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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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 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 professor of biology gives us a tour of his office.
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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 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 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 associate professor of political science gives us a tour of her office.
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The associate professor of history gives us a tour of his office.
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The professor of religion gives us a tour of his office.
Faculty Profiles
- Karin Åkerfeldt Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- 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
- Soheil Anbouhi Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- 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 of Economics
- Farid Asadullah Visiting Senior Lecturer of Comparative Literature
- Scott AuCoin Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
- 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
- Benae Beamon Visiting Assistant Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Laura Been Associate Professor of Psychology; Director of Neuroscience
- Kimberly Benston The Francis B. Gummere Professor of English
- Sue Benston Visiting Professor
- Carola Binder Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
- Emily Black Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- Frances Rose Blase Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Marilyn Boltz Professor of Psychology
- Nicholas Bonneau Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Studies
- Craig Borowiak Professor of Political Science
- Steve Boughn Professor Emeritus of Physics and Astronomy
- Christopher Braun Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Imke Brust Associate Professor and Chair of German
- Ted Brzinski Associate 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
- troizel xx Carr Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Roberto Castillo Sandoval Professor of Spanish
- Jane Chandlee Associate Professor and Haverford Chair of Linguistics (TriCo)
- Lou Charkoudian Professor of Chemistry
- Peiyao Chen Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Kin Cheung Visiting Instructor in EALC
- Pritam Choudhury Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Roxanna Colón-Cosme Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Rebecca Compton Professor of Psychology
- Jessica Comstock Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- 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
- Michael D'Arcy Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology
- Clyde Daly Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Douglas Davis Professor Emeritus of Psychology
- Thomas Devaney Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Lee Dietterich Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Thomas Donahue Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Gemma Donofrio Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- John Dougherty Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Damien Droney Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Studies
- Ruodi Duan Assistant Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Kaye Edwards Associate Professor Emeritus of Independent College Programs
- Noah Elkins Visiting Instructor of Linguistics
- Rebecca Everett Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Robert Fairman Professor of Biology
- Matthew Farmer Associate Professor and Chair of Classics
- Molly Farneth Associate Professor of Religion
- 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
- 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
- Linda Gerstein Professor of History; Chair of Independent College Programs
- Pika Ghosh Visiting Associate Professor of Religion
- Vianney Gimenez-Pinto Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Lori Ginzberg Visiting Professor of History
- Hank Glassman The Janet and Henry Richotte 1985 Professor of Asian Studies; Associate Professor and Chair of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Charles Goldhaber Visiting Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Aurelia Gómez De Unamuno Associate Professor and Chair 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
- Samar Haddad Visiting Instructor of French and Francophone Studies
- David Harrington Watt Douglas & Dorothy Steere Professor of Quaker Studies
- Ronah Harris Visiting Assistant Professor of Independent College Programs
- Laurie Hart Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
- Ana Hartman Visiting Assistant Professor of 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
- Rachel Hoang Associate Professor of Biology
- Dennis Hogan Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace, Justice and Human Rights
- 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
- Geoffrey Hutinet Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- Anita Isaacs Benjamin R. Collins Professor of Social Sciences
- Heidi Jacob Professor of Music
- Roshan Jain Associate Professor and Chair of Biology
- Saleha Jilani Assistant Professor of Economics
- Karl Johnson Professor of Biology
- Mary Ellen Kelly Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- PK Kennedy Visiting Instructor
- Islam Khan Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Deepika Khilnaney Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Elizabeth Kim Assistant Professor of English
- Hee Sook Kim Professor of Fine Arts
- Heejin Kim Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Alexander Kitroeff Professor of History
- Alisa Klein Visiting Professor of Political Science
- Anthony Kling Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Marla Kohlman Visiting Professor of Sociology
- Yoko Koike Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Japanese
- Ken Koltun-Fromm Robert and Constance MacCrate Professor of Social Responsibility and Professor of Religion
- Naomi Koltun-Fromm Professor and Chair of Religion
- Vladimir Kontorovich Professor of Economics
- Joshua Kopin Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- James Krippner Edmund and Margiana Stinnes Professor of Global Studies; Professor of History
- Charles Kuper Visiting Assistant Professor of the Writing Program
- 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
- Alexander LaTourrette Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Benjamin Le Associate Provost for Faculty Development; Professor of Psychology
- Mei-ling Lee Assistant Professor of Music
- Ryan Lei Assistant Professor of Psychology
- 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 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 and Chair of Chemistry
- Gloria Lopez-Pesini Visiting Instructor of Spanish
- 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 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
- Lina Martinez Hernandez Assistant Professor of Spanish
- 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 and Chair of Sociology
- Connie McNair Visiting Assistant Professor of the Writing Program
- Barak Mendelsohn Professor of Political Science
- Philip Meneely Professor Emeritus of Biology
- Weiwen Miao Professor and Chair of Mathematics and Statistics
- Graciela Michelotti Associate Professor of Spanish
- Elizabeth Milićević Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Alexander Millen Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- J. Reid Miller Associate Professor and Chair of Philosophy
- Eric Miller Assistant Professor of Biology
- Xerxes Minocher Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow in the John B. Hurford '60 Center for the Arts and Humanities and Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace, Justice and Human Rights
- Lauren Minsky Visiting Assistant Professor of Health Studies
- Rajeswari Mohan Associate Professor of English
- 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 Professor of Classics
- John Muse Assistant Professor and Director of Visual Studies; Director of VCAM
- Terry Newirth Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- Zolani Ngwane Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology
- Alexander Norquist Professor 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
- Domhnall OShaughnessy Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry
- Judith Owen Professor Emeritus of Biology; Visiting Professor of Biology
- David Owens Associate Professor of Economics
- Yonca Ozdemir Visiting Associate Professor of Political Science
- Giri Parameswaran Associate Professor of Economics; Coordinator of Mathematical Economics
- Bruce Partridge Emeritus Professor of Astronomy
- Amanda Payne Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Foen Peng Assistant Professor of Biology
- Prea Persaud Khanna Visiting Instructor of Peace, Justice and Human Rights
- Edwin Porras Assistant Professor of Music
- Anne Preston John Hurford Professor; Professor of Economics
- Wei Qian Assistant Professor of Economics
- Kevin Quin Assistant Professor of Africana Studies
- Joshua Ramey Visiting Assistant Professor of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights
- James Ransom Associate Professor Emeritus of English
- Lindsay Reckson Associate Professor and Chair of English
- Deborah Roberts Professor Emerita of Classics and Comparative Literature
- Patrese Robinson-Drummer The Prockop Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- Luis Rodriguez-Rincon Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Marlen Rosas Assistant Professor of History
- Joshua Sabloff J. McLain King 1928 Professor in Mathematics; Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Zainab Saleh Associate Professor of Anthropology
- Bethel Saler Associate Professor of History
- Robert Santucci Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
- Tetsuya Sato Senior Lecturer and Director of Japanese Language Program
- Robert Scarrow Professor of Chemistry
- Jonathan Schacherer Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Carol Schilling Visiting Professor of the Writing Program and Health Studies
- Erin Schoneveld Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures; Associate Professor 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
- Michael Shultis Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
- 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
- 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
- Emily Sterk Consortium for Faculty Diversity Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Walter Stromquist Visiting Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Susan Stuard Professor Emeritus of History
- Kimiko Suzuki Lecturer in Japanese
- Yung-Sheng Tai Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
- Kazi Tawhid-Al-Islam Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Jeffrey Tecosky-Feldman Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics
- 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; BiCo Chair of Asian American Studies (TriCo)
- Jianjun Wang Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Ryan Warwick Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
- Eric Wengert Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- Anna West Assistant Professor and Director of Health Studies
- Kristen Whalen Associate Professor of Biology
- Katheryn Whitcomb Visiting Assistant Professor of History
- 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; Coordinator of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- 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
- 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 Emeritus of English