The college community is invited to celebrate this year’s honorees at a ceremony on Thursday, Oct. 24, at 4:30 p.m. in the ...

In addition to holding the Janet Wright Ketcham 1953 Chair in Middle East Studies, with a joint appointment in the Department of Government, Steven Heydemann is a nonresident senior fellow in the ...

Yael Granot received her doctorate in social psychology from New York University and her bachelor’s from Vassar College. Her research focus is psychology and law. She uses eye tracking and other ...

As you may know, Professor Marc Steinberg passed away in the summer of 2019 after struggling with pancreatic cancer for the past year. Marc was a beloved teacher, colleague and friend. It is with ...

Christen Mucher specializes in early American studies, Native and Indigenous studies, and early archaeology and anthropology. Her research centers on past-making, historiography, gaps in the archive, ...

Susanna Ferguson is a historian of women, gender, and intellectual life in the Eastern Mediterranean. Her research focuses on how questions about gender, sex, and science shaped political imaginaries ...

Terry-Ann Craigie is a labor economist whose research largely explores the intersectionality of mass incarceration, inequality and labor markets. Her early research examined paternal incarceration and ...

Joel Pitchon is active as a soloist, concertmaster and chamber music player. He has received acclaim for his performances with nationally and internationally renowned ensembles. Pitchon studied with ...

After growing up in Northampton, Jack Loveless received a bachelor's degree in geology from the University of New Hampshire in 2002 and a doctorate in structural geology from Cornell University in ...

Sergey Glebov is a historian of the Russian Empire/USSR. He holds a joint appointment in the history departments of Smith and Amherst colleges. His research focuses on intellectual, political and ...

Maryjane Wraga’s research interests include the neural underpinnings of spatial cognition, the role of experiential factors in intellectual performance, and most recently, the role of emotion in ...

Ruth J. Simmons Professor of Africana Studies; Chair of the Department Kamugisha’s teaching includes courses on Africana social and political thought, Caribbean studies, intellectual history and ...