Oct 07, 2024  
2024-2025 Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Catalog

Faculty


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Stephen C. Adolph, Stuart Mudd Professor of Biology and Chair, Department of Biology, 1993. B.S., M.S., Stanford University; PhD, University of Washington. 

Anna N. Ahn, Professor of Biology, 2005. B.A., PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

William Alves, Louisa and Robert Miller Professor of Music, 1995. B.M., B.S., Trinity University; M.M., DMA, University of Southern California.

Isabel Balseiro, Alexander and Adelaide Hixon Professor of Humanities, 1993. B.A., Barnard College, Columbia University; PhD, New York University. 

Lucas BangAssociate Professor of Computer Science, 2018. B.S., M.S., University of Nevada, Las Vegas; PhD, University of California, Santa Barbara.

Lori C. Bassman, Professor of Engineering, 2000. BSE, Princeton University; M.S., PhD, Stanford University. 

Arthur T. Benjamin, Smallwood Family Chair Professor of Mathematics, 1989. B.S., Carnegie Mellon University; M.S., PhD, The Johns Hopkins University.

Andrew J. Bernoff, Professor of Mathematics, 1998. B.S., B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD Trinity College, Cambridge.

James C. Boerkoel Jr., Csilla and Walt Foley Professor of Computer Science and Chair, Department of Computer Science, 2014. B.S., Hope College; M.S., PhD, University of Michigan.

Joshua Brake, Assistant Professor of Engineering, 2019. B.S., M.S., LeTourneau University; PhD, California Institute of Technology.

Katherine BreedenAssociate Professor of Computer Science and Director, Computer Science Clinic, 2017. B.S., California Institute of Technology; PhD, Stanford University.

Nicholas Breznay ‘02Associate Professor of Physics, 2017. B.S., Harvey Mudd College; M.S., PhD, Stanford University. 

Spencer D. BrucksAssistant Professor of Chemistry, 2022. A.B., Cornell University; PhD, Columbia University. 

Eliot Bush, Professor of Biology, 2007. B.S., Harvard University; PhD, California Institute of Technology.

Alfonso Castro, Robert and Barbara McAlister​ Professor of Mathematics, 2003. B.S., M.S., Universidad Nacional de Colombia; PhD, University of Cincinnati.

Philip D. Cha, Professor of Engineering and C.F. Braun & Company Fellow, 1991. B.S., Cornell University; M.S., PhD, University of Michigan.

Jonathan Chang ‘17, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 2024. B.S., Harvey Mudd College; PhD, Cornell University.

David Cubek, Associate Professor of Music, Director of the Claremont Concert Orchestra, and Chair, Department of Music, Scripps College (Joint Music Program), 2010. B.M., McGill University; Graduate Diploma, Conservatory of Montreal; DMA, Northwestern University.

Ambereen DadabhoyAssociate Professor of Literature, 2017. B.A., California State University Long Beach; M.A., PhD, Claremont Graduate University.

Albert Dato, Associate Professor of Engineering and Associate Chair, Department of Engineering, 2014. B.S., University of California, Davis; M.S., PhD, University of California, Berkeley. 

Marianne de Laet, Professor of Anthropology and Science, Technology and Society, 2001. B.A., M.A., University of Leiden; PhD, University of Utrecht.

Lisette de Pillis, Norman F. Sprague Jr., Professor of Life Sciences and Professor of Mathematics, 1993. B.A., University of California, San Diego; M.A., PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.

Zachary Dodds, Leonhard-Johnson-Rae Professor of Computer Science, 1999. B.A., M.S., PhD, Yale University.

Matina C. Donaldson-Matasci, Associate Professor of Biology, 2014. B.A., Reed College; PhD, University of Washington.

Thomas D. Donnelly, Professor of Physics and Vice President for Academic Affairs and R. Michael Shanahan Dean of the Faculty, 1997. B.A. Middlebury College; PhD University of California, Berkeley.

Erika W. Dyson, Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow of Humanities and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, 2009. B.A., Mount Holyoke College; M.A., Columbia University, MPhil, Columbia University; PhD, Columbia University.

James C. Eckert, Professor of Physics, 1980. B.S., M.A., PhD, University of Southern California.

Ann Esin, Associate Professor of Physics, 2002. B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; A.M., PhD, Harvard University.

Ken Fandell, Michael G. and C. Jane Wilson Professor of Art, 2012. BFA, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago; MFA, University of Illinois at Chicago.

Alfred Flores, Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, 2018. B.A., M.A., University of California, Riverside; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles.

Whitney Fowler, Assistant Professor of Engineering, 2022. B.Eng., Vanderbilt University; PhD, University of Chicago. 

Okitsugu Furuya, Clinical Professor of Engineering, 2010. B.S., University of Tokyo; M.S., PhD, California Institute of Technology.

Jason Gallicchio, Assistant Professor of Physics and Director, Physics Clinic, 2015. B.S., M.S., University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign; PhD, Harvard University.

Anup Gampa, Assistant Professor of Psychology, 2020. PhD, University of Virginia.

Sharon Gerbode, Professor of Physics and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, 2012. B.S., University of California, Santa Cruz; M.S., PhD, Cornell University.

Jeffrey D. Groves, Professor of Literature, 1988. B.A., University of La Verne; M.A., PhD, The Claremont Graduate School.

Jia Yi Gu, Assistant Professor of Architecture, 2024. B.A., University of California, San Diego; M. ARCH., PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. 

Weiqing Gu, Robert and Barbara McAlister​ Professor of Mathematics, 1996. B.S., Shanghai Teachers University; M.S., PhD, University of Pennsylvania.

Jessica Guo, Assistant Professor of Climate and Biology, 2024. B.A., Columbia University; M.S., PhD, Northern Arizona University.  

Jamie Haddock, Iris & Howard Critchell Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2021. M.S., PhD, University of California, Davis.

Vivien Hamilton, Professor of History, 2011. BSc, Dalhousie University; M.A., PhD, University of Toronto.

David Money Harris, Harvey S. Mudd Professor of Engineering Design, 1998. S.B. and MEng, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, Stanford.

Karl A. Haushalter, Seeley Wintersmith Mudd Professor of Chemistry and Biology and Chair, Department of Chemistry, 2003. B.A., Rice University; PhD, Harvard University.

Lelia Hawkins, Professor of Chemistry and Hixon Professor of Climate Studies, 2011. B.S., University of California, San Diego; PhD, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, UCSD.

Colm Healy, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2024. BSc, MSc, Bangor University; PhD Trinity College, Dublin.

Dre Helmns, Assistant Professor of Engineering, 2022. B.S., Loyola Marymount University; M.S., University of California, Berkeley; PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

Alicia O. Hernandez-CastilloAssistant Professor of Chemistry, 2022. B.S., Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México; PhD, Purdue University.

Jae Hur, Associate Professor of Biology, 2015. B.S., California Institute of Technology; PhD, Harvard University.

Mark IltonAssociate Professor of Physics, 2018. B.S., M.S., University of Waterloo; PhD, McMaster University.

Jon Jacobsen, Professor of Mathematics and Associate Chair, Department of Mathematics, 2002. B.S., M.S., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; PhD University of Utah.

Adam R. Johnson, Ray and Mary Ingwersen Professor of Chemistry and Associate Chair, Department of Chemistry, 1999. B.A., Oberlin College; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Charles Kamm, Associate Professor of Music, Director of Choirs, and Chair, Joint Music Program, Scripps College (Joint Music Program), 2005. B.A., Earlham College; M.M., Michigan State University; DMA, Yale University.

Dagan Karp, Associate Professor of Mathematics, 2008. BSc, MSc, Tulane University; PhD, University of British Columbia.

Sarah Kavassalis, Assistant Professor of Climate and Chemistry, 2023. B.Sc., PhD, University of Toronto. 

Lynn Kirabo, Maria M. Klawe Assistant Professor of Climate and Computer Science, 2023. M.S., PhD, Carnegie Mellon University. 

Gordon C. Krauss, Fletcher Jones Professor of Engineering Design, 2013. B.S., Haverford College; M.S., PhD, Boston University.

Nancy K. Lape, James Howard Kindelberger Professor of Engineering and Chair, Department of Engineering, 2005. B.S., University of Massachusetts, Amherst; PhD, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities.

Marissa Lee ‘18, Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, 2024. B.S., Harvey Mudd College, PhD, Stanford University. 

Haydee Lindo, Associate Professor of Mathematics, 2020. B.A., Williams College; M.S., University of Nebraska, Lincoln; PhD, University of Utah.

Dede Long, Assistant Professor of Economics, 2023. M.S., University of Arkansas; PhD, Oregon State University. 

Theresa Lynn, Bruce and Susan Worster Professor of Physics and Chair, Department of Physics, 2006. B.A., Harvard-Radcliffe Colleges; M.A., PhD, California Institute of Technology.

Susan E. Martonosi, Professor of Mathematics and Chair of the Faculty, 2005. B.S., Cornell University; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Rachel Mayeri, Professor of Media Studies, 2002. B.A., Brown University; MFA, University of California, San Diego.

Catherine S. McFadden, Vivian and D. Kenneth Baker Professor of the Life Sciences, 1991. B.S., Yale University; PhD, University of Washington.

Julie Medero, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Associate Chair, Department of Computer Science, 2014. B.A., Swarthmore College, M.S., PhD, University of Washington.

Leah MendelsonAssociate Professor of Engineering, 2017. B.S., Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering; M.S., PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. 

Adyasha Mohanty, Assistant Professor of Robotics in Engineering, 2024. PhD, Stanford University. 

George Monta​ñezAssociate Professor of Computer Science, 2018. B.S., University of California, Riverside; M.S., Baylor University; PhD, Carnegie Mellon University. 

David Nembhard, Professor of Engineering, 2023. B.S., Case Western Reserve University; PhD, University of Michigan.

Melissa E. O’Neill, Professor of Computer Science, 2001. BSc, University of East Anglia; MSc, PhD, Simon Fraser University.

Maduka Ogba, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2024. B.A., Trinity University; PhD, Oregon State University

Vidushi Ojha ‘17Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 2024. B.S., Harvey Mudd College; PhD, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 

Michael Orrison Jr., Kenneth A. and Diana G. Jonsson Professor of Mathematics and Chair, Department of Mathematics, 2001. A.B., Wabash College; A.M., PhD, Dartmouth College.

Arthi Padmanabhan, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 2023. B.S., Pomona College; PhD, University of California, Los Angeles. 

Salvador Plascencia, Associate Professor of Creative Writing, 2015. B.A., Whittier College; MFA, Syracuse University; M.A., University of Southern California.

Sophia Plata, Assistant Professor of Engineering, 2024. B.S., Widener University; PhD, University of Southern California. 

Timothy Randolph, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 2024. B.S., Williams College; PhD, Columbia University. 

Ethan Ritz ‘12, Assistant Professor of Engineering, 2023. B.S., Harvey Mudd College; PhD, Cornell University. 

Peter N. Saeta, Professor of Physics, 1995. B.S., Stanford University; PhD, Harvard University.

Vatche V. Sahakian, Burton Bettingen Professor of Physics, 2003. BSc, MSc, McGill University; PhD, University of Chicago.

Steven Santana ‘06, Joseph B. Platt Chair in Effective Teaching Assistant Professor of Engineering and Director, Engineering Clinic, 2019. B.S., Harvey Mudd College; M.S., Loyola Marymount University; PhD, Cornell University.

Alexandra Schofield ‘13, Assistant Professor of Computer Science, 2019. B.S., Harvey Mudd College; PhD, Cornell University.

Danae Schulz, Associate Professor of the Life Sciences, 2016. B.A., Tufts University, B.M., New England Conservatory, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

David SeitzAssociate Professor of Cultural Geography and Avery Fellow, 2017. B.A., Macalester College; M.A., PhD, University of Toronto. 

Brian ShuveAssociate Professor of Physics, 2017. B.S., University of Toronto; PhD, Harvard University.

David Shuve-Wilson, Assistant Professor of Music, 2024. DMA, University of Southern California, PhD, University of Chicago. 

Matthew Spencer, Associate Professor of Engineering, 2015. B.S., M.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

R. Erik Spjut, Professor of Engineering and Union Oil Company Engineering Design Fellow, 1988. B.S., University of Utah; PhD, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Sarah Stefanos, Assistant Professor of Sociology, 2024. PhD, University of Wisconsin, Madison.

Paul F. Steinberg, Malcolm Lewis ‘67 Professor of Sustainability and Society and Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy, 2003. B.A., University of California, Santa Barbara; MPA, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government; PhD, University of California, Santa Cruz.

Daniel M. Stoebel, Associate Professor of Biology, 2010. B.A., Pomona College, PhD, The State University of New York, Stony Brook.

Christopher A. Stone, Professor of Computer Science, 2000. B.S., M.S., PhD, Carnegie Mellon University.

Francis E. Su, Benediktsson-Karwa Professor of Mathematics, 1996. B.S., University of Texas, Austin; A.M., PhD, Harvard University.

Erin Talvitie, Associate Professor of Computer Science, 2019. PhD, University of Michigan.

Daniel Tamayo, Assistant Professor of Physics, 2022. B.S., University of Michigan; PhD, Cornell University.

Katherine Elizabeth Trushkowsky, Associate Professor of Computer Science, 2014. B.S., Duke University; M.S., PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

Timothy J. Tsai, Associate Professor of Engineering, 2016. B.S., M.S., Stanford University, PhD, University of California, Berkeley.

Katherine M. Van Heuvelen, R. Michael Shanahan Professor of Chemistry and Associate Dean of Faculty, 2012. B.A., St. Olaf College, PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Hal Van Ryswyk, John Stauffer Professor of Chemistry, 1986. B.A., Carleton College; Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Andrés R. Vindas Meléndez, Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2024. B.A., University of California, Berkeley; M.A., San Francisco State University; PhD, University of Kentucky. 

David A. Vosburg, Donald A. Strauss Professor of Chemistry, 2005. B.A., Williams College; PhD, Scripps Research Institute.

Benjamin Wiedermann, Professor of Computer Science, 2012. B.A., Boston University; PhD, University of Texas at Austin.

Talithia D. Williams, Professor of Mathematics and Director, Mathematics Clinic, 2008. B.S., Spelman College; M.S., Howard University; M.A., PhD, Rice University.

Calden Wloka, Associate Professor of Computer Science, 2023. B.S., University of Toronto; MSc, PhD, York University. 

Darryl Wright, Willard W. Keith Jr. Fellow of Humanities and Professor of Philosophy and Chair, Department of Humanities, Social Sciences, and the Arts, 1991. B.A., Princeton University; PhD, University of Michigan.

Qimin Yang, Professor of Engineering, 2002. B.S., Zhejiang University; M.S., Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunication; PhD, Princeton University.

Darryl H. Yong ‘96, McGregor-Girand Chair in STEM Professor of Mathematics and Core Curriculum Director, 2003. B.S., Harvey Mudd College; M.S., Claremont Graduate School; PhD, University of Washington.

Bilin Zhuang, Assistant Professor of Chemistry, 2023. B.A., Wellesley College; PhD, California Institute of Technology. 

Heather Zinn-Brooks, Barbara Stokes Dewey Assistant Professor of Mathematics, 2020. PhD, University of Utah.

Werner Zorman, Walter and Leonore Annenberg Professor of Leadership, 2016. M.S., Vienna Institute of Technology.  

Joint Athletics Faculty

Harvey Mudd College has partnered with Claremont McKenna and Scripps colleges since 1956 to provide students with state-of-the-art athletic facilities and coaches with expertise in 21 (10 men’s, 11 women’s) varsity sports. This joint program is known as CMS athletics (Claremont-Mudd-Scripps), and its primary purpose is to enhance student development and personal growth through participation in intercollegiate athletics. The entire CMS faculty is listed below, though only one-third of them are officially assigned to Harvey Mudd at any time.

Erica Perkins JasperWilliam B. Arce Director of Athletics, Physical Education & Recreation and George R. Roberts Fellow, 2019. B.A., M.Ed., Washington State University.

Edward Cartee, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Soccer Coach, 2023. B.A., Trinity University. 

Mitch Fedorka, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Golf Coach, 2022. B.A., University of La Verne.  

Charles D. Griffiths, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s and Women’s Swimming Coach, 2001. B.A., Denison University.

Greg Lonzo, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s and Women’s Water Polo Coach, 2001.

Marina Muncan, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Cross Country Coach, 2020. B.A., Villanova University.

Chanel Monet Murchison, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Basketball Coach, 2019. B.A., William & Mary; MBA, John Carroll University. 

David Nolan, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Soccer Coach, 2023. B.A., La Sierra University; M.A. Concordia University.

Kenneth Scalmanini, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Basketball Coach, 1995. A.A., Santa Rosa Junior College; B.S., California State Polytechnic University, Pomona; M.S. candidate, Azusa Pacific University.

David Schwarz, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Tennis Coach, 2014. B.A., Cornell University; M.A., Cortland State University.

Paul Settles, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s Tennis Coach, 2003. B.A., University of Pennsylvania; M.A., Cambridge University.

Glenn Stewart, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Men’s and Women’s Track and Field Coach, 2016. B.A., California Polytechnic University Pomona. 

Kyle Sweeney, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Football Coach, 2011. B.S., Occidental College; M.S., Illinois State University.

Lauren Uhr, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Women’s Lacrosse Coach, 2015. B.A., Fairfield University.

Kurt Vlasich, Assistant Professor of Physical Education and Head Volleyball Coach, 2002. B.A., Pepperdine University.

William Walkenbach, Associate Professor of Physical Education and Head Baseball Coach, 2015. B.S., Cornell University; M.A., Georgia State University.

Harvey Mudd Emeriti

Hal S. Barron, Professor of Humanities Emeritus, 1979.

Elizabeth Baughman, Staff Emerita, 1978.

Tad A. Beckman, Professor of Philosophy Emeritus, 1961.

Anthony Bright, Professor of Engineering Emeritus, 1986. 

Mary Cardenas, Professor of Engineering Emerita, 1995. 

Chih-Yung Chen, Associate Professor of Physics Emerita, 1990.

Christopher Clark, Professor of Engineering Emeritus, 2012.

Iris C. Critchell, Instructor of Aeronautics Emerita, 1962.

G. William Daub, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, 1978.

Ziyad H. Durón ‘81, Professor of Engineering Emeritus, 1987.

Michael A. Erlinger, Professor of Computer Science Emeritus, 1981.

Gary R. Evans, Professor of Entrepreneurial Leadership Emeritus, 1981.

Kash Gokli, Oliver C. Field Professor of Manufacturing Practice and Engineering Economics, Emeritus, 2012.

Daniel L. Goroff, Professor of Mathematics and Economics, Vice President and Dean of the Faculty Emeritus, 2005.

John Greever, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, 1961.

Richard C. Haskell, Professor of Physics Emeritus, 1980.

Thomas M. Helliwell, Professor of Physics and Dean Emeritus, 1962.

Kerry K. Karukstis, Professor of Chemistry Emerita, 1984.

Joseph A. King, Professor of Engineering Emeritus, 1986.

Maria Klawe, President Emerita, 2006.

Geoffrey Kuenning, Professor of Computer Science Emeritus, 1998.

Ran Libeskind-Hadas, Professor of Computer Science Emeritus, 1993.

Patrick Little, Professor of Engineering Emeritus, 1996.

Gregory A. Lyzenga ‘75, Professor of Physics Emeritus, 1990.

John I. Molinder, Professor of Engineering Emeritus, 1970.

Jeanne Noda, Vice President and Dean of Students Emerita, 1994.

Elizabeth Orwin, Professor of Engineering Emerita, 2001.

Peter Osgood, Staff Emeritus, 1998. 

Daniel C. Petersen, Professor of Physics Emeritus, 1974.

J. Richard Phillips, Professor of Engineering Emeritus, 1966.

Nicholas Pippenger, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, 2006.

Alden F. Pixley, Professor of Mathematics Emeritus, 1962.

Donald Remer, Professor of Engineering Economics Emeritus, 1975.

Patricia D. Sparks, Professor of Physics Emerita, 1989.

Jon C. Strauss, President Emeritus, 2006.

Lisa M. Sullivan, Professor of Economic History Emerita​, 1990.

Wing Cheung Tam, Professor of Engineering and Computer Science Emeritus, 1974.

B. Samuel Tanenbaum, Professor of Life Sciences and Engineering and Dean Emeritus, 1975.

John S. Townsend, Professor of Physics Emeritus, 1975.

Gerald R. Van Hecke ‘61, Professor of Chemistry Emeritus, 1970.

Ruye Wang, Professor of Engineering Emeritus, 1990.

Robert P. Wolf, Professor of Physics Emeritus, 1963.