{"id":9,"date":"2013-12-13T11:39:13","date_gmt":"2013-12-13T19:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/?page_id=9"},"modified":"2026-08-31T13:47:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-31T20:47:16","slug":"faculty-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hmc.edu\/hsa\/faculty-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"HSA Faculty and Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Department Chair:<\/strong> Vivien Hamilton<\/a>
Advising Coordinator:<\/strong> William Alves<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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

William Alves<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Music – on Sabbatical spring 2027<\/span>Louisa and Robert Miller Professor of Humanities<\/span>DMA, University of Southern California<\/span>alves@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Music composition; computer music; alternate tuning systems; gamelan music; abstract computer animation<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Isabel<\/div>

Isabel Balseiro<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Comparative Literature<\/span>Alexander and Adelaide Hixon Professor in the Humanities<\/span>PhD, New York University<\/span>isabel_balseiro@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Contemporary writers and film makers of Africa and South America; cultural and race studies; cinema and postcolonial literature<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"David<\/div>

David Cubek<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Music<\/span>Joint music faculty<\/span>DMus, Northwestern University<\/span>dcubek@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Conducting symphonic and operatic repertoire; research on alternative modes of orchestral training and music as an interdisciplinary art form<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Ambereen<\/div>

Ambereen Dadabhoy<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Literature<\/span>PhD, Claremont Graduate University<\/span>909.607.7346<\/a><\/span>ambereen_dadabhoy@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Early modern English literature; Shakespeare; postcolonial theory; East-West encounter<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Erika<\/div>

Erika Dyson<\/a><\/h2>

Associate Professor of Religious Studies<\/span>Willard W. Keith, Jr., Fellow in the Humanities<\/span>PhD, Columbia University<\/span>Office Hours: Monday 11 a.m.\u2013Noon and Thursday 2\u20134 p.m. (by appointment only)<\/span>909.607.0856<\/a><\/span>erika_dyson@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Religion and science; intersections between social-change activism and religion; American religious history; and church and state<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Kenneth<\/div>

Kenneth Fandell<\/a><\/h2>

Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson Professor in Arts and the Humanities<\/span>MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago<\/span>ken_fandell@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Interdisciplinary arts; photography; modern and contemporary art<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Alfred<\/div>

Alfred P. Flores<\/a><\/h2>

Associate Professor of Asian American Studies<\/span>PhD, University of California, Los Angeles<\/span>alflores@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Pacific Islander History; diaspora; labor; indigeneity; militarization; oral history; settler colonialism<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Anup<\/div>

Anup Gampa<\/a><\/h2>

Associate Professor of Psychology – on Sabbatical 2026-2027<\/span>PhD, University of Virginia<\/span>agampa@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Social psychology of social movements, racism, capitalism and wealth inequality<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Jia<\/div>

Jia Yi Gu<\/a><\/h2>

Assistant Professor of Architecture<\/span>PhD, U.C.L.A.<\/span>jiayigu@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Historian; curator; experimental programming<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Vivien<\/div>

Vivien Hamilton<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of the History of Science<\/span>Chair, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts<\/span>PhD, University of Toronto<\/span>vhamilton@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

\n

History of physics; history of medicine; gender and science; disciplinary cultures in science<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Charles<\/div>

Charles Kamm<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Music<\/span>Joint music faculty<\/span>DMA, Yale University<\/span>ckamm@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Concert choir; chamber choir; music history<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/div>

Hae-Seo Kim<\/a><\/h2>

Assistant Professor of Science, Technology, and Society<\/span>PhD, University of California at Irvine <\/span>haeskim@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Dede<\/div>

Dede Long<\/a><\/h2>

Assistant Professor of Economics<\/span>PhD, Oregon State University<\/span>dlong@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Environmental economics; microeconomic theory<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Rachel<\/div>

Rachel Mayeri<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Media Studies – on Sabbatical spring 2027<\/span>Director of Hixon Riggs Program<\/span>MFA, University of California, San Diego<\/span>909.607.0461<\/a><\/span>rachel_mayeri@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Experimental documentary production; motion graphics and animation; history of special effects; genetics and society; ecology and art; history of science and art<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/div>

Salvador Plascencia<\/h2>

Associate Professor of Creative Writing<\/span>MFA, Syracuse University<\/span>909.621.8022<\/a><\/span>splascencia@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Creative writing; The novel as print technology<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"David<\/div>

David K. Seitz<\/a><\/h2>

Associate Professor of Cultural Geography<\/span>PhD, University of Toronto<\/span>dseitz@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Geographies of citizenship; feminist, critical race and queer theories; affect<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Sarah<\/div>

Sarah Stefanos<\/h2>

Assistant Professor of Sociology<\/span>PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison<\/span>sstefanos@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Researcher; social and environmental scientist; entrepreneur<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Paul<\/div>

Paul Steinberg<\/a><\/h2>

Malcolm Lewis Professor in Sustainability and Society<\/span>Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy<\/span>PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz<\/span>paul_steinberg@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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International and comparative environmental politics; policy analysis; sustainable development; biodiversity; political science research methods<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"David<\/div>

David Wilson<\/a><\/h2>

Assistant Professor of Music<\/span>PhD, University of Chicago<\/span>DMA, University of Southern California<\/span>dfwilson@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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Ethnomusicology; interdisciplinary arts; media studies; East Asian Studies and Taiwan Studies<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Darryl<\/div>

Darryl Wright<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Philosophy – on Sabbatical 2026-2027<\/span>Willard W. Keith, Jr., Fellow in the Humanities<\/span>PhD, University of Michigan<\/span>909.607.4478<\/a><\/span>darryl_wright@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div>

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History of ethics; metaethics; ethical theory; Objectivism<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Emeriti Faculty<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Emeriti faculty are retired faculty members who have been awarded special status by the College in recognition of their service.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\n
\"Hal<\/div>

Hal S. Barron<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of History, Emeritus<\/span>PhD, University of Pennsylvania<\/span><\/p><\/div>

\n

U.S. social history; history of rural America; immigration and ethnicity<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Tad<\/div>

Tad Beckman<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus<\/span>PhD, University of California, Berkeley<\/span><\/p><\/div>

\n

Nietzsche; environmental philosophy; philosophy of science<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Jeffrey<\/div>

Jeffrey D. Groves<\/a><\/h2>

Professor of Literature, Emeritus<\/span>PhD, Claremont Graduate University<\/span><\/p><\/div>

\n

Nineteenth-Century Literature; history of the book; letterpress printing<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Lisa<\/div>

Lisa M. Sullivan<\/h2>

Professor of Economics, Emerita<\/span>PhD, University of Toronto<\/span><\/p><\/div>

\n

Economic history; history of work and work ethics<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Staff<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"Valerie<\/div>

Valerie Jusay<\/h2>

Administrative Coordinator<\/span>909.621.8022<\/a><\/span>vjusay@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/div>

TBD<\/h2>

Program Coordinator<\/span>Parsons 1276<\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"Ken<\/div>

Ken Cotich<\/h2>

Temporary Concert Supervisor<\/span>kcotich@g.hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\"\"<\/div>

Catalina Lopez<\/h2>

Temporary Gallery Manager<\/span>clopez@hmc.edu<\/a><\/span><\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

In Memoriam<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
\n
\"Gary<\/div>

Gary R. Evans<\/h2>

<\/p><\/div>

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The department mourns Gary Evans, emeritus professor of economics, who retired in 2020 after 39 years at 91̽»¨ Mudd. In Memoriam website<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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