List of Colby College faculty

This list of Colby College faculty includes current and former instructors and administrators of Colby College in Waterville, Maine, as well as a list of the 44 endowed faculty positions.[1] As of 2013, Colby employs 216 instructional faculty members, approximately 90% whom hold a doctorate or other terminal degree.[2]

Jeremiah Chaplin, the founder and first president of the college.

Arts and Humanities

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Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Julia Piera Director of the Colby Program in Spain 2013 active no [3]
Rachel Isaacs Dorothy "Bibby" Levine Alfond Assistant Professor in Jewish Studies 2010 active no [4]
David M. Freidenreich Pulver Family Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies 2008 active no [5][6]
William Chapman Nyaho Visiting assistant professor of music 2007 2007 no [7]
Adrian Blevins Associate professor of English 2004 active no [8][9]
Tilar J. Mazzeo Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English 2004 active no [7][10]
Debra Spark Professor of English 2003 active no [11]
Wesley McNair Visiting professor of creative writing 1999 2004 no [12][13]
Joseph R. Reisert Harriet S. Wiswell and George C. Wiswell Jr. Associate Professor of American Constitutional Law 1997 active no [7][14]
Suisheng Zhao Associate professor of government and East Asian politics 1993 1998 no [15]
Kerill N. O'Neil Julian D. Taylor Associate Professor of Classics 1992 active no [7][16]
Elizabeth D. Leonard John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History 1992 active no [7][17]
Jill P. Gordon Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy 1991 active no [18]
Lee Feigon Professor of history and chair of East Asian studies 1990 ?? no [19]
Hanna M. Roisman Arnold Bernhard Professor in Arts and Humanities, Professor of Classics 1990 active no [7][20]
Steven Saunders Charles A. Dana Professor of music 1990 active no [7][21]
Adrianna Paliyenko Charles A. Dana Professor of French 1989 active no [22]
Jennifer Finney Boylan Professor of English 1988 2014 no [23][24]
Cedric Gael Bryant Lee Family Professor of English 1988 active no [7][25]
Richard Russo Professor of English 1994 no [26]

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Elizabeth Harris Sagaser Associate professor of English 1994 active no [27]
John A. Rice (musicologist) Visiting assistant professor of music 1988 1990 no
Irina Livezeanu Assistant professor of history 1987 1991 no [28]
Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh Crawford Family Professor of Religion 1986 active no [7][29]
Tamae K. Prindle Oak Professor of East Asian Language and Literature 1985 active no [7][30]
Michael A. Marlais James M. Gillespie Professor of Art 1983 active no [7][31]
Jorge Olivares Allen Family Professor of Latin American Literature 1982 active no [32]
David L. Simon Ellerton and Edith Jette Professor of Art 1981 active no [33]
Robert S. Weisbrot Christian A. Johnson Distinguished Teaching Professor of History 1980 active no [7][34]
Richard Beeman William R. Kenan Professor of American history 1979 1980 no [35]
Anthony di Bonaventura Director of the Colby Piano Institute 1978 2003 no
Ira Sadoff Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of Literature 1976 active no [36]
Peter B. Harris Zacamy Professor of English 1974 active no [7][37]
Marion Brown Professor of music 1973 1974 no
Paul S. Machlin Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities 1984 2012 no [7][38][39]
Laurie E. Osborne NEH/Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities 1990 active no
Jonathan M. Weiss NEH/Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities 1972 Emeritus no [40]
Charles W. Bassett Lee Family Professor of English and American Studies 1969 2000 no [41]
Susan Kenney Chair, Humanities Division 1968 1996 no [42]
Hubert C. Kueter Professor of German 1965 1997 no [43]
Adel Heinrich Professor Emeritus of Music 1964 1988 no [44]
Paul Langdon Ward Professor of history 1951 1953 no [45]
Thomas McGrath (poet) Professor of English 1940 1941 no [46]
Shailer Mathews Assistant professor of rhetoric and instructor of elocution 1887 1890 1884 [47]
Samuel Francis Smith Professor of modern languages 1834 1842 no
Thomas Jefferson Conant Professor of Languages 1827 1833 no [48]

Social Sciences

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Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Neil Gross Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology and chair of the department of sociology 2015 active no [49]
Jennifer Yoder Robert Diamond Professor of humanities 1996 active no [50]
Catherine L. Besteman Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology 1994 active no [51]
Debra Barbezat Mitchell Family Professor of economics 1992 active no [7][52]
Sarah Willie-LeBreton Assistant Professor, African American Studies/Sociology/Women's Studies 1991 1995 no [53]
Kenneth A. Rodman William R. Cotter Distinguished teaching professor of government 1989 active no [54]
James Rodger Fleming Visiting Assistant to Charles A. Dana Professor of STS 1988 2021 no [7][55]
Randy A. Nelson Douglas Professor of Economics and Finance 1987 active no [56]
Cheryl Townsend Gilkes John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Professor of Sociology and African-American Studies 1987 2022 no [7][57]
Patrice M. Franko Grossman Professor of Economics 1986 active no [58]
G. Calvin Mackenzie Goldfarb Family Distinguished Professor of American Government 1985 active no [59]
David W. Findlay Pugh Family Professor of Economics 1985 active no [7][60]
James W. Meehan Herbert E. Wadsworth Professor of Economics 1973 Emeritus no [7][61]
L. Sandy Maisel William R. Kenan, Jr. Professor of Government 1971 2021 no [62]
Thomas J. Morrione Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology 1971 active 1965 [7][63]
Jack D. Foner History 1969 1976 no [64]
Albion Woodbury Small Professor of political economy 1881 1888 1876 [65]

Natural Sciences

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Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Andrea R. Tilden J. Warren Merrill Professor of Chemistry and Natural History active no [66]
Fernando Q. Gouvêa Carter Professor of Mathematics active no [67]
D. Whitney King Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry 1989 active no [68]
W. Herbert Wilson Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences 1990 2018 no [69]
F. Russell Cole Oak Professor of Biological Sciences 2016 no [70]
Robert A. Gastaldo Whipple-Coddington Professor of Geology 1999 2020 no [71]
Julie T. Millard Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Professor of Chemistry active no [72]
Charles Conover William A. Rogers Professor in Physics active no [73]
Robert T. Bluhm, Jr. Sunrise Professor of Physics active no [74]
Allen B. Downey Assistant professor of computer science 1997 2000 no
Gordon Enoch Gates Professor of biology 1948 1950 1919 [75]
Keith Devlin Carter Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Department of Math & Computer Science 1989 1993 no [76]
William T. Bovie Lecturer in science 1939 1949 no
Rutherford John Gettens Instructor in chemistry 1923 1927 no [77]
Marshman Edward Wadsworth Professor of mineralogy and geology 1885 1886 no
Theophilus C. Abbot Instructor in chemistry, history, Greek, and Latin 1845 1852 1853 [78]
Justin Rolph Loomis Professor of chemistry and natural history 1838 no [79]

Athletics

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Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Blaise MacDonald Men's ice hockey coach 2012 active no
Lori Gear McBride Women's basketball coach 2004 2010 no
Timothy Wheaton Harold Alfond Director of Athletics 2015 2017 no [80]
Laura Halldorson Women's ice hockey coach 1989 1986 no [81]
James Wescott Men's track and cross-country coach 1978 2003 no [82]
Jack Kelley Men's ice hockey coach 1976 1977 no [83]
John Winkin Men's baseball coach, director of athletics 1954 1974 no
Lee Williams Men's basketball coach 1946 1965 no [84]
Bill Millett Coach, "Mr. Colby" 1929 1948 1929 [85]
Harold McDevitt Men's baseball coach, director of athletics 1909 1910 no

Other

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Name Position(s) Joined College Left/retired Alumnus/na? Reference
Sharon L. Corwin Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art and chief curator 2006 active no [86]
Robert B. Downs Librarian 1929 1931 no
Peyton R. Helm Vice president for college relations 1988 2003 no [87]
Ninetta May Runnals Dean of women
Professor of mathematics and education
1920 1949 yes [88]

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