2023-2024 Catalog

Emeriti Faculty

Arthé Anthony

Professor of American Studies, Emeritus (1979-2014)

B.A., Ph.D., University of California, Irvine; M.A., Boston University

 

David Axeen

Professor of American Studies, Emeritus (1969-2007)

B.A., University of Iowa; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Elizabeth Barber

Professor of Linguistics and Archaeology, Emerita (1969-2007)

B.A., Bryn Mawr College; M.A., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Scott Bogue
Professor of Geology, Emeritus (1985-2021)
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Cruz

 

John Bouchard

Professor of Theater, Emeritus  (1986-2018)

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University

 

Thomas Burkdall

Associate Professor of Writing and Rhetoric, Emeritus  (1991-2022)

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Ph.D., Rice University

 

Larry Caldwell

Cecil H. and Louise Gamble Professor in Political Science, Professor of Politics, Emeritus (1967-2014)

B.A., College of Wooster; M.A., M.A.L.D., Ph.D., Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy

 

Wellington K. K. Chan

National Endowment for the Humanities Distinguished Professor of the Humanities; Professor of History, Emeritus (1971-2010)

B.A., Yale University; B.Lit., University of Oxford; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Sarah Chen

Professor of East Asian Studies, Emerita (1989-2019)

B.A., Rutgers University; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Norman S. Cohen

Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History, Emeritus (1966-1998)

B.A., George Washington University; M.A., Pennsylvania State University; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Phoebe Dea

Fletcher Jones Professor of Chemistry, Emerita (1993-2014)

B.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., California Institute of Technology

 

Donald Deardorff

Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus (1981-2015)

B.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Ph.D., University of Arizona

 

Frank P. DeHaan

Carl F. Braun Professor of Chemistry, Emeritus (1961-1995)

A.B., Calvin College; Ph.D., Purdue University

 

Nancy Dess

Professor of Psychology, Emerita (1986-2022)

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Minnesota

 

Lynn Dumenil

Robert Glass Cleland Professor of American History, Emerita (1991-2014)

B.A., University of Southern California; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Dennis Eggleston

Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1987-2022)

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Robert Ellis

Norman Bridge Distinguished Professor of Spanish, Emeritus (1984-2021)

B.A., Pomona College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Daniel Fineman

Professor of English, Emeritus (1976-2020)

B.A., Franklin and Marshall College; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University

 

Eric Frank

Professor of Art and Art History, Emeritus (1986-2021)

B.A., Dartmouth College; M.A., Syracuse University; Ph.D., New York University

 

Alan Freeman

Professor of Theater, Emeritus (1969-2014)

A.B., M.A., Occidental College; M.F.A., American Film Institute

 

Erich A. Frey

Professor of German, Emeritus (1960-1996)

B.A., Nebraska Wesleyan University; M.A., University of Nebraska; Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Nina Gelbart

Professor, History; Anita Johnson Wand Professor of Women's Studies, Emerita (1981-2023)
A.B., Harvard University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago
 
Irene Girton

Professor of Music, Emerita (2000-2021)

B.Music, Oberlin College Conservatory of Music; M.Phil., Ph.D., Yale University

 

Evelyne Glaser

Registrar, Emerita (1980-1998)

A.B., Occidental College

 

Donald Y. Goldberg

Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1978-2002)

B.A., New College; A.M., Ph.D., Dartmouth College; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Robert Gottlieb

Professor of Urban and Environmental Policy, Emeritus (1997-2015)

A.B., Reed College

 

Susan Gratch

Professor of Theater and Performance Studies, Emerita (1985-2022)

B.A., M.F.A., University of Michigan

 

Allen Gross

Professor of Music, Emeritus (1983- 2014)

B.A., Queens College; M.A., University of California, Berkeley; D.M.A., Stanford University

 

Felisa Guillén

Professor of Spanish and French Studies, Emerita (1990- 2021)

B.A., M.A., University of Madrid; Ph.D., University of California, Santa Barbara

 

John Hafner

Curator of the Moore Laboratory of Zoology and Professor of Biology, Emeritus (1982-2010)

A.B, Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, M.S., Texas Tech University

 

James F. Halstead

Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1977-2004)

B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Marcia Homiak

Professor of Philosophy, Emerita (1974-2019)

A.B., Mount Holyoke College; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Anne B. Howells

Professor of English and Comparative Literary Studies, Emeritus (1966-2005)

B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Washington

 

Jane S. Jaquette

Bertha Harton Orr Professor in the Liberal Arts, Emeritus (1969-2005)

B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Cornell University

 

Alan Knoerr

Associate Professor of Mathematics, Cognitive Science, Emeritus (1991-2018)

B.A., Oberlin College; Sc.M., Ph.D., Brown University

 

Herman A. Lauter

Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus (1963-1991)

B.S., Purdue University; M.A., University of Washington, Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Diana Card Linden

Professor of Cognitive Science, Emerita (1982-2017)

A.B., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Adelaida López

Professor of Spanish and French Studies, Emerita (1990-2020)

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

 

Linda Lyke

Professor of Art and Art History, Emerita (1976-2022)

B.A., Wellesley College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University

 

Gary Martin

Professor of Biology, Emeritus (1980-2021)

B.A., M.A., California State College, Sonoma; Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Michael M. McAleenan

Professor of Sociology and Law, Emeritus (1972-2005)

B.A., M.A., Michigan State University; Ph.D., University of Hawaii; J.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Rae McCormick

Professor of Education, Emerita (1977-2004)

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., California State University, Los Angeles; Ed.D., University of Southern California

 

Jacquelyn Ann McCoy

College Librarian, Emerita (1986-2001)

A.B., M.S.L.S., Syracuse University

 

Lynn Mehl

Professor of Kinesiology and Psychology, Emerita (1977-2022)

B.A., M.S., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Robby Moore

Elbridge Amos Stuart Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1978-2019)

A.B., M.S.L.S., Syracuse University

 

Martin L. Morton

James Irvine Professor in Environmental Biology, Emeritus (1967-2000)

A.B., M.A., San Jose State College; Ph.D., Washington State University

 

Joan Rand Moschovakis

Professor of Mathematics, Emerita (1965-1995)

A.B. University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

D. Keith Naylor

Professor of Religious Studies, Emeritus (1989-2019)

A.B. University of California, Berkeley; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

Michael Near

Professor of English, Emeritus (1988-2013)

B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley

 

Eric Newhall

Professor of English, American Studies Emeritus (1975-2019)

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Martin N. Olson

Professor of Education, Emeritus (1975-2005)

B.A., M.Ed., Western Washington State College; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University

 

Annabelle M. Rea

Professor of French, Emerita (1966-2002)

B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Thomas Robertson

Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1960-1991)

B.A., University of St. Andrews; M.A., University of Southern California

 

Jacyln Rodríguez

Professor of Psychology and Latin@ and Latin American Studies, Emeritus (1984-2021)

A.B., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan

 

Martha Ronk

Irma and Jay Price Professor of English Literature, Emeritus (1980-2014)

B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Yale University

 

Arthur Saint-Aubin

Professor of Spanish and French Studies, Emeritus (1979-2022)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University
 
Timothy D. Sanders

Professor of Physics, Emeritus (1964-1992)

B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Stanford University

 

Anne Schell

Professor of Psychology, Emerita (1971-2017)

B.S., Baylor University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Southern California

 

Nathan Shenfeld

Associate Professor of Psychology, Emeritus (1965-1988)

B.S., Illinois Institute of Technology; Ph.D., University of Buffalo

 

John Brooks Slaughter

President, Emeritus (1988-1999)

B.S., Kansas State University; M.S., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of California, San Diego

 

Thomas A. Slobko

Chief Information Officer and Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus (1971-2006)

A.B., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Thomas C. Somerville

Professor of Music, Emeritus (1977-2000)

B.A., B.M., University of Dubuque; M.M, D.M.A., University of Southern California

 

Woody Studenmund

Laurence de Rycke Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1970-2022)

B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

John Swift

Professor of English, Emeritus (1981-2019)

B.A., Middlebury College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia

 

Nalsey Tinberg

Professor of Mathematics, Emerita (1980-2021)

B.A., University of California, Los Angeles; Ph.D., University of Warwick

 

Jeffrey Tobin

Associate Professor of Critical Theory and Social Justice, Emeritus (1998-2011)

B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of Hawaii, Manoa; Ph.D., Rice University

 

Saul Traiger

Professor of Cognitive Science and Philosophy, Emeritus (1985-2021)

B.A., State University of New York, Binghamton; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh

 

Dennis A. Vanderweele

Professor of Psychology, Emeritus (1973-2006)

B.S., M.A., Western Michigan University; Ph.D., University of Maine

 

Jim Whitney

Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1982-2014)

B.A., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin

 

Dale Wright

David B. and Mary H. Gamble Professor in Religion, Emeritus (1980-2018)

B.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa

 

Jean Wyatt

Professor of English, Emerita (1970-2021)

A.B., Pomona College; Ph.D., Harvard University

 

Esther Yau

Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, Emeritus (1990-2009)

B.A., University of Hong Kong; M.A., Bowling Green State University; Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

 

Louise Yuhas

Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, Emerita (1977-2013)

B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan