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.
Meet the Faculty
Our faculty are some of the best and brightest in their fields. Get to know them through our Office Hour series where faculty members give us a tour of their offices, or through some recent faculty news coverage.
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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 professor of religion gives us a tour of his office.
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The professor of biology gives us a tour of his office.
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The senior lecturer of mathematics and statistics gives us a tour of his office.
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The associate professor of history gives us a tour of his office.
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The associate professor of political science gives us a tour of her 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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The associate professor of French and comparative literature gives us a tour of his office.
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The assistant professor of classics gives us a tour of his 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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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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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.
Faculty Profiles
- Karin Åkerfeldt Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- Timur Akhunov Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Danielle Allor Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Suzanne Amador Kane The John and Barbara Bush Professor in the Natural Sciences; Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Coordinator of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Soheil Anbouhi Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Eli Anders Visiting Assistant Professor of the Writing Program and Health Studies; Director of Health Studies
- Koffi Anyinefa Professor and Chair of French and Francophone Studies
- Tarik Aougab Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Ingrid Arauco The Ruth Marshall Magill Professor; Professor of Music
- Alberto Arredondo-Chavez Visiting Assistant Professor
- David Backus Visiting Professor
- Markus Baenziger The Edwin E. Tuttle 1949 Professor of Fine Arts; Professor and Chair of Fine Arts
- Richard Ball Professor of Economics; Coordinator of Mathematical Economics
- Laura Been Associate Professor of Psychology
- Sue Benston Visiting Professor
- Kimberly Benston The Francis B. Gummere Professor of English
- Carola Binder Associate Professor of Economics
- Emily Black Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- Frances Rose Blase Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Marilyn Boltz Professor of Psychology
- Craig Borowiak Professor of Political Science
- Steve Boughn Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy
- Imke Brust Associate Professor and Chair of German
- Ted Brzinski Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Michael Burri Visiting Assistant Professor of German
- 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 and Chair of Spanish
- Jane Chandlee Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Lou Charkoudian Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Kin Cheung Visiting Instructor in EALC
- Rebecca Compton Professor of Psychology and Director of Neuroscience
- Jessica Comstock Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Amy Cooke Assistant Professor of Biology
- Kathryne Corbin Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
- Christophe Corbin Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
- Michael D'Arcy Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Clyde Daly Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Douglas Davis Professor Emeritus of Psychology
- Danielle De Leo Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Shane Denecke Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Thomas Devaney Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Thomas Donahue Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- John Dougherty Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Joanne Douglas Visiting Instructor of Environmental Studies
- Ruodi Duan Assistant Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Leonardo Dugan Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
- Tajah Ebram Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Writing Fellow
- Keiko Edmondson Visiting Instructor of Japanese
- Kaye Edwards Associate Professor Emeritus of Independent College Programs
- Richard Evans Visiting Assistant Professor of Religion
- Rebecca Everett Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Robert Fairman Professor of Biology
- Jeova Farias Sales Rocha Neto Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Matthew Farmer Associate Professor of Classics
- Molly Farneth Associate Professor of Religion
- Simon Finger Visiting Professor of History
- Stephen Finley Professor of English
- Samantha Fortin Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Richard Freedman The John C. Whitehead 1943 Professor of the Humanities; Chair and Professor of Music
- Sorelle Friedler The Shibulal Family Computer Science Professor; Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Andrew Friedman The John R. Coleman Associate Professor of History
- Justin Fugo Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Victoria Funari Senior Lecturer of Visual Studies
- Theresa Gaines Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- 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
- 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
- Harvey Glickman Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- Charles Goldhaber Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Aurelia Gómez De Unamuno Associate Professor of Spanish
- 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 and Chair of History
- Curtis Greene Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics
- Daniel Grin Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Alvin Grissom Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Marcel Gutwirth Professor Emeritus of French
- Guangtian Ha Assistant Professor of Religion
- David Harrington Watt Douglas & Dorothy Steere Professor of Quaker Studies
- Sean Harris Visiting Instructor of Political Science
- Laurie Hart Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
- Ana Hartman Visiting Assistant Professor in the Writing Program
- Jack Hasler Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Shannan Hayes Visiting Assistant Professor of the Writing Program
- Darin Hayton Associate Professor of History
- Elise Herrala Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Mark Hilfiker Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Rachel Hoang Associate Professor of Biology
- 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; Director of Chinese Language Program
- Ariana Huberman Associate Professor of Spanish; Faculty Director of CPGC; Coordinator of Latin American and Iberian Studies
- Dale Husemoller Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
- Anita Isaacs Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Sciences
- Heidi Jacob Professor of Music
- Roshan Jain Associate 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 and Chair of Biology
- Patricia Kelly Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Studies and Independent College Programs
- Islam Khan Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Deepika Khilnaney Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Hee Sook Kim Professor of Fine Arts
- Elizabeth Kim Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Alexander Kitroeff Professor of History
- Anthony Kling Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Christina Knight Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Marla Kohlman Visiting Professor and Chair of Sociology
- Yoko Koike Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Japanese
- Naomi Koltun-Fromm Professor and Chair of Religion
- Ken Koltun-Fromm Robert and Constance MacCrate Professor of Social Responsibility and Professor of Religion
- Vladimir Kontorovich Professor of Economics
- Aryeh Kosman Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
- Sarah-Jane Koulen Assistant Professor of Peace, Justice, and Human Right
- James Krippner Edmund and Margiana Stinnes Professor of Global Studies; Professor of History
- Charles Kuper Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
- Nimisha Ladva Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing; Oral Communication Specialist
- Timothy Lambie-Hanson Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
- 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 Associate Provost for Faculty Development; Professor of Psychology
- Jia Hui Lee Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Ryan Lei Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Michael Levere Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
- Ying Li The Phlyssa Koshland Professor of Fine Arts
- Jess Libow Visiting Assistant Professor in the Writing Program
- Jennifer Lilgendahl Associate Professor of Psychology
- Brook Lillehaugen Associate Professor and Haverford Chair of Linguistics (TriCo)
- Steven Lindell Professor of Computer Science
- Thomas Lloyd Professor Emeritus of Music
- Andrea Lommen The John Farnum Professor; Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Casey Londergan Professor of Chemistry
- Ana López-Sánchez Associate Professor of Spanish
- Jay Lunden Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Nancy Maas Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- 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 and Chair of Mathematics and Statistics; William H. and Johanna A. Harris Chair of Computational Science
- Courtney Marshall Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Lina Martinez Hernandez Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Megan Massa Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Karen Masters Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Chair of Physics and Astronomy; Director of Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center
- Sara Mathieson Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Steve McGovern Professor of Political Science
- Laura McGrane Associate Provost for Strategic Initiatives; Associate Professor of English
- Anne McGuire The Kies Family Professor of Humanities; Associate Professor of Religion; Coordinator of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies
- Maud McInerney The Laurie Ann Levin Professor of Comparative Literature; Professor of English; Chair of Comparative Literature
- Matthew McKeever Professor of Sociology
- Barak Mendelsohn Professor 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
- J. Reid Miller Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Eric Miller Assistant Professor of Biology
- Rajeswari Mohan Associate Professor and Chair of English; MMUF Coordinator
- Eduardo Mora Cortes Visiting Instructor of Spanish
- Robert Mortimer Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- Joshua Moses Associate 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; Coordinator of Mathematical Economics
- Bret Mulligan Associate Professor and Chair of Classics
- John Muse Assistant Professor of Visual Studies; Director of VCAM
- Megan Nadzan Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Terry Newirth Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- Zolani Ngwane Associate Professor of Anthropology
- Alexander Norquist Professor and Chair of Chemistry
- Matthew O'Hare Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Studies and Digital Media Fellow
- Zachary Oberfield Professor and Chair of Political Science
- Paulina Ochoa Espejo The William Penn Foundation Professor; Professor of Political Science
- Judith Owen Professor Emeritus of Biology; Visiting Professor of Biology
- David Owens Associate Professor of Economics
- Giri Parameswaran Associate Professor of Economics
- Young Su Park Assistant Professor of Health Studies
- Bruce Partridge Emeritus Professor of Astronomy
- Amanda Payne Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Foen Peng Assistant Professor of Biology
- Sidney Perloe Professor Emeritus of Psychology
- Edwin Porras Assistant Professor of Music
- Anne Preston John Hurford Professor; Professor and Chair of Economics
- James Ransom Associate Professor Emeritus of English
- Victoria Rayskin Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Lindsay Reckson Associate Professor of English
- Hannah Reich Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Katherine Riestenberg Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Deborah Roberts Visiting Professor
- Patrese Robinson-Drummer The Prockop Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- Luis Rodriguez-Rincon Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Marlen Rosas Assistant Professor
- Joseph Russo Professor Emeritus of Classics
- Joshua Sabloff J. McLain King 1928 Professor in Mathematics; Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Zainab Saleh Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology
- Bethel Saler Associate Professor of History
- Tetsuya Sato Senior Lecturer and Director of Japanese Language Program
- Robert Scarrow Professor of Chemistry
- Carol Schilling Visiting Professor of Independent College Programs and Health Studies
- Erin Schoneveld Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Associate Professor and Director of Visual Studies
- Ulrich Schönherr Professor Emeritus of German and German Studies
- Catherine Schroeder Visiting Instructor of Spanish
- David Sedley Professor of French and Francophone Studies
- Leah Seebald Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Zeynep Sertbulut Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Visual Studies
- Samuel Shepard Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Debora Sherman Assistant Professor of English; Director of Writing Program
- Ava Shirazi Assistant Professor of Classics
- Sara Shumer Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- 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
- Asali Solomon Bertrand K. Wilbur Endowed Chair in the Humanities; Professor of English; Director of Creative Writing
- Hannah Solomon-Strauss Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Paul Spoors Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Gustavus Stadler The William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor; Professor of English; Director of HCAH
- David Stark Visiting Professor
- Jill Stauffer Associate Professor and Director of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights
- Susan Stuard Professor Emeritus of History
- Kimiko Suzuki Lecturer in Japanese
- Yung-Sheng Tai Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
- Margarita Tararina Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Kazi Tawhid-Al-Islam Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Jeffrey Tecosky-Feldman Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics
- Raegan Truax HCAH Post-Doctoral Fellow; Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Yuka Usami Visiting Instructor of Japanese
- Gina Velasco Associate Professor and Director of Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Shu-wen Wang Associate Professor and Chair of Psychology
- Sarah Weinstein Visiting Instructor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Anna West Assistant Professor of Health Studies
- Kristen Whalen Assistant Professor of Biology
- Helen White The William H. and Johanna A. Harris Professor in Environmental Studies and Chemistry; Associate Provost for Curricular Development & Research; Professor of Chemistry and Environmental Studies
- 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 of Environmental Studies
- Susanna Wing Associate Professor of Political Science
- Martha Wintner Senior Lecturer Emeritus of English
- Claude Wintner Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- David Wonnacott Professor and Chair of Computer Science; Coordinator of Scientific Computing
- Kathleen Wright Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
- Tianyuan Xu Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Talia Young Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
- Joel Yurdin Associate Professor of Philosophy
- Yuxin Zhou Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Nathan Zullinger Assistant Professor of Music and Director of Choral and Vocal Studies
- Christina Zwarg Professor of English