Faculty Seminars and Chairs, 2016–17
Each year, Five Colleges supports over 30 seminars initiated by groups of faculty members who come together to share scholarly interests and discuss curricular issues. Click through or scroll down to view contact information for the current chair(s).
Anthropology
Lynn Morgan
Anthropology
117 Porter Hall
Mount Holyoke College 5382108
lmmorgan@mtholyoke.edu
Pamela Stone
Director of Culture, Brain & Development Program
CSI/FPH
Hampshire College 559-6203
pstone@hampshire.edu
Architectural Theory
Erica Morawski
Art
Hillyer 112
Smith College 585-3335
emorawski@smith.edu
Pari Riahi
Architecture
364 Fine Arts Building
University of Massachusetts 899-3147
priahi@umass.edu
Arts Integration Initiative
Jana Silver
Art Education
Franklin Patterson Hall G14
Hampshire College 559-5671
jsilver@hampshire.edu
Marla Solomon
Partnership Program Director
97 Spring St. Amherst, 2nd Floor
Five Colleges, Inc. 542-4018
msolomon@fivecolleges.edu
Book History
James Kelly
Du Bois Library
Research and Liaison Services Room
University of Massachusetts 545-3981
jrkelly@umass.edu
James Wald
Critical Social Inquiry
Franklin Patterson Hall G15
Hampshire College 559-5592
jjwss@hampshire.edu
Buddhist Studies
Andy Rotman
Religion
Pierce Hall 203
Smith College 585-3348
arotman@smith.edu
Chemistry
Dula Amaradiriwardena
Chemistry
Cole Science Center
Hampshire College 559-5561
daNS@hampshire.edu
Childhood Studies
Rachel Conrad
Childhood Studies
Franklin Patterson Hall 205, Box SS
Hampshire College 559-5394
rconrad@hampshire.edu
Alice Hearst
Government
Neilson 2/07
Smith College 585-3528
ahearst@smith.edu
Classics
Christopher van den Berg
Classics
AC 2257
Amherst College 542-8126
cvandenberg@amherst.edu
Coastal and Marine Sciences
Cindy Bright
Coastal and Marine Sciences
Clark Science Center
Smith College 585-3799
marinesci@smith.edu
Renae Brodie
Biological Sciences
104 Clapp Laboratory
Mount Holyoke College 538-3380
rbrodie@mtholyoke.edu
Cognitive Science
Andrew Cohen
Psychology & Brain Sciences
Tobin Hall, Rm 427
University of Massachusetts 545-4714
acohen@psych.umass.edu
French
Kathryn Lachman
French and Francophone Studies
Herter Hall 319
University of Massachusetts 545-6703
klachman@llc.umass.edu
Mehammed Mack
French Studies
Tyler Annex 102
Smith College 585-3343
mmack@smith.edu
Carolyn Shread
French
31 Ciruti Center
Mount Holyoke College 538-2150
cshread@mtholyoke.edu
German Studies
Ela Gezen
German
Herter Hall 517
University of Massachusetts 545-6678
egezen@german.umass.edu
Anca Holden
German Studies
27 Ciruti Center
Mount Holyoke College 538-2207
aholden@mtholyoke.edu
Global Cultures of the Long 19th Century
Joselyn Almeida-Beveridge
English
Bartlett Hall
University of Massachusetts 545-2976
almeidab@english.umass.edu
Kate Singer
English
213 Shattuck Hall
Mount Holyoke College 538-3229
ksinger@mtholyoke.edu
Amelia Worsley
English
102 Johnson Chapel
Amherst College 559-6209
aworsley@amherst.edu
History
Andrew Donson
History
Herter Hall 508
University of Massachusetts 545-6782
adonson@german.umass.edu
History of Art
Sonja Drimmer
History of Art and Architecture
Bartlett 317
University of Massachusetts 545-3603
sdrimmer@arthist.umass.edu
Alexandra Seggerman
Art History
Hillyer 110
Smith College 585-3142
aseggerman@arthist.umass.edu
Italian
Ombretta Frau
Classics and Italian
207 Ciruti
Mount Holyoke College 538-2581
ofrau@mtholyoke.edu
Andrea Malaguti
Languages, Literatures, and Cultures
Herter 307
University of Massachusetts 545-6317
malaguti@frital.umass.edu
Late Antiquity
Mark Roblee
History
History Office, Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts 545-3424
mroblee@history.umass.edu
Legal Studies
Paul Collins, Jr.
Political Science
328 Thompson Hall
University of Massachusetts 545-4079
pmcollins@legal.umass.edu
Literary Translation
Thalia Pandiri
Classics and Comparative Literature
Seelye 417
Smith College 585-3485
tpandiri@smith.edu
Carolyn Shread
French
31 Ciruti Center
Mount Holyoke College 538-2150
cshread@mtholyoke.edu
Marxist and Postcolonial Studies
Ruth Jennison
English
Bartlett Hall
University of Massachusetts 413-695-7513
ruthj@english.umass.edu
Jordana Rosenberg
English
Bartlett Hall
University of Massachusetts 413-552-7850
jrosenberg@english.umass.edu
Medieval Studies
Albert Lloret
Spanish & Portuguese
323 Herter Hall
University of Massachusetts 577-4723
lloret@spanport.umass.edu
Middle Eastern Studies
Steven Heydemann
Middle Eastern Studies
Seelye Hall 103
Smith College 585-3331
sheydemann@smith.edu
David Mednicoff
Middle Eastern Studies
120 Gordon Hall
University of Massachusetts 545-3536
mednic@legal.umass.edu
Number Theory
Robert Benedetto
Mathematics
Seeley Mudd 403
Amherst College 542-8562
rlbenedetto@amherst.edu
Siman Wong
Mathematics & Statistics
Lederle Grad Research Twr B
University of Massachusetts 545-0907
siman@math.umass.edu
Photography
Jennifer Bajorek
HACU
Dakin 202
Hampshire College 549-5776
jbajorek@hampshire.edu
Claudio Nolasco
HACU
Liebling 104
Hampshire College 559-6901
cnolasco@hampshire.edu
Propositional Attitudes Task Force (PATF/Philosophy)
Ernie Alleva
Philosophy
Dewey Hall 12
Smith College 585-3657
ealleva@smith.edu
Psychoanalytic Studies
Alicia Christoff
English
Johnson Chapel
Amherst College 542-5457
achristoff@amherst.edu
Christine Maksimowicz
Five College Associate
christinemaksimowicz@gmail.com
Murray Schwartz
murray_schwartz@emerson.edu
Religion
Tariq Jaffer
Religion
209 Chapin Hall
Amherst College 542-2921
tjaffer@amherst.edu
Renaissance
Jane Degenhardt
English
Bartlett Hall, Rm. 459
University of Massachusetts 545-5127
janed@english.umass.edu
Amy Rodgers
English
Shattuck Hall
Mount Holyoke College
arodgers@mtholyoke.edu
Adam Zucker
English
Bartlett Hall
University of Massachusetts 545-5522
azucker@english.umass.edu
Social Movement Workgroup
Steve Boutcher
Sociology
Thompson Hall
University of Massachusetts none listed
boutcher@soc.umass.edu
Nancy Whittier
Sociology
10 Prospect Street, 203
Smith College 585-3524
nwhittie@smith.edu
Social Thought/Political Economy
Graciela Monteagudo
Social Thought and Political Economy
Machmer E-27A
University of Massachusetts 545-6776
gracielamonteagudo@sbs.umass.edu
South Asian Political Cultures
Yael Rice
Art and the History of Art
Fayerweather Hall
Amherst College 542-5520
yrice@amherst.edu
Uditi Sen
South Asian Studies and History
Franklin Patterson Hall G3
Hampshire College 559-5598
usSS@hampshire.edu
Valley Geometry
David Cox
Mathematics
404 Seeley Mudd
Amherst College 542-2082
dacox@amherst.edu
Paul Hacking
Mathematics & Statistics
LGRC Rm 1235H
University of Massachusetts 545-6017
hacking@math.umass.edu
Women's Studies
Banu Subramaniam
History
Bartlett Hall
Smith College 545-1922
banu@wost.umass.edu
Yiddish Studies
Justin Cammy
Jewish Studies and Comparative Literature
203 Seelye Hall
Smith College 585-3639
jcammy@smith.edu