OBERLIN COLLEGE - Key Persons


Adelia A.F. Johnston

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Alicia Smith-Tran

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Sociology

Amanda Schmidt

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Geosciences

Amanda Zadorian

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

Amy Berg

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Amy Palinski

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Andrew (Drew) Wilburn

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Classics

Angelina Baker

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Ann Cooper Albright

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Dance

Ann Sherif

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Japanese

Anthony Pernell-McGee

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Career Exploration and Development

Arica Nickole Pfirsch

Job Titles:
  • Concert Sound Equipment Technician

Ayuka Suemasa

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Japanese

Becky Benya

Job Titles:
  • Analyst
  • Programmer

Blair Braun

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

Bonnie Cheng

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Art History and East Asian Studies

Bosworth Hall


Brandon Davis

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director, Career Readiness

Carmen (Patty) Tovar

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Carmen Twillie Ambar - President

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • President
  • President of the Executive Committee
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee

Carol Tufts

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of English and Theater

Carrie Andrew

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Charlene Drew Jarvis

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee

Cheryl Cottine

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Religion

Chesley Maddox-Dorsey

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • AA Chair
  • Board Vice Chair Chair, Advancement & Alumni Affairs
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Vice Chair of Nominations & Governance - Committee

Chialan Sharon Wang

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese

Chris Canavan - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Board
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • BOT Chair Ex Officio
  • Chairman of Nominations & Governance - Committee
  • Ex Officio
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Chris Trinacty

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Classics

Christina Smith

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Physics

Christine S. Wu

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychology

Chuck Birenbaum

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee

Claire Solomon

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Hispanic Studies and Comparative Literature

Clovis White

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Sociology

Cortney Smith

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication

Cynthia (Cindy) Chapman


Cynthia Hogan

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Cynthia Taylor

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Computer Science

Dale Alexander

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Dan Stinebring

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Professor of Physics

Dan Styer

Job Titles:
  • John & Marianne Schiffer Professor of Physics

Danielle Skeehan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of English and Comparative American Studies

David Bugher - CTO

Job Titles:
  • Assistant
  • Technical Director

David Krischer

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Capital Planning Committee
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Chairman of Budget & Finance Committee

David Shipley

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Vice Chair of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Dominic Toscano

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Chinese

Don Graves

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Employer and Alumni Engagement

Dorothy Auble

Job Titles:
  • Biology and Neuroscience Resource Coordinator

Ed Helms

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Ed Vermue


Elizabeth Wilmer

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics

Ellen Wurtzel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of History

Emilia Bachrach

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Religion and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies

Emily Barton

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Creative Writing

Emily Perry

Job Titles:
  • Departmental Technician

Emily Wang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Eric Katzman

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Investment Committee

Eric Steggall

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director for Theater, Dance, and Opera

Ethan Woodfill

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Project Manager, Environmental Dashboard

Fernanda Villarroel Lamoza

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Art History of Africa and the Black Atlantic

Francis Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Studio Art Media Manager and Lecturer

Francisco Dominguez

Job Titles:
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Fred Haas

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Frederick B Artz

Job Titles:
  • Frederick B Artz Professor of History

Gabriel Cooper

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of German Language and Literatures

Gavin Tritt

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Shansi Program

Georgia Yuan

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman, Student Affairs
  • Member of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee
  • Student Affairs Committee / Student Affairs - Committee Charter

Grace An

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of French and Cinema Studies

Hal Sundt

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Writing and Communication

Harrod Suarez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of English and Comparative American Studies

Heather Beam

Job Titles:
  • Special Assistant

Hsiu-Chuang Deppman

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Chinese and Cinema Studies

Ivana Di Siena

Job Titles:
  • Instructor of Italian

Jack Calcut

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics

Jade Schiff

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Politics

James Almeida

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of History

James F. Clark

Job Titles:
  • James F. Clark Professor of Mathematics

James Howsmon

Job Titles:
  • Division Director

James Monroe

Job Titles:
  • James Monroe Professor of Politics and of East Asian Studies

Jan Miyake

Job Titles:
  • Division Director

Jane Bennett

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer / Lab Instructor

Jason Belitsky

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Jason D. Haugen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Anthropology

Jason Stalnaker

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physics

Jay Whitacre

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Jazz Studies

Job Titles:
  • Division Director Jay Ashby Administrative Assistant Julie Baker

Jeanne Rosecrans

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant
  • Division Director
  • Division Director Jody Kerchner Administrative Assistant

Jeffrey (Jeff) Witmer

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics

Jennifer Blaylock

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies

Jennifer Bryan

Job Titles:
  • Professor of English

Jeremy Benjamin

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Instructor / Lighting Designer

Jess Gorgas

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Leadership

Jesse Jones

Job Titles:
  • Division Director

Jessica Arnett

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and Environmental Studies

Jillian Scudder

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Physics

Jim Walsh

Job Titles:
  • Professor

John C. Reid

Job Titles:
  • John C. Reid Associate Professor of Writing and Communication and English

John Scofield

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Physics

Johnny Coleman

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Studio Art and Africana Studies

Jonathan William Moyer

Job Titles:
  • Division Director

Josh Nolan

Job Titles:
  • Attorney

Joshua Sperling

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Cinema Studies

Julia Christensen

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Integrated Media

Justin Younker

Job Titles:
  • Assistant General Counsel

Kari Barclay

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Theater

Kat Burdine

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Design & Digital Imaging

Katherine Cullen

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer / Lab Instructor

Katherine Thomson-Jones

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Philosophy

Kevin Woods

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Mathematics

Kirk Warren

Job Titles:
  • Lab Technician

KJ Cerankowski

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Comparative American Studies and Gender, Sexuality, and Feminist Studies

Krista Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Office Manager & Senior Paralegal

Kristen Welsh

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Geosciences

Laura Baudot

Job Titles:
  • Associate Dean of the College of the Arts and Sciences

Laura Carlson-Tarantowski

Job Titles:
  • Designer

Leanne Wagner

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Chairman, Compensation

Lee Koonce

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Member of the Executive Committee

Li Tong

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer in Chinese

Lillie Edwards

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Academic Affairs Committee
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman, Academic Affairs

Lisa Waller

Job Titles:
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee

Maggie Brehm

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics

Maia Solovieva

Job Titles:
  • Faculty in Residence, Russian

Marc Blecher

Job Titles:
  • James Monroe Professor of Politics and of East Asian Studies

Martin Thomson-Jones

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Philosophy

Matthew Bahar

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of History

Matthew Berkman

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Jewish Studies

Matthew Lahey - Chief Legal Officer, VP

Job Titles:
  • General Counsel
  • Secretary
  • Vice President

Matthew Wright

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Theater

Maureen Peters

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Biology

Mauricio Betancourt

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Sociology

Md Rumi Shammin

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Environmental Studies

Meredith Shea

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Michael Kamarck

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Chairman, Capital Planning

Mitchell Scharman

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Professor of Geoscience

Molly Raphael

Job Titles:
  • Member of Budget & Finance Committee
  • Vice Chair

Motoko Deane

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Nancy Darling

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychology

Nanette Yannuzzi

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Studio Art, Installation, Sculpture, Book Arts

Natasha Tessone

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of English

Nicholas Bujalski

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Russian and East European Studies

Obianuju Genevieve Aguolu

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor

Pam Snyder

Job Titles:
  • Executive Director, Foundation, Government & Corporate Grants

Pamela (Pam) Brooks

Job Titles:
  • Jane and Eric Nord Associate Professor of Africana Studies

Pat Stull

Job Titles:
  • Scheduling Manager

Pat Sturges

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Patricia Shanks - Chairman

Job Titles:
  • Chairman
  • Member of the Executive Committee
  • Member of the Investment Committee
  • Member of Nominations & Governance - Committee
  • Vice Chair of Budget & Finance Committee

Patrick Simen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Neuroscience

Patty deWinstanley

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Psychology

Paul Brehm

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Economics and Environmental Studies

Paul Thibodeau

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychology

Peter Chan-Andersen

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Peter Slowik

Job Titles:
  • Division Director

Peters Hall

Peters Hall is one of the stately academic buildings that faces Wilder Bowl.

Phoenix Crane

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

PJ Stasuk

Job Titles:
  • Concert Sound Equipment Technician

Polly Bratton

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Raphael Jiménez

Job Titles:
  • Division Director

Raymond Scattone

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Professor of Environmental Studies

Rian Brown-Orso

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Cinema Studies

Richard Hawkins

Job Titles:
  • Division Director

Richard Wood

Job Titles:
  • Facilities Manager

Rishad Choudhury

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of History

Robert S. Danforth

Job Titles:
  • Robert S. Danforth Associate Professor of Religion

Robin Black

Job Titles:
  • Member of the Academic Affairs Committee

Ron Cheung

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Economics

Rudabeh Shahid

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Politics

Ryan Wolfgang

Job Titles:
  • Campus Recreation Coordinator

Sam Cohen

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Creative Writing

Sam Taggart

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Samantha Davis

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assist. Professor of Africana Studies and Politics

Sara Schoenhoft

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Campus Recreation

Sara Verosky

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor of Psychology

Sarah Schuster

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Studio Art, Painting

Scott Branson

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Sean Gavin

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of the Investment Committee
  • Vice Chair
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee
  • Chairman, Investment
  • Investment Chair

Sean Lehlbach

Job Titles:
  • Associate Director of Student Involvement

Shaina Lin Chung

Job Titles:
  • Student Involvement Coordinator

Sharon Vogel

Job Titles:
  • Laboratory Technician III

Shuming Chen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Stephen Checkoway

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Computer Science

Steve Crowley

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Politics

Steve Dolcemaschio

Job Titles:
  • Chairman of the Executive Committee
  • Chairman of Audit & Risk Management Committee

Stevenson Hall


Susan Jane Colley

Job Titles:
  • Andrew & Pauline Delaney Professor of Mathematics

Talise Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Africana Studies and Dance

Taylor Allen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Biology

Ted Brandt

Job Titles:
  • Chairman ( CPC Rep. )
  • Chairman of Budget & Finance Committee

Ted Evans

Job Titles:
  • Director of Entrepreneurship

Tina Zwegat

Job Titles:
  • Director of Student Involvement

Tracy Tucker

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Travis Wilson

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Psychology

Twila Colley

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Veljko Vujacic

Job Titles:
  • Professor of Sociology

Veronica De Pascuale

Job Titles:
  • Administrative Assistant

Wilder Hall

Job Titles:
  • Student Union ), Basement
  • Student Union ), Room 105
  • Student Union ), Room 111
  • Student Union ), Room 208
  • Student Union ), Room 208 ( Office Space ) & Room 212 ( Lounge )
  • Student Union ), Room 217

William Patrick Day

Job Titles:
  • Professor of English and Cinema Studies

William R. Smith

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Instructor of Politics

Yu-chi Chang

Job Titles:
  • Visiting Assistant Professor of Chinese History

Yveline Alexis

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor of Africana Studies and Comparative American Studies

Zeinab Abul-Magd

Job Titles:
  • Professor of History