The Faculty of Hobart and William Smith: Women's Studies

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Etin Anwar    ext. 3712     208 Demarest
Associate Professor of Religious Studies (2006)
Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton University
M.A., McGill University
B.A., State Institute for Islamic Studies
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Michelle Baron    ext.      
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies (2012)
Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2011 (Performance Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Gender and Women’s Studies)
M.A., University of California, Berkeley, 2007 (Performance Studies with a Designated Emphasis in Gender and Women’s Studies)
B.A., Brandeis University, 2005 (Theater Arts and English)
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Biman Basu    ext. 3367     112 Demarest
Associate Professor of English (1998)
Ph.D., University of Minnesota at Minneapolis
M.A., North Carolina State University at Raleigh
B.A., Jadavpur Univeristy
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Betty Bayer   Chair    ext. 3460     305 Demarest
Professor of Women's Studies (1992)
Ph.D., Carleton University
M.A., Carleton University
B.A., Carleton University
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Sheila K. Bennett    ext. 3145     208 Stern Hall
Professor of Sociology and Asian Languages and Cultures (1990)
Ph.D., North Carolina at Chapel Hill
B.A., Wellesley
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Sarah Berry    ext. 3359     210 Demarest Hall
Visiting Assistant Professor of English (2008)
Ph.D. Syracuse University, 2008
M.A. Syracuse University, 2000
B.S. Cornell University, 1996
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Lara C.W. Blanchard    ext. 3893     208 Houghton House
Associate Professor of Art and Architecture (2001)
Ph.D., Art History, University of Michigan
M.A., Art History, University of Michigan
B.A., Art History and Mathematics, College of William & Mary
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Rocco L. Capraro    ext. 3300     Smith Hall
Associate Dean, Hobart
Assistant Professor of History (1984)
Ph.D., Washington University
M.A., Washington University
B.A. Colgate
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Elena Ciletti    ext. 3485     207 Houghton House
Professor of Art and Architecture (1973)
Ph.D., University of Chicago
M.A., University of Chicago
B.A., Pennsylvania State University
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Claudette Columbus    ext.      
Professor of English Emeritus (1969)
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
M.A., Columbia
B.A., Bucknell
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Melanie Conroy-Goldman    ext. 3374     111 Demarest
Associate Professor of English (2002)
M.F.A., Oregon
B.A., Columbia (summa cum laude)
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Anna Creadick    ext. 3871     113 Demarest
Associate Professor of English (2001)
Ph.D., English/American Studies, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, 2002
M.A., American Studies, Boston College, 1994
B.S., English and Education, Appalachian State University, 1991
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Donna Davenport    ext. 3760     310 Trinity Hall
Professor of Dance/Associate Dean of Faculty (2007-2010) (1990)
Ed.D., Dance Education, Temple University
M.Ed., Dance Education, Temple University
B.F.A., Dance, University of Massachusetts
B.A., Psychology, University of Massachusetts


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Jodi Dean    ext. 3425     116 Stern Hall
Professor of Political Science. (1993)
Ph.D., Columbia
M.A., Columbia
B.A., Princeton
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Iva E. Deutchman    ext. 3429     114 Stern Hall
Professor of Political Science (1987)
Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania
B.A., Hofstra University
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Richard Dillon    ext. 3447     211 Stern Hall
Emeritus Professor of Anthropology (1976)
Ph.D., Pennsylvania
B.A., California, Berkeley
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Laurence Erussard    ext. 3363     109 Demarest
Associate Professor of English (2003)
Ph.D. University of Murcia, 2001
M.A., SUNY New Paltz, 1992
B.A., SUNY New Paltz, 1988
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Marie-France Etienne    ext. 3792     301 Smith Hall
Emeria Professor of French and Francophone Studies (1979)
Ph.D., Rochester
M.A., Rochester
Certificate d'Etudes Littéraires Générales, Aix en Provence
B.A., Aix
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May Farnsworth    ext. 3785     306 Smith Hall
Assistant Professor of Spanish and Hispanic Studies (2007)
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Spanish American Literature. 2006.
M.A., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill. Spanish American Literature. 2002.
B.A., The Evergreen State College, Olympia Washington. 1996.
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Maureen Flynn    ext. 3582     205 Henry House
Professor of History (1992)
Ph.D., Wisconsin at Madison
M.A., Wisconsin at Madison
B.A., Wisconsin at Madison
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Laura Free    ext. 3554     109 Henry House
Associate Professor of History (2005)
Ph.D., Cornell University
M.A., Cornell University
M.A., Binghamton University
B.A., Grinnell College
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Karen Frost-Arnold    ext. 4525     Delancey House
Assistant Professor of Philosophy (2009)
Department of Philosophy, University of Pittsburgh, Ph.D., 2008
Wellesley College, B.A. with Honors in Philosophy and Biology, 1999
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Catherine Gallouet    ext. 3795     310 Smith Hall
Professor of French and Francophone Studies (1986)
Ph.D., Rutgers University
M.A., Rutgers University
B.A., Hope College, Cum Laude
Bacalauréat, Lettres et Philosophie, Académié de Grenoble
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Mary Gerhart    ext. 3347     
Professor of Religious Studies Emerita (1972)
Ph.D. Religion and Literature, University of Chicago
M.A. Theology and Literature, University of Chicago
M.A. English, University of Missouri
B.A. English and Mathematics, College of St. Teresa
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Christopher E. Gunn    ext. 3416     319 Stern Hall
Professor of Economics/William R. Kenan Jr. Professor (1978)
Ph.D., Cornell
M.B.A., Cornell
Lic., Louvain
B.S., Cornell
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Jack D. Harris    ext. 3439     215 Stern Hall
Professor of Sociology (1974)
Ph.D., Pennsylvania
M.A., Pennsylvania
B.A., Tulane
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Jessica Hayes-Conroy    ext.      
Assistant Professor of Women's Studies (2011)
Ph.D. Penn State University, 2009 (Geography and Women's Studies)
M.A. University of Vermont, 2005 (Geography)
B.A. Bryn Mawr College, 2003 (The Growth and Structure of Cities)
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Susan Henking    ext. 3889     205 Demarest
Professor of Religious Studies (1988)
Ph.D., University of Chicago
M.A., University of Chicago
B.A., Duke University
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Leah Himmelhoch    ext. 3907     311 Smith Hall
Associate Professor of Classics (2003)
Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin, 1997
M.A., University of Texas at Austin, 1990
B.A., Yale University, 1988
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Marilyn Jimenez    ext. 3791     120 Stern Hall
Associate Professor of African Studies (1984)
Ph.D., Columbia
M. Phil., Columbia
M.A., Columbia
B.A., Barnard
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George Joseph    ext. 3794     216 Smith Hall
Professor of French and Francophone Studies (1986)
Ph.D., Indiana
M.A., Indiana
B.A., Oberlin Certificat des literatures d'Afrique et de Madagascar from the University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar, in Senegal
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Charity Lofthouse    ext. 3407     206 Williams Hall
Instructor of Music (2011)
Ph.D. Candidate, Graduate Center, City University of New York (CUNY)
B.M., Oberlin College Conservatory of Music
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Elisabeth Lyon    ext. 3357     105 Demarest
Associate Professor of English (1988)
Ph.D., California at Berkeley
M.A., New York
B.A., California at Berkeley
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Brenda Maiale    ext. 3443     218 Stern Hall
Assistant Professor of Anthropology (2006)
Ph.D., Cornell University, 2008
M.A., Cornell University, 2002
A.B., Vassar College, 1998
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Patricia Mathews    ext. 3048     203 Houghton House
Professor of Art and Architecture (2007)
Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Art History
Major Area of Study: Modern Art, Criticism, and Theory Dissertation: G.-Albert Aurier's Symbolist Art Theory and Criticism (Prof. Joseph Sloane)
B.A., Magna cum laude. University of Houston, Art History
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Susanne E. McNally    ext. 3585     201 Henry House
Dean of William Smith (1972)
Ph.D., SUNY Binghamton
M.A., Claremont
B.A., Douglass
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Renee Monson    ext. 3426     220 Stern Hall
Associate Professor of Sociology (1998)
Ph.D., Wisconsin at Madison
M.A., Minnesota
B.A., Oberlin
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Carol Oberbrunner    ext. 3381     7 Delancey House
Assistant Professor of Philosophy (1999)
Ph.D., Syracuse
M.A., Michigan
B.A., Swarthmore
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Paul Passavant    ext. 3431     118 Stern Hall
Associate Professor of Political Science (1997)
Ph.D., Wisconsin at Madison
M.A., Wisconsin at Madison
B.A., Michigan
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Eric Patterson    ext. 3356     104 Demarest
Associate Professor of English and American Studies (1976)
Ph.D. Yale
M.Phil. Yale
M.A. Yale
A.B. Amherst summa cum laude
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Thelma Pinto    ext. 3187     308 Smith Hall
Scholar in Residence (2003)
Ph.D., Vrije Universiteit, 1988
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Elizabeth Ramey    ext.      320 Stern Hall
Assistant Professor of Economics (2009)
Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, Amherst
M.A., University of Denver
B.A., The George Washington University
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Craig Rimmerman    ext. 3435     206C Gulick
Professor of Public Policy and Political Science (1986)
Ph.D., Ohio State
M.A., Ohio State
B.A., Miami
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Colby Ristow    ext. 3136     106 Henry House
Assistant Professor of History (2007)
Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2008
M.A., Michigan State University, 1998
B.A., Michigan State University, 1996

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Richard Salter    ext. 3370     207 Demarest
Associate Professor of Religious Studies (1998)
Ph.D., University of Chicago
M.A., University of Chicago
B.A., Hobart College
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Leah R. Shafer    ext. 3951     307 Demarest Hall
Assistant Professor (2008)
A.B., Cornell University
M.A., Cornell University
Ph.D., Cornell University
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Elizabeth Thornberry    ext.      Henry House
Assistant Professor of History (2011)
Ph.D., Stanford University, 2011
M.St., St. Cross College, Oxford University, 2005
B.A., Harvard College, 2004
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Michael Tinkler    ext. 3489     211 Houghton House
Associate Professor of Art and Architecture (1999)
Ph.D., Emory University
B.A., Rice University
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William T. Waller, Jr.    ext. 3433     320 Stern Hall
Professor of Economics (1982)
Ph.D., Economics, University of New Mexico, 1984
M.A., Economics, Western Michigan University, 1979
B.S., Economics, Western Michigan University, 1978
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Cadence Whittier    ext. 3949     Trinity 311
Associate Professor of Dance (2000)
B.F.A., Ballet: Teaching and Performance, University of Utah
M.F.A., Ballet: Teaching and Choreography, University of Utah
CLMA, Certification in Laban/Bartenieff Movement Analysis, Integrated Movement Studies
RSME/RSMT, Registered Somatic Movement Educator/Therapist, International Somatic Movement Education and Therapy Association (ISMETA)
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Cynthia J. Williams    ext. 3495     200 Winn Seeley Gymnasium
Professor of Dance (1986)
B.F.A. (Dance), University of Utah
B.S. (Psychology), University of Utah
M.F.A. (Dance), Connecticut College
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Lisa Yoshikawa    ext. 3578     206 Henry House
Assistant Professor of History (2006)
Ph.D., Yale
M.Phil., Yale
M.A., Yale
B.A. Wellesley
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Jinghao Zhou    ext. 3926     222 Stern Hall
Associate Professor of Asian Languages and Cultures (2001)
Ph.D., Baylor University
M.Div., Union Theological Seminary
M.A., Wuhan University
B.A., Nanjing University
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