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 public affairs office at 802-443-5794.
Tom Beyer
Russian Language and Literature, Dan Brown, New Technologies for Teaching
Professor of Russian
Email: beyer@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5536
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Erik Bleich
Race and Ethnic Conflict in Western Europe
Professor of Political Science
Email: ebleich@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.3254
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Gregory Buckles
College Admissions, Application Process
Dean of Admissions
Email: gbuckles@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5161
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Jack Byrne
Sustainability, Greening the Campus, Carbon Neutrality
Director of Sustainability Integration
Email: jmbyrne@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5043
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Jeffrey Cason
Study Abroad, Latin American Politics
Dean of International Programs, Knox Professor of Inernational Studies and Politics
Email: cason@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5745
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David Colander
Recession Economics, Economic Theory, Economics Education
College Professor
Email: colander@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5302
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Carolyn Craven
The Great Depression, Political Economy
Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics
Email: ccraven@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.3232
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Eric Davis
Vermont Politics, National Election Politics
Secretary of the College Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Political Science
Email: ericd@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802-236-0991
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James Calvin Davis
Contemporary Moral Issues, Religion in American Politics
Professor of Religion
Email: jcdavis@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.3221
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Matt Dickinson
American Politics, the Presidency, National Elections, Congress
Professor of Political Science
Email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.3253
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Laurie Essig
Critical Race, Queer Studies, Pop Culture, Plastic Surgery & Economics Gender & Sexuality
Associate Professor of Sociology and Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies
Email: lessig@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5355
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Michael Geisler
Foreign Language Education, Nationalism and National Identity
VP for Language Schools, Schools Abroad, and Graduate Programs; Prof. of German
Email: geisler@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5275
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Rebecca Gould
Religion and the Environment
Senior Lecturer in Environmental Studies
Email: rgould@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.2548
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Barbara Hofer
iConnected Parent, Parental Involvement in the College Years
Professor of Psychology
Email: bhofer@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.2534
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Jon Isham
Social Entrepreneurship, Environmental Economics and Carbon Offsets
Professor of Economics, Director, Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Email: jisham@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.3238
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Bertram Johnson
Campaign Finance, Media and Politics, State and Local Politics, Intergovernmental Relations
Associate Professor of Political Science
Email: bnjohnso@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5399
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Matthew Kimble
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological Trauma, Effects of Anxiety Disorders
Associate Professor of Psychology
Email: mkimble@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5402
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Michael Kraus
European Politics, the Balkans and U.S. Foreign Policy
Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science
Email: kraus@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5306
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Tamar Mayer
Uighur Identity, Jewish and Palestinian Nationalism
Professor of Geography
Email: mayer@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5568
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Bill McKibben
Global Warming, Climate Change Activism, 350.org
Scholar in Residence in Environmental Studies
Email: wmckibbe@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.3489
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Quinn Mecham
Politics and Civil Conflict in Middle East and Africa
Visiting Research Associate
Jason Mittell
Pop Culture, Television and Media
Professor of Film and Media Culture and American Studies
Email: jmittell@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.3435
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Margaret K. Nelson
Surveillance in the Home; "Helicopter Parenting;" Relationship Between Parenting Strategies and New Technologies; Social Impacts of Assisted Reproduction Technologies; Donor Siblings
Hepburn Professor of Sociology
Email: mnelson@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5301
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Peter Nelson
Population Growth, Aging Baby Boomers
Professor of Geography
Email: pbnelson@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.3247
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Caitlin Knowles Myers
Economics of Discrimination, Reproductive Policy and Teen Childbearing, Gender Differences in Labor Markets
Associate Professor of Economics
Email: cmyers@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5985
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Scott Pardee
Federal Reserve, Finance and Investments
Emeritus Faculty Fellow at the Center for Education in Action
Email: spardee@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5640
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Erin Quinn
College Athletics
Director of Athletics
Email: quinn@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5253
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Allison Stanger
Privatization of Power, Contractors, Transparency, American Foreign Policy
Russell Leng ’60 Professor of International Politics and Economics
Email: stanger@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5023
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Rich Wolfson
Global Warming, Energy and Nuclear Technology
Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics
Email: wolfson@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5427
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Don Wyatt
Early and Modern China
John M. McCardell, Jr. Distinguished Professor of History
Email: wyatt@middlebury.edu
Phone: work802.443.5548
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