Emeriti Faculty
Arthé Anthony
Professor of American Studies, Emerita
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
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
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, Kinesiology, 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, Spanish and French Studies, 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
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
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)
James F. Halstead
Professor of Economics, Emeritus (1977-2004)
B.S., University of Maryland; Ph.D., Stanford University
Brice Harris, Jr.
Professor, History, Emeritus (1965-2003)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard 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
Brigida A. Knauer
Dean of Students, Emerita (1967-1992)
B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., Stanford University
Herman A. Lauter
Professor, 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
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
Jaclyn 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, Emerita
B.A., Wellesley College; Ph.D., Yale University
Arthur Saint-Aubin
Professor of Spanish and French Studies
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
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
John S. Stephens, Jr.
James Irvine Professor of Environmental Biology, Emeritus (1959-2003)
B.A., Stanford University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles
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
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
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, Religious Studies, Emeritus (1980-2018)
B.A., San Diego State University; Ph.D., University of Iowa
Jean Wyatt
Professor of English, Emerita
A.B., Pomona College; Ph.D., Harvard University
Esther Yau
Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, Emeritus (1990-2009)
Louise Yuhas
Professor of Art History and the Visual Arts, Emerita (1977-2013)
B.A., Brown University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan