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Directory

College Board of Trustees

Officers
William A. Lowry ’84, Chairman
Claudia Wyatt-Johnson ’69, Secretary

Charter Trustees

Class of 2023

Earl J. Barnes II ’86
Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer, Amita Health

David F. Gorter ’80
President; SSU Corporation

James M. Hunter ’71
Richmond Hill, GA

William A. Lowry ’84
Shareholder and Managing Shareholder, Nyhan, Bambrick, Kinzie, and Lowry PC
Cook County Commissioner of the 3rd District

Mark A. Nagle
President, Czarnowski Display Service Inc.

Claudia Wyatt-Johnson ’69
Founding Partner, Partners in Performance Inc.

Class of 2024

William Connell
Lake Forest, IL

Robert D. Krebs
Lake Forest, Illinois

Randall S. Lauer ’81
Independent Trustee, HPS Corporate Lending Fund

Alexander D. Stuart
President, North Star Investments

Class of 2025

Charles M. Brennan III
Mettawa, IL

John D. Carruthers ’78
Senior Business Analyst (ret), US Bank

Doni Fordyce-Urfirer ’81
President and Chief Operating Officer, Stone Key Group

Craig Omtvedt
Lake Forest, IL

Stephen C. Strelsin 
Managing Partner (ret), Axiom Consulting Partners

Class of 2026

William G. Brown
Hobe Sound, FL

David A. Castagnetti ’84
Founder, Mehlman Castagnetti

Joseph McCarthy ’78
Chief Brand Officer, Juvenescence

Joanne Storkan
Executive Producer and President, Honest Engine Films

Sean Thomas ’81
Partner, Negotiations & Contracts Executive, Aon Hewitt

National

Class of 2023

Robert W. Crawford, Jr.
Chairman, Brook Furniture Rental

Shao Lin-Lee
Founder and Chief Executive Officer, ACELYRIN, Inc.

Martino R. Moore ’99
Executive Director on the Institutional Salestrading Desk, Morgan Stanley

Robert S. Murley
Vice Chairman, Credit Suisse

Dr. Angelique L. Richard ’85
Acting Senior Vice President for Hospital Operations; Chief Nursing Executive for the Rush System; Vice President, Clinical Nursing and Chief Nurse Officer for Rush University Medical Center and the Associate Dean for Practice, Rush University College of Nursing

Class of 2024

Marisue Lacher
Lake Forest, IL

Class of 2025

M. Mercedes Badia-Tavas
Partner, Barnes & Thornburg LLP

Class of 2026

Devon C. Bruce
Partner, Power Rogers, & Smith LLP

Jessica Q. Coleman ’89
Vice President, Investment Management Division: Goldman Sachs & Company, LLC

Geoffrey M. Curtis ’97
Executive Vice President of Corporate Affairs and Chief Communication Officer; Horizon Pharma, PLC

Niel J. Donnelley
Major Account Manager, R.R. Donnelley

Karen S. Frost ’89
Senior Vice President, Health Strategy & Solutions; Alight Solutions

K. Scott Meloun ’81
Naples, FL

Mark A. Shadle ’84
Managing Director, Global Corporate Affairs; Zeno Group

Ex-Officio

Dr. Jill Baren
President, 91¿´Æ¬Íø

Susan DuMont ’07
President, 91¿´Æ¬Íø Alumni Council

Jeffrey J. Anderson
President and Chief Executive Officer, Lake Forest Graduate School of Management

Life Trustees

Daniel D. Dolan, Jr. ’80
Owner/Managing Member, Dolan McEniry Capital Management, LLC

Russell W. Fisher
Chairman, Biofit Engineered Products

James P. Gorter 
Green Bay Management Company

John S. Lillard
Chairman (ret.), Wintrust Financial Corporation

Paula P. Lillard 
Lake Forest, IL

David B. Mathis ’60
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (ret.), Kemper Group

Marian P. Pawlick 
Lake Bluff,IL

Lorna S. Pfaelzer
Lake Bluff, IL

Rhoda A. Pierce ’60
Highland Park, IL

The Faculty

Current Faculty

Dawn M. Abt-Perkins (1993)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Director of Writing Programs; Professor of Education

Glenn Adelson (2009)
B.A., University of Michigan; J.D., University of Michigan; Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

Robert Archambeau (1996)
B.A., University of Manitoba; M.A., M.F.A., Ph.D., University of Notre Dame; Professor of English

Carla Arnell (2000)
A.B., Augustana College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor of English

Sugata Banerji (2015)
B.E., West Bengal University of Technology (Kolkata, India); Ph.D., New Jersey Institute of Technology; Associate Professor of Computer Science

Flavia Barbosa (2017)
B.S., Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (Brazil); Ph.D., University of Missouri; Associate Professor of Biology

Anne Barry (2015)
B.A. and Higher Diploma in Education, University College Cork (Ireland); M.A., University of St. Thomas;  Ph.D., Florida State University; Associate Professor of Music

Cassondra Batz-Barbarich (2019)
B.S., Loyola University Chicago; M.S., Ph.D, Purdue University; Assistant Professor of Business

Rudi Batzell (2017)
B.A., Columbia College; M.Phil., University of Cambridge (UK); Ph.D., Harvard University; Assistant Professor of History

Christopher Todd Beer (2012)
B.F.A., The Savannah College of Art & Design; M.A., Humboldt State University; Ph.D., Indiana University; Associate Professor of Sociology

Theodore R. “T. R.” Bell (2004)
B.A., 91¿´Æ¬Íø; Physical Educator and Coach; Director of Summer Conferences

Elizabeth Benacka (2007-2013, 2013)
B.A., Loyola University of Chicago; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Communication

Susy Bielak (2022)
B.A., Macalester College; M.F.A., University of California San Diego; Assistant Professor of Art

David M. Boden (1996)
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; J.D., College of William and Mary; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Sociology and Anthropology

Arthur Bousquet (2018)
B.S., M.S., SuP Galilee (France);  Ph.D., Indiana University; Associate Professor of Mathematics

Brian Bruha (2004)
B.A., 91¿´Æ¬Íø, M.B.A., Keller Graduate School of Management; Director of Athletic Facilities, Head Men’s Golf Coach

Stephanie Caparelli (2022)
B.A., 91¿´Æ¬Íø; J.D., Chicago-Kent College of Law; Assistant Professor of Politics

Hannah N. Carlson (2024)
B.S., University of Georgia; M.A., Ph.D., Wake Forest University; Assistant Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience

James Catanzaro (2009)
B.A., Greenville College; M.A., West Virginia University; Head Football Coach

Ajar Chekirova (2019)
B.A., Ohio University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinios-Chicago; Assistant Professor of Politics

Shiwei Chen (1998)
B.A., Yunnan University; M.A., Peking University; Ph.D., Harvard University; Professor of History

Beth Clemmensen (2022)
B.A., University of Illinois; M.BA., Northwestern University; Visiting Assistant Professor of Business

Jason A. Cody (1995-1996; 1997)
B.A., College of Wooster; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor of Chemistry

Michael Cohen (2017)
B.A., Miami University; M.A., Michigan State University; Associate Director of Admissions

William Conrad (2018)
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Washington; Assistant Professor of Chemistry 

Zachary Cook (2018)
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Assistant Professor of Politics 

Joshua Corey (2007)
B.A., Vassar College; M.A., M.F.A., University of Montana; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University; Professor of English

Michael Dau (1966)
B.A., M.L.S., 91¿´Æ¬Íø; Physical Educator and Coach

Shubhik DebBurman (2001)
B.A., Wittenberg University; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor of Biology

Rebecca Delventhal (2020)
B.A., Macalester College; M.S., Ph.D., Yale University; Assistant Professor of Biology

Emily L. Dix (2023)
B.S., Haverford College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Assistant Professor of Psychology

Scott Edgar (2012)
B.A., Bowling Green State University; M.A., University of Dayton; Ph.D., University of Michigan; Associate Professor of Music

Christopher J. Ellertson (2015)
B.A., Otterbein College; M.A., Indiana University of Pennsylvania; Vice President for Enrollment

Tilahun Emiru (2020)
B.A., Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia); M.S., University of Copenhagen (Denmark); M.P.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., Cornell University; Assistant Professor of Economics

Daw-Nay Evans (2012)
B.A., George Mason University; M.A., Virginia Polytechnic and State University; Ph.D., DePaul University; Associate Professor of Philosophy

Daniel Everhart (2022)
B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., University of Virginia; Visiting Instructor in Spanish

Amanda Felkey (2006)
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Cornell University; Professor of Economics and Business

Elizabeth W. Fischer (1992)
B.A., 91¿´Æ¬Íø; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Senior Lecturer in Chemistry

Ariana Gammel (2015)
Bachelor of Accountancy, University of San Diego; M.B.A., Lake Forest Graduate School of Management; Lecturer in Business

Andrew Gard (2019)
B.S., Ph.D., The Ohio State University University; Assistant Professor of Mathematics

Paul Gladen (2016)
B.A., St. Olaf College; Ph.D., Indiana University; Associate Professor of Chemistry

Anya Golovkova (2020)
B.A., Moscow State Linguistics University (Russia); M.A., Columbia University; M.St., Oxford University (United Kingdom); Ph.D., Cornell University; Assistant Professor of Religion

Benjamin Goluboff (1986)
B.A., New York University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Professor of English

Rebecca Graff (2014)
B.A., University of California (Berkeley); M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Professor of Anthropology

Joao Gregoire (2024)
B.A., Pittsburg State University; MA., University of Kansas; Ph.D., University of Kansas; Assistant Professor of Latin American and Latinx Studies and History 

Cristina Groeger (2017)
B.A., Harvard University; M.Phil., University of Cambridge (UK); Ph.D., Harvard University; Assistant Professor of History 

Kent R. Grote (1998)
B.A., Doane College; M.A., University of Cincinnati; Ph.D., George Mason University; Assistant Professor of Business

Muris Hadzic (2016)
B.A., Bogazici University (Turkey); M.B.A., Ph.D., Syracuse University, Associate Professor of Finance

Cynthia T. Hahn (1990)
B.A., Rosary College; M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., University of Illinois; Professor of French

Cristina Haidau (2023)
B.S., West University of Timisoara (Romania): M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago; Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Kimberly Hazlett (2014)
B.A., Luther College; MLIS, Dominican University; Reference & Instruction Librarian

Joshua Hedge (2024)
M.S., University of Birmingham; Ph.D., North Carolina State University; Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Paul Henne (2019)
B.A., 91¿´Æ¬Íø; M.A., Arizona State University; Ph.D., Duke University; Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Linda Horwitz (2003)
B.A., Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Professor of Communication

Patrick Hussey (2021)
B.A., M.L.I.S., Dominican University; Access and Outreach Librarian

Sara Jamshidi (2020)
B.A., University of California (San Diego); M.S., California State University (Los Angeles); Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; Assistant Professor of Computer Science and Mathematics

Chloe Johnston (2011)
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A. and Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Theater

Anna Trumbore Jones (2003)
B.A., University of Chicago; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University; Professor of History

Aundrey Jones (2021)
B.A., University of California-Riverside; M.A., Ph.D., University of California-San Diego; Assistant Professor of African American Studies

David Jordan (2015)
B.S., Northern Illinois University; M.S., DePaul University, Lecturer in Business

Courtney Pierre Joseph (2017)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois; Associate Professor of History and African American Studies

Eileen Karsten (2001)
B.A., Barat College; M.A., Rosary College Graduate School of Library and Information Science; Cataloging & Acquisitions Librarian

Michael M. Kash (1988)
B.A., 91¿´Æ¬Íø; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Professor of Physics

Justin Kee (2024)
B.S., Northwestern University; J.D., Loyola University Chicago; Instructor in Politics and Philosophy

Matthew R. Kelley (2002)
B.S., University of Wisconsin (Parkside); M.S., Ph.D., Purdue University; Professor of Psychology

Joseph Kinsella (2006)
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; Head Softball Coach; Director of Intramurals

Karen E. Kirk (1996)
B.S., University of Delaware; Ph.D., Rutgers University; Professor of Biology

Craig D. Knuckles (1995)
B.S., M.S., Tennessee Technological University; Ph.D., Louisiana State University; Professor of Mathematics

Denise Kripper (2016)
B.A., Lenguas Vivas Institute of Higher Education (Argentina); M.A., Georgetown University; Associate Professor in Spanish 

Robert J. Lemke (2002)
B.A., Saint Olaf College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison); Professor of Economics and Business

David E. Levinson (1992)
B.A., University of Arizona; M.M., Northwestern University; M.S., University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign); Systems Librarian; Academic Technologist

Marilen Loyola (2022)
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison; Assistant Professor of Spanish

Ann B. Maine (1994)
B.S., Williams College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Rochester; Assistant Professor of Biology

James J. Marquardt (2002)
B.A., Villanova University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Professor of Politics

Kimiko Matsumura (2023)
B.A., University of Kansas; M.A., Indiana University; Ph.D., Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Assistant Professor of Art History

Brian McCammack (2015)
B.S., M.A., Purdue University; Ph.D., Harvard University; Associate Professor of Environmental Studies

Janet McCracken (1993)
B.A., Vassar College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin); Professor of Philosophy

Robert Chad McCracken (2001; 2004)
B.A., Yale University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Texas (Austin); J.D., University of Texas School of Law; Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Politics 

Gizella Meneses (2005)
B.A., M.A., Loyola University (Chicago); Ph.D., Arizona State University; Professor of Spanish

Sean Menke (2010)
B.A., University of Minnesota; M.S., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., University of California; Professor of Biology

Donald C. Meyer (1995)
B.A., University of California (Santa Barbara); M.A., Ph.D., University of California (Davis); Professor of Music

Krista Miller (2021)
B.A., 91¿´Æ¬Íø; M.A., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Visiting Assistant Professor of Psychology

D. Blaine Moore (2024)
B.S., University of North Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida; Professor of Neuroscience

Siobhan M. Moroney (1993)
B.A., University of Oklahoma; Ph.D., Rutgers University; Associate Professor of Politics

Nathan Mueggenburg (2004)
B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Professor of Physics

Melissa Naughton (2008)
B.A., Millikin University; M.S.Ed., Eastern Illinois University; Assistant Director of Transfer Admissions

Tung T. Nguyen (2024)
B.S., Vietnam National University (Vietnam); Ph.D., University of Chicago; Visiting Assistant Professor of Computer Science

Desmond Odugu (2009)
B.A., University of Ibadan (Nigeria); M.A., Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka (Nigeria); M.Ed., Ph.D., Loyola University Chicago; Associate Professor of Education

Sean O'Malley (2014)
B.S., State University of New York (Brockport); Head Women's Golf Coach

Evan Oxman (2010)
B.A., Duke University; M.A. and Ph.D., Princeton University; Associate Professor of Politics

Dimitra Papadovasilaki (2017)
B.A., University of Macedonia (Greece); Ph.D., Boise State University; Associate Professor of Finance

John Pappas (2017)
B.A., Drake University; M.B.A., Lake Forest Graduate School of Management; Lecturer in Entrepreneurship

David W. Park (2003)
B.S., Northwestern University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; Professor of Communication 

Roshni Patel (2020)
B.A., University of Texas (Austin); Ph.D., Emory University; Assistant Professor of Philosophy

Richard Pettengill (2003)
B.A., Bates College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Professor of Theater

Linh Pham (2022)
B.S., University of Wisconsin-La Crosse; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Assistant Professor of Economics

Camila Pizano (2023)
B.S., Colegio Los Nogales (Columbia); M.S. Universidad de los Andes (Columbia); Ph.D., University of Florida; Assistant Professor of Biology

Jacquelynn S. Popp (2016)
B.A., University of St. Thomas; Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Associate Professor of Education

Catherine Reedy (2017)
B.A., Bates College; Ph.D., Harvard University; Visiting Assistant Professor of English

Ahmad Sadri (1988)
B.A., M.A., Teheran University; M.A., Ph.D., New School for Social Research; Gorter Professor of Islamic World Studies and Professor of Sociology

David Sanchez Burr (2017)
B.F.A., Virginia Commonwealth University; M.F.A., University of Nevada-Las Vegas; Associate Professor of Art 

R. Scott Schappe (1996)
B.S., University of Michigan; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Professor of Physics

Davis Schneiderman (2001)
B.A., Pennsylvania State University; M.A., Ph.D., Binghamton University; Professor of English

Erica Schultz (2017)
B.A., Macalester College; Ph.D., University of Californina-Berkeley; Associate Professor of Chemistry

Margot Schwalbe (2018)
B.A., M.A., University of Minnesota Duluth; Ph.D., University of Rhode Island; Assistant Professor of Biology

Tessa Sermet (2018)
B.A., M.A., University of Geneva (Switzerland); Assistant Professor of French 

Nilam Shah (2015)
B.S., University of Illinois; M.S., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Chemistry 

Jacqueline A. Slaats (1986)
B.S., Iowa State University; M.S., University of Wisconsin (Whitewater); Vice President for Career Services and Athletics; Senior Advisor to the President

Adina Stanculescu (2023)
B.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois-Chicago; Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology

Jeffrey O. Sundberg (1989)
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., Stanford University; James S. Kemper Foundation Chair in Liberal Arts and Business and Professor of Economics and Business

Benjamin Swerdlow (2022)
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., University of California-Berkeley; Assistant Professor of Psychology

Holly Swyers (2006)
B.A., Ripon College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Professor of Anthropology 

Nancy Tao (2020)
B.A., Shandong University (China); M.Sc., Lancaster University (United Kingdom); Ph.D., Claremont Graduate University; Associate Professor of Finance

Tracy M. Taylor (2008)
B.F.A., University of New Mexico; M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Associate Professor of Art

Tamlyn Tills (2008)
B.S., University of Wisconsin (La Crosse); M.Ed., Cardinal Stritch College; Head Women’s Basketball Coach

Enrique Trevino (2013)
B.S., University of Texas at El Paso; Ph.D., Dartmouth College; Associate Professor of Mathematics

Elayne Vollman (2021)
B.A., Carleton College; M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Assistant Professor of Psychology

Veronika Walkosz (2018)
B.S., Loyola University Chicago; M.S., Ph.D., University of Illinois at Chicago; Assistant Professor of Physics

Nicholas L. Wallin (2009)
B.A., M.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Peabody Conservatory of Music; Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Associate Professor of Music

RL Watson (2018)
B.A., M.A., Yale University., Ph.D., The University of Chicago; Assistant Professor of English 

Naomi Wentworth (1983)
B.A., University of Massachusetts (Amherst); M.S., Assumption College; Ph.D., University of Connecticut; Associate Professor of Psychology

Rachel A. Whidden (2005)
B.A., M.A., Wake Forest University; Ph.D., University of Iowa; Associate Professor of Communication

Jennifer Wilson (2018)
B.A., Columbia College; M.M., Morris Graduate School of Management; Head Women's Hockey Coach

Dawn C. Wiser (1998)
B.S., Muskingum College; Ph.D., Colorado State University; Associate Professor of Chemistry

Ying Wu (2013)
B.A., Shaanxi Normal University (China); M.A., Beijing Normal University (China); Ph.D., Purdue University; Assistant Professor of Chinese

Camille Johnson Yale (2011)
B.S., Ohio University; M.A., University of Illinois at Chicago; Ph.D., University of Illinois; Associate Professor of Communication

Benjamin Zeller (2013)
B.A., University of Rochester; M.A., Harvard University; Ph.D., University of North Carolina; Professor of Religion

Faculty Emeriti

Dates in parentheses indicate year of original appointment to the faculty and length of service.

Robert A. Baade (1973-2022)
B.A., University of Wisconsin (Whitewater); M.A., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin (Madison); A.B. Dick Professor of Economics and Business, Emeritus

Lois B. Barr (1996-2016)
B.S., Georgetown University; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Kentucky; Associate Professor of Spanish, Emerita

Catherine Benton (1987-2020)
B.A., Southern Illinois University; M.I.A. (International Administration and Cross-cultural Education), School for International Training; M.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Columbia University; Associate Professor of Religion, Emerita

Nancy Brekke (1991-2023)
B.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Associate Professor of Psychology, Emerita

Dan P. Cole (1965-1994)
A.B., Columbia University; B.D., Union Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Drew University; William R. Bross Professor of Religion, Emeritus

Michael Benet Croydon (1968-1995)
Associate, Royal College of Art (London); Professor of Art, Emeritus

Les R. Dlabay (1983-2018)
B.S., University of Illinois (Chicago); M.B.A., DePaul University; Ed.D., Northern Illinois University; Professor of Economics and Business, Emeritus

Kathryn Rindskopf Dohrmann (1975-1983; 1985-1988; 1991-2022)
B.S., M.S., Ph.D., Iowa State University; M.P.H., Columbia University; Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Emerita

Judy M. Dozier (1997-2018)
B.A., University of Illinois (Chicago); M.A., Governors State University; Ph.D., Loyola University (Chicago); Associate Professor of English, Emerita

Richard F. Dye (1983 - 2007)
A.B., Kenyon College; M.B.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan; Ernest A. Johnson Professor of Economics, Emeritus

Michael H. Ebner (1974 - 2007)
B.A., University of Toledo; M.A., Ph.D., University of Virginia; James D. Vail III Professor of History, Emeritus

Arlene Eskilson (1972-2000)
B.A., M.A., Roosevelt University; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Chicago); Professor of Sociology and Anthropology, Emerita

Paul B. Fischer (1971-2007)
B.A., M.A., City College of New York; Ph.D., University of Massachusetts; Professor of Politics, Emeritus

C. Richard Fisher (1987-2018)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Professor of German, Emeritus

Phylis M. Frankel (1968-2004)
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Associate Professor of Psychology, and Director and Staff Member, Counseling Center, Emerita

Anthony L. Fritz (1978-2010)
B.S., M.S., University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee); Physical Educator and Coach, Emeritus

Jonathan Fuller Galloway (1966-2002)
B.A., Swarthmore College; Ph.D., Columbia University; Irvin L. and Fern D. Young Presidential Professor of Politics, Emeritus

Jean-Luc Garneau (1964-2017)
B.A., Université Laval (Quebec); M.A., University of Illinois (Chicago); Licence des Lettres Libre, Université Laval; Professor of French, Emeritus

Carol Gayle (1966-2011)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.A., Columbia University; Director of Community Education; Associate Director of the MLS Program; Associate Professor of History, Emerita

David George (1985-2016)
B.A., M.A., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Professor of Spanish, Emeritus

Frederic A. Giere (1962-1988)
B.A., Luther College; M.S., Syracuse University; Ph.D., University of New Mexico; Professor of Biology, Emeritus

Clayton Gray, Jr. (1977-2010)
B.A., Fisk University; M.A., University of Colorado (Boulder); Ph.D., University of California (Berkeley); Associate Professor of German, Emeritus

Robert Morse Greenfield (1967-2002)
B.A., Occidental College; M.A., Ph.D., Columbia University; Associate Professor of English, Emeritus

Gertrude Grisham (1976-1991)
Absolutorium, University of Vienna; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Director of the Writing Center and Lecturer, Emerita

R. Sergio Guglielmi (1991-2021)
Laurea, University of Rome; Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Professor of Psychology, Emeritus

Forest W. Hansen (1963-1993)
A.B., Harvard College; M.A., University of Wisconsin; Ph.D., Johns Hopkins University; Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus

Robert L. Holliday (1982-2020)
B.S., University of Missouri (Rolla); M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Emeritus

Eugene Hotchkiss (1970-1993)
A.B., Dartmouth College; Ph.D., Cornell University; LL.D., Illinois College; LL.D., 91¿´Æ¬Íø; President, Emeritus

Anne E. Houde (1992-2018)
A.B., Princeton University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Maryland; Foster G. and Mary W. McGaw Professor of Biology, Emerita

Laura J. Kateley (1965-2013)
B.S., University of Detroit; M.S., Michigan State University; Associate Professor of Chemistry, Emerita

Karen Lebergott (1996-2020)
B.S., University of Wisconsin (Madison); M.F.A., The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; Associate Professor of Art, Emerita

Dan L. LeMahieu (1974)
B.A., Lawrence University; M.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; Hotchkiss Presidential Professor of History, Emeritus

Abba Lessing (1965-2011)
B.A., Wesleyan University; M.A., Ph.D., Tulane University; Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus

Rami Y. Levin (1994-2010)
B.A., Yale University; M.A., University of California (San Diego); Ph.D., University of Chicago; Associate Dean of the Faculty; Director of the Center for Chicago Programs; Professor of Music, Emerita

Debra Homer Levis (1996-1997; 1998-1999; 2000-2020)
B.A., J.D., Northwestern University; Assistant Professor of Politics

Douglas B. Light (2003-2018)
B.A., Colby College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Minnesota; Laurence R. Lee Family Professor of Biology, Emeritus

Louis G. Lombardi (1980-2016)
A.B., Brown University; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Urbana); Professor of Philosophy, Emeritus

Charles D. Louch (1957-1989)
B.A., College of Wooster; M.S., Ph.D., University of Wisconsin; Professor of Biology, Emeritus

William B. Martin (1961-2016)
B.S., Franklin and Marshall College; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Deane Professor of Biochemical and Biological Sciences; Emeritus

Arthur H. Miller, Jr. (1972-2013)
B.A., Kalamazoo College; M.A. (English), M.A., University of Chicago; Ph.D., Northwestern University; Archivist and Librarian for Special Collections, Emeritus

Charles A. Miller (1974-1998)
B.A., Swarthmore College; M.P.A., Ph.D., Harvard University; Professor of Politics, Emeritus

William Moskoff (1970-1972; 1983-2002)
B.A., Hunter College; M.A., Ph.D. (Economics), Certificate, Russian Area Studies, University of Wisconsin; M.S. (Biological Sciences), University of Illinois (Chicago); Betty Jane Schultz Hollender Professor of Economics and Biology, Emeritus

Edward W. Packel (1971-2013)
B.A., Amherst College; Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ernest H. Volwiler Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Rachel G. Ragland (1996-2019)
B.A., M.S., University of Pennsylvania; Ed.D., Teachers College, Columbia University; Professor of Education, Emerita

Ann M. Roberts (1995-2021)
B.A., Johns Hopkins University; M.A., Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; James D. Vail Professor of Art, Emerita

DeJuran Richardson (1986-1991; 1993)
B.A., M.S., Ph.D, Northwestern University; Associate Dean of the Faculty; Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Steven J. Rosswurm (1977-2018)
B.A., University of Michigan; M.A., Ph.D., Northern Illinois University; Professor of History, Emeritus

Stephen D. Schutt (2001-2022)
B.A., Earlham College; M.A., University of London (England); J.D., University of Pennsylvania Law School; 91¿´Æ¬Íø; President, Emeritus

Shelley C. Sherman (1993-2014)
B.A., American University; M.S., Northwestern University; Ph.D., University of Illinois (Chicago); Associate Professor of Education, Emerita

Ralph L. Shively (1965-1987)
B.S., M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan; Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Charles S. Smith (1962-1985)
B.A., Western Kentucky State College; M.A., State University of Iowa; Ph.D., Indiana University; Associate Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

W. Rand Smith (1977-2013)
B.A., University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill); M.A., Ph.D., University of Michigan; Irvin L. & Fern D. Young Presidential Professor of Politics, Emeritus

David Spadafora (1990-2001)
B.A., Williams College; Ph.D., Yale University; Professor of History and President, Emeritus

George L. Speros (1963-2009)
B.S., Edinboro State College; M.A., Middlebury College; Ph.D., University of Madrid; Associate Provost and Associate Dean of the Faculty; Director of International Studies; Associate Professor of Spanish, Emeritus

Ghada Hashem Talhami (1983-2008)
B.A., Western College for Women; M.S., University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee); Ph.D., University of Illinois (Chicago); D.K. Pearsons Professor of Politics, Emerita

Robert James Troyer (1968-1992; 1993-1994)
B.S., Ball State University; M.A., Ph.D., Indiana University; Professor of Mathematics, Emeritus

Carolyn Tuttle (1984-2021)
B.A., Boston College; M.A., Ph.D., Northwestern University; Betty Jane Schultz Hollender Professor of Economics and Business, Emerita

Kenneth L. Weik (1967-2001)
B.S., Northern Illinois University; M.S., Ph.D., Southern Illinois University; Associate Professor of Biology, Emeritus

Lynn C. Westley (1991)
B.A., Grinnell College; M.S., Ph.D., University of Iowa; Assistant Professor of Biology, Emerita

Presidential Staff

Dr. Jill Baren
President

Ravi Agarwal
Chief Information Officer

Christopher J. Ellertson
Vice President for Enrollment

Jacqueline F. Hoefler
Vice President for Communications and Marketing

Tara Natarajan
Krebs Provost and Vice President of Academic Affairs, Dean of the Faculty

Jacqueline A. Slaats
Vice President for Career Services and Athletics; Senior Advisor to the President

Lori Sundberg
Vice President for Finance and Planning

Katie Spieth
Vice President for Advancement

Ed Whipple
Interim Vice President of Campus Life and Dean of Students

Presidents of 91¿´Æ¬Íø

Robert W. Patterson, 1875-1877
Daniel S. Gregory, 1878-1886
William C. Roberts, 1886-1892
James G. K. McClure (acting), 1892-1893
John Merle Coulter, 1893-1896
John J. Halsey (acting), 1896-1897
James G. K. McClure, 1897-1901
Richard Davenport Harlan, 1901-1906
John J. Halsey (acting), 1906-1907
John Scholte Nollen, 1907-1917
Henry W. Wright (acting), 1917-1920
Herbert McComb Moore, 1920-1942
Ernest A. Johnson, 1942-1959
John Howard (acting), 1959-1960
William Graham Cole, 1960-1969
William L. Dunn (acting), 1969-1970
Eugene Hotchkiss, 1970-1993
David Spadafora, 1993-2001
Stephen D. Schutt 2001-2022
Jill M. Baren 2022-present