Faculty and Staff Experts
Faculty and staff experts is an up-to-date resource for reporters, producers and others in the media. The list below features Middlebury College faculty and staff whose areas of expertise are relevant to newsworthy issues.
For on-site interviews, we have a dedicated ISDN line and broadcast-quality recording space available in our offices.
If you need assistance identifying a faculty expert, or would like to schedule an interview, please contact the media relations office at 802-443-5794.
Tom Beyer
Russian Language and Literature, Dan Brown, New Technologies for Teaching
Professor of Russian
beyer@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5536
Erik Bleich
Race and Ethnic Conflict in Western Europe
Professor of Political Science
ebleich@middlebury.edu
work802-349-3422
Gregory Buckles
College Admissions, Application Process
Dean of Admissions
gbuckles@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5161
Jack Byrne
Sustainability, Greening the Campus, Carbon Neutrality
Director of Sustainability Integration
jmbyrne@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5043
Jeffrey Cason
Study Abroad, Latin American Politics
Dean of International Programs, Knox Professor of Inernational Studies and Politics
cason@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5745
David Colander
Recession Economics, Economic Theory, Economics Education
College Professor
colander@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5302
Carolyn Craven
The Great Depression, Political Economy
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
ccraven@middlebury.edu
work802.443.3232
Eric Davis
Vermont Politics, National Election Politics
Secretary of the College Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
ericd@middlebury.edu
work802-236-0991
James Calvin Davis
Contemporary Moral Issues, Religion in American Politics
Professor of Religion
jcdavis@middlebury.edu
work802.443.3221
Matt Dickinson
American Politics, the Presidency, National Elections, Congress
Professor of Political Science
dickinso@middlebury.edu
work802.443.3253
Laurie Essig
Critical Race, Queer Studies, Pop Culture, Plastic Surgery & Economics Gender & Sexuality
Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
lessig@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5355
Michael Geisler
Foreign Language Education, Nationalism and National Identity
VP for Language Schools, Schools Abroad, and Graduate Programs; Prof. of German
geisler@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5275
Rebecca Gould
Religion and the Environment
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
rgould@middlebury.edu
work802.443.2548
Barbara Hofer
iConnected Parent, Parental Involvement in the College Years
Professor of Psychology
bhofer@middlebury.edu
work802.443.2534
Jon Isham
Social Entrepreneurship, Environmental Economics and the Climate Movement
Professor of Economics; Director, Center for Social Entrepreneurship
jisham@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5761
Bertram Johnson
Campaign Finance, Media and Politics, State and Local Politics, Intergovernmental Relations
Associate Professor of Political Science
bnjohnso@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5399
Matthew Kimble
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological Trauma, Effects of Anxiety Disorders
Associate Professor of Psychology
mkimble@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5402
Michael Kraus
European Politics, the Balkans and U.S. Foreign Policy
Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science
kraus@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5306
Tamar Mayer
Uighur Identity, Jewish and Palestinian Nationalism
Professor of Geography
mayer@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5568
Bill McKibben
Global Warming, Climate Change Activism, 350.org
Scholar in Residence in Environmental Studies
wmckibbe@middlebury.edu
work802.443.3489
Jason Mittell
Pop Culture, Television and Media
Professor of Film and Media Culture and American Studies
jmittell@middlebury.edu
work802.443.3435
Margaret K. Nelson
"Helicopter Parenting;" Relationship Between Parenting Strategies and New Technologies; Social Impacts of Assisted Reproduction Technologies; Donor Siblings
Hepburn Professor of Sociology
mnelson@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5301
Peter Nelson
Population Growth, Aging Baby Boomers
Professor of Geography
pbnelson@middlebury.edu
work802.443.3247
Caitlin Knowles Myers
Economics of Discrimination, Reproductive Policy and Teen Childbearing, Gender Differences in Labor Markets
Associate Professor of Economics
cmyers@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5985
Scott Pardee
Federal Reserve, Finance and Investments
Emeritus Faculty Fellow at the Center for Education in Action
spardee@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5640
Erin Quinn
College Athletics
Director of Athletics
quinn@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5253
Allison Stanger
Privatization of Power, Contractors, Transparency, American Foreign Policy
Russell Leng ’60 Professor of International Politics and Economics
stanger@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5023
Rich Wolfson
Global Warming, Energy and Nuclear Technology
Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics
wolfson@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5427
Don Wyatt
Early and Modern China
John M. McCardell, Jr. Distinguished Professor of History
wyatt@middlebury.edu
work802.443.5548