First name Last name Title Solsiree Del Moral Associate Professor John Rachel Ama Asaa Drabinski Engmann Professor Assistant Professor of African Studies Christina Knight Visiting Assistant Professor Khary Polk Shani Roper Suzette Spencer Leyla Keough Assistant Professor McPherson/Eveillard Postdoctoral Fellow and Lecturer Visiting Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Eunmi Mun Assistant Professor Additional areas of Primary subfield within the Department Campus scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Race & Nation, U.S. Empire, Diaspora & Afro-American / Black Migration, and AgroStudies Amherst College Latinos. Afro-American / Black Amherst College Studies Afro-American / Black Studies Hampshire Archaeology/Anthropology African Studies The connection between embodied practices and identity, the relationship between race and the Afro-American / Black visual field, and the queer Studies Amherst College imaginary Afro-American / Black Twentieth-century Amherst College African-American studies Studies Afro-American / Black Studies Smith College Afro-American / Black Studies Hampshire Anthropology Hampshire Anthropology / Sociology Amherst College Black Women's History African American Studies Anthropology African Diaspora Literatures Cultural Anthropology Gender stratification in the labor market; Organizations; Labor market institutiions; Work and employment in East Asia First name Last name Title Department Campus Levine Visiting Assistant Professor Art / History of Art Amherst College Markus Wirthmann Visiting Artist in Residence Ajla Aksamija Assistant Professor Sonja Drimmer Assistant Professor Adam Karen Kurczynski Assistant Professor Robin Mandel Assistant Professor Courtney Babbitt Assistant Professor Madelaine Nathan D. Bartlett Derr Robert Drewell Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Art / History of Art Amherst College University of Art, Architecture, Art Massachusetts History Amherst Architecture University of Art, Architecture, Art Massachusetts History Amherst Medievalism University of Art, Architecture, Art Massachusetts History Amherst University of Art, Architecture, Art Massachusetts History Amherst University of Massachusetts Biological Sciences Amherst University of Massachusetts Biological Sciences Amherst Biological Sciences Smith College Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Five College Visiting Professor Biological Sciences Amherst College Art, Arch, Art Hist. History, Modernism Sculptor and installation artist Technology in Design Art, Arch, Art Hist. History Museum Studies, Origins of postmodernism, Post WWII European Art, Arch, Art Hist. Sculpture and Foundations Installation, Photography computational genomics Evolutionary/Developmenta l biology plant biology molecular motors Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization First name Last name Title Department Campus Rachel Levin Lecturer Biological Sciences Amherst College Yan Qi Assistant Professor Biological Sciences Caleb Rounds Lecturer Biological Sciences Aasma Salih Visiting Scholar Biological Sciences Tristram Seidler Extension Asst. Professor Biological Sciences Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst plant biology molecular biology and Smith College proteomics University of Massachusetts Amherst ecology and evolution Nicholas Ball Assistant Professor Chemistry Amherst College Maren Buck Assistant Professor Chemistry Michelle Farkas Assistant Professor Chemistry Smith College University of Massachusetts Amherst Anja Sandstrom Chemistry Amherst College Craig Russell STINT Fellow Visiting Assistant Professor Classics Seth Goldman Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst Polotical Communications Corine Tachtiris Assistant Professor Communications Andrew W. Mellon Comparative Postdoctoral Fellow Literature Hampshire organic and materials chemistry biomedical chemistry Translation Studies Pharmaceutical chemistry and medicinal chemistry Greek and Roman literature World Literature First name Ira Leon Arjun Last name Title Fay Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Game Design Computer Science Guha Assistant Professor Department Computer Science Campus Hampshire University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Computer Science programming languages and security programming language implementation Timothy Richards Lecturer Computer Science Erica Perkins Lecturer Dance Brian Baisa Assistant Professor Economics Dania Francis Assistant Professor Economics Dania Francis Assistant Professor Economics Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst Economics/Afro-Am Studies University of Massachusetts Amherst Economics of education Simon D. Lynda Halliday Pickbourn Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Economics Economics Smith College Hampshire Taraz Instructor/Assistant Professor Economics Vis Smith College Game Design Jazz Dance, Choreography runtime and operating systems Microeconomic theory, behavioral economics and auction design experimental economics Economics behavioral economics, economic development, and econometrics Feminist Studies econonomic development econometrics and mathematical economics First name Last name Title Department Assistant Professor Education Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor of Cognition and Zimmerman Education Assistant Professor of Electrical & Computer Aksamija Engineering Professor of Chemical Dimitrakopoulos Engineering Education University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Education Hampshire Sarah Fefer Assistant Professor Keisha Green Jason Irizarry Assistant Professor Education Associate Professor/Director of Urban Education Education Ezekiel Kimball Alexandra Lauterbach Timothy Zlatan Christos Campus Education Engineering Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization School Psychology English Education Urban Education Higher Education Administration Special Education Cognition and Education NanoEnergy Science Education First name Last name Title Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Department Campus Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst Enivornmental Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst Materials Science & Engineering Engineering University of Massachusetts Amherst Geotechnical advanced fiction writing Zhang Assistant Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Assistant Professor of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering Assoicate Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering Emily Barton Elizabeth Drew Professor English Smith College Kalisha Cornett Five College Fellow English Edie Meidav Assistant Professor English Amherst College University of Massachusetts Creative Writing English University of Massachusetts Amherst Boris Stephen Guoping Jeffrey Kelly Lau Nonnenmann Parker Bitov Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor of Environmental Law and Human Rights Poetry, Criticism Creative Writing Magazine Journalism Legal Studies Environmental Law/Human Rights Environmental Policy Hampshire American Independent Cinema, post-studio era; Documentary Film First name Last name Melissa Hoffer Michelle Stewart Kristina Stinson Aniruddha Maitra Nikolaos Artavanis Additional areas of Primary subfield within the Title Department Campus scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Visiting Assistant Environmental Environmental Policy Hampshire Legal Studies Professor Law/Human Rights Environmental Pick Visiting Assistant Environmental governance, political Professor Studies Amherst College ecology and conservation Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor Assistant Professor Environmental Studies Film Studies Finance David Sela Assistant Professor Food Science Guodong Zhang Food Science Ulysse Caillon William Clement Assistant Professor Ecole Normale Supérieure Lecturer Extension Asso. Professor Haiying Gao Assistant Professor French Studies Geology / Geosciences Geology / Geosciences University of Massachusetts Amherst Hampshire University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Film and Media Studies Invasive Plants, Biological Responses to Global Change World Cinema, Gender and sexuality studies Financial Economics Asset Pricing (Downside Risk) food biosciences molecular biology, microbiology food chemistry functional foods Smith College University of Massachusetts University of Massachusetts Amherst French language European theater plant ecology geophysics seismology, geodesy tectonics, geodynamics First name Last name Title Martin Visiting Assistant Medina-Elizalde Professor Department Geology / Geosciences Campus Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Emily Redman Assistant Professor History Samuel Redman Assistant Professor History Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst History - Heritage Studies University of Massachusetts Amherst History - Heritage Studies History Interaction and exchange between and among Amherst College Medieval European History medieval societies. Jesse Torgerson Visiting Assistant Professor Vanessa Walker Assistant Professor History Joanna Caravita Lecturer Judaic Studies Miri Talmon Five College Visiting Assistant Professor Judaic Studies Schusterman Visiting Professor oflsrael Studies and Lecturer in Jewish Studies Judaic Studies Ofir Zussman Lecturer Adi Gordon Judaic Studies Amherst College Smith College/Mount Holyoke College modern Hebrew language History of Science, Oral History Oral History Amherst College native and nonnative teachers of Hebrew and Arabic Modern Jewish and European intellectual histories Smith College University of Massachusetts Amherst comparative approaches to Israeli and American culture Hebrew Language & Linguistics, Computer Science Israeli cultural history Hebrew First name Julia Last name Choi Title Assistant Professor Department Campus Kinesiology University of Massachusetts Amherst John Sirard Assistant Professor Kinesiology Thomas St. Laurent Lecturer Yasuko Shiomi Lecturer Kinesiology Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Asian Languages, Literatures & Cultures: German/Scan Languages, Literatures & Cultures: Spanish & Portuguese Caroline Meghan Degel Armstrong Lecturer John Gibler Assistant Professor Visiting Assistant Professor of Latin American Studies Vincent Homer Assistant Professor Latin American Studies Linguistics University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Hampshire University of Massachusetts Amherst Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Human locomotion and balance control / neuroscience, biomedical Motor Control engineering environment as determinants of physical activity and sedentary Physical Activity and Health behavior in children and Health/Fitness Strength and conditioning Japanese Swedish Progressive Education, English Studies Hispanic Linguistics Phonology-pragmatics interface Latin American Studies Political Philosophy Linguistics Philosophy First name Last name Title Department Carlos Raul Molina-Vital Visiting Assistant Professor of Linguistics Linguistics Jeffrey Gauthier Lecturer Management Adams Steven Assistant Professor Management Ian Walsh Assistant Professor Management Refik Baykur Assistant Professor Mathematics Jennie D'Ambroise Visiting Assistant Professor Harris Daniels Visiting Assistant Professor Jacqueline Dresch Assistant Professor Mathematics Campus Hampshire University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst College Mathematics Amherst College Mathematics Amherst College Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Linguistics Operations & Information Management low dimensional topology smooth 4-manifolds; complex, symplectic & contact geometry, Differential Geometry, Mathematical aspects of quantum theories Algebraic number theory, more specifically elliptic curves and modular forms Mathematical biology, parameter estimation and First name Last name Title Department Campus Nicholas Horton Polanco Encarnación Professor Mathematics Amherst College Assistant Professor Kolar Five College Mellon Postdoctoral Fellow Music Geremías Miriam Stefan Love Mitchell Morris Mathematics Assistant Professor Music Joseph E. and Grace W. Valentine Visiting Music Kate Soper Liza Stepanova Assistant Professor Music Iva Dee Hiatt Visiting Artist in Piano and Lecturer in Music Music Brandon Brown Assistant Professor Music Lisa Chiodo Assistant Professor Nursing Hampshire Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Mathematics Human perception of sound in cultural contexts Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst Actuarial Science Music Theory Phrase Rhythm in Jazz composition, electronic music vocalist piano chamber music Orchestral Studies Conducting Amherst College Smith College Smith College University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Developmental Psychology Statistics First name Deborah Last name Rosenbloom Title Assistant Professor Department Nursing Alejandro Perez-Carballo Assistant Professor Philosophy Michael Will Ramsey-Muslof Williams Professor Assistant Professor Physics Physics Clara Altman Ashley Burns Bryan Yasmeen Coutain Daifallah Visiting Assistant Professor Political Science Robert E. Keiter '57 Postdoctoral Fellow and Visiting Assistant Professor Political Science Lecturer Assistant Professor Political Science Political Science Campus University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Smith College Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Acute Care Nursing Philosophy of Language/Meta Ethics nuclear theory atomic physics Amherst College Jurisprudence Linguistics cosmology Legal history, The U.S. and the World, and modern empires and colonialism Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Undergraduate Advising Islamic Philosophy & Political Thought International Political Economy/Comparative Politics First name Yasmeen Last name Daifallah Title Assistant Professor Department Political Science Kim Yi Dionne Assistant Professor Political Science Valeria Joseph Lecturer Political Science Dianne Pfundstein Assistant Professor Political Science Kerry Ratigan Assistant Professor Political Science Robert Samet Lecturer Political Science Elizabeth Sharrow Assistant Professor Political Science Elizabeth Sharrow Assistant Professor Political Science Kaspar Villadsen Loewenstein Fellow Political Science Rosemary Cowell Assistant Professor Psychology David Huber Professor Psychology Campus University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Smith University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Middle Eastern Studies African politics AIDS relief in Africa, research methodologies Legal Studies Antrhopology International Relations Amherst College University of Massachusetts Legal Studies Amherst University of Massachusetts Political Science/History University of Massachusetts Amherst Am.Politics Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst cognitive neuroscience University of Massachusetts cognitive Amherst psychology/science Comparative Politics, Political Methodology Anthropology Feminist & Critical Sexuality Studies Feminist/Cricitcal Sexuality Studies neuroscience First name Last name Title Department Campus University of Massachusetts Amherst David Moorman Assistant Professor Psychology Carolyn Palmquist Assistant Professor Psychology Louis Graham Assistant Professor Public Health Alexander Suvorov Assistant Professor Public Health Laura Vandenberg Assistant Professor Public Health Jennifer Whitehill Assistant Professor Public Health Ning Zhang Public Health Stephen Dillon Assistant Professor Assistant Professor of Queer Studies Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Behavioral neuroscience Cognitive development in young children CHE Public Health EHS Public Health EHS Public Health HPM Public Health HPM Public Health Hampshire American Studies Queer Studies W.J. Torrance Kirby Ruth and Clarence Kennedy Professor in Renaissance Studies Religion Smith College Christianity and culture Christopher Five College Fellow Hampshire Theology/Religious Studies Performance Art McMillan Queer Studies Religion First name Sara Graciela Joel Anna Last name Cantillon Monteagudo Saxe Schrade Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization Title Department Campus Lecturer Social Thought and Political Economy Program University of Massachusetts Amherst Lecturer, Associate Director Social Thought and Political Economy Program University of Massachusetts Amherst Economic Development unintended consequences of neoliberalism, governmentality, Latin American social movements with a focus on Argentina and Mexico, feminisms, transnationalization of feminisms, and the connection between activism and emotions. Lecturer Social Thought and Political Economy Program University of Massachusetts Amherst Revisioning the New Deal Film, Oral History, Popular Culture, Documentary, Jewish Identity Black Paris cultural anthropology with a focus on European minority cultures, African Diasporas, transnational Migration, visual culture studies, critical race theory and postcolonial studies. Lecturer Social Thought and Political Economy Program University of Massachusetts Amherst Global Health Inequalities First name Robert E. Clare Caroline Anthony Poulami Kristen Last name Weir Title Department Campus Lecturer Social Thought and Political Economy Program University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Hammonds Lecturer Hanley Vivisssssssting Assistant Professor Paik Roychowdhury Shorette Professor Mendenhall Fellow Lecturer Sociology Sociology Sociology Sociology Sociology Laurel Smith-Doerr Professor Sociology Monica Bel Lopez Lecturer Spanish Judyie Al-Bilali Assistant Professor Theater Christopher Baker Assistant Professor Theater Smith College Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization folklore, early modern American Labor: Theory & European history, cultural history. Movements sociology, social policy,labor urban sociology, social stratification sexuality and gender studies University of Massachusetts Amherst University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst College University of Massachusetts Amherst Theater University of Massachusetts Amherst Dramaturgy quantitative methods, social demography, globalization and development, law and human rights, qualitative Globalization, economic sociology, culture Organization theory, economic sociology First name Charlotte Last name Title Department Brathwaite Visiting Assistant Professor Theater & Dance Susan Marston Lecturer A Mecca Sullivan Assistant Professor Sahar Sadjadi Assistant Professor Campus Amherst College University of Veterinary and Massachusetts Animal Sciences Amherst University of Women, Gender and Massachusetts Sexuality Studies Amherst Women's and Gender Studies Amherst College Additional areas of Primary subfield within the scholarly discipline or department interest/specialization dairy nutrition and management animal care English & Creative African Diaspora & Latin Writing, Afro-American America & Sexuality Studies Studies