List of Colby College faculty explained

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]

Arts and Humanities

NamePosition(s)Joined CollegeLeft/retiredAlumnus/na?Reference
Director of the Colby Program in Spain 2013 active no [3]
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]
Visiting assistant professor of music 2007 2007 no [7]
Associate professor of English 2004 active no [8] [9]
Clara C. Piper Associate Professor of English 2004 active no [10]
Professor of English 2003 active no [11]
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 [14]
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 [16]
John J. and Cornelia V. Gibson Professor of History 1992 active no [17]
Jill P. Gordon Charles A. Dana Professor of Philosophy 1991 active no [18]
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 [20]
Steven Saunders Charles A. Dana Professor of music 1990 active no [21]
Adrianna Paliyenko Charles A. Dana Professor of French 1989 active no [22]
Professor of English 1988 2014 no [23] [24]
Cedric Gael Bryant Lee Family Professor of English 1988 active no [25]
Professor of English 1994 no [26] -
Elizabeth Harris Sagaser Associate professor of English 1994 active no [27]
Visiting assistant professor of music 1988 1990 no
Assistant professor of history 1987 1991 no [28]
Crawford Family Professor of Religion 1986 active no [29]
Tamae K. Prindle Oak Professor of East Asian Language and Literature 1985 active no [30]
Michael A. Marlais James M. Gillespie Professor of Art 1983 active no [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 [34]
William R. Kenan Professor of American history 1979 1980 no [35]
Director of the Colby Piano Institute 1978 2003 no
Arthur Jeremiah Roberts Professor of Literature 1976 active no [36]
Peter B. Harris Zacamy Professor of English 1974 active no [37]
Professor of music 1973 1974 no
Paul S. Machlin Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities 1984 2012 no [38] [39]
Laurie E. OsborneNEH/Class of 1940 Distinguished Professor of Humanities1990activeno
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]
Chair, Humanities Division 1968 1996 no [42]
Professor of German 1965 1997 no [43]
Professor Emeritus of Music 1964 1988 no [44]
Professor of history 1951 1953 no [45]
Professor of English 1940 1941 no [46]
Assistant professor of rhetoric and instructor of elocution 1887 1890 1884 [47]
Professor of modern languages 1834 1842 no
Professor of Languages 1827 1833 no [48]

Social Sciences

NamePosition(s)Joined CollegeLeft/retiredAlumnus/na?Reference
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]
Francis F. Bartlett and Ruth K. Bartlett Professor of Anthropology 1994 active no [51]
Debra Barbezat Mitchell Family Professor of economics 1992 active no [52]
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]
Visiting Assistant to Charles A. Dana Professor of STS 1988 2021 no [55]

Notes and References

  1. Colby College Endowed Chairs: http://www.colby.edu/campaign/endowment/chairs.cfm
  2. Web site: Common Data Set 2012-2013 A0 Respondent Information (Not for Publication). 19 April 2013. William P. Wilson. 2015-02-11.
  3. Web site: Abad hired in Salamanca The Colby Echo. thecolbyecho.com. 2015-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211183242/http://www.thecolbyecho.com/news/abad-hired-in-salamanca. 2015-02-11. dead.
  4. Web site: Strengthening a Special Town-Gown Bond. 25 February 2015.
  5. Web site: David M. Freidenreich · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  6. Web site: David M. Freidenreich Department of Religious Studies, Colby College 4646 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME. 10 December 2013. 2015-02-11.
  7. Colby College Faculty, published online 2008, accessed at: http://www.colby.edu/academics_cs/catalogue/2007_2008/faculty/0608faculty.cfm
  8. Web site: Adrian Blevins · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  9. Web site: Professors adjust to slow-paced life in Maine The Colby Echo. thecolbyecho.com. 2015-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211184725/http://www.thecolbyecho.com/local/professors-adjust-to-slow-paced-life-in-maine. 2015-02-11. dead.
  10. Web site: Tilar J. Mazzeo · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  11. Web site: DEBRA SPARK: 23 Baston Road English Department North Yarmouth, ME. 3 September 2013. 2015-02-11.
  12. Web site: WESLEY MCNAIR - COLLECTION OVERVIEWS - LibGuides at Colby College Libraries. libguides.colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  13. Web site: Wesley McNair - Author. wesleymcnair.umf.maine.edu. 2015-02-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20140421051231/http://wesleymcnair.umf.maine.edu/biography.php?p=3. 2014-04-21.
  14. Web site: Joseph R. Reisert · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  15. Web site: Suisheng (Sam) Zhao Josef Korbel School University of Denver. du.edu. 2015-02-11.
  16. Web site: Kerill N. O'Neill · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  17. Web site: History · Colby College. web.colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  18. Web site: Jill P. Gordon · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  19. Web site: Lee Feigon. cic.edu. 2015-02-11. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211185913/http://www.cic.edu/Programs-and-Services/Programs/Woodrow-Wilson-Visiting-Fellows/Pages/Lee-Feigon.aspx. 2015-02-11.
  20. Web site: Hanna Roisman · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  21. Web site: Steven E. Saunders · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  22. Web site: Adrianna M. Paliyenko · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  23. Web site: Jennifer Finney Boylan · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  24. Web site: Jennifer Finney Boylan - "Stuck In The Middle". wcsh6.com. 2015-02-11.
  25. Web site: Cedric Gael Bryant · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  26. News: Richard Russo, Happily at Home in Winesburg East - NYTimes.com. The New York Times. 2 July 2004. 2015-02-11. Weber. Bruce.
  27. Web site: Elizabeth H. Sagaser · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  28. Web site: University of Pittsburgh: Department of History. history.pitt.edu. 2015-02-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20150211184755/http://www.history.pitt.edu/faculty/livezeanu-cv.php. 2015-02-11. dead.
  29. Web site: Nikky-Guninder K. Singh · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  30. Web site: Tamae K. Prindle · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  31. Web site: Michael A. Marlais · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  32. Web site: Jorge Olivares · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  33. Web site: David L. Simon · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  34. Web site: Robert S. Weisbrot · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  35. Web site: Archived copy . 2011-06-05 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110928134613/http://www.history.upenn.edu/faculty/cv/beeman.pdf . 2011-09-28 .
  36. Web site: Ira Sadoff: CV. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  37. Web site: Peter B. Harris · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  38. Web site: · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  39. Web site: A Final Note. Colby Magazine. 25 July 2012. Colby College. 2018-11-26.
  40. Web site: Jonathan M. Weiss · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  41. https://jenniferboylan.net/in-memoriam-charles-walker-bassett/
  42. http://predoc.org/docs/index-211360.html Index
  43. Web site: Colby Magazine Vol 97 Iss 1. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  44. Web site: Faculty Emeriti. Colby. 6 May 2024.
  45. Web site: Paul L. Ward '33 Amherst College. amherst.edu. 2015-02-11.
  46. Web site: Thomas McGrath : The Poetry Foundation. poetryfoundation.org. 2015-02-11.
  47. Web site: Shailer Mathews – Life and Significance. 20 July 2010. 2015-02-11.
  48. Web site: General catalogue of officers, graduates and former ... . - Full View HathiTrust Digital Library HathiTrust Digital Library. babel.hathitrust.org. 2015-02-11.
  49. https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/neil-gross/
  50. Web site: Jennifer A. Yoder · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  51. https://www.colby.edu/people/people-directory/catherine-besteman/
  52. Web site: Debra A. Barbezat · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  53. https://www.swarthmore.edu/sites/default/files/assets/images/sociology-anthropology/WILLIE-LEBRETON_CV_2016.pdf
  54. Web site: Kenneth A. Rodman · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  55. Web site: Andrea R. Tilden · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  56. Web site: Fernando Q. Gouvêa's Home Page. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  57. Web site: D. Whitney King. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  58. Web site: Wilson, W. Herbert,, Jr. · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  59. Web site: F. Russell Cole · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  60. Web site: Robert A. Gastaldo · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  61. Web site: Julie T. Millard · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  62. Web site: Charles Conover · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  63. Web site: Bluhm, Robert T.,, Jr. · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  64. Smithsonian Institution Archives, 96-111, Gates, G. E (Gordon Enoch) 1897-, Gordon Enoch Gates Papers, c. 1931 – 1979. Accessed at: http://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_252139
  65. Academic CV, Accessed at: https://web.stanford.edu/~kdevlin/OnePageVita.pdf
  66. The Chesapeake Chemist, Vol 5 No. 1, p1. 1949. Accessed at: http://maryland.sites.acs.org/Chesapeake%20Chemist/Archives/1949/cc-jan-1949.pdf
  67. Book: General Catalogue [of the Officers and Graduates] of Colby College. Colby College. 1909. 15. 2015-02-11.
  68. Web site: Read-Only. web.colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  69. Web site: Wheaton, Longtime Athletic Dept. Administrator, To Depart News The Harvard Crimson. thecrimson.com. 2015-02-13.
  70. Web site: Laura Halldorson Named Division I Women's Hockey Coach of the Year - University of Minnesota Official Athletic Site. gophersports.com. 2015-02-11.
  71. Web site: Colby Mourns Passing of Former Head Coach Jim Wescott - NESCAC. nescac.com. 2015-02-11.
  72. Web site: Jack Kelley (b.1927) hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com. hockeydb.com. 2015-02-11.
  73. Web site: Bangor Daily News - Google News Archive Search .
  74. https://digitalcommons.colby.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3105&context=colbyecho
  75. Web site: Sharon L. Corwin · College Directory · Colby College. colby.edu. 2015-02-11.
  76. Web site: Colby Magazine, Summer 2003 On Campus . https://web.archive.org/web/20031003041122/http://www.colby.edu/colby.mag/issues/sum03/campus/2helm.shtml . 2003-10-03 . dead . Karen Oh . 2015-02-11 .
  77. Web site: A People's History of Colby College: Activism and Social Justice Since 1813 – Ninetta M. Runnals. Colby College. 3 March 2016.

  78. Natural Sciences

    NamePosition(s)Joined CollegeLeft/retiredAlumnus/na?Reference
    Andrea R. Tilden J. Warren Merrill Professor of Chemistry and Natural History active no [55]
    Carter Professor of Mathematics active no [56]
    D. Whitney King Frank and Theodora Miselis Professor of Chemistry 1989 active no [57]
    W. Herbert Wilson Leslie Brainerd Arey Professor of Biosciences 1990 2018 no [58]
    F. Russell Cole Oak Professor of Biological Sciences 2016 no [59]
    Robert A. GastaldoWhipple-Coddington Professor of Geology 19992020 no [60]
    Julie T. Millard Dr. Gerald and Myra Dorros Professor of Chemistry active no [61]
    Charles Conover William A. Rogers Professor in Physics active no [62]
    Robert T. Bluhm, Jr. Sunrise Professor of Physics active no [63]
    Assistant professor of computer science 1997 2000 no
    Professor of biology 1948 1950 1919 [64]
    Carter Professor of Mathematics and Chair of Department of Math & Computer Science 1989 1993 no [65]
    Lecturer in science 1939 1949 no
    Instructor in chemistry 1923 1927 no [66]
    Professor of mineralogy and geology 1885 1886 no
    Instructor in chemistry, history, Greek, and Latin 1845 1852 1853 [67]
    Professor of chemistry and natural history 1838 no [68]

    Athletics

    NamePosition(s)Joined CollegeLeft/retiredAlumnus/na?Reference
    Men's ice hockey coach 2012 active no
    Women's basketball coach 2004 2010 no
    Timothy Wheaton Harold Alfond Director of Athletics 2015 2017 no [69]
    Women's ice hockey coach 1989 1986 no [70]
    James Wescott Men's track and cross-country coach 1978 2003 no [71]
    Men's ice hockey coach 1976 1977 no [72]
    Men's baseball coach, director of athletics 1954 1974 no
    Men's basketball coach 1946 1965 no [73]
    Coach, "Mr. Colby" 1929 1948 1929 [74]
    Men's baseball coach, director of athletics 1909 1910 no

    Other

    NamePosition(s)Joined CollegeLeft/retiredAlumnus/na?Reference
    Sharon L. Corwin Carolyn Muzzy Director of the Colby College Museum of Art and chief curator 2006 active no [75]
    Librarian 1929 1931 no
    Vice president for college relations 1988 2003 no [76]
    Dean of women
    Professor of mathematics and education     		1920 1949 yes [77]

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