Joint Faculty Appointments

More than 80 Joint Appointed Faculty -- in at least 33 different fields -- have served in visiting, three-year, or tenure track appointments since 1948. Five College Joint Appointed Faculty are recognized for their work in supporting collaborative academic programs across the campuses and supporting the five institutions in the maintenance and development of their curricula. The commitment of Five College Joint Faculty to working cooperatively across the campuses strengthens the intellectual communities and curricula at their home campuses and throughout the consortium. 

Joint appointees are based at a single campus, which is the position’s home campus, and many teach at one or more other campuses on a rotating basis. The procedures of the position's home campus and department govern the review and promotion process, with input from the other campuses sharing in the position. Joint appointments are generally tenure track or continuing. Tenure rates for those appointed to joint tenure-track positions compare very favorably with the tenure rates for those appointed to tenure-track positions based fully at a single campus.

Faculty members holding joint appointments have enriched scholarship and creative work and teaching at the member campuses for more than 70 years. Among those who have served as Joint Appointed Professors are James Baldwin, Joseph Brodsky, and Pearl Primus. Please see below for a list of current Joint Appointed Faculty, with areas of expertise across a wide variety of academic fields. 

Anthropology

Felicity Aulino, Five College Associate Professor of Anthropology 

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Hampshire College – NS 0239: CARE: Doing, Knowing, Being

UMass Amherst – ANTRHO 497DK / 697DK: ST-CARE: Doing Knowing, Being

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – ANTHR 216GH-01: Case Studies in Global Health

UMass Amherst – ANTHRO 315-01: Case Studies in Global Health

Arabic

Ahmad Alswaid, Five College Lecturer in Arabic

Home Campus – Amherst College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Amherst College – ARAB 201: Second-Year Arabic I

Amherst College – ARAB 301: Third-Year Arabic I

Mount Holyoke College – ASIAN 130-01: First Year Arabic I

Spring 2023

Amherst College – ARAB-202-01: Second-Year Arabic II

Amherst College – ARAB-302-01: Third-Year Arabic II

May George, Five College Lecturer in Arabic

Home Campus – Smith College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Smith College – ARA 200-01: Intermediate Arabic I

Smith College – ARA 402-01: Fourth Year Arabic

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – ASIAN-131-01: First Year Arabic II 

Smith College – ARA 201-01: Intermediate Arabic II

Smith College – ARA 403-01: Fourth Year Arabic II

Nahla Khalil, Five College Lecturer in Arabic

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

UMass Amherst – ARABIC 101-01: Elementary Four-Skilled Arabic I

UMass Amherst – ARABIC 201-01: Intermediate Four-Skilled Arabic I

UMass Amherst – ARABIC 398-01: Practicum

Spring 2023

On Leave Spring 2023

Mohamed Hassan, Five College Senior Lecturer in Arabic

Home Campus – Amherst College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Amherst College – ARAB 101: First-Year Arabic I

Spring 2023

Amherst College – ARAB 102-01: First-Year Arabic II

John Weinert, Five College Lecturer in Arabic 

Home Campus – Smith College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Smith College – ARA 100-01: Elementary Arabic I

Smith College – ARA 100-02: Elementary Arabic I

Smith College – ARA 300-01: Advanced Arabic I

Spring 2023

Smith College – ARA 101-02: Elementary Arabic II

Smith College – ARA 301-01: Advanced Arabic II

Art and Technology

John Slepian, Five College Associate Professor of Art and Technology

Home Campus – Hampshire College – Faculty Profile 

Fall 2022

Hampshire College – IA 0149: Digital Art

Smith College – ARS 385-01: Senior Studio I

Spring 2023

Hampshire College – IA 0241: Coding for Artists

Smith College – ARS 361-01: Interactive Digital Multimedia

American Sign Language (ASL)

Dana Hoover, Five College Lecturer 

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

UMass Amherst – COMM-DIS 110-01: American Sign Language I

UMass Amherst – COMM-DIS 110-02: American Sign Language I

UMass Amherst – COMM-DIS 290B-01/02: American Sign Language III

Five College Center for World Languages – FORLANGC 197SF-01: Advanced ASL A

Spring 2023

UMass Amherst – COMM-DIS 120-01: American Sign Language II

UMass Amherst – COMM-DIS 120-02: American Sign Language II

UMass Amherst – COMM-DIS 290C-01/02: American Sign Language IV

Five College Center for World Languages – FORLANGC 197SV-01: Advanced ASL B

Astronomy

Connor Robinson, Five College Astronomy Department Education and Research Postdoctoral Fellow

Home Campus – Amherst College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Amherst College – ASTR 337: Observational Techniques

Spring 2023

Amherst College – ASTR 341-01: Observational Astronomy

Early Music

Michael Barrett, Interim Director of the Five College Early Music Program

Home Campus – Mount Holyoke College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Hampshire College – HACC 0147: FC Collegium (Half Course)

Mount Holyoke College – MUSIC 143H: Early Music Chamber Ensemble

Mount Holyoke College – MUSIC 147A: Five College Collegium

Mount Holyoke College – MUSIC 281: History of Western Music I

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – MUSIC-143H-01: Early Music Chamber Ensemble

UMass Amherst – MUSIC 578-01: Collegium Musicum

Education

Sarah Frenette, Five College Teacher Licensure Coordinator

Home Campus – Mount Holyoke College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Mount Holyoke College – EDUC 320-01: Observing and Assisting in Inclusive Classrooms

Mount Holyoke College – EDUC 324-01: Observing and Assisting in Early Childhood and Elementary Settings

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – EDUC-322-01: Practicum Seminar: Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Mount Holyoke College – EDUC-323-01: Practicum: Early Childhood and Elementary Education

Mount Holyoke College – EDUC 324-01: Observing and Assisting in Early Childhood and Elementary Settings

Geosciences

Stephen Turner, Five College Lecturer 

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

UMass Amherst – GEO-SCI 821-01: Petrology Seminar

UMass Amherst – GEOLOGY 311-01: Materials and their Environments

UMass Amherst – GEOLOGY H311-01: Mineralogy (Honors Colloquium)

Spring 2023

UMass Amherst – GEOLOGY 321-01: Petrology

UMass Amherst – GEO-SCI 821-01: Petrology Seminar

Hebrew

Joanna Caravita, Five College Lecturer in Modern Hebrew Language

Home Campus – Smith College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Smith College – JUD 101: Elementary Modern Hebrew I

UMass Amherst – HEBREW 110: Elementary Modern Hebrew I

UMass Amherst – HEBREW 230: Intermediate Modern Hebrew I

Spring 2023

Smith College – JUD 102-01: Elementary Modern Hebrew II

UMass Amherst – HEBREW 240-01: Intermediate Modern Hebrew II

History

Richard Chu, Five College Professor of History 

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Amherst College – AMST 114/ASLC 114/HIST 114: Chinese Diaspora History

UMass Amherst – FFYS 191/HIST15: Chinese American History

UMass Amherst – HISTORY 253H: Asian-Pacific American History Honors

Spring 2023

Hampshire College – CSI 0224: Empire, Race & the Philippines

UMass Amherst – HISTORY 247-01: Empire, Race & the Philippines

UMass Amherst – HONORS 391AH-28: Honors Discovery Seminars

Japanese

Fumiko Brown, Five College Senior Lecturer in Japanese 

Home Campus – Amherst College – Faculty Profile

On Leave Fall 2022 and Spring 2023

Kentaro Fukube, Five College Lecturer in Japanese 

Home Campus – Amherst College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Amherst College – JAP 301: Introduction to Different Genres of Japanese Writing and Film

Amherst College – JAP 302: Moving from "Learning to Read" to "Reading to Learn" in Japanese

Amherst College – JAP 401: Introduction to Thematic Reading and Writing

Spring 2023

Amherst College – JAPA-301-01: Japanese Writing & Film

Amherst College – JAPA-302-01: Reading to Learn

Amherst College – JAPA-401-01: Intro Theme Read & Write

Amherst College – JAPA-402-01: Thematic Read & Write

Korean

Suk Massey, Five College Senior Lecturer in Korean

Home Campus – Smith College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Smith College – KOR 101-02: Korean I

Smith College – KOR 101-03: Korean I

Smith College – KOR 301-01: Korean III

Spring 2023

Smith College – KOR 102-03: Korean I

Smith College – KOR 302-01: Korean III

Chan Young Park, Five College Senior Lecturer of Korean

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 115-01: Beginning Korean I

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 115-02: Beginning Korean I

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 115-03: Beginning Korean I

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 235-01: Intermediate Korean I

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 498P-01: Korean Practicum and Tutorial

Spring 2023

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 125-01: Beginning Korean II

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 125-02: Beginning Korean II

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 245-01: Intermediate Korean II

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 497P-01: Advanced Korean/Premodern History 

UMass Amherst – KOREAN 498-01: Practicum

Kyae-Sung Park, Five College Lecturer in Korean

Home Campus – Mount Holyoke College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Mount Holyoke College – ASIAN 160-01: First Year Korean I

Mount Holyoke College – ASIAN 160-02: First Year Korean I

Mount Holyoke College – ASIAN 262-01: Second Year Korean I

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – ASIAN 161-01: First Year Korean II

Mount Holyoke College – ASIAN 161-02: First Year Korean II

Mount Holyoke College – ASIAN 263-01: Second Year Korean II

Music

Evan MacCarthy, Five College Visiting Assistant Professor of Music History

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

UMass Amherst – MUSIC 100-01: Music Appreciation-Intro

UMass Amherst – MUSIC 350-01: Writing About Music

UMass Amherst – MUSIC 690N-01: Art Song

Spring 2023

UMass Amherst – MUSIC 100-01: Music Appreciation-Intro

UMass Amherst – MUSIC 690K-01: Shakespeare and Music

Bode Omojola, Hammond-Douglass Five College Professor of Music 

Home Campus – Mount Holyoke College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Amherst College – BLST 204/MUSI 105: African Popular Music

Mount Holyoke College – MUSIC 226-01: World Music

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – MUSIC-228-01: African Opera

Smith College – MUS 220pb-01: Topics in World Music - The Power of Black Music

Physics

David Hamilton, Five College Lecturer of Physics 

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

UMass Amherst – PHYSICS 151-01: General Physics I

UMass Amherst – PHYSICS 151-02: General Physics I

Spring 2023

UMass Amherst – PHYSICS 131-01: Intro Physics I

UMass Amherst – PHYSICS 131-02: Intro Physics I

UMass Amherst – PHYSICS 131-03: Intro Physics I

Psychology

Karin Chellew, Five College Visiting Associate Professor in Psychology and Education

Mount Holyoke College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Mount Holyoke College – PSYCH 229PD-01: Topics in Personality and Abnormal Psychology: 'Personality and Individual Differences'

Mount Holyoke College – PSYCH 229PD-02: Topics in Personality and Abnormal Psychology: 'Personality and Individual Differences'

Mount Holyoke College – PSYCH 329SN-01: Seminar in Personality and Abnormal Psychology: 'Stress and Neuroticism'

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – PSYCH-229PD-01: Topics in Personality and Abnormal Psychology: 'Personality and Individual Differences'

Mount Holyoke College – PSYCH-329SN-01: Seminar in Personality and Abnormal Psychology: 'Stress and Neuroticism'

Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies (REEES)

Daniel Brooks, Five College Visiting Lecturer in Russian

Home Campus – Mount Holyoke College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Mount Holyoke College – RES 101: Elementary Russian

Mount Holyoke College – RES 201: Intermediate Russian

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – RES 102-01: Elementary Russian

Mount Holyoke College – RES-210-01: Great Books: The Literature of Nineteenth-Century Russia

Smith College – RES 332-01: Advanced Russian

Sergey Glebov, Five College Professor of History

Home Campus – Smith College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Amherst College – EUST 240/HIST 240/RUSS 240: Last Russian Revolution

Spring 2023

Amherst College – EUST-236-01/EUST-238-01/HIST-236-01/RUSS-237-01: USSR During Cold War

Smith College – HST 239-01: Imperial Russia, 1650-1917

Sustainable Architecture

Naomi Darling, Five College Associate Professor of Architecture

Home Campus – Mount Holyoke College – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Mount Holyoke College – ARCH 225ED-01: Intermediate Studies in Architecture: 'Environmental Principles'

UMass Amherst – ARCH 403-02: Design V Studio

Spring 2023

Mount Holyoke College – ARCH 205AD-01: Introduction to Architecture: 'Design'

Mount Holyoke College – ARCH 311-01: Design-Build Studio: 'Tea House'

Women’s Studies

Angie Willey, Five College Associate Professor of Feminist Science Studies

Home Campus – UMass Amherst – Faculty Profile

Fall 2022

Mount Holyoke College – CST 349ER-01/GNDST 333ER-01: Theorizing Eros

UMass Amherst – WGSS 391V-01: Problem of Sexual Violence

Spring 2023

UMass Amherst – WGSS 393Q-01/693Q-01: Seminar - Our Biologies: Queer Feminist Research

UMass Amherst – WGSS 494TI-01: Unthinking the Transnational