jonathan Goodrich Visiting Instructor of Fine Arts
- Mark Gould Professor of Sociology
- Neal Grabell Visiting Professor of Economics and Independent College Programs
- Lisa Jane Graham The Frank A. Kafker Professor of History and Professor of History
- Myron Gray Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
- Curtis Greene Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics
- Juli Grigsby Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Daniel Grin Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Alvin Grissom Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Bridget Gurtler Visiting Assistant Professor of Independent College Programs
- Marcel Gutwirth Professor Emeritus of French
- Elena Guzman Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow; Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Visual Studies
- Guangtian Ha Assistant Professor of Religion
- David Harrington Watt Douglas & Dorothy Steere Professor of Quaker Studies
- Laurie Hart Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
- Shannon Hartman Visiting Assistant Professor of Independent College Programs
- Shannan Hayes Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Studies, of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights and Arts and Humanities Fellow
- Darin Hayton Associate Professor of History
- Mark Hilfiker Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Rachel Hoang Associate Professor and Chair of Biology
- Alissa Hochman Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Benjamin Hofmann Visiting Instructor of Political Science
- William Hohenstein Professor Emeritus of Sociology
- Emily Hong Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Visual Studies
- Shizhe Huang The C.V. Starr Professor of Asian Studies; Associate Professor of Chinese and Linguistics
- Ariana Huberman Associate Professor of Spanish
- Dale Husemoller Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
- Seol Hee Im Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Anita Isaacs Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Sciences
- Heidi Jacob Professor of Music
- Roshan Jain Assistant Professor of Biology
- Eric Janofsky Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Paul Jefferson Associate Professor Emeritus of History
- Saleha Jilani Assistant Professor of Economics
- Karl Johnson Professor of Biology
- Mary Ellen Kelly Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Patricia Kelly Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Studies and Independent College Programs
- Saki Khan Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Hee Sook Kim Professor and Chair of Fine Arts
- Alexander Kitroeff Professor of History
- Christina Knight Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Yoko Koike Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Japanese
- Naomi Koltun-Fromm Professor of Religion
- Ken Koltun-Fromm Robert and Constance MacCrate Professor of Social Responsibility and Professor of Religion; Director of HCAH
- Vladimir Kontorovich Professor of Economics
- Aryeh Kosman Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
- Sarah-Jane Koulen Assistant Professor-Peace, Justice, and Human Rights
- James Krippner Edmund and Margiana Stinnes Professor of Global Studies; Professor of History
- Rajesh Kumar Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Nimisha Ladva Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing; Oral Communication Specialist
- Roger Lane Professor Emeritus of History
- Emma Lapsansky-Werner Professor Emeritus of History and Visiting Professor in the Writing Program and Quaker Studies
- Benjamin Le Professor of Psychology
- Ryan Lei Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Tobias Lemke Visiting Instructor of Political Science
- Natalia Lewandowska Visiting Assistant Professor of Astronomy
- Ying Li The Phlyssa Koshland Professor of Fine Arts
- Jennifer Lilgendahl Associate Professor of Psychology
- Brook Lillehaugen Associate Professor and Haverford Chair of Linguistics (TriCo)
- Steven Lindell Professor of Computer Science
- Jan Linowitz Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Thomas Lloyd Professor Emeritus of Music
- Andrea Lommen Professor and Chair of Physics and Astronomy
- Casey Londergan Professor and Chair of Chemistry
- Ana López-Sánchez Associate Professor and Chair of Spanish
- Danielle Macbeth T. Wistar Brown Professor; Professor and Chair of Philosophy
- Wyatt MacGaffey Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
- Qrescent Mali Mason Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Robert Manning Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; William H. and Johanna A. Harris Chair of Computational Science; Associate Provost for Faculty Development and Support
- Lina Martinez Hernandez Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Karen Masters Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Sara Mathieson Assistant Professor of Computer Science; Coordinator of Scientific Computing
- Steve McGovern Associate Professor of Political Science
- Laura McGrane Associate Professor of English
- Anne McGuire The Kies Family Professor of Humanities; Associate Professor and Chair of Religion
- Maud McInerney The Laurie Ann Levin Professor of Comparative Literature; Professor of English; Chair of Comparative Literature
- Matthew McKeever Professor and Chair of Sociology
- Barak Mendelsohn Associate Professor and Chair of Political Science
- Philip Meneely Professor Emeritus of Biology
- Weiwen Miao Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Graciela Michelotti Associate Professor of Spanish
- Elizabeth Milićević Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Eric Miller Assistant Professor of Biology
- Jerry Miller Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Rajeswari Mohan Associate Professor of English; MMUF Coordinator
- Robert Mortimer Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- Joshua Moses Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies; Visual Culture, Arts, and Media Faculty Fellow (2020-2022)
- Shannon Mudd Director of Microfinance, Impact Investing, and Social Entrepreneurial Programs; Assistant Professor of Economics
- Bret Mulligan Associate Professor of Classics
- John Muse Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Terry Newirth Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- Zolani Ngwane Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology
- Alexander Norquist Professor of Chemistry
- Zachary Oberfield Associate Professor of Political Science
- Paulina Ochoa Espejo Associate Professor of Political Science
- Judith Owen Professor Emeritus of Biology; Visiting Professor of Biology
- David Owens Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
- Giri Parameswaran Assistant Professor of Economics; Coordinator of Mathematical Economics
- Young Su Park Visiting Assistant Professor and Postdoctoral Fellow in Medical Humanities
- Bruce Partridge Emeritus Professor of Astronomy
- Amanda Payne Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Sidney Perloe Professor Emeritus of Psychology
- Anne Preston John Hurford Professor; Professor of Economics
- Reema Rajbanshi Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Joshua Ramey Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights
- Halie Rando Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- James Ransom Associate Professor Emeritus of English
- Lindsay Reckson Associate Professor of English
- Emily Regier Visiting Instructor of Political Science
- Katherine Riestenberg Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Imani Roach Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Deborah Roberts The William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor; Professor and Chair of Classics
- Patrese Robinson-Drummer Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology and Post-Doctoral Fellow
- Luis Rodriguez-Rincon Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Shelly Ronen Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Joseph Russo Professor Emeritus of Classics
- Joshua Sabloff J. McLain King 1928 Professor in Mathematics; Professor and Chair of Mathematics and Statistics
- Zainab Saleh Assistant Professor of Anthropology; Coordinator of Middle East and Islamic Studies
- Bethel Saler Associate Professor of History
- Tetsuya Sato Senior Lecturer and Director of Japanese Language Program
- Robert Scarrow Professor of Chemistry; Coordinator of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Carol Schilling Visiting Professor of Independent College Programs and Health Studies
- Erin Schoneveld Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Assistant Professor of Visual Studies; Director of Visual Studies
- Ulrich Schönherr Professor Emeritus of German and German Studies
- David Sedley Associate Professor and Chair of French and Francophone Studies
- Debora Sherman Assistant Professor of English; Director of Writing Program
- Seungyop Shin Visiting Assistant Professor of History
- Ava Shirazi Assistant Professor of Classics
- Sara Shumer Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- Hannah Silverblank Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
- Walter Smith The Paul and Sally Bolgiano Professor of Physics; Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Paul Smith Professor Emeritus of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Gabriela Solis Visiting Instructor of the Writing Program
- Asali Solomon Associate Professor and Chair of English; Director of Creative Writing
- Paul Spoors Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Gustavus Stadler Professor of English
- Jill Stauffer Associate Professor and Director of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights
- Aaron Stein Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Kristina Streu Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Susan Stuard Professor Emeritus of History
- Kimiko Suzuki Lecturer in Japanese
- Yung-Sheng Tai Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
- Chikako Takahashi Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Jeffrey Tecosky-Feldman Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics
- Milana Thomas Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Raegan Truax Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow; Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Yuka Usami Visiting Instructor of Japanese
- Almudena Vidorreta Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Thomas Wadden Visiting Professor of Psychology
- Shu-wen Wang Associate Professor of Psychology
- Anthony Ward Visiting Instructor of Fine Arts
- Sarah Watson Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Anna West Assistant Professor and Director of Health Studies
- Kristen Whalen Assistant Professor of Biology
- Helen White Associate Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies; Director of KINSC
- Terrance Wiley Assistant Professor of Religion and Coordinator of African and Africana Studies
- William Williams Audrey A. and John L. Dusseau Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Fine Arts
- Jonathan Wilson Associate Professor and Chair of Environmental Studies
- Susanna Wing Associate Professor of Political Science
- Claude Wintner Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- Martha Wintner Senior Lecturer Emeritus of English
- David Wonnacott Professor and Chair of Computer Science
- Clifford Workman Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Kathleen Wright Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
- Talia Young Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
- Rosetta Young Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Writing Fellow
- Joel Yurdin Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Nathan Zullinger Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral and Vocal Studies
- Christina Zwarg Professor of English