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Faculty Directory

Professors Emeriti

Margareta I. Baacke
Professor Emerita of Modern Languages
Ph.D., University of Marburg, 1953.
Knox College 1965-1989.

Elisabeth Barbou Baylor
Assistant Professor Emerita of Modern Languages
B.A., Augustana College, 1928; M.A., University of Iowa, 1930; Ph.D., 1936.
Knox College, 1950-1951, 1957-1958, 1960-1970.

William Edward Brady
Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., Hobart College, 1950; M.A., Brown University, 1953; Ph.D., 1958.
Knox College 1962-1995.

Robert Eugene Bryan
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
B.S., Washington and Jefferson College, 1943; M.A., 1949; Ph.D., Yale University, 1960.
Knox College 1963-1991.

Carol Jean Chase
Professor Emerita of Modern Languages
B.A., University of Illinois, 1964; M.A., University of Illinois, 1969; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1977.
Knox College 1977-2007.

Michael Gardner Crowell
Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., Amherst College, 1953; M.A., Northwestern University, 1959; Ph.D., 1966.
Knox College 1961-1996.

Ivan Hugh Davidson
Professor Emeritus of Theatre
B.A., Hardin-Simmons University, 1960; M.A., Indiana University, 1966; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1972.
Knox College 1969-2004.

Rodney O. Davis
Szold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History
B.S., University of Kansas, 1954; M.A., 1959; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1966.
Knox College 1963-1997.

Mary Locke Eysenbach
Charles W. and Arvilla S. Timme Professor Emerita of Economics
B.A., Reed College, 1954; B.A., Oxon., 1956; M.A., 1960; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1970.
Knox College 1978-1994.

Charles Edward Farley
Robert W. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Music
B.M., Western Michigan University, 1955; M.A., 1956; Ph.D., Florida State University, 1962.
Knox College 1959-1997.

W. G. Fiedorow
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
B.A., University of Washington, 1961; M.A., University of Washington, 1963; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1973.
Knox College 1972-2005.

Jack Dean Fitzgerald
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., Harvard College, 1964; M.A., University of Iowa, 1967; Ph.D., 1969.
Knox College 1968-1995.

E. Inman Fox
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages, President Emeritus
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1954; M.A., Vanderbilt University, 1958; A.M., Princeton University, 1959; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1960.
Knox College 1972-1982.

Gary Ray Francois
Szold Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Psychology
B.A., Washington University, 1959; M.A, Washington University, 1960; Ph.D., Texas Christian University, 1963.
Knox College 1963-2002.

Octavio C. Garcia
Professor Emeritus of Mathematics
Lic. C. Quimicas, Madrid, Spain, 1956; Ph.D., McMaster University, Ontario, 1972.
Knox College 1987-2002.

Billy Wayne Geer
Clara A. Abbott Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.S., Northwest Missouri State College, 1957; M.S., University of Nebraska, 1960; Ph.D., University of California at Davis, 1963.
Knox College 1963-2000.

Harland Jean Goudie
Chancie Booth Ferris Professor Emeritus of Art
B.A., Montana State University, 1950; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1954.
Knox College 1954-1990.

Donald Wayne Green
Professor Emeritus of Physics
B.A., Kalamazoo College, 1949; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1954.
Knox College 1954-1989.

Philip Smyth Haring
Robert W. Murphy Professor Emeritus of Political Science
B.A., Harvard College, 1937; M.A., University of Chicago, 1953; Ph.D., 1954.
Knox College 1954-1981.

Robert Riner Hellenga
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English, Distinguished Writer-in-Residence
B.A., University of Michigan, 1963; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1969.
Knox College 1968-2004.

Henry Joe
Professor Emeritus of Art
B.A., University of Montana, 1962; M.A., 1966; M.F.A., 1967.
Knox College 1967-1995.

Harlan Deal Knosher
Professor Emeritus of Sports Studies
B.S., Miami University, 1957; M.Ed., Northwestern University, 1959.
Knox College 1960-2000.

Isabel C. Livosky
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
B.A., Columbia University, 1970; Ph.D., New York University, 1977.
Knox College 1977-2004.

William Frederick Matthews
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy and Religion
B.A., Queens College 1944; B.D., New Brunswick Theological Seminary, 1947; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1964.
Knox College 1953-1983.

John McCall
Professor Emeritus of English, President Emeritus
A.B., Holy Cross College, 1949; M.A., Princeton University, 1952; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1955.
Knox College 1982-1993.

Jay Paul Minn
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
B.A., DePauw University, 1947; M.A., University of Illinois, 1948; Ph.D., 1958.
Knox College 1964-1988.

E. Samuel Moon
William G. Simonds Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., University of Michigan, 1946; M.A., 1947; Ph.D., 1956.
Knox College 1953-1984.

Harry Jacob Neumiller
Professor Emeritus of Chemistry
B.A., Knox College, 1951; M.S., University of Illinois, 1952; Ph.D., 1956.
Knox College 1959-1997.

Edward Lee Niehus
Professor Emeritus of English and College Examiner
B.A., University of Illinois, 1961; M.A, University of Illinois, 1962; Ph.D., University of Minnesota, 1971.
Knox College 1968-2003.

Walter Murray North
Professor Emeritus of Sociology
B.A., College of William and Mary, 1947; M.A., University of North Carolina, 1949; Ph.D., 1951.
Knox College 1950-1988.

Frederick Ortner
Professor Emeritus of Art
B.A., University of Virginia, 1968; M.F.A., Pratt Institute, 1970; M.A., New York University, 1973.
Knox College 1979-2002.

Kenneth Ronald Pahel
Professor Emeritus of Philosophy
B.A., Rollins College, 1957; M.A., University of Illinois, 1958; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1965.
Knox College 1967-1999.

Alfred Milton Partin
Associate Professor Emeritus of Physical Education
B.A., Cornell College, 1950; M.A., Bradley University, 1968.
Knox College 1954-1984.

Eugene Arthur Perry
Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.A., Northland College, 1960; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1967.
Knox College 1967-2002.

Wilbur Fiske Pillsbury
Philip Sidney Post Professor Emeritus of Economics
B.A., Dartmouth College, 1946; M.C.S., Amos Tuck School of Business Administration, 1946; D.B.A., Indiana University, 1954.
Knox College 1949-1990.

Jorge Prats
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
B.A., University of Illinois, 1952; M.A, University of Illinois, 1960; Ph.D., University of Barcelona, 1968.
Knox College 1962-1964, 1966-2000.

Herbert Priestley
Cornelia H. Dudley Professor Emeritus of Physics
B.Sc., University of Leeds, 1933; Ph.D., 1935.
Knox College 1952-1980.

William Charles Ripperger
Professor Emeritus of Computer Science
B.A., Knox College, 1960; M.S., University of Michigan, 1962; M.A., University of Michigan, 1963.
Knox College 1967-1999.

Momcilo Rosic
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
Ph.D., University of Bonn, 1950.
Knox College 1959-1985.

Peter Schramm
Watson Bartlett Professor Emeritus of Biology
B.S., Amherst College, 1956; Ph.D., University of California at Berkeley, 1963.
Knox College 1965-1995.

Ross Vander Meulen
Professor Emeritus of Modern Languages
B.A., Northwestern University, 1958; M.A., University of Michigan, 1961; M.A., University of Michigan, 1962; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1972.
Knox College 1968-2000.

Douglas Lawson Wilson
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor Emeritus of English
B.A., Doane College, 1957; M.A., University of Pennsylvania, 1959; Ph.D., 1964.
Knox College 1961-1997.

Professors

Roy R. Andersen
Charles W. and Arvilla S. Timme Professor of Economics
B.S., Northern Illinois University, 1965; M.A., Northern Illinois University, 1967; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1972.
Knox College 1972-

Stephen Bailey
Professor of History; Associate Dean of the College
B.A., University of Chicago, 1960; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1966.
Knox College 1965-

Lawrence B. Breitborde
Professor of Anthropology; Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the College
B.A., Clark University, 1971; M.A., University of Rochester, 1973;Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1978.
Knox College 1995-

Steven M. Cohn
Professor of Economics
B.A., Amherst College, 1969; M.P.A., Princeton University, 1976; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts-Amherst, 1986.
Knox College 1984-

Susan S. Deans
Visiting Professor of Journalism
B.A., Knox College, 1970; M.A., University of Colorado, 1975.
Knox College 2007-

Linda Kathryn Dybas
Watson Bartlett Professor of Biology
B.A., Knox College, 1964; M.A., California State University, San Francisco, 1973; Dr. rer. biol. hum., University of Ulm, 1976.
Knox College 1977-

Nancy J. Eberhardt
Professor of Anthropology
B.A., University of Iowa, 1975; M.A., University of Illinois, 1979; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1984.
Knox College 1984-

Ralph Lance Factor
George Appleton Lawrence Distinguished Service Professor of Philosophy
B.A., Ohio State University, 1965; M.A., University of Georgia, 1967; Ph.D., University of Georgia, 1970.
Knox College 1969-

Brenda Fineberg
Professor of Classics
B.A., University of Texas-Austin, 1972; M.A., University of Texas-Austin, 1974; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1991.
Knox College 1977-

Stephen C. Fineberg
Szold Distinguished Service Professor of Classics
B.A., St. John's College, 1964; M.A., University of Texas, 1971; Ph.D., University of Texas, 1975.
Knox College 1976-

Joanna Fryer
Visiting Professor of Classics
B.A., University of Michigan, 1964; M.A., University of Michigan, 1965.
Knox College 2007- (fall and spring terms)

Penny Schine Gold
Professor of History
B.A., University of Chicago, 1969; M.A., Stanford University, 1970; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1977.
Knox College 1976-

Kevin J. Hastings
Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Knox College, 1976; M.S., Northwestern University, 1977; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 1981.
Knox College 1986-

C. Timothy Heimann
Professor of Sports Studies
B.A., Knox College, 1970; M.A., Bradley University, 1974.
Knox College 1971-

Heather Hoffmann
Professor of Psychology
B.A., Lafayette College, 1983; M.A., State University of New York-Binghamton, 1985; Ph.D., State University of New York-Binghamton, 1989.
Knox College 1987-

Frederick L. Hord
Professor of Black Studies
B.S., Indiana State University, 1963; M.S., Indiana State University, 1965; Ph.D., Union Graduate School, 1987.
Knox College 1988-

Louisa Sue Hulett
Professor of Political Science
A.B., University of Southern California, 1971; A.M., University of Southern California, 1973; Ph.D., University of Southern California, 1979.
Knox College 1980-

Laura Louise Lane
Professor of Music
B.A., Washington University, 1979; M.M., Westminster Choir College, 1981; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1989.
Knox College 1983-

Motti Lerner
Joseph B. Glossberg Visiting Israeli Scholar
B.Sc., Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 1974.
Knox College 2007- (fall term)

Francis McAndrew
Cornelia H. Dudley Professor of Psychology
B.S., King's College, 1974; Ph.D., University of Maine, 1981.
Knox College 1979-

Robin Orbin Metz
Philip Sidney Post Professor of English
B.A., Princeton University, 1964; M.F.A., University of Iowa, 1967.
Knox College 1967-

James Dunlap Nowlan
Adjunct Distinguished Professor of Public Policy
B.A., University of Illinois, 1963; M.A., University of Illinois, 1965; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1973.
Knox College 1986-

Bruce Polay
Professor of Music
B.M., University of Southern California, 1971; M.A., California State University, 1977; Ph.D., Arizona State University, 1989.
Knox College 1983-

Dennis M. Schneider
Professor of Mathematics
B.S., University of Michigan, 1965; M.S., University of Michigan, 1966; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1973.
Knox College 1973-

Charles Emil Schulz
Professor of Physics
B.A., Knox College, 1972; M.S., University of Illinois, 1973; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1979.
Knox College 1981-

Robert Franklin Seibert
Robert W. Murphy Professor of Political Science
B.A., Knox College, 1963; M.A., Tulane University, 1965; Ph.D., Tulane University, 1969.
Knox College 1967-

George Franklin Steckley
Professor of History
A.B., Oberlin College, 1965; M.A., University of Chicago, 1967; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1972.
Knox College 1973-

Richard A. Stout
Professor of Economics
B.A., Wabash College, 1968; M.A., Northwestern University, 1969; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1984.
Knox College 1981-

Lane V. Sunderland
Chancie Ferris Booth Professor of Political Science
B.A., Kansas State University, 1967; M.A., University of Washington, 1968; Ph.D., Claremont Graduate School, 1972.
Knox College 1972-

Jon G. Wagner
Professor of Anthropology
B.A., Wichita State University, 1967; M.A., Indiana University, 1972; Ph.D., Indiana University, 1975.
Knox College 1973-

Marilyn Webb
Distinguished Professor of Journalism
B.A., Brandeis University, 1964; M.A., University of Chicago, 1967; M.S., Columbia University, 1981.
Knox College 2001-

Lawrence E. Welch
Professor of Chemistry
B.S., University of Wisconsin, 1983; Ph.D., Iowa State University, 1988.
Knox College 1988-

Robert C. Whitlatch
Robert M. and Katherine Seeley Distinguished Professor of Theatre
B.A., Denison University, 1957; M.A., University of Illinois, 1958; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1962.
Knox College 1966-

Associate Professors

Caesar Akuetey
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
B.A., University of Science and Technology, Ghana, 1981; Ph.D., Université de Franche Comté, France, 1989.
Knox College 1994-

Stuart Allison
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S., The University of Puget Sound, 1981; M.S., University of Rhode Island, 1986; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1991.
Knox College 1997-

Mary Vlastnik Armon
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Knox College, 1985; Ph.D., University of Michigan, 1994.
Knox College 1991-

Diana Beck
Associate Professor of Educational Studies
B.A., University of Illinois, 1970; M.A., University of Illinois, 1990; Ph.D., University of Illinois, 1997.
Knox College 1992-

Neil Blackadder
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., Goldsmith's College, University of London, 1986; M.A., University of California-Los Angeles, 1989; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1994.
Knox College 1998-

Diana Cermak
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., University of Minnesota-Morris, 1992; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1997.
Knox College 1997-

Craig Choma
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., Knox College, 1993; M.F.A., Carnegie-Mellon University, 1996.
Knox College 1996-

Thomas W. Clayton
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Iowa Wesleyan College, 1981; Ph.D., Ohio State University, 1989.
Knox College 1991-

Mary Crawford
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Knox College, 1989; Ph.D., Purdue University, 1999.
Knox College 1997-

Bruce Haywood Davis
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
B.A., Virginia Polytechnic Institute, 1969; M.A., University of Virginia, 1977; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1983.
Knox College 1982-

Jessie Dixon
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
B.A., Knox College, 1989; M.A., University of Chicago, 1990; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1998.
Knox College 1994-

John F. Dooley
Associate Professor of Computer Science
B.A., Lindenwood College, 1974; M.S., Syracuse University, 1976; M.E.E., Rice University, 1982.
Knox College 2001-

Timothy J. Foster
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
A.B., Grinnell College, 1981; A.M., Columbia University, 1984, M.Phil., Columbia University, 1988; Ph.D., Columbia University, 1994.
Knox College 1989-

Tony Gant
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., Kansas City Art Institute, 1985; M.F.A., Yale University, 1988.
Knox College 1993-

Andrew Gibbons
Adjunct Associate Professor of Sports Studies
B.S., Culver-Stockton College, 1990; M.S., Western Illinois University, 1993.
Knox College 1991-

Gregory Gilbert
Associate Professor of Art
B.F.A., University of Kansas, 1981; M.A., Rutgers University, 1984; Ph.D., Rutgers University 1998.
Knox College 1995-

Limei Gu
Visiting Associate Professor of International Relations
Ph.D., Fudan University, 2001.
Knox College 2007- (fall term)

Konrad Hamilton
Associate Professor of History
B.A., University of Oregon, 1982; M.A., University of California-Santa Barbara, 1984; Ph.D., Stanford University, 1998.
Knox College 1995-

Lori S. Haslem
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Purdue University, 1984; M.A., University of Illinois-Champaign, 1986; Ph.D., University of Denver, 1990.
Knox College 1996-

Donna L. Jurich
Associate Professor of Educational Studies
B.A., San Francisco State University, 1975; M.A., San Francisco State University, 1978; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2000.
Knox College 1998-

Karen Kampwirth
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Knox College, 1986; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1988; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1993.
Knox College 1995-

Timothy Kasser
Associate Professor of Psychology
B.A., Vanderbilt University, 1988; M.A., University of Rochester, 1990; Ph.D., University of Rochester, 1994.
Knox College 1995-

Janet E. Kirkley
Associate Professor of Biochemistry
B.A., College of William and Mary, 1984; Ph.D., George Washington University, 1992.
Knox College 1992-

Andrew S. Leahy
Associate Professor of Mathematics
B.A., St. Olaf College, 1989; Ph.D., Rutgers University, 1994.
Knox College 1995-

Lynette Lombard
Associate Professor of Art
B.A., Goldsmith's College, University of London, 1976; M.F.A., Yale University, 1989.
Knox College 1990-

Ryohei Matsuda
Associate Professor of Modern Languages
B.Ed., Tokyo University of Education, 1978; M.A., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1982; M.Ed., University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1993; Ph.D., Indiana University, 2000.
Knox College 1998-

Andrew Mehl
Associate Professor of Chemistry
B.A., Western Maryland College, 1985; Ph.D., University of Maryland, 1990.
Knox College 1995-

Elizabeth Carlin-Metz
Associate Professor of Theatre
B.A., Roger Williams University, 1976; M.F.A., Temple University, 1983.
Knox College 1994-

Jerome Miner
Associate Professor of Modern Languages; Director, Language Learning Center
B.A., Coe College, 1985; M.A., University of Iowa, 1988; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 1995.
Knox College 1994-

Thomas R. Moses
Associate Professor of Physics
B.S., Stanford University, 1987; M.A., University of California-Berkeley, 1990; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1993.
Knox College 1992-

James Mountjoy
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. University of Guelph-Ontario, 1982; M.S., Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, 1996; Ph.D., McGill University, Montréal, 1994.
Knox College 2001-

Duane Oldfield
Associate Professor of Political Science
B.A., Reed College, 1982; M.A., University of California-Berkley, 1984; Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley, 1992.
Knox College 1995-

Robin R. Ragan
Associate Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
B.A., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 1993; Ph.D., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, 2001.
Knox College 2000-

Natania Rosenfeld
Associate Professor of English
B.A., Bryn Mawr College, 1985; Ph.D., Princeton University, 1992.
Knox College 1998-

Magali Roy-Féquière
Associate Professor of Gender and Women's Studies
B.A., University of Puerto Rico, 1980; M.A., Harvard University, 1982, Ph.D., Stanford University, 1993.
Knox College 1995-

Michael Schneider
Associate Professor of History
B.A., Michigan State University, 1984; M.A., University of Chicago, 1985; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 1996.
Knox College 1992-

Peter Schwartzman
Associate Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., Harvey Mudd College, 1991; M.S., Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, 1993; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 1997.
Knox College 1998-

Robert M. Smith
Associate Professor of English
B.A., University of Strathclyde, UK, 1984; M.A., University of Massachusetts, 1989; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts, 1992.
Knox College 1996-

Jennifer Templeton
Associate Professor of Biology
B.S. Queen's University at Kingston-Ontario, 1985; M.S., Queen's University at Kingston-Ontario, 1987; Ph.D., Concordia University, Montréal, 1993.
Knox College 2001-

Judith M. Thorn
Associate Professor of Biology
B.A., Grinnell College, 1991; Ph.D., University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, 1995.
Knox College 2000-

William Young
Associate Professor of Philosophy
B.A., University of Rhode Island, 1976; Ph.D., University of Notre Dame, 1992.
Knox College 1992-

Assistant Professors

Emily Anderson
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Willamette University, 1995; M.A., Mills College, 1997; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, 2003.
Knox College 2003-

Monica Berlin
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Knox College, 1995; M.A., Western Illinois University, 1998; M.F.A., Vermont College 2002.
Knox College 1997-

Don Blaheta
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Quincy University, 1997; Sc.M., Brown University, 1999; Ph.D., Brown University, 2004.
Knox College, 2003-

David P. Bunde
Assistant Professor of Computer Science
B.S., Harvey Mudd College, 1998; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2006.
Knox College 2006-

Jeremy Day-O'Connell
Assistant Professor of Music
B.A., Swarthmore College, 1993; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2002
Knox College 2004-

Sarah Day-O'Connell
Assistant Professor of Music
B.Mus., Oberlin College, 1995; M.A., Cornell University, 1998; Ph.D., Cornell University, 2004.
Knox College 2004-

Catherine Denial
Assistant Professor of History
B.A., University of Nottingham, 1994; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 1996; Ph.D., University of Iowa, 2005.
Knox College, 2005-

Eric Edi
Assistant Professor of Integrated International Studies
B.A., University of Cocody, Cote d'Ivoire, 1994; M.A., University of Cocody, Cote d'Ivoire, 1996; Ph.D., Temple University, 2004.
Knox College, 2006-

Gina Franco
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Smith College, 1997; M.F.A., Cornell University, 2000; M.A., Cornell University, 2000; Ph.D. candidate, Cornell University.
Knox College, 2003-

Fernando Gómez
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages-Spanish
B.A., California State University, Chico, 1997; M.A., California State University, Chico; M.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; ABD, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Knox College, 2005-

Jason A. Helfer
Assistant Professor of Educational Studies
B.M., Millikin University, 1992; M.Mus., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 1996; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign, 2003.
Knox College 2006-

Gretchen Henderson
Visiting Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Princeton University, 1997; M.F.A., Columbia University, 2004; Ph.D. candidate, University of Missouri.
Knox College 2007-

Mark Holmes
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., Hope College, 1983; M.F.A., Yale University, 1985.
Knox College 2004-

Kei Kawashima-Ginsberg
Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.A., Knox College, 2001; M.A., Loyola University, 2004; Ph.D. candidate, Loyola University.
Knox College 2006-

Sonja E. Klocke
Instructor in Modern Languages-German
M.A., Johannes Guterberg-Universität, 1994; M.A., University of Arizona, 2003; Ph.D. candidate, Indiana University.
Knox College 2007-

Mihai Lefticariu
Visting Assistant Professor of Environmental Studies
B.S., University of Bucharest, 1990; M.S., University of Toledo, 1997; Ph.D., Northern Illinois University, 2004.
Knox College 2007-

Esther Penick
Assistant Professor of Biology
B.A., Saint Louis University; Ph.D., Wayne State University, 2000.
Knox College 2005-

Jonathan G. Powers
Assistant Professor of Economics
B.A., Amherst College, 1987; Ph.D., Northwestern University, 2002.
Knox College 2000-

Antonio Prado
Assistant Professor of Modern Languages and Literatures
B.A., University of Illinois-Urbana, 1996; M.A., University of Illinois-Urbana, 1999; Ph.D., University of Illinois-Urbana, 2006.
Knox College 2000-

Nicholas Regiacorte
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., Roanoke College, 1996; M.F.A., University of Iowa 1998.
Knox College 2002-

Stephen Schroth
Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Studies
B.A., Macalester College, 1986; J.D., University of Minnesota Law School, 1989; M.A., Teachers College at Columbia University, 2003; Ph.D., University of Virginia, 2007.
Knox College 2006-

Carol R. Scotton
Assistant Professor of Economics and Business and Management
B.A., University of Tennessee-Chattanooga, 1978; M.Ed. Georgia State University, 1986; Ph.D. Georgia State University, 2000.
Knox College 2005-

Itai Seggev
Visiting Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.A., Harvey Mudd College, 1997; M.S., University of Chicago, 2003; Ph.D., University of Chicago, 2005.
Knox College 2007-

Claire Sherman
Assistant Professor of Art
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, 2003; M.F.A., School of the Art Institute of Chicago, 2005.
Knox College 2006-

Mark Shroyer
Assistant Professor of Physics
B.S., Truman State University, 1993; M.S., Oregon State University, 1995; Ph.D., Oregon State University, 1999.
Knox College 2005-

Amy Singer
Assistant Professor of Anthropology/Sociology
B.A., Smith College, 1996; M.A., University of Washington, 1999; Ph.D., University of Washington, 2005.
Knox College 2006-

Jennifer Smith
Assistant Professor of Dance
B.A., Columbia College, 1995; M.A., Columbia College, 2000.
Knox College 1999-

Scott Sunderland
Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sports Studies
B.S., Illinois State University, 1990; M.S., Illinois State University, 1991.
Knox College 1993-

Barbara Tannert-Smith
Assistant Professor of English
B.A., University of Massachusetts, 1987; M.F.A., University of Massachusetts, 1992.
Knox College 1997-

Pedro Teixeira
Assistant Professor of Mathematics
B.Sc., University of São Paulo, 1994; M.Sc., University of São Paulo, 1996; Ph.D., Brandeis University, 2002.
Knox College 2006-

James H. Vandergriff
Visiting Assistant Professor of Educational Studies
B.S., Central Missouri State University, 1968; M.A., Central Missouri State University, 1971; Ph.D., University of Arizona, 2001.
Knox College 1999-

D. Alexander Varakin
Assistant Professor of Psychology
B.S., James Madison University, 2001; M.A. Kent State University, 2003; Ph.D., Vanderbilt University, 2006.
Knox College 2006-

Instructors

David Amor
Instructor in Anthropology/Sociology, Director of Corporate and Foundation Relations
B.A., University of British Columbia, 1970; M.A., Stanford University, 1974; M.A., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1986.
Knox College 2005-

Andrew Civettini
Instructor in Political Science
B.A., Grinnell College, 2001; M.A., University of Iowa, 2002; Ph.D. candidate, University of Iowa.

Michael J. Godsil
Instructor in Art
B.A., Knox College, 1976, 2004.
Knox College 2005-

Hideki Hamada
Visiting Instructor in Modern Languages-Japanese
B.A., Daiichi University College of Technology-Japan, 1996; M.S., Indiana University, 2002; Ph.D. candidate, Indiana University.
Knox College 2006-

Jianjun He
Instructor in Chinese
B.A., Northwest University, China, 1993; M.A., University of Oregon, 2003; Ph.D. candidate, University of Oregon.
Knox College 2007-

Theresa Musacchio
Visting Instructor in History
A.B., Brown University, 1999; Ph.D. candidate, University of Pennsylvania.
Knox College 2007-

Xavier Romano
Instructor in Educational Studies; Vice President for StudentDevelopment; Dean of Students.
B.S., University of Oregon, 1982; M.A., Santa Clara University, 1990; Ed.D. candidate, University of San Francisco.
Knox College, 1998-

Kelly Shaw
Instructor in Psychology and Gender and Women's Studies
B.A., Knox College, 1991; M.S., Purdue University, 1994; Ph.D. candidate, Purdue University.
Knox College 1998-

Daniel Wack
Instructor in Philosophy
B.A., Amherst College, 1995; ABD, University of Chicago.
Knox College 2005-

Jill Wightman
Visiting Instructor in Anthropology-Sociology
B.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University, 1993; M.A. University of Kansas, 1998; ABD, University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign.
Knox College 2006-

Nicole Whittaker
Instructor in Music
B.A., Knox College, 1998; M.A., Washington University-St. Louis, 2002.
Knox College 2003-

Lecturers and Other Appointments

Samuel Bastos
Lecturer in Modern Languages and Literatures-French
Licence, Université Franche-Comté-Besançon, 1997; Maitrise, Université Franche-Comté-Besançon, 1998; DEA, Université Franche-Comté-Besançon, 1999; M.A.T., Middle Tennessee State University, 2005.
Knox College 2005-2006, 2007-

Paul Brenner
Lecturer in Music
B.M., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2000; M.M., DePaul University, 2004; Ph.D. candidate, University of Iowa.

Mary Burgland
Lecturer in Mathematics
B.A., Knox College, 1968; M.S., Western Illinois University, 1972.

Nikki Civettini
Lecturer in Anthropology/Sociology
B.A., Marquette University, 2001; M.A., University of Iowa, 2003; Ph.D. candidate, University of Iowa.

Nancy Crossman
Lecturer in Speech
B.A., Western Illinois University, 1972, M.A., Western Illinois University, 1974.

Steven Hall
Lecturer in Computer Science, Associate Director of the Computer Center
B.S., Bradley University, 1985.

John Haslem
Lecturer in English, Director of Learning Center; B.A., Purdue University, 1983; M.A., Purdue University, 1985; Ph.D., University of Denver, 1990.

Wendel Hunigan
Lecturer in Anthropology/Sociology
B.S., Western Illinois University, 1968; M.S., Illinois State University, 1971.

Steven A. Jones
Lecturer in Computer Science, Director Computer Center
B.A., Knox College, 1972; M.S., Washington University, 1974; M.B.A., Webster University, 1988.

Sherry Kocek
Lecturer in Music
B.A., University of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign; Master of Sacred Music, Concordia University.

Thomas Martin
Lecturer in Journalism
B.A., University of Iowa, 1983.

Semenya McCord
Lecturer in Music
B.A., Knox College, 1971.

Carissa Murphy
Lecturer in Business
B.A., Monmouth College, 2004; M.S., Bradley University, 2005.

Carl Nordgren
Entrepreneur-in-Residence
B.A., Knox College, 1973.
Knox College, 2007- (fall term)

Timothy Pahel
Lecturer in Music
B.A., Lawrence University, 1988; M.M., University of Illinois, 1998.
Knox College, 2004, 2007-

Marc Parise
Visiting Scholar in Business and Management and Lecturer in Economics
B.S., Northern Illinois University, 1975; M.B.A., DePaul University, 1980; D.B.A., St. Ambrose University, 2005.

Sarah Price
Lecturer in Music
B.M., Illinois Wesleyan University, 2003; M.M. Bowling Green State University, 2005.

Kathleen Ridlon
Lecturer and Artist-in-Residence, Dance; Director, Center for Community Service
B.A., City College of New York, 1996; M.F.A., Smith College, 1998.

Carol St. Amant
Lecturer in Anthropology/Sociology
B.A., Roosevelt University, 1966; M.A., Roosevelt University, 1969; M.A., University of Chicago, 1997.

Shuyan Shipplett
Lecturer in Modern Languages-Chinese
B.A., Shanxi University-China; M.S., Western Illinois University, 2005.

Margo Shively
Lecturer in Theatre, Designer, Supervisor Costume Shop
B.F.A., Art Institute of Chicago, 1968.

John Spittell
Executive-in-Residence and Lecturer in Business and Management
B.A., Ripon College, 1972; M.B.A., Northwestern University, 1974.

Carolyn Suda
Lecturer in Music
B.A., Florida State University, 1971; M.A., Western Illinois University, 1986.

Lori Sundberg
Lecturer in Economics
B.A., Knox College, 1995; M.B.A., Western Illinois University, 1998; D.B.A., St. Ambrose University, 2003.

Susan Thompson
Lecturer in Modern Languages
B.A., Knox College, 1985.

Associates in Applied Music

Julia Andrews, piano
Amber Clark, classical piano, organ and harpsichord
Mark Elliott, voice
Sharon Faust, oboe
Sherrill Filzen, French horn
Garold Fowler, bass
Kevin Hart, percussion, jazz percussion and jazz piano
David Hoffman, jazz trumpet and jazz ensemble
Douglas Huff, bassoon
Roberta Huff, flute
Carolyn Kellert, music education
Ashley Mack, piano
Kevin Malley, saxophone and jazz saxophone
Jill Marasa, clarinet
John Miller, jazz guitar
Dean Petrie, tuba and euphonium
Randy Pobanz, classical guitar
Louise Polay, violin
Todd Shifeling, viola
John Spurgeon, trombone
Carolyn Suda, cello, string ensemble, string quartet,cello choir
Jon Wegge, bass and jazz bass