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Visiting Assistant Professor of German
To be at a small residential college like Knox is a fundamentally different experience. We can do so much more.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Art
I think the combination of my professional background, the coursework I’ve taken, and my studio experience puts me in a unique position as a professor.”
Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
I think it’s important to get out of the classroom and experience the things we would otherwise only read about.
Instructor of Music, Director of Jazz Program
I can't imagine doing anything more fun than this. It shows that it's possible to find a topic that you can fall in love with, and I want my students to see that.
Associate Professor of Theatre
All of this work allows me to explore my creativity through a variety of venues and in different ways based on the needs of the experience.
Associate Professor of Music
I want to teach somewhere where education is understood not simply as an imparting of knowledge, but as an immersion in a certain approach to the world
Associate Professor of Music
Music is not a fixed "thing." It is realized through performance. So every time it comes into existence, it can be new.
Associate Professor of Physics
It's important to me to get to know students and see their development
Associate Professor of Economics and Business & Management
I'm interested in how we value things -- from reducing the risks from pollution or floods to maintaining our infrastructure and educating ourselves and our posterity.
Visiting Professor of Philosophy
I don't think a person can be a philosopher without being a teacher; it is part of what doing philosophy is.
Professor of Theatre
Knox has been a really good place for me to expand the range of what I do as a teacher and as a scholar-artist.
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
It is slow shift, but sustainability is now a household word. People understand it, and this is a good sign.
Chancie Ferris Booth Professor of Political Science; Pre-Law Advisor
Knox students applying to law school do very well, including admission to a number of 'top ten' law schools.
Assistant Professor of Asian Studies
The Chinese program here is still just beginning to develop and I am happy to be part of its growth.
Robert M. & Katherine Arnold Seeley Distinguished Professor of History
Each year, we join a new class of Knox students in exploring a variety of texts from the past.
Knight Distinguished Assistant Professor for the Study of Religion & Culture
I study religion primarily as a social phenomenon, especially as communicated through cultural products of literature, film, and other media.
Associate Professor of English
Storytelling is what we do -- all day long, for work and play -- and I'd like to know how it works.
Associate Professor of Biology
I knew I wanted to work at a small, private college that had bright students.
Assistant Professor of Philosophy
Popular culture doesn't just reflect society, it helps us make our experiences intelligible.
Assistant Professor of Psychology
My research studies how people connect with distant cultures.
Professor of Psychology
When you see the living conditions some people in the world face, it's very sobering. And when you see how happy they are, it's wonderful and very moving.
Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology
Our interest in popular culture is nothing more than an intense interest in the doings of other people
Associate Professor of English
My writing process ... is a process of living with something in hopes of knowing that something by heart.
Professor of Biology
I find it incredibly exciting to work with students at this stage of their education. Their fresh approach is contagious.
Szold Distinguished Service Professor of Classics
I am studying the Greek myth of Theseus and Ariadne, and the cultural and socio-political issues that the myth expresses.
Associate Professor in Asian Studies (Japanese Studies)
I study how Japan is adapting American ideas into their higher education and liberal arts curriculum.
Assistant Professor Economics
It is a lot of fun to be able to teach smart kids in small classes, and there aren't a whole lot of places in the country where a professor gets to do that.
Assistant Professor of Educational Studies
It's vital that all students participate in both creation and appreciation in the arts.
Assistant Professor Computer Science
I found a 21st-century application for a 19th-century mathematical discovery.
Associate Professor of Educational Studies
My studies of fine arts and gifted children help me think about what we do as teachers.
Associate Professor of Biology
The Green Oaks Field Station is a great place for me to do research, as well as an excellent place to go birding and to explore nature.
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
I see young Spanish directors challenging our understanding of who constitutes family and what rules govern intimate relationships.
Associate Professor of Dance
The Knox College dance program has grown so much within the past few years and is now recruiting students who already have really strong dance skills.
Professor and Chair, Business and Management
I see my teaching as preparing and enabling students to be successful when they step off the Knox campus
Professor of Economics
As I've grown more confident in my research, I've become a citizen-advocate, not just a spectator.
Associate Professor of Biology
My teaching ranges broadly across the biology spectrum, and my scholarship focuses on cellular communication.
William and Marilyn Ingersoll Chair in Computer Science
I'm particularly interested in how computers and cryptology came together.
Richard P. and Sophia D. Henke Distinguished Professor
My research looks at the rise of Christian fundamentalism as a political and social movement.
Assistant Professor
It is so wonderful to see students show interests in learning and speaking a language.
Professor of History
Asian culture is an important part of America's history and its future.
Clara A. Abbott Distinguished Professor of Chemistry
I am interested in the most basic question: What is that stuff?
