Department Chairs

Michael Sheridan

Professor of Anthropology

Department Chair of Anthropology

Office:
Munroe Hall 105
Office Hours:
Spring Term: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30-11am

Samuel Liebhaber

Professor of Arabic

Department Chair of Arabic

Office:
Voter Hall 002

David Allen

Associate Professor of Biology

Department Chair of Biology

Office:
McCardell Bicen Hall 372
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: Tuesdays 10:30-12 and Fridays 9-10:30

AJ Vasiliou

Associate Professor of Chemistry/Biochemistry

Department Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry

Office:
McCardell Bicentennial Hall 544
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: Monday 12:00pm - 2:00pm & Wednesday 10:00am - 12:00pm

Carrie Wiebe

Dept. Chair/CV Starr Professor of Chinese

Department Chair of Chinese

Office:
Voter Hall 103

Pavlos Sfyroeras

Professor of Classics

Department Chair of Classics & Classical Studies

Office:
Twilight Hall 210
Office Hours:
S24: Wed 3:30-4:30 PM, Thurs 3:00-4:00 PM, Fri 12:30-2:00 PM

Amy Briggs

Professor and Chair of Computer Science

Department Chair of Computer Science

Office:
75 Shannon 213
Office Hours:
Tues / Thurs 12:00 - 12:30 pm and 3:30 - 4:30 pm, and by appointment

Lida Winfield

Visiting Assistant Professor of Dance

Department Chair of Dance

Office:
Mahaney Arts Center 204
Office Hours:
Tues, Wed, Thurs from 2:00-3:00 pm and by appointment

Will Amidon

Associate Professor of Earth and Climate Sciences

Department Chair of Earth & Climate Sciences

Office:
McCardell Bicen Hall 413

Andrea Robbett

Professor of Economics

Department Chair of Economics

Office:
Warner 304

Marion Wells

Henry N. Hudson Professor of English

Department Chair of English

Office:
Axinn Center 313

Louisa Stein

Associate Professor of Film and Media Culture

Department Chair of Film & Media Culture

Office:
Axinn Center 206
Office Hours:
Friday 10:00am-12:00pm and by appointment

Julien Weber, Chair

Associate Professor of French and Francophone Studies, Chair

Department Chair of French & Francophone Studies

Office:
Le Chateau 105
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: Mon & Wed 11:00-12:00; Tues 9:00-11:00 and by appointment

Peter Nelson

Professor of Geography

Department Chair of Geography

Office:
McCardell Bicen Hall 637
Office Hours:
Spring '24- Mon. 11:00am-1:00pm, Wed. 1:00- 3:00pm

Roman Graf

Chair of German Department, Professor of German & Comparative Literature

Department Chair of German

Office:
FIC 231
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: Monday 11:00-12:00, Thursday 11:00-12:00 and by appointment

Rebecca Bennette

Department Chair, Professor of History

Department Chair of History

Office:
Axinn Center 333

Edward Vazquez

Associate Professor of History of Art and Architecture

Department Chair of History of Art & Architecture

Office:
Mahaney Arts Center 212
Office Hours:
Fall Term 2023- Monday 4:00 p.m.- 5:00 p.m., Thursday 10:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m., and by appointment

Tom Van Order

Dept. Chair/Professor of Italian

Department Chair of Italian

Office:
Voter Hall 111
Office Hours:
SPRING 2024: Mondays from 10:40-12:40 and by appointment.

Linda White

Associate Professor of Japanese Studies, Chair

Department Chair of Japanese Studies

Office:
FIC 221
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: Tuesday and Thursday, 3:45-5:00 p.m. or by appointment.

Luis Hernán Castañeda

Associate Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies, Department Chair

Department Chair of Luso-Hispanic Studies

Office:
Voter Hall 209

Stephen Abbott

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Professor of Mathematics, Department Chair

Department Chair of Mathematics

Office:
Warner 211
Office Hours:
Mon/Tue/Thu 3:00-4:00 PM, Wed 1:30-2:30 PM, and by appointment. Occasionally starting at 3:30 PM on Tuesdays.

Damascus Kafumbe

Edward C. Knox Professor of International Studies; Professor of Music; Chair, Department of Music; Director, Middlebury African Music and Dance Ensemble; Director, Middlebury Afropop Band

Department Chair of Music

Office:
Mahaney Arts Center 308
Office Hours:
Fall 2023: Mon., 12:30-1:30 p.m.; Tue., 3:00-4:00 p.m.; or by appointment

Heidi Grasswick

George Nye & Anne Walker Boardman Professor of Mental and Moral Science

Department Chair of Philosophy

Office:
Twilight Hall 312

Noah Graham

William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Physics

Department Chair of Physics

Office:
McCardell Bicen Hall 533
Office Hours:
Fall 2023: Monday 2:00 -- 3:00 PM, Tuesday 1:00 -- 2:00 PM, Friday 1:00 -- 2:00 PM, and by appointment

Amy Yuen

Professor of Political Science and Department Chair

Department Chair of Political Science

Office:
Munroe Hall 312
Office Hours:
Spring Term 2024: Tuesday 11:30 - 1:00, Friday 11:00 - 12:30 and by appointment

Kim Cronise

Associate Professor of Psychology

Department Chair of Psychology

Office:
McCardell Bicen Hall 278

James Calvin Davis

George Adams Ellis Prof of Liberal Arts; Professor of Religion

Department Chair of Religion

Office:
Munroe Hall 201

Tatiana Smorodinska

C.V. Starr Professor of Russian and East European Studies, Department Chair

Department Chair of Russian

Office:
FIC 208

Chong-suk Han

Professor of Sociology

Department Chair of Sociology

Office:
Munroe Hall 414

Hedya Klein

Fletcher Professor of the Arts

Department Chair of Studio Art

Office:
Johnson 311

Claudio Medeiros

Professor of Theatre & Department Chair

Department Chair of Theatre

Office:
Mahaney Arts Center 325

Program Directors

William Nash

Professor of American Studies and English

Program Director of American Studies

Office:
Axinn Center 250
Office Hours:
Fall 2023: Tues 1:30-3:00; Thurs 10:30-12:00

Jerry Philogene

Associate Professor of Black Studies

Program Director of Black Studies

Office:
Carr Hall Room 201

Roman Graf

Chair of German Department, Professor of German & Comparative Literature

Program Director of Comparative Literature

Office:
FIC 231
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: Monday 11:00-12:00, Thursday 11:00-12:00 and by appointment

Jay Parini

D. E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing

Program Director of Creative Writing

Office:
Axinn Center 203
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: Tues/Thurs 3:30-5:00

Tracy Weston

Associate Professor of Education Studies

Program Director of Education Studies

Office:
Twilight Hall 109
Office Hours:
On leave Winter&Spring 2024

Christopher Klyza

Stafford Prof of Public Policy, Political Science & Environmental Studies

Program Director of Environmental Studies

Office:
Franklin Env Ctr-Hillcrest 206
Office Hours:
Monday 11:00 - 1.00, Wednesday 3:45 - 4:45 and by appointment

Amy Morsman

Professor of History; Interim Director, Ctr. for Teaching, Learning and Research, First-Year Seminar Director

Director of the First Year Seminar Program

Office:
Davis Family Library 215
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: In Davis Family Library 215: Monday 2-3:30 PM, Thursday 2-3:30 PM, and by appointment

Michael Sheridan

Professor of Anthropology

Program Director of Food Studies

Office:
Munroe Hall 105
Office Hours:
Spring Term: Mondays and Wednesdays 9:30-11am

Laurie Essig

Professor of Gender, Sexuality, Feminist Studies

Program Director of Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies

Office:
Chellis House 202
Office Hours:
Please schedule at https://calendly.com/lessig/fallofficehours2023?month=2023-09

Pam Berenbaum

Professor of the Practice of Global Health

Program Director of Global Health

Office:
RAJ B03
Office Hours:
https://calendly.com/pberenbaum/office-hours

Sunder Ramaswamy

Distinguished College Professor of International Economics, Director of International and Global Studies

Program Director of International and Global Studies

Office:
Robert A. Jones House 113

John Maluccio

Professor of Economics

Program Director of International Politics & Economics

Office:
Warner 018
Office Hours:
Tuesdays 2:00-4:00 PM, Thursdays 11:00 AM -12:00 PM or by appointment

Robert Schine

Curt & Else Silberman Professor of Jewish Studies

Program Director of Jewish Studies

Office:
Munroe Hall 211
Office Hours:
Spring Term: Associate Status

Brandon Baird

Director of Linguistics Program, Associate Professor of Luso-Hispanic Studies & Linguistics

Program Director of Linguistics

Office:
Voter Hall 208
Office Hours:
Wed. 2:00-3:00pm, Fri. 10:45am-12:45pm, and by appt.

Pavlos Sfyroeras

Professor of Classics

Co Program Director of Literary Studies

Office:
Twilight Hall 210

Maria Hatjigeorgiou

Senior Lecturer, Religion & Classics

Co Program Director of Literary Studies

Office:
Munroe Hall 203

Grace Spatafora

Dean of Curriculum; Heinz/Given Professor of Biology and Pre-Medical Sciences

Program Director of Molecular Biology & Biochemistry

Office:
Old Chapel 205
Office Hours:
Fall 2023: Tuesday 1:00pm - 3:00pm and Friday 9:00am - 10:30am in MBH 354 or by appointment

Clarissa Parker

Associate Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience

Program Director of Neuroscience

Office:
McCardell Bicen Hall 274
Office Hours:
Spring 2024: Mondays 1:00pm - 2:30pm; Wednesdays 3:45pm - 5:15pm; And by appointment

Jim Ralph

Dean of the Faculty; Rehnquist Professor of American History and Culture

Interim Program Director of Studies in Modern Hebrew and Israeli Society

Office:
Old Chapel 204
Office Hours:
Fall 2023: Old Chapel 204--Mondays, 9 to 10 a.m. (by appointment); Fridays, 9:30 to 11 a.m., and by appointment

Catharine Wright

Associate Professor, Writing and Rhetoric/GSFS

Program Director of Writing & Rhetoric

Office:
Chellis House
Office Hours:
MW 4-5:30 and by appointment

Academic Coordinators

Jennifer Nuceder, Manager of Academic Office Support jmnucede@middlebury.edu

Subject Coordinator Email    
American Studies Molly Johnsen mjohnsen@middlebury.edu    
Anthropology Mari Price mprice@middlebury.edu    
Arabic Nicole Patterson npatters@middlebury.edu    
Biology Missey Thompson mthomps@middlebury.edu    
Black Studies Victoria Luksch vluksch@middlebury.edu    
Chemistry&Biochemistry Michelle Matot mmatot@middlebury.edu    
Chinese Nicole Patterson npatters@middlebury.edu    
Classics and Classical Studies Trish Dougherty pdougher@middlebury.edu    
Comparative Literature Victoria Luksch vluksch@middlebury.edu    
Computer Science Amy Rose arose@middlebury.edu    
Dance Tiffany Wilbur twilbur@middlebury.edu    
Earth and Climate Sciences Kelly Norris kmnorris@middlebury.edu     
Economics Amy Holbrook holbrook@middlebury.edu    
Education Studies Trish Dougherty pdougher@middlebury.edu    
English Molly Johnsen mjohnsen@middlebury.edu    
Environmental Studies Lily Hunt lnhunt@middlebury.edu    
Film and Media Culture Sheerya Berg shberg@middlebury.edu    
First Year Seminar Jennifer Nuceder
Interim
jmnucede@middlebury.edu    
Food Studies Heidi Sullivan hsullivan@middlebury.edu    
French&Francophone Studies Jolene Newton jynewton@middlebury.edu    
Geography Amy Moody amoody@middlebury.edu    
Gender, Sexuality,&Feminist Studies Victoria Luksch vluksch@middlebury.edu    
German Danielle Denis ddenis@middlebury.edu    
Global Health Amy Moody amoody@middlebury.edu    
Hebrew Danielle Denis ddenis@middlebury.edu    
History Judy Mayer jmayer@middlebury.edu    
History of Art and Architecture Michaela Davico mdavico@middlebury.edu    
International&Global Studies Heidi Sullivan hsullivan@middlebury.edu    
International Politics&Economics Heidi Sullivan hsullivan@middlebury.edu    
Italian Nicole Patterson npatters@middlebury.edu    
Japanese Danielle Denis ddenis@middlebury.edu    
Jewish Studies Vijaya Wunnava vwunnava@middlebury.edu    
Linguisitics Danielle Denis ddenis@middlebury.edu    
Literary Studies Sheerya Berg shberg@middlebury.edu    
Luso-Hispanic Studies Elizabeth Kervick ekervick@middlebury.edu    
Mathematics Elizabeth Kervick ekervick@middlebury.edu    
Molecular Biol&Biochem Michelle Matot mmatot@middlebury.edu    
Music Anne Chabot achabot@middlebury.edu    
Neuroscience Missey Thompson mthomps@middlebury.edu    
Philosophy Trish Dougherty pdougher@middlebury.edu    
Physics Kelly Norris kmnorris@middlebury.edu    
Political Science Linda Booska lbooska@middlebury.edu    
Professors of the Practice Vijaya Wunnava vwunnava@middlebury.edu    
Psychology Nancy Peters nancyp@middlebury.edu    
Religion Mari Price mprice@middlebury.edu    
Russian Danielle Denis ddenis@middlebury.edu    
Sociology Amy Moody amoody@middlebury.edu    
Studio Art Michaela Davico mdavico@middlebury.edu    
Theatre Mirjam Brett mbrett@middlebury.edu    
Writing and Rhetoric Tiffany Wilbur twilbur@middlebury.edu