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 of biology gives us a tour of his 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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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 professor of economics gives us a tour of her office.
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The lead research and instruction librarian gives us a tour of her office.
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The associate professor of political science gives us a tour of her 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 professor of religion 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 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.
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
- Koffi Anyinefa Professor 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
- 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
- Brooke Bastie Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Laura Been Associate Professor of Psychology; Director of Neuroscience
- Kimberly Benston The Francis B. Gummere Professor of English
- Sue Benston Visiting Professor
- Emily Black Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- Frances Rose Blase Associate Professor Emeritus 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 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
- Paule Carbonnel Visiting Assistant Professor of French and Francophone Studies
- troizel xx Carr Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Roberto Castillo Sandoval Professor of Spanish
- Jane Chandlee Associate Professor of Linguistics (TriCo)
- Lou Charkoudian Professor of Chemistry
- Peiyao Chen Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Kin Cheung Visiting Instructor in EALC
- 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; Coordinator of Biochemistry and Biophysics
- Kathryne Corbin Assistant Professor and Chair 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
- Adam DePaul Visiting Instructor of the Writing Program
- Thomas Devaney Visiting Assistant Professor of English
- Lee Dietterich Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- John Dougherty Associate Professor and Chair of Computer Science
- Ruodi Duan Assistant Professor of History and East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Leonardo Dugan Visiting Assistant Professor of Music
- Kaye Edwards Associate Professor Emeritus of Independent College Programs
- Noah Elkins Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Sabea Evans Visiting Instructor of Education
- 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 Emeritus of English
- Richard Freedman The John C. Whitehead 1943 Professor of the Humanities; Professor of Music
- Sorelle Friedler The Shibulal Family Computer Science Professor; 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
- Dylan Gauthier Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
- 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
- Hank Glassman The Janet and Henry Richotte 1985 Professor of Asian Studies; Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- Aurelia Gómez De Unamuno Associate Professor and Chair of Spanish
- Jonathan Goodrich Visiting Instructor
- 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
- Curtis Greene Professor Emeritus of Mathematics and Statistics
- Daniel Grin Associate Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Alvin Grissom Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Ezgi Guner Mellon Post-Doctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor
- Marcel Gutwirth Professor Emeritus of French
- Guangtian Ha Associate Professor of Religion
- David Harrington Watt Douglas & Dorothy Steere Professor of Quaker Studies
- Ronah Harris Visiting Assistant Professor of Visual Studies
- Laurie Hart Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
- Dustin Haskell Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- Jack Hasler Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Shannan Hayes Visiting Assistant Professor of Political Science
- Darin Hayton Associate Professor of History
- Elise Herrala Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology
- Rachel Hoang The Elizabeth Ufford Green Professor in the Natural Sciences; Associate Professor of Biology; Director of Marian E. Koshland Integrated Natural Sciences Center
- 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; Professor of Chinese and Linguistics; Director of Chinese Language Program
- Honglan Huang Visiting Assistant Professor of East Asian Languages and Cultures
- 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
- Deepika Khilnaney Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Hee Sook Kim Professor of Fine Arts
- Elizabeth Kim Assistant Professor of English
- Marguerite Kise Visiting Instructor of Spanish
- Alexander Kitroeff Professor of History
- Anthony Kling Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Yoko Koike Senior Lecturer Emeritus of Japanese
- Naomi Koltun-Fromm The Burton Pike 1952 Professor in the Humanities; Professor and Chair of Religion
- Ken Koltun-Fromm Professor Emeritus 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 and Chair of History
- Nimisha Ladva Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing; Oral Communication Specialist
- Dakotah Lambert Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Timothy Lambie-Hanson Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
- Jeffrey Lamken Visiting Professor of Political Science
- 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
- Mei-ling Lee Assistant Professor of Music
- Ryan Lei Associate Professor of Psychology
- Ying Li The Phlyssa Koshland Professor of Fine Arts
- Jess Libow Visiting Assistant Professor and Interim Director of 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 and Chair of Chemistry
- Felipe Lopez Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- 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 Emeritus of Philosophy
- Wyatt MacGaffey Professor Emeritus of Anthropology
- Qrescent Mali Mason Associate Professor of Philosophy and Coordinator of African and Africana Studies
- Robert Manning Professor of Mathematics and Statistics; William H. and Johanna A. Harris Chair of Computational Science; Chair of Mathematics and Statistics
- Lina Martinez Hernandez Assistant Professor of Spanish
- Karen Masters Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Chair of Physics and Astronomy
- Sara Mathieson Associate Professor of Computer Science; Coordinator of Scientific Computing
- Reginald McGee Associate Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Steve McGovern Professor and Chair of Political Science
- Laura McGrane 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 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
- Eric Miller Assistant Professor of Biology
- J. Reid Miller The T. Wistar Brown Professor in Philosophy; Professor and Chair of Philosophy
- 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 Emeritus of English
- Robert Mortimer Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- Joshua Moses The Spielman Professor in the Social Sciences; Associate Professor of Anthropology and Environmental Studies; Chair of Environmental Studies
- Shannon Mudd Director of Microfinance, Impact Investing, and Social Entrepreneurial Programs; Director of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights; Assistant Professor of Economics
- Bret Mulligan Professor of Classics
- John Muse Assistant Professor and Director of Visual Studies; Director of VCAM
- Steve Ndengue Assistant Professor of Physics
- Terry Newirth Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- Thao Nguyen Assistant Professor of Computer Science
- Zolani Ngwane Associate Professor and Chair of Anthropology
- Alexander Norquist Professor of Chemistry
- Matthew O'Hare Visiting Assistant Professor of the Writing Program
- Zachary Oberfield Professor of Political Science
- Judith Owen Professor Emeritus of Biology; Visiting Professor of Biology
- David Owens Associate Professor of Economics
- Giri Parameswaran Associate Professor and Chair of Economics
- Kaitlyn Parenti Visiting Instructor of Linguistics
- Bruce Partridge Emeritus Professor of Astronomy
- Amanda Payne Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- Foen Peng Assistant Professor of Biology
- Samuel Pérez-Ayala Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Prea Persaud Khanna Visiting Instructor of Peace, Justice and Human Rights
- Gordon Peterson Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Edwin Porras Assistant Professor of Music
- Anne Preston John Hurford Professor; Professor of Economics
- Michael Priest Visiting Assistant Professor of Neuroscience
- 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
- Md Kausar Raza Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Lindsay Reckson Associate Professor and Chair of English
- Gesoel Ernesto Ribeiro Mendes Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics
- 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
- Christopher R. Rogers Visiting Assistant Professor of the Writing Program
- 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; Director of HCAH
- Bethel Saler Associate Professor of History
- Sam Samore Visiting Instructor of Gender and Sexuality Studies
- Tetsuya Sato Senior Lecturer and Director of Japanese Language Program
- Robert Scarrow Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
- Jonathan Schacherer Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
- Glauco Schettini Visiting Assistant Professor of History
- Carol Schilling Visiting Professor of the Writing Program and Health Studies
- Erin Schoneveld Associate Professor and Chair 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
- Lawrence Seminario-Romero Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics and Statistics
- Zeynep Sertbulut Visiting Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Visual Studies
- Samuel Shepard Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry
- Debora Sherman Assistant Professor of English
- Ava Shirazi Assistant Professor of Classics
- Sara Shumer Associate Professor Emeritus of Political Science
- Vijay Singh Assistant Professor of Physics
- 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
- Joseph Smith Visiting Associate Professor of Chemistry
- 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
- Gustavus Stadler The William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor; Professor of English
- Jill Stauffer Associate Professor of Peace, Justice, and Human Rights
- Marigold Stratford Visiting Instructor of the Writing Program
- Susan Stuard Professor Emeritus of History
- Kimiko Suzuki Lecturer in Japanese
- Yung-Sheng Tai Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
- Jeffrey Tecosky-Feldman Senior Lecturer of Mathematics and Statistics
- Paul Tran-Hoang Assistant Professor of Philosophy
- Antonella Tutino Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
- 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)
- Ryan Warwick Visiting Assistant Professor of Classics
- Anna West Assistant Professor and Director of Health Studies
- Kristen Whalen Associate Professor of Biology
- Katheryn Whitcomb Visiting Assistant Professor of the Writing Program and Classics
- 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 African and Africana Studies
- Emily Williams Visiting Assistant Professor of Fine Arts
- William Williams Audrey A. and John L. Dusseau Professor in the Humanities; Professor of Fine Arts
- Jonathan Wilson The Endowed Professor of Environmental Biology; Professor of Environmental Studies
- Susanna Wing The William Penn Foundation Professor in Political Science; Professor of Political Science
- Martha Wintner Senior Lecturer Emeritus of English
- Kimberly Wodzanowski Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology
- David Wonnacott Professor of Computer Science
- Kathleen Wright Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
- 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 and Chair of Music
- Christina Zwarg Professor Emeritus of English