{"id":12,"date":"2022-04-08T11:10:55","date_gmt":"2022-04-08T18:10:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpdev.hmc.edu\/cs\/?page_id=12"},"modified":"2026-07-02T11:36:02","modified_gmt":"2026-07-02T18:36:02","slug":"faculty-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/cs\/faculty-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"CS Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

CS Department and Chair’s Office Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

To contact the Computer Science Department or Chair’s Office, please call 909.607.0299<\/a> or email chair@cs.hmc.edu<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Interested in joining the 91̽»¨ Mudd Computer Science community?<\/strong> 91̽»¨ is a proud, fully in-person institution. To explore current faculty and staff opportunities, please visit the College’s Careers page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For questions about admissions (including tours and meeting faculty), please email admission@hmc.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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\"Julie<\/div>

Julie Medero<\/a><\/h3>

Csilla and Walt Foley Associate Professor of Computer Science<\/span>Chair, Department of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 317<\/span>909.621.8072<\/a><\/span>julie@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Local air quality measurement, communication, and interventions<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Ben<\/div>

Ben Wiedermann<\/a><\/h3>

Professor of Computer Science<\/span>Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science<\/span>Computer Science Clinic Recruiting Director<\/span>McGregor 315<\/span>909.607.5330<\/a><\/span>benw@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Programming Languages and improving the Human\/Program Interface.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Lucas<\/div>

Lucas Bang<\/h3>

Associate Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 328<\/span>bang@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Combining combinatorics and information theory to software analysis problems. Recent work has been in synthesizing adaptive side-channel exploits.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Jim<\/div>

Jim Boerkoel<\/a><\/h3>

John V. Sell Professor of Computer Science – on Sabbatical 2026-2027<\/span>McGregor 309<\/span>909.607.4522<\/a><\/span>boerkoel@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Human-Robot Teams, Scheduling, and Planning, Artificial Intelligence.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Katherine<\/div>

Katherine Breeden<\/a><\/h3>

Associate Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 319<\/span>909.607.3462<\/a><\/span>kb@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Computer Graphics, Human Gaze Response, Computational Geometry.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Jonathan<\/div>

Jonathan Chang \u201917<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 322<\/span>909.621.8570<\/a><\/span>jpchang@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Algorithms, models to promote healthy online interactions<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Zach<\/div>

Zach Dodds<\/a><\/h3>

Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Professor of Computer Science<\/span>Entrepreneurship Studio Director<\/span>McGregor 326<\/span>909.607.1813<\/a><\/span>dodds@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Robot Vision and Spatial Reasoning, CS Outreach.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Lynn<\/div>

Lynn Kirabo<\/a><\/h3>

Maria M. Klawe Assistant Professor of Climate and Computer Science<\/span>Hixon Center for Climate and the Environment, Computer Science<\/span>Olin 1253 & McGregor 313 (TR)<\/span>lkirabo@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Human-Computer Interaction and Accessibility<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"George<\/div>

George Monta\u00f1ez<\/a><\/h3>

Associate Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 301<\/span>909.607.9945<\/a><\/span>montanez@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Machine Learning and why it works!<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Vidushi<\/div>

Vidushi Ojha \u201917<\/h3>

Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 316, x18127<\/span>909.621.8127<\/a><\/span>vidushi@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Policies, practices that foster learning and well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Melissa<\/div>

Melissa O’Neill<\/a><\/h3>

Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 314<\/span>909.607.9661<\/a><\/span>oneill@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Parallel and Distributed Systems and Programming Languages.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Arthi<\/div>

Arthi Padmanabhan POM \u201914<\/h3>

Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 321<\/span>arpadmanabhan@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Systems and Networking; Systems for Machine Learning<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Tim<\/div>

Tim Randolph<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 327<\/span>909.607.4173<\/a><\/span>trandolph@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Intersection of computer science and mathematics.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Xanda<\/div>

Xanda Schofield \u201913<\/a><\/h3>

Associate Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 330<\/span>909.607.2105<\/a><\/span>xanda@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Natural Language Processing, with applications to text analysis for the humanities and social sciences.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Chris<\/div>

Chris Stone<\/a><\/h3>

Professor of Computer Science<\/span>Computer Science Capstone Program Director<\/span>McGregor 320<\/span>909.607.8975<\/a><\/span>stone@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Types in Programming Languages and Compilers.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Erin<\/div>

Erin Talvitie<\/a><\/h3>

Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 323<\/span>909.607.1381<\/a><\/span>erin@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Applications of machine learning to artificial intelligence, creation of artificial autonomous agents that can act flexibly and competently in unknown environments.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Beth<\/div>

Beth Trushkowsky<\/a><\/h3>

Associate Professor of Computer Science – on Sabbatical spring 2027<\/span>McGregor 318<\/span>909.621.8035<\/a><\/span>beth@cs.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Crowdsourcing and Databases.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Calden<\/div>

Calden Wloka<\/a><\/h3>

Assistant Professor of Computer Science<\/span>McGregor 329<\/span>909.607.6833<\/a><\/span>cwloka@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Research: Computer Vision<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Emeritus and Memoriam Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n