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Adams, Jamele
Adler, Mark
Alterman, Richard
Anjaria, Ulka
Banerjee, Preeta
Bayone, Edward
Bellin, Eva
Berger, Alan
Blocker, Craig
Brainerd, Elizabeth
Broumas, Olga
Brown, Tara
Bui, Linda
Burg, Steven
Burstin, Mary
Burt, John
Campbell, Graham
Cha, Sandra
Chakraborty, Bulbul
Cleary, Jennifer
Coiner, Michael
DiLillo, Antonella
DiZio, Paul
Dogic, Zvonimir
Dubinina, Irina
Dupont, Joseph
Farrelly, Maura
Feiman-Nemser, Sharon
Garcia-Rios, Gerardo
Gelles,  Jeff
Gisholt, Alfredo
Godsoe, Kimberly
Goldin, Laura
Goode, Bruce
Gordon, Joshua
Graddy, Kathryn
Greenlee, Jill
Griffith, Leslie
Gutchess, Angela
Haber, James
Hampton, Neal
Hang, Xing
Hedstrom, Liz
Hindley, Donald
Hirsch, Eli
Holmberg, Arthur
Hose, John
Jacobson, David
Jaffe, Adam
Jankowski, Paul
Jefferson, Gary
Joyner, Sheldon
Kamensky, Jane
Kapelle, William
Kaplan, Edward
Katz, Don
Kelikian, Alice
Kimelman, Reuven
Kleinbock, Dmitry
Knight, Ray
Kondev, Jane
Kosinski-Collins, Melissa
Krauss, Isaac
Kryder, Daniel
Lachman, Margie
Lawrence, Albion
Lau, Nelson
Lawrence, Albion
Lian, Bong
Lisman, John
Liu, Xiaodong
Lopez, Ricardo
Lovett, Susan
Malamud, Sophia
Mapps, Mingus
Marr, Michael
Marusic, Berislav
Mayer, Alan
McClendon, Charles
Mederos, Raysa
Menon, Nidhiya
Miller, Christopher
Miller, Laura
Morrison, Janet
Nandy, Debarshi
Nicastro, Daniela
Nieske, Robert
Novack, Claudia
Paradis, Suzanne
Parmentier, Richard
Perlman, Daniel
Pettenuzzo, Davide
Plotz, John
Pochapsky, Thomas
Pomeranz Krummel, Daniel
Pontrello, Jason
Press, Joan
Quinney, Laura
Reimer, Joseph
Reinharz, Shula
Rodal, Avital
Rosenberger, Chandler
Ruberman, Daniel
Sarna, Jonathan
Schattschneider, Ellen
Schoenle, Raphael
Sekino, Hiroko
Sekuler, Robert
Sengupta, Piali
Sherman, David
Sirianni, Carmen
Skorczewski, Dawn
Smith, Ellen
Smith, Erika
Smith, Faith
Snider, Barry
Sohrabi, Naghmeh
Sreenivasan, Govind
Terry, Elizabeth
Thaxton, Ralph
Tortotrice, Daniel
Turrigiano, Gina
Urcid, Javier
Van Hooser, Stephen
Veiga, Alessandra
Villalobos, Ana
Walker, Cheryl
Wangh, Lawrence
Wardle, John
Whelan, Michaele
Whitfield, Steven
Wilson, Elena
Wingfield, Art
Wolf, Jutta
Wong, Elaine
Wright, David
Wright, Ellen
Xue, Nianwen
Yack, Bernard
Yoshida, Satoshi

Adams, Jamele
Jamele Adams oversees Student Activities, the Intercultural Center, Community Service and the Chaplaincy. He works with campus groups to promote and enhance opportunities to celebrate diversity in our daily lives at Brandeis. Dean Adams develops programs and activities to support involvement in the larger community and afford Brandeis students the opportunity to practice social justice and change in the real world, in support of the lessons provided in our classrooms. In addition to this he teaches a First-Year Experience course and oversees the Community Predjudice Response Taskforce. Dean Adams completed his undergraduate studies at Penn State and completed his master's degree at Bowling Green State University. He is also a celebrated poet. (jadams22@brandeis.edu)

Adler, Mark
Dr. Mark Adler is a Professor of Mathematics.  Having received his Ph.D. from NYU, Dr. Adler has won grants and awards from the National Science Foundation and Cooper Union, and is also a past recipient of the Sloan Fellowship.  With expertise in Analysis, Differential equations, and Completely integrable systems, Professor Adler teaches such courses as Introduction to Probability and Statistics, Advanced Calculus, and Geometric Analysis. (adler@brandeis.edu)

Alterman, Richard
Rick Alterman is a professor of Computer Science with a joint appointment in  the Volen Center for Complex Systems and an affiliation with Psychology.  His research is interdisciplinary with a strong computational basis.  His current research focus is in the learning sciences and computer supported cooperative learning. He teaches courses on human computer interaction, computer-supported cooperation, and computational cognitive science. (ralterma@brandeis.edu)

Anjaria, Ulka
Ulka Anjaria is Assistant Professor and Undergraduate Advising Head in the English Department, and also affiliated with the South Asian Studies Program at Brandeis. Professor Anjaria received her Bachelors degree from Harvard University and her Masters and Doctorate degrees from Stanford University.  She teaches classes such as Bollywood, Totalitarian Fictions, The Novel in India, and Postcolonial Theory. Her research interests include Indian literature and film, and her book on Indian novels of the 1930s, titled Realism in the Twentieth-Century Indian Novel: Colonial Difference and Literary Form, will come out in August of 2012. (uanjaria@brandeis.edu)

Banerjee, Preeta
Dr. Preeta M. Banerjee is an Assistant Professor of Strategy at the Brandeis International Business School. Her research and teaching span the strategic management of technology and innovation in entrepreneurial endeavors and the evolution of individuals, technology, the firm, and the industry in the life sciences and clean tech industries. She is a recent recipient of the Fulbright-Nehru, the Apsen Institute Rising Star Finalist 2011, IBM Innovation Award 2010-2011. She received her Ph.D. from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and her B.S. in Computational Biology and Business Administration from the Mellon College and the Tepper School, Carnegie Mellon University. Professor Banerjee teaches courses in Competition and Strategy, Business and the Environment, Managing Technology and Innovation, and Knowledge Flows in Global Competition. (banerjee@brandeis.edu)

Bayone, Edward
Edward Bayone is the Earle W. Kazis Professor of the Practice of Finance and International Real Estate.  He also serves as IBS Curriculum Coordinator and Chair of the undergraduate Business Program.  He received his B.A. from Queens College, his M.A. from the University of Rochester, and his M.I.A. from Columbia University. Professor Bayone specializes in credit risk, real estate, and country risk. (ebayone@brandeis.edu)

Bellin, Eva
Eva Bellin is a Myra and Robert Kraft Professor of Arab Politics in the Department of Politics and the Crown Center for Middle East Studies.  Professor Bellin received her B.A. from Harvard University and both her M.A. and Ph.D. from Princeton University.  She specializes in Comparative Politics, Politics of the Middle East and North Africa, Democratization, Political Economy and Development, and Religion and Politics. (ebellin@brandeis.edu)

 Berger, Alan
Alan Berger is Associate Professor of Philosophy. His research focuses on Philosophy of Language, Metaphysics, Philosophy of Mathematics, Philosophical Logic, Contemporary 20th Century Analytic, and the Philosophy of Science. He formerly served as director of the Saul Kripke Center and is the author of Terms and Truth: Reference Direct and Anaphoric, Quine: From a Critical Point of View, and numerous articles in scholarly journals including the Journal of Philosophy and Nous. Professor Berger received his Ph.D from Rockefeller University, and a B.A. from Queens College, City University of New York. (berger@brandeis.edu)

Blocker, Craig
Craig Blocker is a Professor of Physics.  He received his B.S. from the University of Nebraska and his and M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkley.  His expertise is in Experimental high-energy physics.  In addition to his basic and advanced physics courses, some of his other courses include Particle Physics, Mathematical Physics and Particle Phenomenology. (blocker@brandeis.edu)

Brainerd, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Brainerd’s research focuses on labor and health economics, with particular interest in understanding the social and health consequences of the transition to capitalism in formerly socialist countries. Her work has examined changes in the gender wage gap and wage inequality in eastern Europe, the impact of World War II on marriage and fertility of Russian women, and the impact of economic transition on mortality in post-socialist countries. The scope of her work also includes a study of the impact of globalization on relative women’s wages in the United States. Current research projects include an analysis of the growing life expectancy gap between U.S. and European women, and an examination of the causes of unbalanced sex ratios in the former Soviet Union. Brainerd received her B.A. in economics and Russian from Bowdoin College and her Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University. (ebrainer@brandeis.edu)

Brown, Tara
Tara Brown is an Assistant Professor in the Education Program and an affiliated faculty member in the African and Afro-American Studies and Womens' and Gender Studies Departments, and the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.  Professor Brown received a B.A. and M.A. from Lesley College and an M.Ed. and Ed.D. from Harvard University.  Her areas of teaching are urban education and race, class, and gender and schooling and qualitative and participatory research methods.  Her research focuses on the schooling experiences of historically marginalized adolescents and young adults. (tmbrown@brandeis.edu)

Broumas, Olga
Olga Broumas is Professor of the Practice of English in the English Department, and is the Director of Creative Writing. She received her M.F.A. at the University of Oregon and B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania. Her recently published work includes WHAT SEA? 20 poems by Kiki Dimoula, translated from the Greek to English in the online journal of poetry TheDrunkenBoat.com. She specializes in poetry and some courses she teaches include Poetry: Beginner's Ear, and Directed Writing: Poetry. (broumas@brandeis.edu)

Bui, Linda
Linda Bui is an Associate Professor of Economics with a joint appointment in the International Business School.  Professor Bui earned her Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her areas of expertise include environmental economics, industrial organization, and public economics.  Professor Bui’s research focuses on the effect of environmental regulations on economic outcomes.  Recent articles include "The Impact of  Voluntary Mechanisms on Polluting Behavior: Evidence from Pollution Prevention Programs and Toxic Releases" in the Journal of Environmental Economics and Management and "Toxic Exposure in America: Measuring Fetal and Infant Health Outcomes from 14 Years of TRI Reporting," in the Journal of Health Economics.  Professor Bui teaches courses such as Statistics for Economic Analysis, Econometrics, and Environmental Economics. (ltbui@brandeis.edu)

Burg, Steven
Professor Burg holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago. He directs the Brandeis University Research Circle on Democracy and Cultural Pluralism. His areas of expertise include comparative politics, Balkan and East European politics, ethnic conflict, and conflict management. Professor Burg serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the  Council for Inclusive Governance, an international non-governmental organization based in New York that works on conflict mitigation projects in the Balkans. His undergraduate courses include Managing Ethnic Conflict; International Intervention; and Cultural Pluralism and Democratic Governance and (new for Spring 2013) National Intelligence in Theory, Practice, and Cinematic Imagination. (burg@brandeis.edu)

Burstin, Mary
Professor Burstin is a member of the Spanish department and earned her B. A. and M.A. at the University of Costa Rica.  Her expertise is in romance and comparative literature. She teaches courses such as Beginning and Intermediate Spanish and Spanish Composition, Grammar, and Stylistics. (maryb@brandeis.edu)

Burt, John
Professor John Burt received his Ph.D. from Yale University.  His expertise is in American literature, romanticism, poetry, and literature of the American South.  He is particularly interested in American poetry, and in the way it faces questions of transcendence and value, identity and morality.  He has received many honors and awards and published numerous books and articles including his most recent book of poetry Victory by Turning Point Press.  Some of his course offerings include American Gothic & American Romance; Fiction of the American South; American Realism & Naturalism; and Romanticism II: Byron, Shelley & Keats.  (burt@brandeis.edu)

Cha, Sandra
Sandra Cha is an Assistant Professor of Organizational Behavior at the International Business School. She was recently featured as “Professor of the Week” in the Financial Times. Professor Cha conducts research on leadership, focusing on two aspects: values-based leadership and diversity management. Her  research has appeared in publications including the Journal of Applied Psychology and Harvard Business Review. She has received multiple awards for her research, including an approximately $100,000 grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. Professor Cha holds a Ph.D. in Organizational Behavior, awarded jointly by Harvard Business School and the Harvard Psychology Department. She also earned an M.A. in Social Psychology and a B.A. in Psychology from Harvard University. Her past homes include La Paz, Bolivia; Manila, Philippines; and Washington, D.C. (cha@brandeis.edu)

Chakraborty, Bulbul
Bulbul Chakraborty is a Professor of Physics, with a focus on condensed matter theory and systems far from equilibrium.  Professor Chakraborty, who received her M.S. and Ph.D. from SUNY Stonybrook, has been a member of the National Science Foundation’s Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Team and the Materials Research Science and Engineering Center.  She is a fellow of the American Physical Society. Professor Chakraborty’s recent courses include Quantum Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Condensed Matter Physics, and Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics. (bulbul@brandeis.edu)

Cleary, Jennifer
Jennifer A. Cleary is a senior lecturer in the Theater Arts Department and she is affiliated with the Brandeis Education Program as a field supervisor and instructor for student teachers in theater arts.  Her areas of expertise include stage management, public speaking/oral communication, and theater education.  Ms. Cleary has stage-managed professionally with the New Repertory Theatre, Worcester Foothills Theatre, Fredericksburg Theatre Company, Williamstown Theatre Festival, Encompass New Opera Theatre, and Gloucester Stage. She also worked as the Chorus Manager for Opera Boston for two years.  She received her B. A. from Mary Washington College and her Ed.M. in Arts-in-Education from Harvard University.  She has taught courses in theatre for social change and creative pedagogy, stage management and public speaking.  Outside of Brandeis, Senior Lecturer Cleary enjoys spending time with friends, family, and her Bichon-Shih tzu named Zooey. (jacleary@brandeis.edu)

Coiner, Michael
Professor Coiner attended Princeton University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D. from Yale University.   A member of the Economics department faculty, his research interests include international economics and the economics of higher education. Professor Coiner has been a recipient of the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching.  He teaches courses such as Introduction to Economics and The Economics of Education. (coiner@brandeis.edu)

Di Lillo, Antonella
Antonella Di Lillo is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science. She is a Brandeisian herself, having received both her Masters and Ph.D. from Brandeis University. Her expertise lies in visual pattern recognition, texture analysis, content-based image retrieval, and image processing and analysis. Professor Di Lillo's courses include Fundamentals of Programming, Data Structures and Algorithms, Introduction to the Theory of Computation, and Scientific Computing. (dilant@brandeis.edu)

DiZio, Paul
Paul DiZio is an Associate Professor of Psychology, who is also affiliated with the Neuroscience major.  His major research interests are control of human posture and movement, multisensory integration, spatial orientation,  and sensory-motor adaptation. These problems are studied in unusual force environments, such as space flight and virtual environments, as well as in clinical groups, such as patients with labyrinthine loss, congenital blindness, peripheral neuropathy, cerebellar dysfunction, and autism.  Professor DiZio teaches course such as Motor Control and Statistics. (dizio@brandeis.edu)

Dogic, Zvonimir
Zvonimir Dogic is an Associate Professor of Physics whose expertise focuses on complex fluids and biological physics.  He received both his Undergraduate Degree and Ph. D from Brandeis University.  After graduating from Brandeis he was a research fellow at Rowland Institute at Harvard. In 2007 he moved back to Brandeis where he has been a faculty member ever since. He is a 2010 recipient of the National Science Foundation CAREER Award.  Professor Dogic’s course offerings include Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics, Condensed Matter Seminars, and Quantitative Biology Instrumentation Laboratory and Introductory Physics Laboratory.  (zdogic@brandeis.edu)

Dubinina, Irina
Irina Dubinina is  the Director of the Russian Language Program within the German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literatures Department. She teaches all levels of the Russian language, including heritage Russian. Professor Dubinina’s courses include Beginning Russian I and II, Intermediate Russian I and II, Advanced Russian Language Through Film, Literature or Culture, and Russian Language for Russian Speakers.  Professor Dubinina received her B.A. from the University of Alaska, Anchorage (in Anthropology) and 2 M.A. degrees -- one from University of Alaska Fairbanks (in Anthropology with the focus on anthropological linguistics) and the other from Bryn Mawr College (in Russian).  She is completing her Ph.D. in Second Language Acquisition and Russian from Bryn Mawr College in 2012.  Her areas of expertise include bilingualism, bilingual code-switching, heritage languages; second language acquisition general and language specific; and language policies in the former Soviet Republics, Her dissertation investigates the pragmatic skills of heritage speakers of Russian, specifically on how heritage speakers differ or are similar to native speakers in the production and understanding of requests.  In 2007, she was rewarded the Doris Garland Prize for Outstanding Teaching at Bryn Mawr College, and in 2012 she was awarded the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching (which honors an individual who is involved in the co-curricular and extra-curricular life of the campus and has had a significant impact in students' lives).  In her free time, professor Dubinina enjoys dancing Argentinian tango, listening to classical music and attending opera, ballet and theater performances.  (idubinin@brandeis.edu)

Dupont, Joseph
Joe Du Pont manages the Hiatt Career Center which provides a wide array of career development services to the Brandeis undergraduate community.  Joe works closely with Academic Services to ensure that career programs complement the Brandeis academic experience, and he also sits on various university-wide committees that involve experiential learning and assessment of learning outcomes.  Joe received his B.A. from Duke University, his law degree from the Georgetown University Law Center and his masters in higher education administration from New York University where he also served as an academic advisor. In previous lives Joe ran the career office for Teach For America, practiced corporate law and taught high school.  He makes his own cheese and he loves to bake so you never know what treats he might have waiting for you. (dupont@brandeis.edu)

Farrelly, Maura
Maura Jane Farrelly is Assistant Professor of American Studies and Director of the Journalism Program at Brandeis. She holds a Ph.D. in History from Emory University, with an emphasis on the colonial and early American periods and on American religious history. She has taught previously at Emory, the University of Georgia, and Fordham University. Additionally, Professor Farrelly worked as a full-time journalist for seven years, first for Georgia Public Radio in Atlanta, and then for the Voice of America in Washington, DC, and New York. She has also freelanced for NPR, PRI, and the BBC. Professor Farrelly's scholarly research focuses on Catholics in the South in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and on Methodist attempts to reconcile science with revealed religion in the nineteenth century.  Her courses include Advertising and the Media;  International Affairs and the American Media; as well as The Culture of Journalism. (farrelly@brandeis.edu)

Feiman-Nemser, Sharon
Sharon Feiman-Nemser is the Mandel Professor of Jewish Education with a joint appointment in the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department and the Education Program. She is also affiliated with the Hornstein Program in Jewish Professional Leadership. Professor Feiman-Nemser directs the Mandel Center for Studies in Jewish Education. She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan, her M.A. in English from the University of Chicago and her Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from Columbia University.  Professor Feiman-Nemser was given the Distinguished Faculty Award at Michigan State University and the Margaret Lindsey Award for Outstanding Research in 1996. An expert in teacher education, mentoring and learning to teach as well as in Jewish education, she started the Delet MAT program at Brandeis which prepares teachers for Jewish day schools. Professor Feiman-Nemser loves to cook, do yoga and ride her bike.  (snemser@brandeis.edu)

Garcia-Rios, Gerardo
Mr. Garcia-Rios serves as the Director of Student Support Services (SSSP).  As the Director of this federally funded TRiO program, he provides students with academic advice such as selecting classes, choosing a major, and exploring post-Brandeis options. He serves on the Pre-Med Board of advisors and offers advice on how to apply to medical school. He is very interested in learning about your academic, personal, and social goals and helping you craft an academic plan of action. Mr. Garcia-Rios enjoys students dropping by to talk about their education and personal interest in and outside of Brandeis. He looks forward to meeting you in person and working together during your journey at Brandeis. (grios@brandeis.edu)

Gelles, Jeff
Jeff Gelles is the Aron and Imre Tauber Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Pharmacology and co-Director of the Brandeis Quantitative Biology Program. He attended Harvard University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D. from California Institute of Technology.  A recipient of the MERIT Award from the National Institutes of Health, Professor Gelles'  has developed novel single-molecule light microscopy techniques and applied these to understanding the workings of the macromolecular machines that execute a variety of essential ellular processes. (gelles@brandeis.edu)

Gisholt, Alfredo
Alfredo Gisholt is an Assistant Professor in the Fine Arts Department.  He attended Academia de San Carlos in Mexico and Florida International University as an undergraduate, and then earned his M.F.A. from Boston University.  As the recipient of the Blanche E. Colman Foundation Award for Painting in 2009, he specializes in painting and printmaking.  Other awards received for his painting include the Brandeis University Norman Award, the George and Helen Segal Foundation Fellowship, the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Dedalus Foundation Fellowship.  He recently had two solo exhibitions, Barrancos de escaleras at Recinto Project Room in Mexico City and Ceremonies of Mud at the University of Maine Museum of Art in Bangor and a group exhibition at Denise Bibro Fine Art in New York City.  Professor Gisholt's course offerings include Introduction and Intermediate Drawing, Introduction to Printmaking:  Intaglio and Woodcut and Relief, and Intermediate Painting I and II.  (gisholt@brandeis.edu)

Godsoe, Kimberly
Kim Godsoe serves as the Dean of Academic Services.  Dean Godsoe oversees staff based academic advising, Brandeis undergraduate group study, study abroad,  pre-health advising, support for students with disabilities, pre-health advising, merit scholars advising, academic fellowships, the Transitional Year Program, Student Support Services Posse, and administrative support for the Justice Brandeis Semester.  Dean Godsoe received a BA from Bryn Mawr College, an MFA from Columbia University, and she is currently pursuing her Ph.D at the Heller School for Social Policy and Management.  Her research interests include assessment and educational access.  (godsoe@brandeis.edu)

Goldin, Laura
Laura Goldin is Associate Professor of the Practice of Environmental Studies, Chair of the Environmental Studies Program and Director of the Environmental Internship Program.  Professor Goldin is also an affiliated faculty member with the International and Global Studies, Social Justice and Social Policy and Health: Science, Society and Policy departments.   Her classes and intensive Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) programs, including Greening the Ivory Tower, Environmental Law and Policy, and the Environment, Health and Justice JBS, provide hands-on learning that engage students directly with  local communities in tackling issues from toxic exposure to access to healthy food, safe and affordable housing and open space. As an environmental attorney with nearly 30 years’ experience, Professor Goldin is a Davis Teaching and Learning Fellow and a former Jonathan Guberman Legal Studies Fellow, and has won a series of awards from the National Wildlife Federation and other organizations and foundations for her initiatives with students.  She received her B.A. from Yale University, and her J.D. from Cornell and Harvard Law Schools. She particularly enjoys time with family in the mountains, with horses and other animals, and among other things visits childrens' hospitals and with therapy dogs. (goldin@brandeis.edu)

Goode, Bruce
Bruce Goode is a Professor of Biology and of the Rosenstiel Basic Medical Sciences Research Center.  His expertise is in Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Genetics of the cytoskeleton.  Professor Goode grew up in the San Francisco bay area. He received his B.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, Santa Barbara, and performed postdoctoral research at the University of California, Berkeley.  He has published over 60 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and received numerous grants and awards, including a Pew Scholar award, an American Cancer Society Scholar award, and an NIH Career Award.  He teaches classes such as “Readings in Biology” and “Mechanisms of Cell Functions.”  He mentors and supervises many undergraduates, PhD students, and postdoctoral fellows in his lab. He is also Editor-in-Chief of the journal Cytoskeleton. He loves cycling, running, big fluffy dogs, and spending time with his family. (goode@brandeis.edu)

Gordon, Joshua
Professor Gordon attended the Juilliard School as both an undergraduate and for his Master's degree. A member of the Music Department faculty and the Lydian String Quartet, he is also principal cellist of the New England String Ensemble, resident cellist at the Wellesley Composers Conference, and a frequent guest player with area ensembles and festivals. Among his many honors, his latest recording, "Leo Ornstein: Complete Works for Cello and Piano," received an Aaron Copland Fund recording grant and was cited as one of 2007's 10 best classical recordings by the All Music Guide. Professor Gordon teaches Fundamentals of Music, cello and chamber music.  (gordon@brandeis.edu)

Graddy, Kathryn
Kathryn Graddy is a Professor of Economics who teaches in the undergraduate economics department as well as the International Business School.  She received her B.A. and B.S. from Tulane University, her M.B.A. from Columbia, and her Ph.D. at Princeton.  Her research focuses on pricing, and more broadly, empirical industrial organization.  She has worked on issues ranging from price discrimination at the Fulton Fish market to the economics of art auctions.  Prior to coming to Brandeis, she was on the faculty at Oxford University and the London Business School. Professor Graddy is currently Chair of the Economics Department. (kgraddy@brandeis.edu)

Griffith, Leslie
Leslie Griffith is a Professor of Biology. Her expertise is in Biochemistry of synaptic plasticity and neuronal basis of behavior.  Her lab is interested in how the nervous system integrates information and generates behavioral outputs. She studies behavior at the biochemical, cellular and organismal levels using Drosophila melanogaster as a model organism. Professor Griffith received her M.D. and Ph.D. from Stanford University, and her B.S. from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Courses she has taught include Biochemistry Techniques, Physiology, and Molecular Pharmacology. (griffith@brandeis.edu)

Greenlee, Jill
Jill Greenlee is an Assistant Professor of Politics with a focus on American politics, political behavior, political socialization, public opinion, women and politics, and research methods.  Professor Greenlee's current scholarship investigates how individuals change politically as they move through the life course.  She received her B.A. from the University of Michigan and her M.A. and Ph.D. from University of California, Berkeley.  Professor Greenlee’s courses include Introduction to American Government, Political Science Methods: Research, Design, and Modes of Analysis, Political Psychology, and Women in American Politics.  She also is the director of the Honors Program in the Politics Department.  (greenlee@brandeis.edu)

Gutchess, Angela
Angela Gutchess is an Assistant Professor of Psychology, Neuroscience, and the Volen National Center for Complex Systems. Using a combination of behavioral and neuroimaging (fMRI) methods, Professor Gutchess’ research explores the effects of age and culture on memory and social cognition. A recent recipient of research grants from the American Federation of Aging Research and the National Institute on Aging, she has also received funding from the National Science Foundation. Professor Gutchess is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Boston University, and holds her Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. A sampling of Professor Gutchess’ classes includes Human Memory, Introduction to Psychology, and Social Neuroscience and Culture.  (gutchess@brandeis.edu)

Hampton, Neal
Professor Hampton is the Conductor of the Brandeis-Wellesley Orchestra. He has a Bachelors Degree in Composition from the Eastman School of Music and a Masters degree in Orchestra Conducting from Boston University. He is a composer of songs and of musical theater and has written music for ballet and stage productions throughout the U.S. and Canada. He teaches courses in Conducting, Music Theater Composition and Jazz History.(hampton@brandeis.edu)

Hang, Xing
Xing Hang is an Assistant Professor of History who specializes in early modern China, the Ming-Qing transition, the Dutch, Spanish, Zheng Taiwan, and East Asian world order, and Eurasian comparative history.  Professor Hang received his B.B.A. and B.A. from the University of Georgia and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California at Berkeley.  Professor Hang was awarded the National Central Library Center for Chinese Studies Grant in 2009 and was a Li Ka-shing Program in Modern Chinese History Fellow in 2008. (xinghang@brandeis.edu)

Hedstrom, Liz
The 2007 recipient of the Louis D. Brandeis Teaching Award, Liz Hedstrom is a Professor of Biology who teaches classes at the interface between biology and chemistry, including "Medicinal Enzymology" and "Drugs that Changed the World".  Professor Hedstrom’s research addresses problems antimicrobial drug discovery and the design of small molecules that induce protein degradation. Professor Hedstrom is a fellow of the American Academy of Sciences, and a former Searle Scholar, NSF CAREER and Beckman Young Investigator awardee. She shares her office with Ripken, a mini Australian shepherd puppy. (hedstrom@brandeis.edu)

Hindley, Donald
Donald Hindley is Professor of Politics and Latin American Studies with expertise in comparative politics and, regionally, Southeast Asia and Latin America. His most recent publication is a translation, with Professor Dian Fox, of "The Physician of His Honour/El medico de su honra." His courses include Latin American Politics, the Politics of Southeast Asia, and a seminar on the Vietnamese War/Revolution.  Professor Hindley received his Ph.D. from The Australian National University. (hindley@brandeis.edu)

Hirsch, Eli
Eli Hirsch is the Charles Goldman Professor of Philosophy. His research focuses metaphysics, meta-ontology, epistemology, and medical ethics.  His publications include The Concept of Identity, Dividing Reality, and Quantifier Variance and Realism: Essays in Metaontology. He received his Ph.D in Philosohpy from New York University, and his B.A. from Brooklyn College, City University of New York. (hirsch@brandeis.edu)

Holmberg, Arthur

Arthur Holmberg is a Professor of Theater Arts and specializes in dramatic literature, theater history, and performance theory.  He received his Ph.D. from Harvard in comparative literature.  He has published several books including The Theatre of Robert Wilson, David Mamet and American Macho, and The Lively ART.  He served as United States editor for The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre.  His articles have appeared in the International Herald Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, the New York Times, and the Washington Post as well as in American Theater and Opera News.  He is the literary director of the American Repertory Theatre, where he has worked with many distinguished artists like Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, and David Mamet.  He wrote the notes for Leonard Bernstein’s recording of Tristan und Isolde.  His scholarly articles have appeared in Comparative Literature, Modern Drama, Eugene O'Neill Review, Theatre Journal, Shakespeare Quarterly, The Hispanic Review, The French Review, The Antioch Review, and Cahiers Francois Mauriac.  Professor Holmberg was featured in the documentary film "Absolute Wilson" as both theater scholar and professional dramaturg.  The Metropolitan Museum of Art invited him to deliver lectures on the Sicilian puppet theater, and he is the recipient of an NEH Fellowship.  (holmberg@brandeis.edu)

Hose, John
Dr. John Hose is as the Associate Vice President for University Affairs.  He serves on the Fulbright and Gates Nominating Committee and the Rhodes, Marshall, and Mitchell Scholarship Selection Committee.  He is also the University's representative to the University Press of New England, the publishing consortium of which Brandeis University Press is a member.  Dr. Hose is repeatedly praised by students for his skill and care as an advisor.  (hose@brandeis.edu)

Jacobson, David
David Jacobson is a Professor of Anthropology and teaches courses in the Anthropology Department.  He received his B.A. at Colby College and his Ph.D. at the University of Rochester.  His current research focuses on the ways in which people behave when communicating and interacting online and on the cultural contexts of household economics, examining the ways in which householders manage financial and other resources.  In addition to overseeing an Internship and Analysis course and a Senior Research program in the Anthropology department, Professor Jacobson teaches the class “Social Relations in Cyberspace”. (jacobson@brandeis.edu)

Jankowski, Paul
Paul Jankowski is the Raymond Ginger Professor of History.  He received both his Masters and PhD from Oxford University.  A recipient of the Marver and Sheva Bernstein Faculty Fellowship, the Camargo Foundation Fellowship to France, and a Research Fellowship for the Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Professor Jankowski also received grants from the American Council of Learned Societies and the National Endowment for the Humanities. Professor Jankowski teaches courses such as Cultures in Conflict and War in European History.  He has published several books on French history and his forthcoming book is about the battle of Verdun (1916).  (jankowski@brandeis.edu)

Jefferson, Gary
Professor Gary H. Jefferson attended Dartmouth College for his B.A., The London School of Economics for a M.S., Tufts University for a M.A., and earned a Ph.D. from Yale University.  As the Carl Marks Professor of International Trade and Finance and a member of the Economics Department, his research interests include Chinese Economy, Economic Development, Industrial Organization, Technical Change, and Transition Economics.  Professor Jefferson is also a faculty member in the East Asian Studies Program.  In addition to his many publications, he was awarded the position of Honorary Professor at Wuhan University’s Center for Economic Development Research and School of Economics and Management.  Some of Professor Jefferson’s courses include The Economy of China, Economics of Innovation , Comparative Institutional Economics, The Economy of China, and Development Economics. (jefferso@brandeis.edu)

Joyner, Sheldon
Sheldon Joyner is a Lecturer in Mathematics. His expertise lies in Number Theory. He received his Ph.D from Purdue University, and his  M.Sc. and  B.Sc. from the University of Stellenbosch. Classes Professor Joyner has taught include Multivariable Calculus, Abstract Algebra and Number Theory; and graduate level Algebra, Number Theory and Algebraic Geometry. His research interests include zeta and polylogarithm functions. He enjoys learning new methods of solving Rubik's cube, cycling, weightlifting, and playing the piano. (joyner@brandeis.edu)

Kamensky, Jane
Jane Kamensky is Harry S. Truman Professor of American History and chair of the Department of History.  She is also a core faculty member of the Women’s and Gender Studies program.  She earned her B.A. and Ph.D. in History from Yale University, and has taught at Brandeis since 1993, winning two university teaching awards.  Professor Kamensky has been the recipient of fellowships from the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies, the Charles Warren Center at Harvard University,and he National Endowment for the Humanities.  In 2007-08, a New Directions Fellowship from the Andrew W. Mellow Foundation sent her to London to study at the Courtauld Institute of Art.  Her books include The Exchange Artist: A Tale of High-Flying Speculation and America's First Banking Collapse, which was a finalist for the 2009 George Washington Book Prize; and Blindspot, a novel jointly written with Jill Lepore, which was a Boston Globe best-seller.  Professor Kamensky’s courses include History of the United States: 1607-1865; Salem, 1692; and London in the Long Eighteenth Century, an interdisciplinary course co-taught with Professor Susan Lanser in the English Department which won a 2012 Innovative Course Design Prize from the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. (kamensky@brandeis.edu)

Kapelle, William
Professor Kapelle attended the University of Kansas for his B.A. as well as his M.A. and received his Ph.D from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.  He is an Associate Professor of History and also teaches courses in Italian Studies, Classical Studies, and Medieval and Renaissance Studies.  His focus is on medieval history.  He teaches courses such as The Crusades and the Expansion of Medieval Europe; The Civilization of the Early Middle Ages; and The Renaissance. Aside from teaching, Professor Kapelle is a cabinet maker and a militant pedestrian.  (wkapelle@brandeis.edu)

Kaplan, Edward
Edward Kaplan is Kaiserman Professor in the Humanities and teaches courses in French, Comparative Literature, and Religious Studies. He is also a faculty member in the European Cultural Studies program.  He has published books on Jules Michelet, the French historian, the poet Charles Baudelaire, and Abraham Joshua Heschel, Jewish philosopher and social activist. He has received the Jewish National Book Award, a prize from the American Translators Association, and grants. His courses include Poetic Voices of Protest, The Outsider as Artist and Lover, Mysticism and the Moral Life, French Existentialism, French Fiction, Baudelaire and His World, and first-year seminars, Journeys to Enlightenment. (edkaplan@brandeis.edu)

Kelikian, Alice
Alice Kelikian is an Associate Professor of History who is also on the executive committee for the Film, Television and Interactive Media Program.  She attended Princeton University as an undergraduate and Oxford University for her D. Phil.  Professor Kelikian specializes in modern history, social institutional history, and Italian Cinema. (kelikian@brandeis.edu)

Katz, Don
Don Katz is an Associate Professor of Psychology whose scholarship investigates neural dynamics of gustatory perception and learning. Professor Katz is the recipient of two NIH grants, as well as multiple awards, including the Walzer Prize for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship, and the Student Union Teaching Award. Additionally, he recently won the Pollack Prize for the ‘Most Exciting Work by a Young Investigator.’ Professor Katz teaches courses in the departments of Psychology and Neuroscience, including Topics in Neurobiology, Introduction to Behavioral Neuroscience, and How Do We Know What We Know. (dbkatz@brandeis.edu)

Kimelman, Reuven
Professor Kimelman received his bachelor degree from Columbia University, his masters from the Jewish Theological Seminary, and his Ph.D. from Yale University.  A member of the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies faculty, Professor Kimmelman is also affiliated with the Peace, Conflict and Coexistence Studies Program.  His research interests include Talmud, Midrash, liturgy, ethics, and conflict resolution studies. He is the author of the Hebrew book, The Mystical Meaning of ‘Lekhah Dodi’ and ‘Kabbalat Shabbat,’ and three audio books, two entitled The Moral Meaning of the Bible - The What, How, and Why of Biblical Ethics, and one entitled The Hidden Poetry of The Jewish Prayerbook: The What, How, and Why of Jewish Liturgy. His book, The Rhetoric of Jewish Prayer: A Historical and Literary Commentary on the Prayerbook, is soon to be published.  (kimelman@brandeis.edu)

Kleinbock, Dmitry
Winner of the Dynamics on Parameter Spaces Grant from US-Israel Binational Science Foundation, an NSF CAREER Grant, an Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Fellowship Award, an ED Bergmann Memorial Award, an Alfred P. Sloan Graduate Dissertation Fellowship, and the JF Edwards Research Grant, Dr. Dmitry Kleinbock, Professor of Mathematics has expertise in Dynamical systems, Ergodic theory, and Number theory.  He received his Masters from Moscow Gubkin Institute and his Ph.D. from Yale University. Professor Kleinbock teaches courses such as Intermediate Calculus, Real Analysis, and Number Theory. (kleinboc@brandeis.edu)

Knight, Raymond
Raymond Knight is the Mortimer Gryzmish Professor of Human Relations in the department of psychology. He is a developmental and experimental psychopathologist whose research explores multiple issues related to the etiology and life course of aggressive behavior. Professor Knight is currently on the Executive Boards of the Society for the Scientific Study of Psychopathy and the Massachusetts Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers, and has been the President of both the Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers and the Society for Research in Psychopathology. Professor Knight teaches classes related to clinical psychology such as Abnormal Psychology, Schools of Psychotherapy, Tests and Measurements, and Proseminar in Brain, Body, and Behavior. (knight2@brandeis.edu)

Kondev, Jane
Jané Kondev is a Professor of Physics whose expertise focuses on theoretical physics and physical biology. A recipient of awards such as the National Science Foundation CAREER Award and the HHMI-NIBIB Interfaces Award, he has also been a Cottrell Scholar and a Fellow at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study at Harvard University. Serving as co-director of the Graduate Program in Quantitative Biology, Professor Kondev teaches such courses as Quantum Mechanics, Statistical Physics and Thermodynamics, Biological Physics, and Nature's Nanotechnology. (kondev@brandeis.edu)

Kosinski-Collins, Melissa
Professor Kosinski-Collins attended the University of Massachusetts at Amherst as an undergraduate and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology for her Ph.D in Biochemistry. A member of the Biology department faculty, her primary research interests are protein folding and aggregation and biology education. Professor Kosinski-Collins teaches classes such as General Biology Laboratory and Molecular  Biotechnology.  She has 3 daughters and is working on a children's science book about the experiments of Dr. Seuss. (kosinski@brandeis.edu) 

Krauss, Isaac
Isaac Krauss is an Assistant Professor of Chemistry.  He received his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and an M.Phil, M.A, and his Ph.D. from Columbia University.  His research interests involve organic synthesis and its interface with other areas of chemical science, including organometallics and chemical biology.  Professor Krauss’ courses include Organic Chemistry and Advanced Organic Chemistry.  (kraussi@brandeis.edu)

Kryder, Daniel
Daniel Kryder is an Associate Professor of Politics. He received his B.A. from The George Washington University and his M.A. and Ph.D. from the New School for Social Research. Professor Kryder’s research interests include American political development, the history of race policy and politics, the presidency, and wartime politics. His current scholarship concerns the relationship between police and democracy in American history. Professor Kryder teaches courses such as: Social Movements in American Politics, The American Presidency, and Political Science Methods.  He spent the spring 2012 term in the West Bank as a fellow at Al-Quds University. (kryder@brandeis.edu)

Lachman, Margie
Margie Lachman is the Minnie and Harold Fierman Professor of Psychology and specializes in adult development and aging, health-promoting behaviors, and intervention research to improve cognitive and physical functioning. She is also an affiliated faculty member for Health: Science, Society and Policy and the Heller School of Social Policy and Management.  She received her B.A. from Boston University and her M.S. and Ph.D. from Pennsylvania State University.  Professor Lachman received the Distinguished Research Achievement Award in 2003 from the American Psychological Association, Division 20. She is editor of the Handbook of Midlife Development and is Co-Investigator on the National Study of Midlife in the United States. She has presented her research fundings on the  NBC Today Show and the  CBS Evening News and Sunday Morning Show. In addition to working  in the lab, she also enjoys hiking, traveling, knitting and jewelry making. She has two adult children. (lachman@brandeis.edu)

Lau, Nelson
Nelson Lau is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department.  He attended State University of New York, Albany as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D. at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  His areas of expertise include gene expression, RNA interference, Molecular Biology, gene and genome regulation by RNAi and small RNAs.  He has been awarded the National Institute of Health’s NICHD K99/R00 Career Transition Award, the Helen Hay Whitney Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship, and the AAAS Newcomb Cleveland Award.  Professor Lau’s course offerings include Molecular Biology, Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine,  Ribonucleic Acids, and Epigenetics.  (nlau@brandeis.edu)

Lawrence, Albion
Albion Lawrence joined Brandeis in 2002 as an assistant professor in the Physics Department, and has been an Associate Professor since 2009.  He attended UC Berkeley for his A.B, and The University of Chicago for his  Ph.D. He was a Department of Energy Outstanding Junior Investigator Award from 2004-2009, and has been a member of the Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics in 2003, 2006, 2009, and 2012.  His interests include string theory, cosmology, particle  physics, and quantum gravity, and their interactions with mathematics  and condensed matter physics. His current research covers quantum field theory, inflationary cosmology, and quantum-mechanical descriptions of black holes.  He is also interested in international outreach, and was the co-organizer of a series of string theory schools in Iran from 2003-2009.  Professor Lawrence’s past course offerings include graduate-level Quantum Mechanics, Quantum Field Theory,  and undergraduate-level  Quantum Mechanics, Advanced Introductory Physics and General Relativity. (albion@brandeis.edu)

Lian, Bong
Professor Lian attended the University of Toronto as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D. from Yale University. A member of the Mathematics department, his primary research interests are representation theory, Calabi-Yau geometry and string theory, and the interconnections among these three subjects. He is a Guggenheim Fellowship recipient and teaches courses including Linear Algebra and Introduction to Groups. (lian@brandeis.edu)

Lisman, John
John Lisman is the Zalman Abraham Kekst Chair in Neuroscience and Professor of Biology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems. He received his undergraduate degree from Brandeis and then went on to MIT for his Ph.D.  He has received the National Alliance for Research on Schizophrenia and Depression Investigator Award and the Javits Neuroscience Investigator Award.  Lisman’s expertise is in the molecular mechanism of memory storage.  His courses include “Cellular Neuroscience,” “Systems Neuroscience,” and “Introduction to Neuroscience". His outside interests include tennis, photography, and his family (2 recent grandchildren).  (lisman@brandeis.edu)

Liu, Xiaodong
Xiaodong Liu is an Assistant Professor in the Psychology Department.  He attended Harvard University for his Doctors of Education Degree.  His areas of expertise include applied statistics as well as child development, and he has published articles on subjects ranging from child psychological well-being in rural China to the effects of gender and race-ethnicity gaps in mathematics proficiency in childhood.  Some of Professor Liu’s course offerings include Advanced Psychological Statistics I and II, Statistical Analysis Software Applications, and Multivariate Statistics I and ii.  His hometown is a rural village within the Chinese province of Sichuan, (which is known for its deliciously hot-spicy food and panda bears).  Professor Liu enjoys hiking and bicycling.  (xliu0806@brandeis.edu)

Lopez, Ricardo
Ricardo A. López is an Assistant Professor of Economics in the International Business School. He specializes in international trade, economic development, productivity analysis and Latin America. His research focuses on firms’ behavior in international markets and the role of international trade as a source of economic growth. His research has been published in leading economics journals and presented in numerous conferences and seminars. He holds a BA in economics from the University of Chile and a PhD in economics from the University of California, Los Angeles. (rlopez@brandeis.edu)

Lovett, Susan
Susan Lovett is an Abraham S. and Gertrude Burg Professor of Microbiology within the Biology Department.  She attended Cornell University as an undergraduate and the University of California, Berkeley for her doctroral work.  Her multitude of scholarly interests include genetics and molecular biology of bacteria and yeast, mechanisms of DNA repair and mutation avoidance, recombination, genetic rearrangements, DNA repair, mutagenesis and bacterial cell cycle.  Her laboratory seeks to understand the fundamental mechanisms by which cells preserve genetic information by the study of DNA damage repair and mutation avoidance in the model organism E. coli.  Among her many awards and honors, Professor Lovett has been awarded a position on the Genetics Society of America’s Board of Directors, the Davis Fellowship for Experiential Teaching, and the American Cancer Society Massachusetts Fellowship.  Professor Lovett’s course offerings include Genetics and Molecular Biology, Molecular Biology, and Mechanisms of Recombination. (lovett@brandeis.edu)

Malamud, Sophia
Sophia Malamud specializes in the study of language meaning and is a faculty member in the Language and Linguistics Program.  After earning a BA from University of Pennsylvania in mathematics and linguistics, she stayed on for graduate studies, earning her M.A. in mathematics and Ph.D. in linguistics.  The courses she teaches at Brandeis include Introduction to Linguistics; Formal Semantics; Language Acquisition, and Pragmatics and Discourse.  (smalamud@brandeis.edu)

Mapps, Mingus
Mingus Mapps is a political scientist and an Assistant Professor at Brandeis, where he holds a joint appointment in the Politics and African and Afro-American Studies Departments.  He received a B.A. in political science from Reed College in Portland, Oregon and a Ph.D. from the Government Department at Cornell University.  Professor Mapps’ research and teaching interests focus on issues at the intersection of race and American politics.  He received a Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship, and his publications include “Symbolism Versus Policy Learning:  Public Opinion of the 1996 Welfare Reforms.”  At Brandeis, he offers courses on “Urban Politics,” “Race, Ethnicity and American Elections,” and “Race, Inequality and Public Policy.” (mmapps@brandeis.edu)

Marr, Michael
Michael Marr joined the Brandeis faculty as an Assistant Professor in Biology in August 2007.  He attended Bucknell University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D. from Cornell University.  His research interest and expertise is in ‘Mechanisms Controlling Gene Expression’.  His lab focuses on how metazoan cells respond to developmental and environmental signals and how this response is manifest in changes in gene expression.  He has contributed to numerous research articles, including most recently, “The genome of the choanoflagellate Monosiga brevicollis and the origin of metazoans”, and "Characterization of the Drosophila insulin receptor promoter”.  (mmarr@brandeis.edu)

Marusic, Berislav
Berislav Marušić is Assistant Professor of Philosophy at Brandeis, and he currently serves as Co-Director of Graduate Studies. He has two main research projects. The first lies at the intersection of the philosophy of action and epistemology; the second is concerned with philosophical skepticism. He is also interested in the nature of reasons, existentialism and the history of modern philosophy. Professor Marusic received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, and his A.B. from Harvard University. (marusic@brandeis.edu)

Mayer, Alan
With an expertise in classical algebraic geometry and related topics in mathematical physics, Professor of Mathematics, Dr. Alan Mayer, is also a winner of the NATO Fellowship.  He studied at Columbia University as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D. from Princeton.  Professor Mayer teaches courses such as Linear Algebra, Differential Equations, and Complex Analysis. (mayer@brandeis.edu)

McClendon, Charles
Professor McClendon is the Sidney and Ellen Wien Professor of the History of Art.  He attended Indiana University as an Undergraduate and received his Ph.D. from New York University.  Professor McClendon is a member of the Fine Arts faculty, as well as the Medieval and Renaissance Studies program, the Religious Studies program, and the Italian Studies program.  His research interests include medieval art and architecture, cultural production, and all aspects of the city of Rome.  His honors include receiving a J. Paul Getty Trust Grant and a Guggenheim Fellowship.  He recently published The Origins of Medieval Architecture:Building in Europe A.D. 600-900 with Yale University Press, which won two major book awards.  Professor McClendon teaches classes such as History of Art I:  Antiquity to the Middle Ages; The Formation of Jewish, Christian, and Islamic Art; The Age of Cathedrals; and St. Peter’s and the Vatican. (mcclendon@brandeis.edu)

Mederos, Raysa
Raysa Mederos is a lecturer in Hispanic Studies.  She received her degree from the Instituto Superior Pedagogico and her expertise is in Spanish language. (mederos@brandeis.edu)

Menon, Nidhiya
Professor Menon received her B.A. from Mount Holyoke College and her M.A. and Ph.D. from Brown University.  She is a member of the Economics department and the International Business School.  She has extensive experience in applying the tools of empirical microeconomics and econometrics to the areas of economic development, labor, and economic demography.  Professor Menon teaches courses such as statistics and development. (nmenon@brandeis.edu)

Miller, Christopher
Chris Miller is a Professor of Biochemistry, a Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator, and a member of the National Academy of Sciences.  He is also a faculty member in the Neuroscience department.  He received his undergraduate degree in Physics from Swarthmore College his Ph.D. in Molecular Biology from University of Pennsylvania.  Professor Miller is an expert on the structure and function of ion channel proteins and membrane transport and mechanisms of electrical excitation.  Professor Miller was the president of the Biophysical Society in 2000 and received the K.S. Cole Award in Membrane Biophysics in 1986.  (cmiller@brandeis.edu)

Miller, Laura
Laura Miller is an Associate Professor of Sociology and a faculty member in the Journalism program. She received her B.A and M.L.I.S. from the University of California, Berkeley and her M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego. Professor Miller teaches courses in the sociology of culture, the mass media, and urban sociology. She has authored numerous articles on these subjects and her book, “Reluctant Capitalists: Bookselling and the Culture of Consumption,” was awarded the Sociology of Culture Section Book Award in 2007 by the American Sociological Association.  She is currently writing a book on the relationship between the natural foods industry and natural foods as a social movement.(lamiller@brandeis.edu)

Morrison, Janet
Janet Morrison is an Associate Professor of Theater Arts.  She earned her M.F.A. in Acting from Temple University. Professor Morrison received a Dramalogue Critics Award for Off-Broadway's Last Summer at Bluefish Cove.  Boston-area acting credits include King John (Actor’s Shakespeare Project) and The Clean House (Wellfleet Harbor Actors Theatre). She has directed several productions for The Nora Theatre Company, Cambridge. Professor Morrison teaches acting in both the MFA-Acting and the BA-Theater Arts programs at Brandeis.  Her current research is on the Michael Chekhov technique of acting. Last year she worked with the Great Lakes Michael Chekhov Consortium on a production of Brian Friel's AFTERPLAY.  She is currently preparing to direct a production of Naomi Wallace's play, IN THE HEART OF AMERICA in the Theater Arts Department's Spring 2013 season. (morrison@brandeis.edu)

Nandy, Debarshi
Debarshi Nandy is an Assistant Professor of Finance. His specializations are in the fields of financial economics, with interests in banking and corporate finance. His research has covered topics in entrepreneurial finance, such as the going public decision of firms, initial public offerings (IPOs), venture capital financing, angel financing, and has analyzed how such financing affects entrepreneurship and growth. His research projects often utilize establishment level business micro-data of the U.S. Census Bureau in analyzing issues that relate to value creation in firms while they are still private and on the growth of entrepreneurship and new business creation. His research interests also span the development of banking structure and regulation, along with issues related to loan syndication and contracting and agency problems in banking. Professor Nandy received his M.S. from University of Calcutta, and his Ph.D. from Boston College and has lived in Australia, Canada, India, and the U.S. (dnandy@brandeis.edu)

Nicastro, Daniela
Daniela Nicastro is an Assistant Professor of Biology who received her B.S. and Ph.D. at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich.  She received the Alberta Gotthardt and Henry Strage Award for Aspiring Young Science Faculty in 2008.  She also received the prestigious Pew Scholar grant in the biomedical sciences and an NIH R01 grant in 2007 to support her research on the molecular interactions that drive the beating of cilia and flagella. Her field of research is structural biology and cell biology using state of the art imaging techniques. (nicastro@brandeis.edu)

Nieske, Robert
Professor Nieske attended the New England Conservatory for both undergraduate and for his Master's degree.  An acclaimed bassist and jazz composer, his current projects include a quartet featuring slide guitar virtuoso Dave Tronzo and a 10 piece little big band, The Big Wolf Project. He directs the Jazz Ensemble and teaches classes in jazz composition and arranging, and introductory improvisation. His awards include being named the winner of the Jazz Composition Contest sponsored by the Jazz Composers Alliance and being named an "outstanding bassist" by the Boston Music Awards. His quintet recording "My Desire" being named one of the top jazz records of 1996 by Jazz Hot Magazine. (nieske@brandeis.edu)

Novack, Claudia
Professor Novack has a diverse educational background that includes an M.A. and Ph.D. in Slavic Languages from Brown University.  She is currently on the faculty of the Chemistry department where her primary commitment is to teaching the General Chemistry course, both during the academic year and in the summer.  A devoted pedagog, she is the recipient of the Presidential Award for Excellence in Teaching from Brown University.  Notwithstanding four degrees and eleven years of higher education, she considers her greatest achievement to be the birth of her son Caleb ten years ago.  Her hobbies include hiking, climbing, knitting, cooking, and solving puzzles of all types.  (novack@brandeis.edu)

Paradis, Suzanne
Suzanne Paradis is an Assistant Professor of Biology who directs an active research laboratory that focuses on understanding how synapses form between neurons in the mammalian central nervous system.  She is also a faculty member in Neuroscience.  She teaches classes in Developmental Biology, Developmental Neurobiology, Neurogenetics, and Topics in Neurobiology.  Having earned her PhD from Harvard University, Professor Paradis has received many accolades, including the Society for Neuroscience Career Development Award, the Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research, and the Basil O’Connor Starter Scholar Research Award. Professor Paradis is also an Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellow. (paradis@brandeis.edu)

Parmentier, Richard
Richard J. Parmentier is Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Graduate Program in Global Studies.  He attended Princeton University and received his doctorate in anthropology from the University of Chicago. He carried out ethnographic fieldwork in Palau, Micronesia, and his principal scholarly writing involves the application of semiotic concepts (especially derived from the American scientist Peirce and the Swiss linguist Saussure) in the study of megaliths, narratives, and visual images. In 1997 he received of Mouton d’Or prize for the best publication in Semiotica; and in 2012 he was appointed Editor-in-Chief of Signs and Society, an international journal in the humanities and social sciences. His current research projects include a comparative study of images of transcendence in ancient and medieval cultures and a historical study of choral performance practice in British cathedrals and colleges. Some of Professor Parmentier’s courses include History, Time, and Tradition; Crossing Cultural Boundaries; Verbal Art and Cultural Performance; and Symbol, Meaning, and Reality. He also teaches graduate seminars dealing with the history of anthropology and multidisciplinary concepts of globalization. Outside of school he is a loyal follower of Boston’s professional sports teams, enjoys listening to music from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, and runs an extensive basement layout of Lionel trains. (rparmentier@brandeis.edu)

Perlman, Daniel
Dan Perlman is an Associate Professor of Biology who specializes in ecology, animal behavior, and conservation biology, and he recently took on the position of Associate Provost for Assessment of Student Learning.  Professor Perlman attended Yale as an undergraduate and Harvard for his Ph.D.  A 1987 Fulbright Scholar, Perlman received the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching, in 2006, and the Student Union Teaching Award in 2004 and 2005.  Professor Perlman’s recent research has focused on creating new methods for setting priorities in the practice of conservation biology.  He recently launched a Web site from which he freely distributes teaching materials he has developed for ecology and environmental studies (www.EcoLibrary.org).(perlman@brandeis.edu)

Pettenuzzo, Davide
Davide Pettenuzzo is Assistant Professor of Economics at Brandeis University. His research interests include time-series econometrics, Bayesian econometrics, asset allocation, portfolio optimization, and econometric methods in finance. At Brandeis University, he teaches econometrics at both the undergraduate and graduate level. Prior to joining Brandeis University, Professor Pettenuzzo worked for the economic consulting firm Bates White LLC, where he specialized in applying econometrics methods to quantify damages in antitrust litigations. (dpettenu@brandeis.edu)

Plotz, John
John Plotz is a Professor in the English Department and he specializes in Victorian literature, the novel, and politics and aesthetics.  He received both his Ph.D. and B.A. from Harvard University. He is a recent recipient of the Guggenheim Fellowship and the Fellowship at the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Courses Professor Plotz has taught include Methods of Literary Study, The Political Novel, and Modern British and Irish Fiction. (plotz@brandeis.edu)

Pochapsky, Thomas
Thomas Pochapsky is a Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry and affiliated with the Rosenstiel BasicMedical Sciences Research Center.  He received his B.Sc. at the University of Pittsburgh and his Ph.D. at theUniversity of Illinois.  He has several fields of expertise including self-assembly of chemical and biological systems, transient interactions in solution by NMR, NMR of soluble proteins, protein stability and folding by NMR and mutagenesis, structure and function of metal-containing enzymes and proteins.  He has published numerous journal articles and recently published the book,“NMR for Physical and Biological Scientists”.  Professor Pochapsky has served as the Chair of the National Institutes of Health Study Section for High Field NMR Spectrometers.  In addition to overseeing research for undergraduates in Biochemistry and senior research in Chemistry, he also teaches “Directed Studies in Chemistry”.  (pochapsk@brandeis.edu)

Pomeranz Krummel, Daniel
Daniel Pomeranz Krummel, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Biochemistry. His research focus lies in studies of RNA processing mechanisms and RNA-protein interactions. In particular, his laboratory is interested in understanding the macromolecular 'machine' (the spliceosome) that catalyzes the maturation of human pre-mRNA transcripts. His laboratory employs a diverse range of methods in their studies, including structural approaches (crystallography and electron microscopy) and biochemistry. Professor Pomeranz Krummel received his B.Sc. from New York University, Ph.D. from Yale University, and prior to coming to Brandeis conducted post-doctoral research at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, U.K. In the Spring semester he teaches a course he designed: 'Advanced Biochemistry: Cellular Information Transfer Mechanisms' (BCHM 103b). (dapk@brandeis.edu)

Pontrello, Jason
Jason Pontrello is an Assistant Professor in the Chemistry Department.  He specializes in organic chemistry, chemical biology, and chemical education. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, and his Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin, Madison.  Professor Pontrello regularly instructs Organic and Lecture and Laboratory courses as well as General Chemistry and Chemical Biology courses.  Undergraduate students in his research lab are developing synthetic inducers/inhibitors of huntingtin protein aggregation, designing selective metalloprotease inhibitors, synthesizing compounds that target a protein/nucleic acid interaction necessary for HIV replication, or working on projects related to science education. In his "spare" time, he likes to cook and draw. (pontrell@brandeis.edu)

Press, Joan
Professor Press attended Pennsylvania State University as an undergraduate and received her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania.  A member of the Biology department, her areas of expertise are developmental immunology and immunogenetics.  Her courses include Immunology and Microbiology for science majors and graduate students, and an infectious disease course, Pathogens and Human Disease, intended for non-science majors.  Professor Press is also the Undergraduate Advising Head for the Biology Department. (press@brandeis.edu)

Quinney, Laura
Professor Laura Quinney attended Yale University as an undergraduate before attending Cornell University for her Masters and Doctoral work.  She specializes in Romanticism, poetry, and literature and philosophy. She is currently working on the representation of the inner life in poetry and philosophy.  She was a Fellow of Wellesley College’s Newhouse Humanities Center in 2009, and has many publications to her name, including her recent book, William Blake on Self and Soul.  Some of Profressor Quinney’s course offerings include Contemporary Poetry, Blake and Shelley, and Me, Myself, and I:  TheTheme of Self-Conflict.  She has two sons and a budgie. (quinney@brandeis.edu)

Reimer, Joseph
Joe Reimer is an Associate Professor of Jewish Education in the Education Program and the Hornstein Program for Jewish Professional Leadership.  He earned his B.A at Queens College of New York, his M.A. at Brandeis, and his M.Ed. and Ed.D. at Harvard.  His areas of expertise include Jewish education, camping, and life cycle.  He has published various articles on Jewish education including several books: “Succeeding at Jewish Education: How One Synagogue Made It Work”, “To Build a Profession: Careers in Jewish Education” and “Promoting Moral Growth: From Piaget to Kohlberg”.  He received the National Jewish Book Award in Education in 1997 for his book, “Succeeding at Jewish Education: How One Synagogue Made It Work”, and the Human Development Research Award in 1988 for research on moral development of kibbutz adolescents and young adults.  (reimer@brandeis.edu)

Reinharz, Shula
Professor Reinharz attended Barnard College as an undergraduate and Brandeis for both her M.A. and Ph.D.  She is the Jacob S. Potofsky Professor of Sociology and serves as the Director for both the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and the Women's Studies Research Center.  Professor Reinharz’ research interests include Jewish women's studies, the history of women in sociology, sociology of work, and qualitative and feminist methodology.  Her courses include Group Process; Sociology of Work;  and the USEM, Jews, Gender, and Art: Ancient Routes to Contemporary America. (reinharz@brandeis.edu)

Rodal, Avital
Doctor Avital Rodal is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology.  She was born and raised in Ottawa, Canada, and received her Bachelor of Science Degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and her Ph.D from the University of California, Berkeley. Her lab studies how neurons receive and interpret growth signals, using genetics, microscopy,and biochemistry in fruit flies.   (arodal@brandeis.edu)

Rosenberger, Chandler
Chandler Rosenberger is Assistant Professor of International and Global Studies and Sociology. A historical sociologist specializing in the cultural foundations of politics, Professor Rosenberger is especially interested in the intellectual roots of political revolutions. He studied History and Philosophy at Dartmouth College and Philosophy of Religion at the University of Oxford.  He has written about post-Communist Central Europe for scholarly journals and for such publications as Critical Review, Human Rights Watch, World Policy Journal, and The Wall Street Journal. He is now writing a biography of former Czech dissident and president, Václav Havel, for Prentice Hall. Outside of his academic work, Mr. Rosenberger serves on the Board of Advisors of the Apollinaire Theatre Company in Chelsea, MA. (crosen@brandeis.edu)

Ruberman, Daniel
Daniel Ruberman is a professor of Mathematics whose areas of expertise include geometric topology and gauge theory.  He received his B.A and M.A. from Wesleyan University and his Ph.D. at the University of California, Berkeley.  He has received several honors and grants – including a Slovenian-US Grant, supporting visits to University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.  He has published numerous articles, the most recent of which is "Algebraic and Heegaard-Floer invariants of knots with slice Bing doubles," published in the Mathematical Proceedings of the Cambridge Philosophical Society.   In addition to overseeing independent research in Mathematics, he also teaches courses such as “Introduction to Topology” and “Differential Geometry”.  (ruberman@brandeis.edu)

Sarna, Jonathan
Professor Sarna is the Joseph H. & Belle R. Braun Professor of American Jewish History at Brandeis University and Director of its Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program. Dubbed by the Forward newspaper as one of America's fifty most influential American Jews, he was Chief Historian for the 350th commemoration of the American Jewish community, and is recognized as a leading commentator on American Jewish history, religion and life. Born in Philadelphia, and raised in New York and Boston, Dr. Sarna attended Brandeis University, the Boston Hebrew College, Merkaz HaRav Kook in Jerusalem, and Yale University, where he obtained his doctorate in 1979. From 1979-1990, Dr. Sarna taught at Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion in Cincinnati, where he rose to become Professor of American Jewish history and Director of the Center for the Study of the American Jewish Experience. He has also taught at Yale University, the University of Cincinnati, and at the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. Dr. Sarna came back to Brandeis in 1990 to teach American Jewish history in its Department of Near Eastern & Judaic Studies. He served two terms as chair of that department, and now chairs the Academic Advisory and Editorial Board of the Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives. In addition, he serves as chief historian of the National Museum of American Jewish History in Philadelphia. Dr. Sarna has written, edited, or co-edited more than twenty books, including the acclaimed ‘American Judaism: A History’. Winner of the Jewish Book Council's "Jewish Book of the Year Award" in 2004, it has been praised as being "the single best description of American Judaism during its 350 years on American soil."  His most recent book is titled ‘When General Grant Expelled the Jews’.  He is married to Professor Ruth Langer, and they have two children, Aaron and Leah. (sarna@brandeis.edu)

Schattschneider, Ellen
Ellen Schattschneider is a sociocultural anthropologist specializing in psychoanalytic, phenomenological and practice approaches to culture.  She is a core faculty member in the Women’s and Gender Studies department and an affiliated faculty member for International and Global Studies, East Asian Studies and Religious Studies.  She has strong ethnographic interests in East Asia, especially Japan.  Dr. Schattschneider is deeply committed to interdisciplinary conversations among those working in anthropology, gender and sexuality studies, religious studies, psychoanalytic studies and the arts.  Her recent work is especially concerned with traumatic memories of war in Japan and the Pacific. She received undergraduate training in philosophy, psychology and anthropology at Sarah Lawrence College, and graduate training in anthropology at the University of Chicago.  Some of her course offerings include Culture and Mental Illness, Myth and Ritual, Visuality and Culture;  The Anthropology of Gender; and Women and War. (eschatt@brandeis.edu)

Schoenle, Raphael
Raphael Schoenle is an Assistant Professor of Economics who received an A.B. in economics and A.M. in statistics from Harvard University and an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Princeton University. Professor Schoenle specializes in International Macroeconomics, Macro- and Monetary Economics, and International Trade.  Professor Schoenle’s research uses micro price data from the Bureau of labor Statistics to study how firms set prices and the implications for macro-economic modeling and policy.   (schoenle@brandeis.edu)

Sekino, Hiroko
Hiroko Sekino is a Senior Lecturer in Japanese and is involved with the East Asian Studies and German, Russian, and Asian Languages and Literature Departments.  Professor Sekino received her B.A. from Tsuda College and her M.Ed. from Boston University.  She teaches beginning to advanced Japanese language and literature at Brandeis. (sekino@brandeis.edu)

Sekuler, Robert
Robert Sekuler is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience, a Louis and Frances Salvage Professor of Psychology, and a member of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems.  He received his B.A at Brandeis and his M.S. and Ph.D. at Brown University, and was a post-doctoral fellow at M.I.T.   His areas of interest are psychophysical and electrophysiological studies of human visual cognition, including visual memory, navigation of complex environments, and age-related changes in cognitive function. Professor Sekuler heads the Visual Cognition Laboratory located in the Volen Center.  The lab's focus is on the physiological basis of human memory. Sekuler teaches courses such as Perception (NPsy11) and Introduction to Cognitive Neuroscience (NPsy22).  (sekuler@brandeis.edu)

Sengupta, Piali
Piali Sengupta is a Professor of Biology and a member of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems and the National Center for Behavioral Genomics.  She has an A.B. from Bryn Mawr College, and a Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Professor Sengupta’s research is focused on the neurogenetics of behavior and development in the roundworm C. elegans.  Her lab explores the complex interactions between an animal and its environment that drive its behavioral and developmental responses.  She has numerous publications, and has received many awards including a Whitehall Award, Searle Scholars Award and a Packard Foundation Fellowship. Professor Sengupta has taught courses on Developmental Biology, Developmental Neurobiology, Neurogenetics, and Genetics. (sengupta@brandeis.edu)

Sherman, David
David R. Sherman is an Assistant Professor in the English Department.  He grew up in California, and before moving to Cambridge, MA lived in Chicago, New York, and Sevilla, Spain.  He received his Bachelors of Arts from the University of California, Berkeley, and his Masters and Doctorate degrees from New York University.  His areas of expertise include Modernism, Contemporary British Literature, narrative theory, continental philosophy, elegy, trauma, and witnessing.  He has published several essays on literature and philosophy, and is particularly interested in literary approaches to ethics.  Some of the Brandeis courses taught by Professor Sherman include Magical Realism and Modern Myth, Contemporary British Literature, Literature and Medicine, and Modernism, Atheism, God.  He is also working on a new podcast called "Literature Lab," available online. (davidsherman@brandeis.edu)

Sirianna, Carmen
Professor Sirianni received his B.A. from Manhattan College, his M.A. from The New School for Social Research, and his Ph.D. from the State University of New York at Binghamton.  A member of the Sociology department faculty, he is interested in civic action and public policy in the areas of community organizing and development, civic environmentalism, healthy communities, youth civic engagement, service learning, and renewing the democratic mission of higher education.  Professor Sirianni teaches courses including Organizations and Social Change; Civic Environmentalism; and Community Empowerment in the United States. (sirianni@brandeis.edu)

Skorczewski, Dawn
Professor Skorczewski attended Boston College as an undergraduate and Rutgers University for her Ph.D.  A member of the English Dept faculty, she serves as the Director of University Writing.  She published An Accident of Hope: Anne Sexton's Therapy Tapes in March 2012, and Teaching One Moment at a Time: Disruption and Repair in the Classroom in 2005.  Her courses include The Art of Flirtation: Reading Romance from Pride and Prejudice to Harry Potter, Women and Madness, Trauma and Memory in the Literary  Imagination and American Women Poets. She is interested in literature and psychoanalysis as well as theories of teaching and learning. (dawnskor@brandeis.edu)

Smiley, Marion
Marion Smiley is a Professor of Philosophy, a faculty member in Social Justice and Social Policy and a core faculty member in Women’s and Gender Studies.  She received her Ph. D in 1984 from Princeton University and joined the Brandeis faculty in the Spring of 2002 after having taught at Wellesley, Wesleyan, and the University of Wisconsin/Madison. She is the author of Moral Responsibility and the Boundaries of Community. Accountability and Power From a Pragmatic Point of View and Falling Through Tap Doors. The Philosophy and Politics of Group Identification (forthcoming), as well as numerous articles on free will and determinism, moral agency, collective responsibility, feminist social and political thought, autonomy and paternalism, John Dewey and the philosophy of pragmatism, democratic theory, multiculturalism, and the practice of rights. She is currently at work on two book length projects: Dependence, Autonomy and the Welfare State and Democracy and Paternalism. Professor Smiley is the recipient of several teaching awards, as well as research fellowships from Princeton University, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the American Association of University Women, the Harvard University Ethics Program, and the Swedish Institute for Advanced Study.  She teaches courses such as Introduction to Ethics, Philosophy and Gender, and What is Justice?  (smiley@brandeis.edu)

Smith, Ellen
Ellen Smith is Director of the Hornstein Jewish Professional Leadership Program at Brandeis University, Associate Professor in Hornstein, and an affiliate faculty member in the Department of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies. She also co-directs advanced training programs at Brandeis for Jewish professionals and organizations (including the Gralla Fellows Program for Religion Journalists that ran from 1998-2009).  Ellen is principal of Museumsmith, a firm specializing in museum exhibitions and historic site interpretations throughout the nation. Trained as both an academic historian and a museum curator, Ellen has published more than three dozen books, articles, and catalogs including The Jews of Boston, co-edited with Jonathan D. Sarna.  At Brandeis, she has developed a series of new courses in visual and material culture, and museum studies. Ellen is the former Curator of the American Jewish Historical Society and the National Museum of American Jewish History, and has taught courses in American Jewish Women's History, American Jewish Material Culture, Jewish Museum Studies, and American Jewish History at Brandeis, Boston, and Northeastern Universities. In 2005 she toured the country as one of the United Jewish Community's key speakers during the 350th anniversary celebration of Jews in America.  A popular speaker locally and throughout the country, Ellen sits on numerous academic and civic advisory boards, and is past president of Boston’s Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center. She has won numerous honors and awards for her leadership in the Jewish community as both a volunteer and a professional.  Ellen and her husband have a grown daughter and son, and live in Newton with Ellen’s father and probably too many pets.  (esmith2@brandeis.edu)

Smith, Erika
Since 2004, Erika Smith has served as the Director of the Transitional Year Program. Ms. Smith holds a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University, where she matriculated as a Posse scholar, an EdM in Education Policy and Management from Harvard University, and is currently pursuing her PhD in Social Policy at Brandeis University. On the program's staff since 2000, Ms. Smith has also held posts as the TYP Program Coordinator, and as a math instructor in the program.  (esmith@brandeis.edu)

Smith, Faith
Faith Smith, an Associate Professor, teaches literary and cultural studies in the Departments of African and Afro-American Studies, and  English and American Literature,  and is a member of the core faculty of the Women's and Gender Studies, and the Latin American and Latino Studies Programs. Professor Smith attended the University of the West Indies-Mona as an undergraduate, received her M.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and her Ph.D. from Duke University.  Professor Smith was a National Humanities Center Fellow in 2002, National Endowment for the Humanities Fellow in 2005, and Sheila Biddle Ford Foundation Residential Fellow at the  W.E.B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research at Harvard University in 2008.  At Brandeis, she is a recent recipient of a Course Development grant from the Center for German and European Studies, a Jane's Faculty Development award from the Latin American and Latino Studies Program, and the Theodore and Jane Norman Grant. (fsmith@brandeis.edu)

Snider, Barry
Barry Snider is the Charles A. Breskin Professor of Organic Chemistry.  His expertise lies in the development of new synthetic methods; mechanisms of synthetically important reactions; and total synthesis of natural products. His lab focuses on the  total synthesis of biologically active natural products and on the development of new free-radical based synthetic methods.  He received his Ph.D from Harvard University and his B.S. from University of Michigan. Professor Snider’s courses have included General and Organic Chemistry Lectures, Organic Chemistry Labs, Advanced Organic Chemistry, and The Chemistry of Organic Natural Products. (snider@brandeis.edu)

Sohrabi, Naghmeh
Naghmeh Sohrabi is the Charles (Corky) Goodman Professor of Middle East History and the Associate Director for Research at the Crown Center for Middle East Studies at Brandeis. Professor Sohrabi received her Ph.D. in History and Middle East Studies from Harvard University in 2005, and was a post-doctoral fellow at the Crown Center from 2005-2007.  Her book, Taken for Wonder:  Nineteenth Century Travel Accounts from Iran to Europe was recently published by Oxford University Press.  In addition to her scholarship on the 19th century, Professor Sohrabi writes and lectures on contemporary politics and culture of Iran.  She has lived extensively in the Middle East and is fluent in Persian and Arabic. (sohrabi@brandeis.edu)

Sreenivasan, Govind
Govind Sreenivasan is an Associate Professor of History and is also associated with the Program in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.  He received both his M.A. and Ph.D from Harvard University.  A winner of the Norman Award for Faculty Scholarship, the National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Fellowship, and the Bernstein Faculty Fellowship, Professor Sreenivasan was also a recipient of the Michael L. Walzer ’56 Award for Teaching. Professor Sreenivasan’s current research is on peasant litigation in early modern Germany.  His courses include World History to 1960 and Labor, Gender, and Exchange in the Atlantic World, 1600-1850. (sreenivasan@brandeis.edu)

Terry, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Terry is an Associate Professor of the Practice of Theater Arts.  She earned her B.F.A at the University of Wisconsin and has taught in the professional theatre training programs at Illinois State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Wagner College, and was also Head of Acting at UC, San Diego.  Her expertise is in speech, voice and dialect and her courses include, “Vocal Gesture: The Expressive Use of the Voice” and “Production Vocal Coaching Lab”.  She also oversees independent theatre programs such as Internships in Theater, Senior Projects, Independent Studies and Senior Research projects.  (lterry@brandeis.edu)

Thaxton, Ralph
Ralph Thaxton is a professor of Politics.  His academic interests include comparative politics, comparative revolutions, and comparative democratic movements which focus on East Asia and China.  He holds a B.A. and M.A. from Florida State University and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin.  Among his many accolades are a Senior Research Grant from the United States Institute of Peace and the Theodore and Jane Normal Fund for Faculty Research and Creative Projects.  His publications include Salt of the Earth: The Political Origins of Peasant Protest and Communist Revolution in China and China Turned Rightside Up:  Revolutionary Legitimacy in the Peasant World.  Professor Thaxton’s courses include The Politics of Revolution: State Violence and Popular Insurgency in the Third World, The Government and Politics of China, and United States and China in World Politics.  (thaxton@brandeis.edu)

Tortorice, Daniel
Dan Tortorice is an Assistant Professor of Economics, with a secondary appointment in the International Business School.  Professor Tortorice holds undergraduate degrees in Economics and Mathematics from MIT and a Ph.D. from Harvard University.  He is a macroeconomist studying the causes of economic fluctuations and the formation of macroeconomic expectations. He uses data on expectations to test leading models of expectations, learning-based models of expectations to study consumption volatility, and structural models to examine outflow from and inflow into unemployment. Professor Tortorice’s courses include Macroeconomic Theory and Financial Economics. (tortoric@brandeis.edu)

Turrigiano, Gina
Gina Turrigiano is a Professor of Biology and of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems.   She teaches in the Biology and Neuroscience Departments and her expertise is in experience-dependent plascity of cortical synapses and circuits. She is also a faculty member in the Health: Science, Society and Policy program. She earned her B.A. at Reed College in Portland, Oregon and her Ph.D.  at the University of California, San Diego.  Professor Turrigiano has received numerous awards and honors – including the distinguished MacArthur Fellowship for her work in furthering our understanding of the development of complicated neural networks.  She teaches Cellular and Systems Neuroscience as well as oversees Biology and Neuroscience Senior Research Projects.  (turrigia@brandeis.edu)

Urcid, Javier
Javier Urcid is chair and associate professor of anthropology and teaches courses in archaeology.  He received his B.A. at Universidad de las Americas (Mexico), and his M.A. and Ph.D. from Yale University.  His interests include Archaeology, Bioarchaeology, complex societies, writing systems, material culture, comparative aesthetics, and Mesoamerica.  He specializes in the study of ancient scripts from Southwestern Mesoamerica.  He has received awards from the National Science Foundation, the National Gallery of Art, Dumbarton Oaks, the Social Science Research Council, the Foundation for the Advancement of Mesoamerican Studies, the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Marver and Sheva Bernstein Faculty Fellowship, and the Jane's Faculty improvement grant. Professor Urcid teaches several courses in the Anthropology Department including Human Origins, Human Osteology, Archaeological Field Techniques, Meaning and Material Culture, Writing Systems and Scribal Traditions, Directions and issues in Archaeology and Cross-Cultural Art and Aesthetics. (urcid@brandeis.edu)

Van Hooser, Stephen
Stephen Van Hooser is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology.  He received his Bachelors of Science from the California Institute of Technology, his Doctoral degree from Brandeis University, and performed postdoctoral research at Duke University.  His research focuses on understanding the development and function of cortical circuits.  Some of the courses Professor Van Hooser teaches include Neuroscience Proseminar and Data Analysis and Statistics Workshop.  (vanhoosr@brandeis.edu)

Veiga, Alessandra
Alessandra Veiga began working at Brandeis in September 2009. Alessandra holds a bachelor's degree in Political Science and a master's degree in Higher Education Administration. As the Program Coordinator for SSSP, Alessandra organizes the Peer Mentoring Program, First Year Learning Community, and advises a case load of students. Alessandra loves to travel and is an avid dancer who has practiced many different forms of dance over the past 16 years.  (aveiga@brandeis.edu)

Villalobos, Ana
Ana Villalobos is in the Sociology Department at Brandeis and specializes in sociology of the family, sociology of gender, and sociology of education.  She received her Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. Villalobos’ research and teaching focus on motherhood, and attempt to bring to light the often hidden connections between large-scale social forces and personal experience.  She also has 3 young children, and and in her spare time she loves hiking in nature with them and her partner, camping, playing guitar, and creating community.  (anavilla@brandeis.edu)

Walker, Cheryl
Cheryl Walker is an Associate Professor of Classical Studies whose expertise is in Roman and Greek history.  She received her B.A at the University of Chicago and her M.A. and Ph.D. at the University of North Carolina.  Some of the courses she has taught are “Survey of Greek History: Bronze Age to 323 B.C.E.”, “The Greekness of Alexander”, “Imperialism in Antiquity”, “Intermediate Ancient Greek (Literature)”, “Intermediate Latin (Literature)”, “Metamorphosis”, and “Going to Hell: Journeys to the Underworld”.  She also oversees Directed Readings and Senior Research Projects in the Classical Studies Department.  Professor Walker is a recipient of the highest teaching honor at Brandeis – the Louis Dembitz Brandeis Prize for Excellence in Teaching. (cwalker@brandeis.edu)

Wangh, Lawrence
Professor Larry Wangh attended Brandeis as an undergraduate and received his Ph.D from Rockefeller University.  A member of the Biology department faculty, he directs the Laboratory of Molecular Diagnostics and Global Health, in which he and a team of about fifteen scientists and students invent and apply new technologies for detection and analysis of infectious disease, cancer, and many other targets. He is also a faculty member in the Health: Science, Society and Policy department. He teaches a course entitled "Genes and the Human Story" which discusses human evolution, migration, genetic variation and demography.  He recently received the 2009-2011 Sigma Xi Society Distinguished Lecturer award.  (wangh@brandeis.edu)

Wardle, John
Professor Wardle is a Professor of Astrophysics. His expertise is in radio astronomy and observational cosmology. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Cambridge and an M.S. and a Ph.D. from the University of Manchester. He is a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society and has received a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Among his numerous publications, he is the author of  "Deceleration from Entrainment in the Jet of the Quasar 1136-135" and "Structure and Magnetic Fields in the Precessing Jet System SS 433," both published in the Astrophysical Journal. His courses include Introductory Astronomy; Modern Physics; and Astrophysics.  (wardle@brandeis.edu)

Whelan, Michaele
Professor Whelan attended Cornell University as an undergraduate and Harvard University for her Master's and Ph.D.  A member of the English and American Literature department  and the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, her research interests include contemporary Anglophone literature, American literature, and narrative theory.  She has received teaching awards from both The Pennsylvania State University and Harvard University.  She has taught courses such as Detection and Analysis: Deciphering Theories of Madness and the USEM, A Haunted America: American Dreamers as Wanderers, Visionaries, Isolates. (mwhelan@brandeis.edu)

Whitfield, Steven
Professor Stephen Whitfield earned his B.A. at Tulane University, his  M.A. at Yale and his Ph.D. at Brandeis. He has taught in the American Studies program since 1972, and holds the Max Richter  Chair in American Civilization. He also teaches in the Journalism Department.  His particular field of interest is  politics and culture in the 20th century. Professor Whitfield is the  author of eight books, including most recently The Culture of the Cold  War and In Search of American Jewish Culture. Professor Whitfield is  also the editor of A Companion to 20th-Century America. In 1993 he won  the Louis D. Brandeis Award for Excellence in Teaching, and in 2008  the Student Union Award for teaching excellence. His courses include  American Individualism; Journalism in Twentieth-Century America; and The Culture of the Cold War.  (swhitfie@brandeis.edu)

Wilson, Elena
Elena began working at Brandeis in June of 2004. For the past nine years she has worked in Higher Education. She currently serves as the Assistant Director for the Student Support Services Program within Academic Services.  Before her arrival to Brandeis, she served as the Counseling Coordinator and Critical Thinking Instructor at her Alma Mater Westfield State College where she earned her undergraduate degree in Mass Communications. Her Master's Degree in Sociology at Brandeis focuses on gender, race, and class inequality and reconciliatory efforts to promote equity. Her passion for helping students makes coming to work every day worthwhile.  (ewilson@brandeis.edu)

Wingfield, Art
Art Wingfield is the Nancy Lurie Marks Professor of Neuroscience, as well as the Director of the Volen National Center for Complex Systems. Professor Wingfield’s expertise concentrates on language, memory, and adult aging. The recipient of two National Institute on Aging MERIT Awards, Professor Wingfield is also a Fellow of both the Gerontological Society of America and the Association for Psychological Science. With a D.Phil. from Oxford University, Professor Wingfield teaches courses in the departments of Neuroscience and Psychology. (wingfiel@brandeis.edu)

Wolf, Jutta
Jutta M. Wolf is an Assistant Professor for Health Psychology in the Department of Psychology and an affiliated faculty member in Health: Science, Society and Policy.  She is also a faculty member in Neuroscience.  She attended the Dresden University of Technology for her doctoral studies.  Among her many accolades, she E136was awarded the Trainee Award from the Psychoneuroimmunology Research Society in 2008 and the American Psychosomatic Society Scholar Award in 2007.  Professor Wolf’s course offerings include Health Psychology and Research Methods and Laboratory in Psychology. Her research interests include the molecular pathways connecting stress and immune processes in depression, PTSD, and eating disorder.  (jmw@brandeis.edu)

Wong, Elaine
Elaine Wong serves as the Senior Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences for Undergraduate Education.  Her responsibilities include the undergraduate curriculum and support for teaching, and staff members reporting to her coordinate experiential  and community-engaged learning, academic internships, the Brandeis Pluralism Alliance and the Undergraduate Departmental Representatives (UDRs).  She aims to support faculty and student community-building initiatives. (ewong@brandeis.edu)

Wright, David
David Wright is a Professor of Bible and Ancient Near East in the Near Eastern and Judaic Studies Department.  His research specialties include Near Eastern and biblical ritual and law in comparative perspective and the languages and literatures of the Ancient Near East.  He is author of the recent book Inventing God's Law: How the Covenant Code of the Bible Used and Revised the Laws of Hammurabi, as well as The Disposal of Impurity: Elimination Rites in the Bible and in Hittite and Mesopotamian Literature and Ritual in Narrative: The Dynamics of Feasting, Mourning, and Retaliation Rites in the Ugaritic Tale of Aqhat.  Professor Wright’s courses include The Bible in Its Near Eastern Context, The World of the Ancient Near East, Comparative Semitic Languages, and Ritual and Magic in the Bible. (wright@brandeis.edu)

Wright, Ellen
Professor Wright attended the University of Colorado as an undergraduate and the University of Iowa to earn her Master's and a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology, specializing in risk and resiliency children and adolescents.  Her research focuses on developmental psychopathology and emotion regulation, particularly in the area of depression. She teaches Introduction to Psychology, Research Methods, Abnormal Psychology Adolescent Development, Theories of Personality, and an upper-level seminar in Research in Sex Differences. (ejwright@brandeis.edu)

Xue, Nianwen
Nianwen Xue is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department and the Language & Linguistics Program at Brandeis University. Before joining Brandeis, he was a research assistant professor at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Prior to that, he was a postdoctoral fellow in the Institute for Research in Cognitive Science and the Department of Computer and Information Science at the University of Pennsylvania. He got his PhD in linguistics from University of Delaware. Professor Xue has broad interests in computational linguistics and natural language processing. He has devoted substantial efforts to developing linguistic corpora annotated with syntactic, semantic, temporal and discourse information that are crucial resources in the field of natural language processing.  The other thread of his research involves using statistical and machine learning techniques in solving natural language processing problems. He has published work in the areas of Chinese word segmentation, syntactic and semantic parsing, coreference, discourse analysis, machine translation as well as biological natural language processing.  His research has received support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), IARPA and DARPA. He serves on the editorial boards of IEEE Transactions on Asian Language Processing, Language Resources and Evaluation, and Computer Processing of Oriental Languages. Nianwen Xue is married and lives with his wife and two daughters. (xuen@brandeis.edu)

Yack, Bernard
Bernard Yack is a Lerman Neubauer Professor of Democracy and Public Policy affiliated with the History of Ideas, and also serves as the Chair of the Politics Department.   Professor Yack specializes in political theory, the history of political thought, nationalism, and cultural pluralism.  He received his B.A. from the University of Toronto and his Ph.D. from Harvard University.  His most recent book, Nationalism and the Moral Psychology of Community, was released in 2012.  (yack@brandeis.edu)

Yoshida, Satoshi
Satoshi Yoshida is an Assistant Professor in the Biology Department.  His possesses the research interests on cell division and cellular stress response.  His research focuses on the molecular mechanism of Rho signaling in yeast.  He attended the University of Tokyo for his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. before coming to the United States.  In addition to his many publications, Professor Yoshida was awarded the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center Young Investigator Award (2009) and the IUBMB Young Scientists’ Award (2006); among others.  Professor Yoshida’s courses include Advanced Cell Biology, Mechanisms of Cell Functions, and Topics in Molecular Genetics and Development.   (satoshi@brandeis.edu)