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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.

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Febe Armanios

Egyptian History and Politics, Coptic Christians, Women and Gender in the Middle East

Associate Professor of History

Email: farmanio@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5212

Tom Beyer

Russian Language and Literature, Occult Symbolism

Professor of Russian

Email: beyer@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5536

Erik Bleich

Race and Ethnic Conflict in Western Europe

Professor of Political Science

Email: ebleich@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.3254

Gregory Buckles

College Admissions, Application Process

Dean of Admissions

Email: gbuckles@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5161

Jack Byrne

Sustainability, Greening the Campus, Carbon Neutrality

Director of Sustainability Integration

Email: jmbyrne@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5043

Jeffrey Cason

Study Abroad, Latin American Politics

Dean of International Programs, Knox Professor of Inernational Studies and Politics

Email: cason@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5745

Sunhee Choi

Women in Science, Anti-Cancer Drugs

John G. McCullough Professor of Chemistry

Email: choi@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5716

David Colander

Recession Economics, Economic Theory, Economics Education

C.A. Johnson Distinguished Professor of Economics

Email: colander@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5302

Carolyn Craven

The Great Depression, Political Economy

Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics

Email: ccraven@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.3232

Eric Davis

Vermont Politics, National Election Politics

Secretary of the College Emeritus, Professor Emeritus of Political Science

Email: ericd@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802-236-0991

James Calvin Davis

Contemporary Moral Issues, Religion in American Politics

Professor of Religion

Email: jcdavis@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.3221

Matt Dickinson

American Politics, the Presidency, National Elections, Congress

Professor of Political Science

Email: dickinso@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.3253

Laurie Essig

Critical Race, Queer Studies, Pop Culture, Plastic Surgery & Economics Gender & Sexuality

Associate Professor of Sociology and Women's & Gender Studies

Email: lessig@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5355

Michael Geisler

Foreign Language Education, German Culture

Vice President of Language Schools, Schools Abroad and Graduate Program; Professor of German

Email: geisler@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5275

Rebecca Gould

Religion and the Environment

Associate Professor of Religion

Email: rgould@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.2548

Barbara Hofer

iConnected Parent, Parental Involvement in the College Years

Professor of Psychology

Email: bhofer@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.2534

Jon Isham

Social Entrepreneurship, Environmental Economics and Carbon Offsets

Professor of Economics, Director, Middlebury Center for Social Entrepreneurship

Email: jisham@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.3238

Bertram Johnson

Campaign Finance, Media and Politics, State and Local Politics, Intergovernmental Relations

Associate Professor of Political Science

Email: bnjohnso@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5399

Matthew Kimble

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Psychological Trauma, Effects of Anxiety Disorders

Associate Professor of Psychology

Email: mkimble@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5402

Michael Kraus

European Politics, the Balkans and U.S. Foreign Policy

Frederick C. Dirks Professor of Political Science

Email: kraus@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5306

Tamar Mayer

Uighur Identity, Jewish and Palestinian Nationalism

Professor of Geography

Email: mayer@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5568

Bill McKibben

Global Warming, Climate Change Activism, 350.org

Scholar in Residence in Environmental Studies

Email: wmckibbe@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.3489

Quinn Mecham

Politics and Civil Conflict in Middle East and Africa

Assistant Professor of Political Science

Jason Mittell

Pop Culture, Television and Media

Associate Professor of Film and Media Culture and American Studies

Email: jmittell@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.3435

Caitlin Knowles Myers

Economics of Discrimination, Reproductive Policy and Teen Childbearing, Gender Differences in Labor Markets

Assistant Professor of Economics

Email: cmyers@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5985

Margaret Nelson

Surveillance in the Home, "Helicopter Parenting," Relationship Between Parenting Strategies and New Technologies

Hepburn Professor of Sociology

Email: mnelson@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5301

Peter Nelson

Population Growth, Aging Baby Boomers

Professor of Geography

Email: pbnelson@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.3247

Scott Pardee

Federal Reserve, Finance and Investments

Alan R. Holmes Professor of Monetary Economics

Email: spardee@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5640

Erin Quinn

College Athletics

Director of Athletics

Email: quinn@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5253

Allison Stanger

Privatization of Power, Contractors, Transparency, American Foreign Policy

Russell Leng ’60 Professor of International Politics and Economics; Chair of Political Science Department

Email: stanger@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5023

Rich Wolfson

Global Warming, Energy and Nuclear Technology

Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics

Email: wolfson@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5427

Don Wyatt

Early and Modern China

John M. McCardell, Jr. Distinguished Professor of History

Email: wyatt@middlebury.edu
Phone: 802.443.5548